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Player Watch: Erik Lamela
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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp..../tottenhams-jan-vertonghen-hails-erik-lamela/
No need to take my word for it when it's come from Jan's mouth but hey what do I know...
And following Jan's opinion, Lamela gives the ball away, Jan fails to stop the attacker from getting his shot away to score, all within 15 minutes of our CL bow at Wembley. Lamela's ineptitude set the tone for our CL demise.
Bobbins
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FFS there's posting bullshit and then there's next level absolute wank like this.
He hasn’t improved because he doesn't have the capability and it was clear from early in his time here that he wasn’t good enough. About not having a right foot I couldn’t agree with you more. I remember a couple of seasons ago when a cross came in from our left side coming over Lamela’s left shoulder. But instead of letting the ball come across him onto his right foot, he attempted to shoot with his left. The ball ended up nearer the corner flag than the goal. Lol. His lack of football intelligence is astonishing, but no surprise to me.
Cravenspurs
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I have defended Lamela from day one as I think he offers intangibles that go unnoticed, but heighten our teams play. That being said, he needs to find the form of a couple years ago where he had around 10 assists and some goals. I love his character, but at this point there needs to be a bit more end product from our front four and that includes Lamela.
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Comments like yours which are not biased, but balanced, are the ones I respect.
think he needs a full pre-season to get back to his best
He can't get 10 and 10 coming off the bench in the odd game(s). He needs a full season as a starter, at the 10 spot, with Eriksen moving centrally to take Dembele's place.
As for the talk about him having a negative effect on us during the CL: have a word with yourself. Dude was responsible for the goal that drew us level away at Juve. That was the Lamela I see- the one making something out of nothing; his pass to Dele- after skinning two defenders- freed up Alli who in turn set up Eriksen's free kick in the first place. No Lamela, no Eriksen belter.
As someone else alluded to, this is where he shines; namely, when others around him are all on the same page. In Turin, being down and desperate and playing in the limelight, we banded together and- as such- Lamela contributed mightily. However, he has trouble when the whole team plays as if they're underwater- as has been the case lately.
Lastly, to those who say "we came in 2nd without him"--- um, yeah- and we're about to come in 5th without him as well.
As for the talk about him having a negative effect on us during the CL: have a word with yourself. Dude was responsible for the goal that drew us level away at Juve. That was the Lamela I see- the one making something out of nothing; his pass to Dele- after skinning two defenders- freed up Alli who in turn set up Eriksen's free kick in the first place. No Lamela, no Eriksen belter.
As someone else alluded to, this is where he shines; namely, when others around him are all on the same page. In Turin, being down and desperate and playing in the limelight, we banded together and- as such- Lamela contributed mightily. However, he has trouble when the whole team plays as if they're underwater- as has been the case lately.
Lastly, to those who say "we came in 2nd without him"--- um, yeah- and we're about to come in 5th without him as well.
He needs to be sold pronto.
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Meaning?
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I don't think his form matters right now at all to be honest in terms of him being here next season. In the summer we've got to shift Llorente, Sissoko, GKN and Janssen. Toby is gone, possibly Rose and Dembele too. That's 7 players leaving, 5 current squad players. Right back is still an issue too with maybe one of our two leaving. Maybe Vorm as well. Decisions and actions on KWP, Onomah, Edwards, CCV and other younger players.
Lamela is a million miles down the to do list if even on it in what could be an extremely busy summer in terms of outs and limited time to bring players in this summer. Whether he's shit, great, a disappointment, a hard worker, he won't go as he'll need replacing and we could have far too much to do already.
Lamela is a million miles down the to do list if even on it in what could be an extremely busy summer in terms of outs and limited time to bring players in this summer. Whether he's shit, great, a disappointment, a hard worker, he won't go as he'll need replacing and we could have far too much to do already.
Lamela's had 5 years to prove he’s not shit he has failed miserably. That puts him near the top of the to-do list. We improved leaps and bounds without him in the team and finished second last season. Playing efficient, effective football and breaking a host of statistical records. Lamela was not needed, not missed and we were better for it.
We need an attacker of calibre to replace Lamela, Janssen Llorente. Otherwise, we’ll run the very big risk of standing still & falling behind again while our rivals strengthen.
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Ok so if that's the case then ..
Why do we so desperately need to replace Lamela to avoid being left behind by our rivals again if we don't need him and he wasn't missed?
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FFS Someone needs to kil this thread
Ask yourself this, would Lamela make the starting 11 for any of our rivals?
tiger666
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That has nothing to do with what I asked you and you know it.
Divent worry about it!
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Time to take the rose tinted glasses off. Lamela just isn't a top 4 team starter in the EPL in most matches.
He's good enough to be a squad player for us though so the hassle of selling him and replacing him might not be worth it.
However Lamela himself is the biggest loser in this scenario because I believe he'd flourish in the serie A.
He's good enough to be a squad player for us though so the hassle of selling him and replacing him might not be worth it.
However Lamela himself is the biggest loser in this scenario because I believe he'd flourish in the serie A.
It’s not exactly rocket science. We need more players who can score. We are completely reliant on 4 players for all our goals. We have scored 7 goals in the league and 1 in the champions league outside our four top scorers. We need more goals from our squad players, both when they start and from the bench. Right now we get nothing. That’s why it’s a problem when players is out of form, because we don’t have anyone to replace them with. We don’t have unlimited money and we don’t have unlimited room for players, so if we want new ones we have to sell someone. It’s one of the reasons why United is number 2, even though they don’t have a better starting 11 than us. But they have depth and players that can score from the bench.
Try and google and see how many goals we have scored from squad players and subs under Poch. It’s depressingly low.
