Player Watch: Erik Lamela

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

He was in fairness the only one who showed any bollocks or not wanting to lose.

Exactly. More players in the side like him and we would have at least looked competitive.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

As I've said I'm not having a go at him, he is what he is and I wouldn't change him, or criticise anything other than he needed to use his head yesterday when he was already on a yellow.

My only point is we can't make excuses when he does get caught out. Which seems to be happening a lot today.

But it seems to me he is clearly tasked with chasing down the opposition and being a physical thorn in their side. His up turn in cards per min this season suggests to me that Jose is asking him to be more of a dirty player. If this is becoming a problem then Jose needs to tell him to back off. Yes yesterday he was too much on the edge even tho neither foul really deserved a card. Still he should have been more aware. But really, two career reds shows he is certainly not a liability and can comfortably be relied upon to play for a full 90 as long as Jose doesn’t ask him to get at the opposition as much as he has this season.

 

[Beni]

It’s just a crying shame that we didn’t have commentary that fitted that goal yesterday. The goal deserved to have had some ounce of emotion overlayed, like a “School Boys own stuff” or a “Villa”. Instead, we got some sort of half hearted through gritted teeth “Lamela, has scored”.

I maybe biased as a Spurs fan, and reading to much into it, but if it was another club or player like Grealish, Mount, or a Foden, that had just scored a goal like that, that goal would be on every news outlet, being talked about lyrically.

I Just don’t think people understand, just how difficult what Lamela did is to do. It’s one thing to get any sort of direction doing it, but to get the power, keeping over the top of the the ball to keep it low, plus have curve and direction to be in the corner and beat the keeper, just defies belief that it happened. You will not find another goal scored like it. You can go and watch other games at top level to Sunday league football, where you can see 40 yarders, players that beat 4-5 players and score, volleys or overhead kicks, you won’t see anything like what Lamela just did.

 

[ziggy]

The fact he got the ball is irrelevant.if you go to ground, especially from the side or behind and clean the player out it's always going to be a foul. The laws are a joke at times but that's how it is.

Sad, but if that's the case Xhaka should have already had a yellow before he finally got one and been sent off as well but I think the ref let them get away with quite a few fouls

 

[ralvy]

It’s just a crying shame that we didn’t have commentary that fitted that goal yesterday. The goal deserved to have had some ounce of emotion overlayed, like a “School Boys own stuff” or a “Villa”. Instead, we got some sort of half hearted through gritted teeth “Lamela, has scored”.

I maybe biased as a Spurs fan, and reading to much into it, but if it was another club or player like Grealish, Mount, or a Foden, that had just scored a goal like that, that goal would be on every news outlet, being talked about lyrically.

I Just don’t think people understand, just how difficult what Lamela did is to do. It’s one thing to get any sort of direction doing it, but to get the power, keeping over the top of the the ball to keep it low, plus have curve and direction to be in the corner and beat the keeper, just defies belief that it happened. You will not find another goal scored like it. You can go and watch other games at top level to Sunday league football, where you can see 40 yarders, players that beat 4-5 players and score, volleys or overhead kicks, you won’t see anything like what Lamela just did.

Yeah, I'm obviously a bit biased, but if that goal isn't awarded the puskas award I will be rioting.

 

[ralvy]

The problem is, once he gets the first yellow, he doesn’t tone it down (if anything it seems to make him worse) and ends up getting subbed before he gets sent off, he seems to get subbed quite often when playing well, only because if he’s not he will be off.
He doesn’t seem to have the intelligence/ability to see what’s happening and that’s a big shame, because whilst Kane and Bale get all the plaudits, I think he was integral in our mini revival. He’s playing some of the most incisive, productive football since he joined us.
Real sly players know when to be cynical and when not too, unfortunately not being able to recognise this makes him a liability as you cannot trust him to stay on the pitch.

Apparently he only has got two red cards during his whole career, so he clearly does have that intelligence/ability to see the bigger picture. For all the amount of tackling and pressing he does, he probably should be getting a couple of straight reds each season.

 

[TheBlueRooster]

It’s just a crying shame that we didn’t have commentary that fitted that goal yesterday. The goal deserved to have had some ounce of emotion overlayed, like a “School Boys own stuff” or a “Villa”. Instead, we got some sort of half hearted through gritted teeth “Lamela, has scored”.

I maybe biased as a Spurs fan, and reading to much into it, but if it was another club or player like Grealish, Mount, or a Foden, that had just scored a goal like that, that goal would be on every news outlet, being talked about lyrically.

