KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Jay Spearing Vs Lucas Leiva

i disagree scan - i am not a lucas basher but i still believe spearing should be in the team .... the reason the decision will go his way is because he is a better player not because of the lucas bashers!

spearing has stood out at youth level in just the same way as did those 3 you mentioned - except for one huge difference he was doing it playing completely out of position at centre half despite being a midget!

but the point is those 3 got their chances because the managers of the time took a chance on them and gave them a chance ...... rafa has seen kids star in the youth teams year after year yet given them little or no chance

this is not his problem - he is 20 and should have been given his chances sooner ........ but then carra got his chance late too and it never stopped him did it? he had to put up with fans questioning him week in week out too!

but the problem lies with rafa's lack of faith with youth products that were here when he took over

took the words right out of my mouth (or away from the tips of my fingers i suppose) then emp ..... bit hard for a central midfielder to break into the team by scoring goals!!

spearing would provide us good quality in the centre of the park, the quality that we have been missing this season

dont you think the local lads are pushing for spearing cos he a local boy?

I really havent seen much of spearing, but like i said before, i think he will be nex warnock. for true.

Im not favoring Lucas, because on evidence of his performance, he isnt a great player. I would put Plessis instead

totally different situation - when fowler broke into the team we were a poor side (and thats being nice) with a lot of other young kids alongside him .... now we are a decent side its much more difficult to stand out like god did

owen and gerrard are similar things - they had it much easier - plus they were all given runs to hold down a place much earlier - not because they were better but because the managers of the time had much more faith in the youth system than rafa does ..... though it must be said i am not saying spearing is as good as any of them but he is better than what we have playing in the centre of the park currently imo

This forum is fast becoming trepie vs Rafarendum....LOL

Guys, again with Spearing, he's a youngster, and should be given his chance in the 1st team sooner than later.....

Rafa knows his players, if one does not make it, he will be let go.....

Same with Pacheco, Nemeth, Kelly, Eccleston and the rest

Do you guys think Eccleston will actually get a game in the CL? Perhaps when we're already through to the knock-out phase....

the scary thing is we probably have the best crop of kids of my lifetime yet i can't see any one of them making it! i hope eccleston will get a run out in the cl but i think it will only happen if we have half the squad out injured or we get a dead rubber tie at the end

fingers crossed we win all our games in the league stage and can play kids in the last two games

it's good to see insua getting a run though. ideally for me, when he does rest insua and put in aurelio, i hope he puts in spearing or pacheco or plessis....just have one young player in every game but it'll probably never happen