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TeamSpirit™ said:
That was regrettable sale tbh.

Yes we almost double on his value, but if we kept him for 2016-17, he provides the quality depth we so badly lacked in attack.

With Chadli’s penchant for timely goals alà Origi, Trossard, Batshuayi Pedro, we could have done a domestic double that season.

A shame.
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We bought Lamela from the Bale money to provide that, instead he spent seven seasons here only good enough to regularly warm the bench.
 
HodHaz1 said:
We bought Lamela from the Bale money to provide that, instead he spent seven seasons here only good enough to regularly warm the bench.
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Chadli was part of the same group.

If they wanted a direct Bale replacement (impossible!) Lamela in particular was a bad scouting on Spurs’ part - surprise!

Lamela was always a better creator than finisher + Poch turned him into a pressing machine. 15/16 and calendar year of 2018 were his strongest periods at Spurs.
 
TeamSpirit™ said:
Chadli was part of the same group.

If they wanted a direct Bale replacement (impossible!) Lamela in particular was a bad scouting on Spurs’ part - surprise!

Lamela was always a better creator than finisher + Poch turned him into a pressing machine. 15/16 and calendar year of 2018 were his strongest periods at Spurs.
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You are right about our poor scouting and it is still happening today. Only Eriksen one of the cheaper acquisitions looked the part. It was evident that Lamela wasn’t good enough and we needed an upgrade. He lacked the finesse to keep possession of the ball, so he ran a lot kicking opponents to get it back. Poch didn’t change him into anything. There wasn’t enough quality in his play to work with. Poch’s great team of 16/17 needed a wide forward game changer off the bench. In the end the chavs often found a way to turn drawing games into wins, sadly it became the difference between finishing first and second.
 
HodHaz1 said:
You are right about our poor scouting and it is still happening today. Only Eriksen one of the cheaper acquisitions looked the part. It was evident that Lamela wasn’t good enough and we needed an upgrade. He lacked the finesse to keep possession of the ball, so he ran a lot kicking opponents to get it back. Poch didn’t change him into anything. There wasn’t enough quality in his play to work with. Poch’s great team of 16/17 needed a wide forward game changer off the bench. In the end the chavs often found a way to turn drawing games into wins, sadly it became the difference between finishing first and second.
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Lamela was also injured for the majority of 16/17 so it didn’t help with our depth.

Chadli & Lamela backing up DESK would have pushed us over the line IMO.
 
Chadli yes, but he needed to be accompanied by a better outlet than Lamela. I think there was a Ukranian or Russian player talked about around that time as being linked but we never got him. He might have been that extra difference maker we needed.
 
Hopefully we improve the squad enough to loan him out. And if someone wants to pay money for him we should probably sell. There is something there I guess. Good shot at times, good set pieces and crossing, but he shouldn't be a starter or squad player for us, and his level of player wouldn't be 5 or 10 years ago.
 
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