It's not him, it's what he represents.
He represents a continual lack of funds & foresight to replace players who are model professionals but aren't good enough to help us make that step up to the top echelons of football.
So no, I don't hate Lucas, I hate the fact that there's a rationality to him still being here.
Lucas has got a cartoon image of himself as his phone cover. Big head.
It must have been custom made. Surely nobody else would buy one
It must have been custom made. Surely nobody else would buy one
It suggests that no company on this earth is willing to pay him money to promote their products. None. So he has instead decided to conceal any branded products with his own image. Or perhaps they're indeed paying him to conceal their products. A bit like a protection racket.
He wears Nike boots. I don't understand why they haven't made more of this association, given he's now Liverpool's longest-serving player and even fills in as Captain now and then.
Maybe there's been a 60" Nike ad featuring Lucas that only gets shown in cinemas. Or Brazil, maybe. Or perhaps only in his house, on his big projector.
"My name is Lucas Leiva. Jogedor de futebol. Just do it"
I can think of one person who would.
But he's mentally ill, so perhaps doesn't count.
But there's been more than one window in which he has been made available, only for another player to be sold, get injured or banned or whatever - Masher, Aquilani, Henderson, Sakho - or the manager is sacked and he has a new opportunity- list of people who have suffered under The Lucas Accord is almost endless.
As endless as the night in which the owner of his soul resides
He wears Nike boots. I don't understand why they haven't made more of this association, given he's now Liverpool's longest-serving player and even fills in as Captain now and then.
Maybe there's been a 60" Nike ad featuring Lucas that only gets shown in cinemas. Or Brazil, maybe. Or perhaps only in his house, on his big projector.
"My name is Lucas Leiva. Jogedor de futebol. Just do it"
In that case he should have been given the Sakho treatment.
So you don't hate Lucas personally, you just hate everything that Lucas represents in its entirety.
Which is arguably worse, if you think about it. It's an all-encompassing hate that includes, but also transcends, Lucas as a person.
Even I wouldn't go that far.
(Ok, I would)
Imagine my surprise seeing a Lucas thread effortlessly hit six pages
That's more goals than he's ever scored. And probably close to the amount of genuinely great games he's ever had.