Player Watch: Erik Lamela

[arunspurs]

So your basing your opinion on 1 start and 2 sub appearances?
Tells me everything I need to know about your opinion.

Err..I am not @UpTownSpur
But I assume this is his thought process..
One start where we started playing well after he was subbed off.
One sub appearance where we lost possession & gave away 2 goals after he came on...

Coincidence...Nope...
Stoke Game - Zero touches on ball but gives away 2 fouls...And starts the Stoke pressure. Corners, freekicks, throw ins. His ineptitiude may not have resulted in actual goal scored by Stoke, but it was his stupid give aways that initiated Stoke resurgence in second half. I have watched that half again - I can point out the exact time he did those with misplaced passes & mistimed tackles & how much time later we got the ball back.

Today...First touch of the game - sloppy pass to Leicester. Sets the tone. Did nothing apart from taking corners.
As usual, made a silly tackle, which could have injured a opponent or got a red.
As usual, made a studid pass, which resulted in Dier taking a yellow for the team.
He leaves the park, Alli comes in. Alli gets a goal ghosting in far post - where Lamela should have been lingering most times. Allii then goes beyond Leivester players, going past them - in process earning a good free kick -something Lamela never does.

Please stop talking about its just 1 game & 2 sub appreacnes. Or keep saying its his second season...
This bloke has had enough chances to say he will make it in PL or not.

 

[jezz]

I don't think he is blamed for every thing that happens, and there are others in the squad who are badly underperforming but I can't see how blaming the likes of Kane. (who have showed us they are proper players) comparably to Lamela is fair to anyone other than Lamela.

At some point he has to either come good or fuck off and that point is might close now.

Sorry that BS
Lamela was the best player for the last 5 games of last season.
All of a sudden it's make or break after 2 subs and 1 start.
Kanye had a fa

Err..I am not @UpTownSpur
But I assume this is his thought process..
One start where we started playing well after he was subbed off.
One sub appearance where we lost possession & gave away 2 goals after he came on...

Coincidence...Nope...
Stoke Game - Zero touches on ball but gives away 2 fouls...And starts the Stoke pressure. Corners, freekicks, throw ins. His ineptitiude may not have resulted in actual goal scored by Stoke, but it was his stupid give aways that initiated Stoke resurgence in second half. I have watched that half again - I can point out the exact time he did those with misplaced passes & mistimed tackles & how much time later we got the ball back.

Today...First touch of the game - sloppy pass to Leicester. Sets the tone. Did nothing apart from taking corners.
As usual, made a silly tackle, which could have injured a opponent or got a red.
As usual, made a studid pass, which resulted in Dier taking a yellow for the team.
He leaves the park, Alli comes in. Alli gets a goal ghosting in far post - where Lamela should have been lingering most times. Allii then goes beyond Leivester players, going past them - in process earning a good free kick -something Lamela never does.

Please stop talking about its just 1 game & 2 sub appreacnes. Or keep saying its his second season...
This bloke has had enough chances to say he will make it in PL or not.

Hey Arun you fcuked off last time we had this debate and didn't answer.
Thanks for popping up again.
We're the fcuk did I say Lamela needs more time to adapt?
Don't vanish again please answer.

 

[ilikeost]

Err..I am not @UpTownSpur
But I assume this is his thought process..
One start where we started playing well after he was subbed off.
One sub appearance where we lost possession & gave away 2 goals after he came on...

Coincidence...Nope...
Stoke Game - Zero touches on ball but gives away 2 fouls...And starts the Stoke pressure. Corners, freekicks, throw ins. His ineptitiude may not have resulted in actual goal scored by Stoke, but it was his stupid give aways that initiated Stoke resurgence in second half. I have watched that half again - I can point out the exact time he did those with misplaced passes & mistimed tackles & how much time later we got the ball back.

Today...First touch of the game - sloppy pass to Leicester. Sets the tone. Did nothing apart from taking corners.
As usual, made a silly tackle, which could have injured a opponent or got a red.
As usual, made a studid pass, which resulted in Dier taking a yellow for the team.
He leaves the park, Alli comes in. Alli gets a goal ghosting in far post - where Lamela should have been lingering most times. Allii then goes beyond Leivester players, going past them - in process earning a good free kick -something Lamela never does.

