Wiseman

I think Rafa's support for Lucas really made a difference. It seems to have lit a fire. He was very good against PSV. He was good against Arsenal. I could see the effort he put in. However, while he did manage to break up play, it would seem he was always 1 step behind the play because rather than winning the ball, he was conceding free-kicks all over the place. Against Newcastle, he was excellent. Previously, he seemed afraid to try anything. He kept trying to 1-touch the ball to another team-mate or taking the safe option. In recent games, I observe that he is more willing to hold on to the ball and contribute to the overall play.

Kuyt was terrific at the start of the season and had to play every game. Subsequently, could not keep up his scoring form but put in consistently high performances. Additionally, we had Torres injured while Keane was not exactly playing very well. All these translated to Kuyt playing all the time.

Its such a nice feeling to be able to believe!

Please do not f*** off. Because it would be so boring to be posting in a forum with everyone agreeing with one another. Similiarly, I will challenge you whenever I disagree with you. But I guess I am more civilised? I release everyone has their viewpoints and I would not think that views that disagree with mine are s***. There you go, whatever that does not align to your narrow view on support is b****x.

You take things too seriously. I am on a discussion forum to discuss on various issues including mistakes that might have been made by the manager. I am not here to make a point. However, you are here to police everyone to say only nice things about everyone associated to the club. You have made your point.

I did not realise that discussions only involve whether Lucas should be sold or kept. Or are we allowed to make observations based on hindsight? jesus

Don't discuss which player should be sold. Don't discuss which player should be bought. Its all f***ing pointless.

Because he was not very good for a very long while and we paid 8mil for him? Because we might have sold a player that might have been worth more than 2.5mil and who would have performed just as well for us. At the same time, if Lucas can perform at this level whenever he plays and not just today, there would only be discussions on lengthening his contract.

There would not be such discussion about Lucas if he continues with this level of performance. Excellent. At the same time, its not an insult to compare him to Guthrie who while surrounded by sub-par players, gave a competent performace. Furthermore, Guthrie is English and would qualify for the Champions league squad without us having to sacrifice players like Hyppia.

Was it mentioned previously in this thread? Regardless, its quite a waste that we sold a home grown player who might actually have turned out to be the better player. We would get a closer look against Newcastle.

Is Lucas better than Guithre? If not, we wasted 5.5mil (difference between Lucas and Guithre's fee)

I still wish we will buy Barry and stick him at LB. He will be an instant improvement in that position.

If Kuyt scored,would the ball have rebounded to Torres to hit Keane?

We would not have needed that moment of genius from Gerrard is he had converted some of the easier chances that came his way.

Not well stocked? Dudek or Warnock leaving?