I Just don’t think people understand, just how difficult what Lamela did is to do. It’s one thing to get any sort of direction doing it, but to get the power, keeping over the top of the the ball to keep it low, plus have curve and direction to be in the corner and beat the keeper, just defies belief that it happened. You will not find another goal scored like it. You can go and watch other games at top level to Sunday league football, where you can see 40 yarders, players that beat 4-5 players and score, volleys or overhead kicks, you won’t see anything like what Lamela just did.

Personally I don't think that they saw what he did until the replays. I didn't until then.

 

[Beni]

Personally I don't think that they saw what he did until the replays. I didn't until then.

Possibly, but even after it. Maybe it’s just me and their usual monotone voices that just grate me whenever they commentate

 

[TheBlueRooster]

Possibly, but even after it. Maybe it’s just me and their usual monotone voices that just grate me whenever they commentate

It wasn't until I saw it from behind when I noticed it then it was "oh fuck he's done it again" TBH I didn't see it when he did it in Europe until about the fifth showing.

 

[Beni]

It wasn't until I saw it from behind when I noticed it then it was "oh fuck he's done it again" TBH I didn't see it when he did it in Europe until about the fifth showing.

I wish I was with someone who understood. My Mrs was not impressed or must have thought I was a right weirdo going “Oh my god oh my god, look what he’s just done. A Robona”, like some over excited kid ?

 

[TheBlueRooster]

I wish I was with someone who understood. My Mrs was not impressed or must have thought I was a right weirdo going “Oh my god oh my god, look what he’s just done. A Robona”, like some over excited kid ?

Same here "He's done a what?" "he's kicked the ball with his left foot on the right hand side of his right foot" "why didn't he just kick it with his right foot?" "he'd fall over" "Oh! OK has he been booked yet?" "No that's later"

 

[weststandyid]

because it was a dreadful challenge in the box and clattered the man without taking any ball?

got a 'disagree' for this ?

 

[fortworthspur]

Sad, but if that's the case Xhaka should have already had a yellow before he finally got one and been sent off as well but I think the ref let them get away with quite a few fouls

he always does. he's a pretty nasty player.

 

[fortworthspur]

Reggie's reaction to his goal was hilarious.

 

[SlotBadger]

It’s just a crying shame that we didn’t have commentary that fitted that goal yesterday. The goal deserved to have had some ounce of emotion overlayed, like a “School Boys own stuff” or a “Villa”. Instead, we got some sort of half hearted through gritted teeth “Lamela, has scored”.

I maybe biased as a Spurs fan, and reading to much into it, but if it was another club or player like Grealish, Mount, or a Foden, that had just scored a goal like that, that goal would be on every news outlet, being talked about lyrically.

I Just don’t think people understand, just how difficult what Lamela did is to do. It’s one thing to get any sort of direction doing it, but to get the power, keeping over the top of the the ball to keep it low, plus have curve and direction to be in the corner and beat the keeper, just defies belief that it happened. You will not find another goal scored like it. You can go and watch other games at top level to Sunday league football, where you can see 40 yarders, players that beat 4-5 players and score, volleys or overhead kicks, you won’t see anything like what Lamela just did.

Check this Brazilian commentary, which is much more in line with the events unfolding.

Yeah, I'm obviously a bit biased, but if that goal isn't awarded the puskas award I will be rioting.

His last one wasn’t even nominated ?

Go check the goals from that year’s list. It’s laughable.

Made me chuckle him skipping past one, nutmegging a second, and ball-rolling past a third vs Fulham didn’t make the cut for Soccer AM’s ‘Showboat’ reel, yet various players with 10 yards of space doing a solitary back-heel to another unmarked player did.

 

[VegasII]

I tell you what, we might have lost yesterday, but that goal was fucking fantastic. The look on the gooners’ faces when he hit it. He’s a piss taker with that - definitely one for the collection of great goals we’ve scored against them.

 

[SlotBadger]

I tell you what, we might have lost yesterday, but that goal was fucking fantastic. The look on the gooners’ faces when he hit it. He’s a piss taker with that - definitely one for the collection of great goals we’ve scored against them.

What we’ll remember for the next couple of weeks is our terrible performance and result.

What we’ll remember in future is this is the only rabona scored in 29 years of the Premier League. Have any been scored in the history of the English top-flight?

Goals as rare as this, Bergkamp’s, Di Canio’s, Yeboah’s, etc., will never be forgotten.

 

[talbot64]

Sadly he is now an obvious target for the opposition to get sent off.

The history of not getting sent off is exactly that, from now on he needs to be careful

 

[DCSPUR]

top mentality
brilliant goal
gives a shit
anyone giving him grief needs to step away from the keyboard
If this lad wasn't so unlucky with injuries he'd be a global star and either our captain or at Barca/ Real

 

[weststandyid]

If this lad wasn't so unlucky with injuries he'd be a global star and either our captain or at Barca/ Real

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