Please stop talking about its just 1 game & 2 sub appreacnes. Or keep saying its his second season...
This bloke has had enough chances to say he will make it in PL or not.

I wish I could give this post a hundred winner ratings.

 

[ilikeost]

I've just read back 3 were corners.
We're them 3 corners decent chances?

One was a decent chance were Dier got away from his marker and should have done better with his header, don't remember the other "chances" a part from that corner. I don't think we really had 5 chances.

 

[Spurrific]

I don't think he is blamed for every thing that happens, and there are others in the squad who are badly underperforming but I can't see how blaming the likes of Kane. (who have showed us they are proper players) comparably to Lamela is fair to anyone other than Lamela.

At some point he has to either come good or fuck off and that point is might close now.

He is the central target for the mouth-frothing mob. 3 disappointing results, 2 of which he played around 15/20 mins of - following each of them there was a flock to the multiple Lamela threads to say how shit he is, how much of a pampered ponce he is, how we need to get rid, etc etc.

It's probably best he does move on. Since his first game he hasn't had the support from most of our fans due to the fact he isn't Bale.

Why shouldn't I be fair to Lamela, though? Kane was far worse than him today and looked Grant Holt esque - but you can't criticise him as he's had one good season, he's an English lad, heart on his sleeve, one of our own, great attitude young lad. Our central midfield needs significant upgrading, we need Rose back and we need an option along with Kane who can stick the ball in the back of the net, or just receive a pass without shitting himself and spontaneously combusting.

 

[cozzo]

The boy is crap, once we can get past that then we can look for a solution

 

[cozzo]

He is the central target for the mouth-frothing mob. 3 disappointing results, 2 of which he played around 15/20 mins of - following each of them there was a flock to the multiple Lamela threads to say how shit he is, how much of a pampered ponce he is, how we need to get rid, etc etc.

It's probably best he does move on. Since his first game he hasn't had the support from most of our fans due to the fact he isn't Bale.

Why shouldn't I be fair to Lamela, though? Kane was far worse than him today and looked Grant Holt esque - but you can't criticise him as he's had one good season, he's an English lad, heart on his sleeve, one of our own, great attitude young lad. Our central midfield needs significant upgrading, we need Rose back and we need an option other than Kane who can stick the ball in the back of the net, or just receive a pass without shitting himself and spontaneously combusting.

Neither did Kane but he went on to prove the doubters wrong. But Lamela on the otherhand....

 

[jezz]

Thanks

 

[arunspurs]

Sorry that BS
Lamela was the best player for the last 5 games of last season.
All of a sudden it's make or break after 2 subs and 1 start.
Kanye had a fa


Hey Arun you fcuked off last time we had this debate and didn't answer.
Thanks for popping up again.
We're the fcuk did I say Lamela needs more time to adapt?
Don't vanish again please answer.

I am writing this as my clock says its 345AM (being game day).
Other days where I did vanish - was I was actually sleeping...I usually dont go back to previous days posts to reply, coz, there's no point.

Well..now thats out of the way...

May be I have wrongly interpreted that you are giving excuses.

But hey, whose post had a caveat in it ?
You say - "so your basing your opinion on 1 start and 2 sub appearances?"
Now why would you say that if you dont believe he has had enough chances ?

My logical inference is you still believe he needs more time & chances.

By the way, stop these childish fcuks.

 

[jezz]

One was a decent chance were Dier got away from his marker and should have done better with his header, don't remember the other "chances" a part from that corner. I don't think we really had 5 chances.

Thanks

 

[Gbspurs]

He is the central target for the mouth-frothing mob. 3 disappointing results, 2 of which he played around 15/20 mins of - following each of them there was a flock to the multiple Lamela threads to say how shit he is, how much of a pampered ponce he is, how we need to get rid, etc etc.

It's probably best he does move on. Since his first game he hasn't had the support from most of our fans due to the fact he isn't Bale.

Why shouldn't I be fair to Lamela, though? Kane was far worse than him today and looked Grant Holt esque - but you can't criticise him as he's had one good season, he's an English lad, heart on his sleeve, one of our own, great attitude young lad. Our central midfield needs significant upgrading, we need Rose back and we need an option along with Kane who can stick the ball in the back of the net, or just receive a pass without shitting himself and spontaneously combusting.

