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he was very much a AM when he joined us

I thought he was meant to be more of a box-to-box player.

I hated him, especially alongside Mascherano; silly fouls, always gave the ball away, missed tackles, provided nothing going forward. All all-round bad player. He absolutely deserved the stick he got. But he's really improved since then, and now he deserves all the plaudits the fans are giving him. I actually thought his partnership with Aquilani could come to something, but I guess that's water under the bridge. Remarkable player to have stuck with us through all that - wouldn't want to see him leave the club.

Hand me a tissue, emp...

I'm not sure he was an out and out attacking mid when he joined but he certainly wasn't a DM. But, yes, credit to him. I gave him stick like most of us but he's turned it round. Great attitude too. If I got the stick he did I would have fecked off long ago.

He really was the weak link during his first couple of seasons at the club and whilst i wouldn't go as far as to describe him as the best defensive midfielder in the Premiership his improvement has been remarkable - as hads his consistency since the tail end of last season

Suarez will take the limelight - and deservedly so - but Lucas is indeed becoming indispensible to the Liverpool midfield and it's everything to do with his top class attitude

i for one, never expected him to be putting in performances like he has been over the past 8 months or so

It wasn't anything to do with lack of consistency because during those first couple of seasons he was pretty much consistently bad

Obviously in Mascherano and Alonso he had two hard acts to follow but he used to spend most of the game losing the ball and giving away silly - and sometimes very costly - fouls

Over the last couple of seasons he's completely turned it round and if he's available, he starts - and so he should

He's forged a great partnership with Adam and if Carroll keeps firing blanks, Kenny might have to revert to a 4-2-3-1 formation when Gerrard comes back into the side - with Adam and Lucas playing the anchor roles and with Gerrard behind Suarez