Just going on the numbers Moura is easily the best of the 3, but I think that the problem is the one the other poster raised ... Lamela can't seem to stay fit.
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Both Lamela and Moura should be sold as soon as possible but as mentioned above Lamela provides something, pressing ability, off the bench while Moura offers nothing. Combine that with his injury history he is likely harder to move so if we are keeping one, Lamela makes a lot more sense to keep over Moura.
But in reality they are both guys we desperately need to upgrade.
But in reality they are both guys we desperately need to upgrade.
Available 100% and tries hard but does nothing. This isn't youth soccer, trying hard is nice but we need actual talent not just good efforts.
Lucas has shown over his time here that he is not close to good enough and yet he is constantly defended largely based on one game. He gets way more credit and defending from Spurs fans than he deserves. That was a great night but we cannot keep guys who do not contribute and are not good enough because they had one good game in their 80+ games with the club.
You could make the same argument for Lamela, Winks, Davies, Dele and others. We can’t have a squad of world class players unfortunately.
I’m not saying I want Lucas over anyone. I’m saying I’ll take him over Lamela because he’s at least going to be available.
I would agree on most of the guys you listed. Which is why a team needs to rotate out guys that are no longer contributing.
It doesn't have to be world class players, but guys who can contribute would be nice. There are plenty of guys who are not world class but still can help a team out.
Moura could have easily been replaced by guys who would help this team out in many different ways and aren't world class.
I have advocated for moving on from Lamela as well.
It is possible for wanting to sell both.
I have already said the reason I keep Lamela if it is an either or proposition is that a. with his injury history likely that moving Lamela would be tough and b. he is effective at pressing. So he has something, as limited as it is that he can do.
Moura offers nothing. He is terrible with the ball at his feet, he isn't good defensively, he is not effective at pressing and more often than not he kills our attacking play.
Lucas Moura has 4 appearances for Brazil since 2013, that is even less relevant than his one night in Amsterdam.
Again get rid of Lamela as well, you keep trying to spin it back to him does nothing to change the fact that Moura should be gone.
Personally Lamela not being available and Moura sucks is the same thing to me, I don't either on the field, so Lamela being injured doesn't hurt him at all.
I'd get rid of both of them and get someone who stays fit and does more than run into the nearest player.
The conundrum with Lamela is, has his nagging injuries sort of helped people's view of him? Would he still be here if not for his constant injuries? Would he have gone to Marseille, back to Roma or Argentina?
I don’t get why he always fall down to low kick the ball. Bizarre technique
Yes I am. I always thought he was a quality player who has bad luck with injuries and works his socks off on the pitch but last night was another example of his limitations. Takes up great positions and two things happen , one he runs with the ball into an opposing player after delaying the pass, two, he miscontrols the ball and puts in a last ditch tackle to retrieve possession.
His work rate is still there but with zero end product we might as well pick a spurs fan with good fitness as the performance would be the same
get this fucking wage stealing Covid rule breaking cunt out of our club! would rather give a youth player a chance than relying on Lamela to be fit when you need him!
Thought he was fairly average which is admittedly a step up in quality for young lamela.
Would like this to be pinned in the "Universal truth that we all know - but can't show to outsiders" vault.
Admin
- we all know it exists (Soldado surely lives there).How can we possibly be the most green club (as pointed out by
Jenny Talia
) with all the rivers of paperwork that come with Eric playing?
I still can't actually believe we have the same conversations about Lamela.
I still can't believe in the time Erik Lamela has been at the club, Gareth Bale, went to Real Madrid and won four Champions League titles, 2 La Liga's (probably more trophies too) and then returned to the club on loan. It's bonkers.
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I still can't believe in the time Erik Lamela has been at the club, Gareth Bale, went to Real Madrid and won four Champions League titles, 2 La Liga's (probably more trophies too) and then returned to the club on loan. It's bonkers.
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Still shit IMO