Player Watch Player Watch - Lucas Moura

[Matecheck]

Reports in the summer is that we turned him down for not being good enough

Actually it was ITK that Poch didn't rate him.

 

[King of Otters]

He was superb. My new favourite player.

 

[BigVic]

The amount of times he cuts out defenders passes or nearly does is brilliant, he sniffs out a loose ball

 

[nailsy]

He seemed like a really nice guy in the interview with Sky.

 

[Cavehillspur]

He was in tears at the end pure passion love it. What a performance.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

With Son away it’s fantastic Lucas has taken his chance and is not only scoring but working his nuts off and frightening teams with his pace.

 

[Donki]

I have a feeling he is a confidence player, this will only make him better.

 

[JerryGarcia]

Hope he has a VDV type effect on the team and fans, he's such an exciting player and if he keeps up this work rate he perfectly compliments our already awesome team.

 

[mrlilywhite]

Finally seeing what Moura is capable of is fantastic and ironic as it seems, Tim Vickery always felt that a manager like Poch could turn him into something special. Moura though is a right-sided player and he needs space to run at defences. So far so good, as Poch has clearly pulled something out of him with his determination and his overall play because this Moura wasn't the same one that was at PSG. If Moura continues with his progress, then we could really have another legitimate world class player in our hands!

 

[synththfc]

Wait, Harry Hotspur told me he was shit, lightweight and lazy not long ago?

This must be a fluke!

 

[eViL]

That last goal was like the rebirth of Bale.

 

[eViL]

Taxi for Smalling!

 

[popstar7]

He definitely offers something we haven't had lately. Get the ball to him with space to run at defenders and he will cause havoc. More than that he's clearly a natural finisher and that's priceless. Imagine marking Son for 75 minutes and then this guy comes on fresh. Or vice versa.

 

[TheSpillage]

He seemed like a really nice guy in the interview with Sky.

I know. Proper dreamy ????

 

[SdB]

Superb tonight.
What we have been missing up front - real pace.
Someone check his boots for springs.

Poch - take note to keep him on in future please, only an injury to Rose gave us that third goal tonight

 

[Blue]

Actually it was ITK that Poch didn't rate him.

makes u wonder if this was all an opurtunistic levy buy - doesn't rly matter as long as he keeps performing though

 

[EQP]

Actually it was ITK that Poch didn't rate him.

Yep, IIRC that ITK stated that Poch thought Lucas was lazy and wouldn't fit into his ethos.....boy were they wrong lol

 

[mano-obe]

Very direct player and a workhorse. Last season he didnt run enough off the ball but hes starting to get what poch wants. There are goals all around our squad. A great problem to have.

Well done Moura superb game

 

[mil1lion]

Its funny because I was thinking that the Moura signing is just as big as the VDV one. The difference is that we're a better side now than we were when we signed VDV. So it seems the signing didn't get the same level of attention it deserved. I think he'll particulalry thrive on being loved by the fans. Seeing him in tears today at the end of the game shows how much it means to him. He has clearly worked hard in the summer to ensure he is in shape and he has bought into the philosophy of Poch. His workrate was excellent today.

 

[popstar7]

Yep, that was the performance of someone who wants to make himself undroppable. Exactly the reaction you'd hope for from a player trying to get his career back on track after being sidelined at PSG. He scored a beauty at Wembley (routine for us now but I imagine it would have meant something to him) and now two in a headline-grabbing performance at OT. Confidence should be sky high now.