kaz Hirai
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Majority of them seemed to have vanished
Player Watch: Erik Lamela
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Majority of them seemed to have vanished
haha - voice of fucking sarcasm
He does have great vision and his thread of a needle passing is exquisite at times
fortworthspur
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he's frustrating to watch for me. he can be fantastic, tho.
Ghost Hardware
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With Lamela you always get a bit of rough alongside the smooth. But as long as there is more smooth then the team as a whole greatly benefits. It’s why some love him and others hate him. He’s probably the closest thing to footballing marmite you can get. At the moment he is 90% smooth so we need to ride that Lamela shaped wave as far as we can.
TheVoiceofReason
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With Lamela its more that he gets extra attention during a bad team performance due to the fact that he never hides, and always shows for the ball even when he isn't playing that well. Even during a game where he plays poorly with the ball, he is always aggressive off the ball, and its often proved when he gets subbed off in an attempt to sway the course of the game, and we end up looking worse.
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Agreed, he's constantly trying to make things happen so when he's off he just loses the ball a lot.
When the rumour of Lamela joining started I had a vision of a fast winger and was disappointed on watching all his youtube clips that he lacked pace and I couldn't really see much in his game and wasn't overly keen for us to sign him.
Original view was confirmed when he joined us but he has since become one of my favourite players. He still lacks real pace but he works his nuts off, can spot a pass and in the right position can finish. A great player for the squad.
Original view was confirmed when he joined us but he has since become one of my favourite players. He still lacks real pace but he works his nuts off, can spot a pass and in the right position can finish. A great player for the squad.
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Anyone else think Lamela looks like he's just had enough after all his injuries and the negative shit and is now looking like 'right you fkers, I'm gonna show you lot what you've been missing.'
He has had good spells before but he looks like he really fkin means business this season.
Just hope he stays injury free.
He has had good spells before but he looks like he really fkin means business this season.
Just hope he stays injury free.
dtxspurs
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Hope it was just a cramp. What a performance. Absolutely playing like the guy we all thought he could become.
He can just do it all, shoot, dribble, pass, defend. If we can get he and Eriksen in form together the attack is going to be lights out.
He can just do it all, shoot, dribble, pass, defend. If we can get he and Eriksen in form together the attack is going to be lights out.
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Any idea what his injury was? Seemed to be his calf and he went back to bench so assuming it's not that bad. Strain or cramp. Easily our best player at the moment.
kaz Hirai
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cramp in his left calf
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With Serge/KWP & Rose you can run that out but with Trippier and Davies that team wouldn't work the same.
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I'd love to try that.
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I also think Son gets let off the hook as so many games he pulls a goal out of nowhere and his strengths are more obvious with a silky dribble and curled finish so it's easier to say Lamela's "had a bad game"
