That was Nkoudou & Njie. Lucas is a perfectly acceptable 5th string attacking midfielder. He's provided plenty of goals which we haven't seen from our 5th AM for as long as I've seen from Spurs. He's a streaky player but most wingers are and there's a reason he was bought for 25 and not 50mil.I like him but feel the spot we took up we were crying for absolute top class and we took the cheap option.
That was Nkoudou & Njie. Lucas is a perfectly acceptable 5th string attacking midfielder. He's provided plenty of goals which we haven't seen from our 5th AM for as long as I've seen from Spurs. He's a streaky player but most wingers are and there's a reason he was bought for 25 and not 50mil.
I think Keita Balde has been a pretty big bust ever since leaving Lazio.Yeah see this is my issue, you see him as an acceptable 5th string attacking midfielder. I wanted a player who was going to be like Son and break into our first 11 on the right side so we could have Son - Kane - RW. Preferably somebody who could play across the 3 and I wanted us to make the attempt and pay the premium for somebody who could come in and do that. I wanted Keita Balde or Malcom on that right side.
I agree with you he's an acceptable 5th but that's his ceiling, I wanted us to see that free spot as somebody with a far higher ceiling than that.
I think Keita Balde has been a pretty big bust ever since leaving Lazio.
I personally wish we would see more of Lucas at RW rather than a second striker. He's been played out of position for the majority of the season in a completely new role. I think a lot of people overlook that.
That was Nkoudou & Njie. Lucas is a perfectly acceptable 5th string attacking midfielder. He's provided plenty of goals which we haven't seen from our 5th AM for as long as I've seen from Spurs. He's a streaky player but most wingers are and there's a reason he was bought for 25 and not 50mil.
Yeah see this is my issue, you see him as an acceptable 5th string attacking midfielder. I wanted a player who was going to be like Son and break into our first 11 on the right side so we could have Son - Kane - RW. Preferably somebody who could play across the 3 and I wanted us to make the attempt and pay the premium for somebody who could come in and do that. I wanted Keita Balde or Malcom on that right side.
I agree with you he's an acceptable 5th but that's his ceiling, I wanted us to see that free spot as somebody with a far higher ceiling than that.
1st 8 months getting fit enough.
2nd Season getting used to the sheer physicality of the Premier League.
3rd Season will be the teller.
There's good reason Poch sits on the transfer fund - it's a 2-3 year turnaround to play in his teams proper - look at Sissoko.
Oh so now he's scored those that were doubting him are now up his arse again, I see how this works.
I don’t see anything wrong with that.
Is Lucas good enough atm for where we are and want to go? As a squad player, definitely imo.
Maybe he wasn’t the ‘uber’ signing but he has also showed the difference between a 25m experienced player and an n’punt, both from the same league.
Lucas ain’t perfect but he’s won games and points for us and had some top drawer performances at times. Well worth that extra 10-15m over another bargain basement duffer. And sure we haven’t seen the best of him either.