I'm not sure why you think Kane was worse today. He did more in creating the opportunity for the goal than Lamela has done so far this season, albeit he hasn't had many minutes granted.

 

[jezz]

I am writing this as my clock says its 345AM (being game day).
Other days where I did vanish - was I was actually sleeping...I usually dont go back to previous days posts to reply, coz, there's no point.

Well..now thats out of the way...

May be I have wrongly interpreted that you are giving excuses.

But hey, whose post had a caveat in it ?
You say - "so your basing your opinion on 1 start and 2 sub appearances?"
Now why would you say that if you dont believe he has had enough chances ?

My logical inference is you still believe he needs more time & chances.

By the way, stop these childish fcuks.

Tell me who else need replacing after 3 games then?
Why just Lamela?
You judge players 3 games into a season?

 

[monkeynick]

Lamela's the easiest scapegoat.

He is.

It's because he out of all of the players in todays squad has produced the least amount of noteworthy performances in a relative period than anybody and it's annoying.
So yes he's in the firing line.

I don't think it's an exaggeration to suggest that signing me for 250K to run around with my nutsack out for the past two seasons would have represented similar if not slightly better value.

 

[arunspurs]

Tell me who else need replacing after 3 games then?
Why just Lamela?
You judge players 3 games into a season?

My opinion of Lamela is based from the minute he wore Spurs shirt to till date.
Now you are wrongly assuming things...

 

[sundanceyid10]

My opinion of Lamela is based from the minute he wore Spurs shirt to till date.
Now you are wrongly assuming things...

Amen he has been very poor since the day he joined. I think the question is who thought it was good to drop £30m on him. A really bad decision by the club.

 

[UpTownSpur]

Amen he has been very poor since the day he joined. I think the question is who thought it was good to drop £30m on him. A really bad decision by the club.

I think the real question is how much was the kickback that Roma gave Baldini to convince Levy he was worth £30 million.

 

[arunspurs]

I think the real question is how much was the kickback that Roma gave Baldini to convince Levy he was worth £30 million.

I think value is bit overhyped . Just taking Money out of equation ...he still has to offer more for a international professional

 

[THFCSPURS19]

He is.

It's because he out of all of the players in todays squad has produced the least amount of noteworthy performances in a relative period than anybody and it's annoying.
So yes he's in the firing line.

I don't think it's an exaggeration to suggest that signing me for 250K to run around with my nutsack out for the past two seasons would have represented similar if not slightly better value.

The poor results over the last few weeks had nothing to do with Lamela. That's fact. Yet he is blamed.

United game was Bentaleb's fault- he got criticism (too much IMO) and when Lamela played for 20 minutes and did 'OK', people rushed into the Lamela threads to bash him.

The draw against Stoke was largely down to Alderweireld's ridiculous decision to foul someone in the box when they had no chance of doing anything, and then our defence letting Diouf get a free header in our box. Lamela was very poor in that 30 minutes, but again, the result (due to Stoke's 2 goals) were not his fault.

And today, people are somehow blaming him when he wasn't even on the fucking pitch for either of the goals. It's fucking ridiculous. I'm not saying he played well, he didn't, but again, nothing negative results-wise that happened was his fault.

Our poor results over the last season and a bit have largely been down to awful defending. Lamela is not a defender. Anyone who blames him, or rushes down to these threads to criticise him immediately after the game, to make their first post-match comment, is being pathetic and childish. Scapegoating at it's finest- blaming a player for something he had no control over.

imo

 

[Hoddtastic72]

From what I saw of today's match Lamela seemed to be one of the few in the team really trying. At times he's a bit sloppy and I recall one occasion in the second half when passing backwards he gifted a great chance to Leicester. In truth I think he's lacking in match sharpness and still not really confident about playing in Premier League. I certainly think that his performance was no worse than a number of our players. Think many of our 'Fans' should get off his back and give him a bit of encouragement and support.

 

[RuskyM]

Yes, he's a convenient target, but there's no covering up the fact that he's been a massive disappointment and so far doesn't look anywhere near Premier League quality, let alone the £30m wonderkid we were promised.

He's just so fucking dumb. Like, I want to be easy on the kid, but holy shit, his decision making is awful. I just don't think he has the mentality to succeed here.