Player Watch: Erik Lamela

[Nebby]

Does that include Poch?

Bloody right it does.

 

[ralvy]

So Lamela was guilty for Lloris breaking his arm? Forget about kicking him out of the squad, we should present criminal charges against him.

 

[Nebby]

It's just because the weird little haters haven't had any reason to @ Lamela lately. They've found one incident in a game in which Lamela was the only one who semi showed up.

Sad, predictable and embarrassingly transparent of their agenda.

"He seems to be following Eriksen's "defending is beneath me" approach to football" - if anybody thinks that of Lamela seriously, that's insanity.

You cannot deny the complete lack of effort he put into stopping the cross for Brighton’s first. He just stands in front of the guy. It was pathetic. That’s something we’ve seen repeatedly from Eriksen.

 

[Bulletspur]

You cannot deny the complete lack of effort he put into stopping the cross for Brighton’s first. He just stands in front of the guy. It was pathetic. That’s something we’ve seen repeatedly from Eriksen. trying to bring us back into the game through his dynamism and industry, despite his error in allowing the cross for their first goal

 

[Finchyid]

I think the main problem is we didn't have Sissoko or Winks dragging us forward from midfield.

said that after 5 mins, should have moved dier to right back and put mouss back in middle

 

[Nebby]

Didn’t do much to stop the cross for the second goal either. But hey, he runs about a bit so that’s good.

 

[HildoSpur]

Didn’t do much to stop the cross for the second goal either. But hey, he runs about a bit so that’s good.

Give it a rest

 

[dontcallme]

Didn’t do much to stop the cross for the second goal either. But hey, he runs about a bit so that’s good.

Yeah a player putting in a lot of effort is useless because he failed to block a cross.

 

[Daytripper]

Didn’t do much to stop the cross for the second goal either. But hey, he runs about a bit so that’s good.

We didn’t lose the Brighton game because of Lamela. The guy wears the shirt with pride, always puts a shift in and doesn’t hide away even if he’s having an off game. He’s the complete opposite to players like Eriksen

 

[Nebby]

We didn’t lose the Brighton game because of Lamela. The guy wears the shirt with pride, always puts a shift in and doesn’t hide away even if he’s having an off game. He’s the complete opposite to players like Eriksen

Two crosses, two goals, no attempt at a block from Lamela. Is it too much to ask that he at least tries to block the cross? Isn’t that his job?

 

[ralvy]

Two crosses, two goals, no attempt at a block from Lamela. Is it too much to ask that he at least tries to block the cross? Isn’t that his job?

Okay, after putting myself through the pain of watching both of those goals again, all I can conclude is what a dishonest person you are being (well, either that or you simply dislike Lamela too much, to the point that your judgement is being clouded a bit).

- For the first goal, Lamela definitely makes an effort to stop the cross, but unfortunately he goes with the feint and is left in a position in which he stops being an obstacle for Brighton's player, who is now clear to make a cross.

- For the second goal, he's chasing Brighton's player at speed and between him and NDombele (or Sissoko) they are leaving him with little room to make a play. Unfortunately, Brighton's player was still able to pull out a decent cross out of such a tight position.

Maybe Lamela could have done a better work at attempting to prevent those crosses but, to claim he didn't made an effort to block them is a disgusting and obvious lie.

 

[Nebby]

Okay, after putting myself through the pain of watching both of those goals again, all I can conclude is what a dishonest person you are being (well, either that or you simply dislike Lamela too much, to the point that your judgement is being clouded a bit).

- For the first goal, Lamela definitely makes an effort to stop the cross, but unfortunately he goes with the feint and is left in a position in which he stops being an obstacle for Brighton's player, who is now clear to make a cross.

- For the second goal, he's chasing Brighton's player at speed and between him and NDombele (or Sissoko) they are leaving him with little room to make a play. Unfortunately, Brighton's player was still able to pull out a decent cross out of such a tight position.

Maybe Lamela could have done a better work at attempting to prevent those crosses but, to claim he didn't made an effort to block them is a disgusting and obvious lie.

Maybe he could have done better? Maybe? Those crosses were basic. It’s not like either resulted from blinding pace or an amazing step over that bamboozled the defender. Just two run of the mill crosses with no block.

 

[Gbspurs]

We didn’t lose the Brighton game because of Lamela. The guy wears the shirt with pride, always puts a shift in and doesn’t hide away even if he’s having an off game. He’s the complete opposite to players like Eriksen

Is this the Eriksen who for a long time was top of the league for distance ran per game for us?

 

[Hakkz]

Is this the Eriksen who for a long time was top of the league for distance ran per game for us?

It's what you do with the running that matters.

 

[Bobbins]

Maybe he could have done better? Maybe? Those crosses were basic. It’s not like either resulted from blinding pace or an amazing step over that bamboozled the defender. Just two run of the mill crosses with no block.

Who gives a fuck?

The last thing the club should be worrying about is whether Erik Lamela is putting in enough effort when defending.

Especially since it's only come up as a result of a pathetic MotD piece of utterly pointless punditry and literally wouldn't be getting a single mention if not for that.

Club's fucked up root and branch with major issues all over the pitch and throughout the squad and management team, and man's worrying about Coco not lifting his foot high enough off the ground. Fuck's sake SpursCommunity.

 

[Gbspurs]

It's what you do with the running that matters.

So Eriksen wins again since in both their times at the club he has far more assists and goals?

 

[Real_madyidd]

So Eriksen wins again since in both their times at the club he has far more assists and goals?

This is pathetic.

Maybe Eriksen and Lamela are actually good footballers but are actually humans, not machines?

 

[Hakkz]

So Eriksen wins again since in both their times at the club he has far more assists and goals?

I wasn't comparing the two. I was pointing out that running about is pointless in itself.

 

[Zummerzet Spur]

It's what you do with the running that matters.

Exactly, especially when it’s half heartedly tracking back the player you could have stopped in their own half had you actually tried a tackle!

 

[yido_number1]

I've seen it all now. People criticising our most agressive do or die player for not putting his effort in the right place. Some of you are fucking depressing.