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Christ, one good half and Christian is now a winger and Erik is our playmaker..
You are wrong!
It was one good half of one half!
Christ, one good half and Christian is now a winger and Erik is our playmaker..
Correct me if i'm wrong - as I didn't see the game - but didn't Lamela start at number 10 against Leicester and play shit?
I agree he needs a run in the team because he is our most creative player but I remember reading on here that he was a disaster against Leicester.
Gbspurs says your a retard
I think that's harsh personally
He is a no 10 even if gbspurs thinks I'm a retard for saying it.
He was a 10 in Argentina he was moved right because Totti is a legend at roma he was also touted by Totti as his natural successor (Totti is also a retard apparently )
Eriksen always plays well from the left better than central (retard)
Bollocks. The pass for the goal was only one of a few that he did in the limited time he came on, which transformed the game. Trust a hater to have blinkered vision or selective memory.Correct, he was extremely poor against Leicester.
Personally I don't think one good pass equates to being given a run as our number 10. He also got skinned for pace by Kaboul when Sunderland nearly equalised. Still the sublime to the ridiculous from Lamela yesterday.
Would rather see Pritchard given serious minutes as I fear these glimmers of hope from Lamela are exactly that.
Or chadli or dembele - both of whom have played their best games on that position IMO
Played no 10 in his last game for Argentina and played well.He was moved right because he was off the pace as a number ten. He has just thirteen appearances for Argentina since 2011 scoring just twice so his International reputation is hardly worth a mention.
I think that if Poch, Sherwood, AVB and Martino recognise that he's no number ten then chances are that one of them (by luck or judgement) is correct in that assumption, but all four cannot be wrong.
Care to mention these 1 in 3 runs your on about?Hmmm... It's always the same with Lamela. One assist here, a nice through ball there - some hope - but then for the next three games he doesn't show up.
Bottom line, he needs to earn the chance to be a regular in our first team by showing that he can consistently turn up and take control of a game, and be a match winner - not just with a cameo but a string of good performances.
Eriksen did this so many times last season, before he burnt out like the rest of our team.
I think he's technically capable - he's got a lovely touch and an eye for a pass - but I'm unsure whether he's got the mentality to grab a game by the scruff of the neck.
He has to adapt to getting no space and the shit kicked out of him, which is what most teams do to nullify him. Against Leicester, Drinkwater (I think that was the guy's name) just got nice and tight, didn't let him have any space to turn and constantly forced him onto his unnatural right foot.
To date, he's only really been effective when he's come on against tiring opposition (i.e. Sunderland on Saturday and Newcastle last season) or started versus a team that plays open and offers us space (like Burnley and Astana did at WHL last season)
The reason why Eriksen is a good #10 is that he is great at turning off either shoulder, which is typical of the Ajax playmakers. It makes him a lot harder to man mark.
Lamela is way more predictable.
Would definitely play him against Palace though. With Eriksen nearing a return it would be a good test of Lamela's character and also to see if he can cope against a better, more intense side than Sunderland.
He was moved right because he was off the pace as a number ten. He has just thirteen appearances for Argentina since 2011 scoring just twice so his International reputation is hardly worth a mention.
I think that if Poch, Sherwood, AVB and Martino recognise that he's no number ten then chances are that one of them (by luck or judgement) is correct in that assumption, but all four cannot be wrong.
Many on here have wanted to see Lamela get a run in the ten position. Its never happened, so I suspect the 'clamour' for it died ages ago. You don't keep picking an option if you know its unlikely they'll start in that position. At least I don't anyway.
The point is he has shown quality in that position previously. If you're not aware of such that's your problem.
Personally I feel we need one of Eriksen/Lamela/Pritchard on the pitch and one of Son/Njie (assuming he makes runs behind the defence) on the pitch. Then, depending on the opposition and form, Chadli or Townsend taking up the other spot. In an ideal world, that 3rd spot would be taking up by a player that provides width and can take on players (Townsend when on form) but Chadli's ability to expose pockets of space can be beneficial, providing the other 2 AMs aren't playing too narrow.
I don't like the idea of Eriksen or Lamela either on the left or right, as they have shown time and again they don't suit in in the PL. Alli for me isn't a AM, he should be an option for CM but I just can't see any combo of Mason, Bentaleb & Alli working at the moment, until improvement is seen in their reading of the game, positioning and understanding of who goes forward and when etc.
People might have the wrong impression of Lamela what sort of player is he.
I think some can't work out what he is, he isn't a Ronaldo Naymir or Bale type but more a hybrid sort of Silva De Brunyne Fabregas James Rodriguez with a bit of Latin American fire/work rate.
Im personally happy we kept him because he is a good technical player, I'd much rather Lamela in the team to say over Dembele and if Eriksen isn't playing then Lamela is a most.
I also feel we have some really creative players in Lamela Eriksen Chadli Pritchard Onomah then players that assist the assist players such as Mason Bentaleb Carroll... We have good options in our squad.
To be fair Mr Pink I'm not really picking a hole in your opinion, you tend to be one of the more consistent considered posters.
It's actually the hypocrisy of everyone now veering completely to the other extreme with the lad based on one good cameo.
You would have to admit that had you run this thread the day before the Sunderland game you would have been shot down by all and sundry. Similarly Townsend is not the joke option anymore after beating his man a couple of times.
In reality, lamela and Townsend have just reminded us all in our rush to promote and discard squad members on a pass by pass basis that almost everyone in our squad can at their best provide solid options for us over the season.
Personally, I don't think I could justify lamela taking the no10 role until he has repeated the feat with a degree of consistency. For me no. 10 belongs to eriksen