Why was he played on Sunday? He does not want to be here and has been poor overall since his return last year. He was so bad on Sunday, that Danny Murphy thought our priority buy was central midfield.
I think we've got the right players, we just need to get the right combination in there. We've got good depth with Allen, Can and Lallana. Someone posted a while ago the stats for Lucas and Gerrard playing together, they don't make for pretty reading, in fact, their record is dreadful.
It was one of the most baffling decisions Rodgers has made since coming here.
I had to double-take when I saw the line up.
I would bench Gerrard and Lucas for the City game and replace with Can and Allen. Their midfield is brutal and need to be able to match it.
Fernando would have been an excellent signing for us.
Shame we couldnt get him when his contract was about to expire.
He's probably on massive wages at City though.
Insane that such a good player hasnt got 1 cap for Brazil
Moyes or Martinez? If it was two years ago, Moyes, I guess.
Strange decision - Allen or Can need to start vs City. Do we think they will try to mark Coutinho like Saints did or will he get more room?
Agreed, Lucas and Gerrard shouldn't be playing together. Neither should Allen and Gerrard.
Hate to say it again, but Rafa didn't fancy having Gerrard in a central midfield position and it's becoming more and more evident.
Not all CM positions are alike. Rafa played him in CM plenty, but as an almost exclusively attacking option from there, practically a second striker.
Pretty much. But he was playing in front of two defensive midfielders in Xabi and Mascherano.That's true as far as it goes, but it's incomplete. He played CM under Rafa before he was switched to the right, and he was switched back to the centre before Torres arrived.
I remember that and I also remember people getting pissed off about it.Now there I do agree. I'm pretty sure there was an interview once in which Rafa said something about him not having the discipline to know when to hold his position.
I was hoping Lucas would have been moved on by now (see also Johnson) but the sad reality for me is that Gerrard shouldn't be a first choice starter in our midfield, if we really want to improve things.