Usually is. He is best in the middle of the pitch where he just has to beat guys one at a time. In the final third he runs out of ideas. But, he is also good on corners. If you want to sell him, fine. Just show me that who you brought in to replace him can play.
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Actually it is the opposite, in a team devoid of creativity his lack of creativity or ability to pass the ball combined with his inability to finish is even more crippling.
If we had guys like Eriksen who could create and add goals from the MF maybe we could ignore that one of our attackers adds nothing to the attack, but with us being so deficient in that area from other places we can't afford to have an attacker like Moura that offers nothing but trying hard.
Bit of a similar problem like when we played Lamela on the left. All the defender had to do was force him out towards the touchline and Lamela had nowhere to go since he relied so much on his left foot.
Lucas is not that one footed but if you force him out towards the line you limit what he is able to do rather well.
He had a few games were Jose played him as a 10 and he was great.
He may not be the best player we have but at least he tries. I’ve no problem with Lucas at all.
Spot on. He’s an awful wide player
I like Lucas, just wish he'd dribble past only the one player then pass and move, instead trying to dribble past entire defences.
Its difficult because of ajax and all the emotion that goes with that but he's very difficult to understand as a footballer. He has flashes where he looks amazing. Then plenty of nothing and no real output. Picks it up on half way, jinks around a couple of midfielders and you sit up and think 'here we go ..' then just runs in to a wall of cbs or trips himself up while you are screaming shoot or out wide. Then you remember he always does this. Until he next gets the ball and you think 'maybe this time?' Is he any good? Not really but he can be. Is he rubbish? Not really but he can be. Somewhere in between is probably about right.
See I think Lucas has been playing okay this season, just that having a RW who doesn't occupy any attention from the defensive line makes it easy for teams to hold shape and mark Kane and Son. Lucas only takes the ball from a man beside him in midfield and carries it, rarely makes clever movement ahead of the ball. For such a talented player it's remarkable how little he's added to his base skill level.
Don't know about Lo Celso RW. He could be good there but he needs bodies around him and we don't appear to be coaching much attack. Lucas is a kind of Traore-lite in that he creates unstructured attacks by himself.
I don't think we'll see much license to drift under this coach, not that Bernardo has that at City, City move together in very organized shapes. We're not going in that direction. I actually think the games vs West Ham, Burnley, Newcastle and Villa are very representative of how he wants us to play this season. Organized, defend well, slowish possession, wait patiently to punch with quick attacks through long ball to full backs, Son or through Ndombele/Lucas making something up on the fly. We'll win enough games that way to finish around 6th.
Never hides, unlike alot of our players.
He dribbles until he gets a foul. That's the easy way out tbh. It's not quite hiding, but it's very deliberate. It's much easier to draw a foul than use intelligence and skill to make things happen
may not have all the ability in the world but he gives 100% of what he has.
Second most important attacking player at the club
