I guess sometimes things just don’t work out for whatever reason. He was one of those players who i didn’t hate, but always thought meh. Seemed to typify the team at the time with people like chiriches, Paulinho (again, wtf!), Bentaleb and Soldado. All players that were technically ok, but never going to help us break through that glass ceiling we were stuck beneath for all those years. I guess that is the problem Sissoko and Llorente have right now. They try, they are ok, but compared to our best XI they aren’t good enough so some people slate them for it. You can’t have 25 1st choice starters in your squad because over half of them wouldnt start each week. I’m pleased that he is doing well in a team that (so far!) hasn’t or can’t hurt us. If England get Argentina in the World Cup though I hope Harry and Dele show no mercy!
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I guess sometimes things just don’t work out for whatever reason. He was one of those players who i didn’t hate, but always thought meh. Seemed to typify the team at the time with people like chiriches, Paulinho (again, wtf!), Bentaleb and Soldado. All players that were technically ok, but never going to help us break through that glass ceiling we were stuck beneath for all those years. I guess that is the problem Sissoko and Llorente have right now. They try, they are ok, but compared to our best XI they aren’t good enough so some people slate them for it. You can’t have 25 1st choice starters in your squad because over half of them wouldnt start each week. I’m pleased that he is doing well in a team that (so far!) hasn’t or can’t hurt us. If England get Argentina in the World Cup though I hope Harry and Dele show no mercy!
Swings and roundabouts for me, Fergie won the league with Buttner, Fletcher, Cleverley, Scholes (500yrs old), Giggs (1,000yrs old), Welbeck, Young, Smalling, Jones, Anderson & Evans!
That is absolutely mental
or Kane - or Alli
I'd like to see the footage of any defence splitting passes from Lamela, certainly in a prem or above standard game. His strength is in his break up play rather than anything overtly creative, and in that aspect he often seems to get niggly and into trouble.
Like this one?
Well, no not that one. You’ll have to find another. Then another. Then another.
are there that many then?
I remember when he arrived we were assaulted with footage of him playing for Roma and we thought we were getting this wonderfully creative midfield maestro with superb dribbling skills.
We have an undoubtedly able and feisty midfielder, but not the guy who regularly pulls passes like that out of the hat.
I'm not knocking him down, I just dont see him as all that creative a player. A scrapper and a player who will fight for everything, but not anything like Eriksen or even Alli in terms of being able to play killer passes,
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I think our perception of him is clouded by his big (at the time) price tag and relatively slow start, coupled with his more recent extended absence. Once he'd acclimatised, I believe he showed plenty of creativity. That said, I accept he might not be everyone's cup off tea.
Here's a montage from 2015, which includes a couple of defence-splitting passes:
So, you saw evidence of him as a wonderfully creative maestro with superb dribbling skills with your own eyes, but now believe him to be a feisty midfielder who isn’t creative?
Ok. Each to their own. I choose to believe that his injuries have taken a toll and he’s found it difficult to find form with such a stop start two years. He’s obviously a creative player. We’ve all seen him do it plenty of times before.
I didn't say that.
You tube compilations are no way to judge any player, and most of the stuff I saw was fairly bland, with a lot of step overs etc. I can only judge him on what I have seen, and that's where his strengths are in my view. I have never said he's talentless, we would not have paid that amount for someone devoid of skill or potential (although its hard for me to say that when we spent the same amount on Sissoko.)
I think he's alright and am pleased we have him at Spurs , but if we had our full squad playing at full potential, I wouldn't start him.
Would you?
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Eriksen (21) is second only to Deal Bruyne (28) in total through ball. Dele has the eighth most (11)
In 15/16 Dele had 18, Eriksen 12 and Lamela 12.
But we're repeatedly told that Lamela is the only player cable of "seeing a pass" so I think someone should contact the Premier League and tell them both Dele and Eriksen's numbers are incorrect.
Eriksen (21) is second only to Deal Bruyne (28) in total through ball. Dele has the eighth most (11)
In 15/16 Dele had 18, Eriksen 12 and Lamela 12.
But we're repeatedly told that Lamela is the only player cable of "seeing a pass" so I think someone should contact the Premier League and tell them both Dele and Eriksen's numbers are incorrect.
Can see Lamela and Moura building a strong partnership, a creative speed and skill x-factor in the team.
Lamela for me is a player who seems not to have reached his pertentcial with us. We never missed him when he was out, in fact we were better. I am a fan of his but always left frustrated by him. I always feel he could do better. He has great moments and poor. He is somewhere in the middle of all the arguments above.
But since he's come back into our squad we've lost just once (to the best team in the country) in 21 games. Are currently on our longest unbeaten run in 20+ years and failing to lose tomorrow sees us equal a Premier League record of 11 Premier League games unbeaten.
Whilst the season he was missing was the best in the clubs Premier League history, that's also because Dele Alli performed at the best he ever has done, as well as Son who stepped up admirably (One of which has massively underperformed this year).
He's a good addition to the overall squad and makes our squad better. That's the most important thing
When you hear that about Lamela, and consider the length of his injury - it must have really really been awful for him to go that long without football and with a nagging fear that he wouldn’t come back as good as before.
Props to him and our management for eventually navigating that recovery. He’s looking good, and will be so useful to have in the run-in.
NOTHING that those who watch him closely don't already know.
He literally returned from a 13 month injury layoff and played this pass as basically his first competitive touch...
Can’t pick a fucking pass, though.
Can’t pick a fucking pass, though.