13 Jun 2015 20:34:38
I'm struggling to get excited about potential arrival of Kovacic, not because he isn't a quality player but it looks like that will spell the end of Lucas. I will be gutted if he leaves because he is a great professional and also a very good player. If Kovacic arrives then surely a midfielder will move on and the only person that could leave is Allen or Lucas. We all know how much BR loves "the welsh Xavi", Hendo is obviously staying as is Can and when you add milner to the mix I just don't think Lucas will be first choice in Rodgers eyes and understandably Lucas will want to go. Again i'm not slating Kovacic at all but I think we take it for granted how good we have it with Lucas. I can only name 2 DM's better than Lucas in the PL and that's Matic and Schneiderlin.

I could be wrong and maybe Lucas won't leave but Rodgers doesn't to realise his huge impact on our team and yet apparently Joe Allen is "outstanding". Whatever happens I am hugely grateful for the service Lucas has given us and I just hope it's for a little longer yet.

1.) 13 Jun 2015
13 Jun 2015 22:06:12
He's a better player of he's type than any of our midfield . Aggression with and without the ball . Has a pass and can run past players!! I find it hard to not be positive about him .

2.) 13 Jun 2015
13 Jun 2015 22:08:46
I think kovacic is a more forward player, so possibly not a direct replacement for lucas.
If anything,my guess is that milner or can might play the more defensive role next season.
I've always avoided personal attacks on br, if only because its a cheap tactic, and he is trying hard to do the right thing and get us winning.
But letting lucas go shows clearly what a damn fool the man is.
That blinkered refusal to see the value of a specialised dm- despite all the evidence- will be one of the keys to his downfall.

3.) 14 Jun 2015
13 Jun 2015 23:24:03
I fully agree with you. However I am excited about the arrival of kovacic, he is very highly rated and I've seen some inter games and recently Croatia games and he looks like a step up from what we have already. But I agree that I would be devastated to see Lucas go without a proper DM replacement, I would love for the transfer committee to make a call and move Allen on. If they have a say on who comes in they should have a say on who goes, and sorry but Allen has provided absolutely nothing but ball contention.

Having said that I think a midfield trio of Milner Henderson and kovacic could be a dominant force. Something we haven't seen since masch Gerrard and alonso.

4.) 14 Jun 2015
14 Jun 2015 02:21:09
Kman, the only way Allen will leave is if BR gets fired. He has bigger him up so much that he is almost obligated to play him even if it means he gets shot of Lucas who is not even close to being in his class. BR will continue to play him because in theory, if he's playing that much then he must be good enuff, right? As for Kovacic, he is not a DM and neither is Milner so playing them there will result in the same failures we have seen from BR for two seasons now. In the end, Kovacic is a player we don't need ATM and will not fill the main need we have at the top striker and DM positions.

5.) 14 Jun 2015
14 Jun 2015 07:16:54
I must have missed Allen being a regular starter for us the last 2 seasons.
Secondly, I don't think Kovacic or Milner will be assigned the DM role, isn't Can the replacement for Lucas?
Thirdly, I think we are trying to assemble a squad which doesn't rely on one default formation and is much more versatile in it's structure. Liverpool lost the league in 2014 because their setup was predictable and allowed Mourinho to select the perfect counter attack. The better teams will do that to you, the trick is to be unpredictable.

6.) 14 Jun 2015
14 Jun 2015 07:40:04
I sincerely hope we don't move lucas on, my wife will kill me for one and we'll need to change 2 of our children's names lol. Difficult to understand the thinking behind overloading a team with attacking middle and letting dm's go, especially considering how weak we seem to be defensively. Oh well another 50 goals conceded next season. Here's hoping ings and milner can score more goals than suarez and gerrard did