Owzat wrote:RedBlood wrote:Fowler_E7 wrote:GYBS wrote:So who are these other midfield players that should of played instead of lucas then ?
Who are these other whole host of players ?
spearing is a much better player and didnt cost £6m
spearing is much better then lucas?? what you on mate
Maybe these people have seen more of Spearing than they have of Lucas to make more informed statements, but I doubt it. He's come on a few times in a "game over" situation and done little wrong. I saw nothing to suggest he was brilliant, nothing to suggest he was poor.
Problem is some people tag players like Lucas, to such an extent they convince themselves it's undeniable fact that "Lucas is shit" is written in the big book of facts. Maybe it's simply that Spearing did little wrong in his 1st team appearances, and let's not beat about the bush that those are the games that count the most. SO maybe it's a totting up of mistakes, poor passes etc and even though Lucas has played better at times, he makes mistakes.
Spearing's 1st Team Apps
vs PSV (W3-1) : Came on for about 15 mins when it was 2-1 and the team was coasting to a third. Ironically this was one of Lucas' better games, against a poor PSV. Babel equalised just before half time from Lucas' free-kick, Lucas played well in midfield. Spearing came on, did nothing much wrong
vs Real Madrid (W4-0) : Came on for about 15 mins again when it was 3-0, did nothing spectacular
So are people seriously basing "Spearing is much better than Lucas" on about HALF AN HOUR's 1st team football this season?!?!? Both games he came on when we were winning, or perhaps people are basing it on Spearing's reserve team performances and comparing them with Lucas' 1st team performances - I seriously doubt that many people watch (enough) reserve team games, not that it would be the best comparison to be making anyway.
That's not to say Spearing isn't better than Lucas, just that it would be near impossible to compare when one has played a lot of 1st team football this season against the other who's played about half an hour - in favourable situations to boot. Give Spearing a few 90 mins and I bet people might not change their minds about Lucas, but I bet they might have second thoughts about Spearing making the step up
I agree with this line of reasoning. Even if it might end up being true, you cannot make the claim that Spearing is better. Also, Lucas played really well in that Real Madrid game too.