The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 6th January 2015

[yankspurs]

Typical yankspurs over-reactive nonsense. No, he's not the answer. But he is a good striker. I think someone said he scored 13 goals and got 10 assists for Southampton under Pochettino last season. That is very good. I wish you could be more sensible sometimes. Just because you don't want him, it doesn't make that player not even 'okay'.

Well that was in Southampton and a year younger. Now that he's in a better side, he is doing AWFUL and shows no signs of getting better. There is something to be said for a player who has 2 goals in 29 appearances with no assists. He's in beyond awful form right now. I am being sensible. Is this really someone we should even consider? Absolutely not.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Well that was in Southampton and a year younger. Now that he's in a better side, he is doing AWFUL and shows no signs of getting better. There is something to be said for a player who has 2 goals in 29 appearances with no assists. He's in beyond awful form right now. I am being sensible. Is this really someone we should even consider? Absolutely not.

1. He's played 22 games, not 29.
2. He's started 5. Yes, 5 Premier League games. But obviously you'd ignore things like that.
3. Have you not considered the fact that Lambert could start playing much better if he played under Pochettino again, who helped him reach his peak?
4. You compared his starts to Soldado's this season but conveniently forgot that Soldado's record was also very poor last season, and this cannot be said for Lambert.
5. I still don't want us to sign him. I just hate it when people start bullshitting in their arguments.

 

[goughie1966]

Well that was in Southampton and a year younger. Now that he's in a better side, he is doing AWFUL and shows no signs of getting better. There is something to be said for a player who has 2 goals in 29 appearances with no assists. He's in beyond awful form right now. I am being sensible. Is this really someone we should even consider? Absolutely not.

Firstly, he's in a worse team this year and secondly how many minutes has he actually player from those '29' appearances? I've seen him coming on injury time in some matches. And that is classed as an appearance!

I'm actually on the fence with this. I just feel Poch knows better than me.

Another point is that I feel Liverpool would rather loan out Ballotelli than Lambert surely?

 

[Ledleys Knee]

Lambert is a good player

But absolutely no way Liverpool would strengthen one of their perceived two big rivals for 4th-6th (us and Arsenal)

 

[prawnsandwich]

Firstly, he's in a worse team this year and secondly how many minutes has he actually player from those '29' appearances? I've seen him coming on injury time in some matches. And that is classed as an appearance!

I'm actually on the fence with this. I just feel Poch knows better than me.

Another point is that I feel Liverpool would rather loan out Ballotelli than Lambert surely?

Why do you think he is only coming on in injury time if he is so good?

 

[Ledleys Knee]

Considering Berahino, Ings and this Nigerian dude are available, I'm shocked we're not going all out for one of the 2 English lads, with the Nigerian as a fall back.

I don't think we're even trying for a forward this window (as JJ and Stobart have said).

I think Poch would rather wait till the summer to get his first choice (Rodriguez)

 

[goughie1966]

Why do you think he is only coming on in injury time if he is so good?

I haven't said he's good. I'm on the fence with it, honestly. I do however think we have a better manager than Liverpool and who would probably know how to use him better. I could of course be completely wrong and maybe Brenda bought him by mistake, he is actually pants and deserves to be sitting on the bench while Liverpool go 'strikerless' in games

 

[WiganSpur]

Lambert is OK, but it's pace we need upfront to stretch defences.

When struggling in a game, it's not going to make much difference taking Kane off for Lambert. We need to give the opposition something else to think about.

 

[SpursTillIDie1882]

Im not enamoured by it, however get rid of ade, lambert as target man in more scruffy away days like burnley etc.... but cant see him joining to sjt on bench again, he already doing that,he kniws he'll be back up only.

 

[Mairtin123]

Would bring Defoe back before lambert. Would give us the experience, knows the club well so would fit in straight away, he has a bit of pace and can score goals. Basically all of what we need till we get a top class striker on the summer.

