The dribble tight to the line second half from his corner on the right.
That sums up Lamela for me. A nice bit of skill, but it amounts to nothing because he tries to finish it with his left. It very rarely ends with goals or assists, but when it does we get an amazing rabona goal. He runs around a bit and gets stuck in and people thinks it’s the best thing they have ever seen. Some nice passes here and there that gets elevated into greatness by some fans. Suddenly a simple pass is what made the goal and a good run becomes the most important thing in the world. Whenever he gives the ball away(and he does that a lot) it gets put under the same rug as his lack of assist and goals. For some odd reason it’s only Dele that gets hate when he is losing the ball.
Lamela is a usefull player, but not even close to being as important as Kane, Dele, Eriksen and Son. Somehow people think he has been as important for our recent success as our starters. It’s like he gets even more credit for being injured. He can stay with us and it would be fine, he is a good backup and occasional starter and he can be sold and we would be just as fine.
With Kane and Dele potentially out, Lamela can hopefully show himself a bit. Make some noise and get us some points. It’s a good chance for him to try and win a starting role, he needs some good performances if he ever wants to be a starter again.