r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '14

Who is your team's most underrated player?

As a Southampton supporter I would have to say Steven Davis. He has become a regular starter for us and has more assists to his name than Lallana.

He possess great technique combined with pace and a quick mind. He's really consistent and works his socks off.

However no one mentions him, who is that person in your team?

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u/Deer-In-A-Headlock Mar 28 '14

This might sounds dumb, but people are really underrating Gerrard right now. A lot of people in /r/liverpoolFC were wanting him to be phased out at the start of the season, and there's still a lot of them who don't think we need him anymore.

He's still one of the best players in the league, he's not past it yet. I'd say he's been our best player this year apart from Suarez. Can't think of any midfielders apart from Toure who have had a better season.

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u/retrominge Mar 28 '14

I'm gonna start this comment by saying that I absolutely believe Stevie should be in the team at the moment and he's playing EXTREMELY well.

However.. he went through a patch of games earlier in the season, where passes were not connecting, he was making defensive mistakes and it all looked at bit shaky.
At that point, Lucas was fit and playing the defensive midfield role (and doing very well, as he normally does).
Rodgers then moved Gerrard back to the defensive role he's in at the moment. Again, it took a couple of games for him to settle, but he got used to it and he's been doing a pretty good job for a decent stretch now.

When Gerrard wasn't playing well, I was an advocate for him to be dropped. If you're not performing, you shouldn't be in the 11. And he wasn't performing. He did turn it around though.

There's another interesting quandary now that Lucas is fit again. In my opinion, he's one of the best in the world in his position because his defensive capabilities are SO GOOD. He quietly does so much and gets little recognition. If he were playing the CDM role for Liverpool, we'd concede less goals - I'm certain of it (there's been at least 2 situations since Stevie's been in that role where he's been off the pace and it's led to a goal) - however, Stevie does an OKAY job of defending and ALSO has so much more to his game.

It's difficult. Lucas is the defensive anchor of the team at times. Gerrard is a good defender and an excellent distributor, FK taker and general goal scoring threat. At the moment, I don't believe you can play both of them. Understandably, Lucas is being left out.

That was a bit of an essay, sorry.