 

[andyp8080]

i would much rather have Lambert in the squad than have Adebayor doing nothing

 

[UncleFool]

Ade out of favour, Soldado out of form...just what happens if Kane gets injured, loses his form or becomes fatigued? And he will. Not that Lambert is necessarily the correct option but we can't mount and maintain a Champions League chase on a young forward in his first full season. And, from recent evidence, we can't rely on Soldado to spearhead our charge. As for Ade...it'd be some reconciliation.
Not sure who I'd rather see lead our line (should Kane be unable) out of Ade, Soldado or Lambert...
In that light, and if we aren't going to or aren't able to, attract an attractive attacking prospect, then I'd say Lambert isn't as bad a move as some would believe. Can't imagine it would happen without us shifting Ade or Soldado. Or Brendan Rogers having a brain-melt, as we are competing for fourth with Liverpool (and others). Perhaps Liverpool need a misfiring forward to replace Lambert...Get Brendan on the blower, I think I see a swap deal!

 

[Jospur]

Latest ITK talks of Lambert as a possibility and there's been much conversation on here about having a replacement striker on hand in case Kane is injured or needs a rest. And that makes sense in view of Soldado's continued lack of form and Adebayor's propensity to disrupt team harmony. A greater need in my opinion is a back-up alternative to Eriksen. We have no alternative to him in the squad. What happens if he gets injured? Who will fill in for him without disrupting the team formation? Surely this is the greater need?

One player that comes to mind that might work well is Dennis Praet of Anderlecht. He's young and got tremendous upside. As a Belgian he would fit in well with all the Belgians currently at Spurs.

Another might be Fabian Delph of Aston Villa and I know he's been connected with a move to us recently.

Thoughts?

 

[SpartanSpur]

It's a funny situation and far from ideal but I think there's a lot of logic in Lambert. I know having strikers with pace is handy but when most teams park the bus at WHL pace is nullified (see Darren Bent's improved away scoring record for us). Having someone reliable who knows the system, can lead the line (allowing Harry to play #10) but also having an eye for the pass is very useful. Especially with Soldado not being a great fit and Ade being incredibly unreliable.

We need options there and can't expect kane to carry us on four fronts. Getting someone to cover him but also potentially partner him whilst not threatening to stunt his progress.

If it can be done cheap or on loan it's worth doing for me. And should be exclusive from any late window move for a wide forward like Emenike or Berahino imo (exits permitting).

Can't see it happening though to be fair.

 

[alfie103]

Would bring Defoe back before lambert. Would give us the experience, knows the club well so would fit in straight away, he has a bit of pace and can score goals. Basically all of what we need till we get a top class striker on the summer.

Defoe wouldn't be a good option. His link play is non-existent and we need a striker who can bring others into the game.

 

[Breezer]

Liverpool probably would loan Lambert to us because he's useless! Hardly doing us a favour....

I can't stand Adebayor but build his confidence and get him playing rather than loaning Lambert.

But I can see a cheap deal tempting Levy. We all want him to back our manager. So If that's who Poch wants (which I don't believe for a second) then Levy might actually back him this time.

 

[We'llWinThePrem]

Lambert is a good player. Just doesn't suit Liverpool at all. Would be a much better option for us than Soldado or Adebayor.

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

I think a Lambert loan deal makes pretty good sense. We cannot possibly continue with effectively only one striker for the whole season. If Kane gets crocked we're screwed. We need a back up, and since Levy is not going to buy anyone until he's sold others, and we all know he's going to struggle to shift anyone because their prices will be over-inflated, then a loan deal for a player who fits Poch's system and knows his ways seems the only way forward, really. I don't think he's a bad player at all. Only problem is, I can't see Liverpool cooperating with us on this deal.

 

[SEANSPURS1975]

Lambert? Lol. Has everybody seen Lambert this season? Dog shit is being nice. Even Rodgers now knows how crap he is. I'd rather Defoe back rather than that lump Lambert (don't want Defoe back by the way). So we have Kane, Adebayor and Soldado. So we basically now need 2 new strikers because 2 of them have no future at Tottenham.

 

[dirtyh]

I've seen tectonic plates move quicker than lambert, unless of course greggs is about to open.

Would rather promote one of the pacy kids.