KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Beefy Lucas Leiva

I want Lucas to stay and he should be given a chance by Rafa and the fans of club. He is young and it takes more than one season to adjust to the speed and toughness of the prem.

I see that Man City's Robinho-ho-ho-ho is also on a add weight regime! Lucky buggas!

I've been on one of those all my bleeding life! It's getting rid of the lard that's the problem; adding it is a piece of pie!

Me too 4ever!

Give him a go next season. Alot of people that know more than us, including in the Brazil team, have a very high opinion of him.

another plus that many seem not have noticed is that Lucas has great mental strength for someone so young... I mean he was boo-ed and slagged off openly (out of order) by some "fans" last season but he kept on going and actually improved. For Lucas, all of 21/22 years old, to have done that shows a lot about his character and Rafa is a firm believer in character and attitude. Look how our players work for each other and how confidently they play.

Good shout Reddy. We all want any Liverpool player to be the best in the world. We have high expectations of our players, and I hope Lucas can develop, because the fundamentals are there.

rafa is a VERY clever manager, and he is not stubborn with his signings like Houllier was. What I mean by that is Rafa will boot people out of the door as quickly as they came in if he doesn't think they can do a job. So he obviously sees something in Lucas. He sees him in training and knows what he's capable of. Let's hope it comes to the pitch on Saturday.

he's also playing in centre midfield, the most demanding position on the pitch - the best players in the world are generally midfielders so it's no easy ride to be playing there for a top Club in a league like the Eng Prem.
He'll come good! like you say - give him another season, then we can review his worth.

Here here.... I'm not into booing players!!! Leave that to the part-time fickle fans of United and Arsenal.

Although he does need to prove his worth still. Hopefully the step-up will happen this year!

Nothing p1sses me off more than booing your players.

Booing the ref is something different though

Carra and Reddy, you're both right on this one. The guy has great mental strength to fight back from tossers booing him. Credit to the guy for knowing his weakness (Strength on the ball) and working on it. Rafa wouldn't hold onto him if he didn't see something in him. he doesn't have the room in the squad to hold on to players with no ability.
I think we will see a better performance from the lad this season and then Emp can eat some humble pie. If not then we all have to eat it!