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Benitez: Leiva winning over Liverpool fans

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 03:32

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez believes Lucas Leiva is winning over the Anfield fans.

Lucas turned in the latest in a line of impressive displays against Everton on Saturday, earning the plaudits of the Anfield crowd.

Benitez told liverpoolfc.tv: "Lucas is a very good player. His teammates know it and now the fans are starting to realise it too.

"If you analyse the history of the club you will find players that have perhaps had bad times.

"But Lucas is the kind of player that has character.

"The fans realise that this is what they want to see from their players."

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Submitted by Kamster (not verified) on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 09:49.

Lucas for a long time has and will continue to be the weakest link in the Liverpool Team. Yes he has improved, but was so pathetic that his improvement is a no brainer, but bottom line remains that he is and never will be good enough. He doesn't understand pass and move, can't tackle (I've lost count of the number of free kicks in dangerous areas he has given away) isn't creative, can't pass, can't shoot and is carried by the rest of the team. His inclusion this season is the primary reason we are where we are. As much as I admire Benitez his inclusion has to be questioned. If you listen to players from our glorious past they all say the same - NOT GOOD ENOUGH. The sad thing is that we have alternatives - we can play gerard with Mash, Mash with Aquilani or even Spearing and put Pacheco / Bennayoun in the hole behind the striker. Come on you reds take out Arsenal - 2 points behind and third is ours for the taking......

Submitted by Bolf (not verified) on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 08:55.

So far this season he's been very average. Not completely crap but not particularly good either. He offers nothing going forward at all. He can't pick out a good forward pass, can't shoot and can't head at goal when given countless opportunities. I know he's a holding midfielder but he doesn't really DO an awful lot. He's not even very good in tackles. I think people are confusing not making many obvious mistakes with playing well. If he plays a simple short pass every time he gets the ball, that doesn't make him a good player.

Submitted by tdg (not verified) on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 08:03.

To me he's been one of the most reliable players this season.

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