05 Nov 2015 10:50:15
With all this talk about Gerrard coming back and him potentially doing his coaching badges, does anyone else think that Lucas appears to have all the characteristics that would make him a great manager?

His reading of the game is in my opinion way above the level of most players, in that he perceives plays as if he is watching the game from a camera that covers the whole pitch while he is playing at the incredible pace football is played in the EPL.

His character is that of someone who leads by example. He is always composed so he can definitely handle pressure and appears to be one of those rare intelligent footballers.

I know he still has a lot to offer as a footballer and it'll be a few years before he has to make a decision on whether his future will continue to be in football, but I just wanted to know what others made of this.

1.) 05 Nov 2015
05 Nov 2015 11:19:24
No i don't think lucas would make a good manager i think he is to much of a nice guy i think to be a good manager you need to have abit of a ruthless streak in you specially when you have to deal with some of these modern day pre madonnas. Maybe a good coach but for me no as a manager.

2.) 05 Nov 2015
05 Nov 2015 11:43:00
Its hard to tell these things in advance. I heard Ferguson saying once that if he had to guess who of his players would become a PL manager he would have never in million years guess Mark Huges and Steve Bruce.

3.) 05 Nov 2015
05 Nov 2015 12:44:56
Ha ha. he was nearly right. They are both shocking! How steve Bruce gets a job I will never know!

4.) 05 Nov 2015
05 Nov 2015 15:16:58
You can simply never tell. You can analyze and look into your crystal ball, as much as you want, but you can never tell how good a manager, a player will be, until he's in charge. But football history is littered with phenomenal players who simply had no clue as managers. I would mention only Diego Maradona, Ossie Ardiles, Souness and Hristo Stichkov, as a few that come to mind. On the flip side, who would have guessed that the translator that Bobby Robson hired at Barcelona would be the "special one" (Jose Mourinho), today? If you were to ask the "most talented player and influential manager" of our times, I would immediately say Johan Cruyff. Aside from unquestioned world class talent, the man influenced the Dutch style of football for decades, and brought that style to Barcelona as player and coach, and made it what it is today.