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gotta give Roy maximum credit for picking the sidethe side he did .. .earlier in the year he would have played Poulsen and Lucas and we would have lost ... like at Man City. Today's game the side look balanced fresh and energetic

Couldn't agree with you more re Reclaim and his [oops] comments re Torres. Today was for fickle fans like Reclaim and all the lazy hacks slating him all season. He's been trying but getting no service, as the song goes, give him the ball and he'll score again Iinstead of leaving him up there on his own 60 yards from everyone else and poulson knobbing it up to him!)

Has there been an LFC player to take as much stick as Lucas has without giving up?

I've said before that I'm on the fence about him, because he often looks lost, gives away freekicks and so on, but he does have the odd blinder and gets continually called up by Brazil (a feather in his cap to be sure). I also said (last season, maybe not on these boards), that Lucas by himself would surely be better than Lucas and Mascherano together. I'm not saying that Lucas is likely to play the way he did yesterday in every game, but the way he's come on in the last two seasons is turning me into a believer.

Good one, mate. Keep up the good work.

the thing i admire about lucas despite me slagging him off alot because he's like 1 of the teams man scapegoats i guess when we lose games or play poor, his attitude is spot on unlike that [oops] babel, he seems to be proud to play for liverpool and wear the red shirt unlike some other players who dont have a go each game,and i have seen quite big improvements from lucas past few weeks defo, hope he continues to improve

ile hold my hands up for previously slating lucas, he proved me wrong today, he was outstanding. more of the same please!

Lucas deserved to be slated for his past seasons' performances. He just wasn't LFC class.

But he is different this season and credit where credit is due, he has been tremendous. The great thing is that he's still young and can still improve lots. He seems to be a lad who thrives on responsibilities. Hope he comes good and become a spark for us this season.

Lucas had a Great game. He got a great attitude. Never gives up. He is still young and will improve.

Lucas was outstanding yesterday, but was also great in our past games this season - he isn't the type of player who will win games for us (maybe someday, but not yet) but he is very important player for others to shine - he did the dirty work for Gerrard yesterday. And credit to Roy for playing 4-4-2 when we attack and 4-5-1 when we defend. Finally Kuyt was playing behind Torres and not on the right wing (where Meireles was playing - and for me it's not his prefered and best suited possition for him). Good job lads - but let's don't forget that we have Wigan away now...and in the past when we achived something similar big like yesterday's outcome, we drew or lost next game...if we wont to chalange for TOP4 - we MUST win with Wigan and Stoke away...

and for me - if Glen and Greek will be good to go on wednsday we should play like this:

--------------Reina--------------
Kelly---Carra---Greek---Konchesky
--------Lucas---Gerrard----------
Johnson----------------------Maxi
----------Kuyt-------------------
----------------Torres-----------

Drop Raul? No way. He is inspirational in midfield for us.

Is it just me that I think Maxi is pants? I lost count the number of times he lost control of the ball. He was the reason why a number of our counter-attacks failed.

I would drop Maxi and bring in raul.

I think you where watching a different game if you thought maxi was poo yday. Every player gave the ball away at some point but to say maxi did the way your saying is wrong and I urge you to watch the game again, in full