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Originally Posted by The Rule
Lucas is far younger and has the potential to be a far better player than Barry. And Plessis also looks that way. Stevie, Xabi and Mascha are all vastly superior to Barry so to sign him and sell Xabi would be stupid. If we're going to replace Xabi we need to sign someone of the same calibre or better, Gago perhaps.
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Not sure about Plessis. Had a promising start against Arsenal like but I've seen a fair bit of him in the ressies and he wasnt up to much, and against Birmingham he was frighteningly poor. He's young though, but i cant see him getting too many opportunities.
Lucas will surely benefit next season. His reputation from Brazil is as an attacking midfielder, whereas this season he has played a lot more conservatively, usually as a second holding midfielder. He was superb against Villa Res last night, ran the show like Gerrard can. Would like to see more of that, but whether he will get the license to do it is another matter.
Gago is a strange one. I havent thought too much of him this season, when he came from Boca i heard he was this incredible passer of the ball, like Pirlo. But if anything I have thought his passing and ball retention has been his weakness- although maybe my judgement has been clouded by a couple of goal-costing incidents. I think he would cost a fair whack too. I dont think Barry is gonna make much of a difference to the side, but for me it looks very likely that he will come in and Xabi will be off. I wonder whether Alonso actually wants to stay- ive heard whsipers that he wants his new born to be raised in Spain, and if we can get shot of Pennant & Riise and get a direct replacement for Alonso at the same time then it makes sense.