Seems like some of you really do not rate Lucas at all. I myself do have mixed feeling about Lucas but more to the positive rather than the negative side.
Negative is that since he is now a Brazilian regular international , he should be more commanding in his play whether it is offensive or defensive. He can be a little bit soft in his play sometimes but he do makes it up with his non stop running and constant harrassing of the opponents.
Positive is he is a player whoms are willing to help people on the field and yet get unnoticed but he still carries on his work without bragging that he did thid or he did that. You should see how he played when youngsters are playing on the field especially the full back position. I can see from games that John Flanagan , Martin Kelly and Jack Robinson play , Lucas is the one that did all the defensive covering when these young full backs joins the attack on the flanks. Lucas also add extra body when these young full backs are being attacked by the opposition wingers.
Last but not least , people expect too much from him until they forget his own quality and limitations. He is expected to replace Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano when they depart but do people realise that they are actually diferent kind of player. And apart from Stevie G(who gets more injury in the past few seasons) he does not have a settled partner in the middle of the park. So every season when a new partner comes in , somehow or rather he need to change his style a bit to compliment the new player. So even if some of you guys thinks that he is not a first team material , I believe he can be the best back up that we can ever have. Unsung hero who does his work quietly but efficiently...
Just My Thoughts
YNWA...
