Érik Lamela

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Difficult to criticise the Ref for the decision but The 2 major decisions in the match being the Penalty and the Sending Off both went against us. Both harsh and I cannot remember the last time we benefitted from getting a penalty and/or a sending off for opposition.
 
Lamela getting sent off wasn't harsh.

One example of us benefitting was the Martial sending off. It wasn't a penalty but the Fulham non-goal was us benefitting for sure.
 
Matt1882 said:
Come one, are people seriously saying he was unlucky?
From the moment he stepped on the pitch he was nibbling away.
He's a massive WUM. He's at it non stop in matches. Every match. He got quite a few let offs before getting the first yellow and the 2nd was just daft.

My concern is this opens up a flood gate. He's never seen red for us despite the relentless nature of his actions. Perhaps now he's had one refs will be quicket to pick up on him.
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What would you rather have ,a timid rollover team?
Lamela is a frustrating character but you simply cannot fault his desire and attitude
 
bonaspur23 said:
The rabona is cool and all, but most players don’t ever try one because they learn to use both by the age of 10.

It’s not a skill that will actually make you a good player.
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There's more to it than just avoiding using his right foot, It decieves the opposition players and it provides the player with a different angle of shot/pass than a conventional kick.
Look at how Bale has been using the outside of his left foot from right sided crosses. It gives him an outswinger from a left foot. The defender is trying to show him outside, on to his weaker foot, to stop a dangerous cross, but he uses the outside of the left boot to create the same as a good, right footed cross.
 
Matt1882 said:
There's more to it than just avoiding using his right foot, It decieves the opposition players and it provides the player with a different angle of shot/pass than a conventional kick.
Look at how Bale has been using the outside of his left foot from right sided crosses. It gives him an outswinger from a left foot. The defender is trying to show him outside, on to his weaker foot, to stop a dangerous cross, but he uses the outside of the left boot to create the same as a good, right footed cross.
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Outside of the left foot is a whole nother skill and one that is useful. Being actually able to use your weak foot is preferable to a rabona in 99.99% of situations.

That rabona shot was a great shot but lamela is 100x easier to defend because every defender knows he has no right foot.

These types of flashy goals draw so much attention but overlook the fact that the reason he even tried it (and most players don’t) is because of a giant weakness in his game.
 
bonaspur23 said:
That rabona shot was a great shot but lamela is 100x easier to defend because every defender knows he has no right foot.
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You'd be surprised how often defenders get caught out by his dribbling even though he is unbelievably one-footed. Just look at some of his mazy runs in the last few appearances, he's had some crackers. The ball-roll is a real weapon to help, and he does the scotty parker pivot to escape pressure a lot too.

He has a very weird dribbling style that is half combatative and half skillful that actually gives defenders a lot of grief when he is on the move.

Not defending his lack of right-footedness mind you, but he's got very far with the one foot only!
 
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