Its been obvious for a while....We desperately need another creative midfielder
the problem with lamela is like sissoko hes all effort and people cut him slack for it but he has no end product, looks flash and is busy but never knows when to give the ball at the right time and plays with his head down too oftenIf I never see Lamela drag his foot over the ball again it’ll be too soon.
The thing with Ndombele, he is magical on the ball, absolutely world class. his vision, weight of pass, control of the ball. But without it, he is quite possibly one of the worst players i've ever seen. He's similar to Jan Molby.
He won't make it as a CM in the Premier League, there are always so many saying he's just back from an injury, he's just getting over Coronavirus (if it was that bad he wouldn't be playing), fundamentally he is yet to play one game in our shirt where he is energised and mobile. Without the ball, he defensively adds nothing, doesn't keep with runners, players can glide past him, maybe in Italy and slower tempo he would kill it as a CM, but i think it's so clear to see he will struggle with the pace of the game here. This is a 50m plus player, i'm yet to see him dominant a midfield like Modric or Dembele, he doesn't come close.
But, i'm not saying he doesn't have his uses. I think he would be a world beater in the Dele position, a 3 man CM with him in front of the 2 CMs. If he stays with us, that is the only position he can really play. His strengths would be scary in the final third. He's a very limited player in that you essentially have one position he can play (in the Premier League), but he could be one of the best in the world in that position. The issue is, Jose will never play him there and for me, i think his future lies elsewhere which is unfortunate because boy does he have some scary ability with the ball at his feet.
Literally the crux of our entire problem for a few years now has been an inability to get rid of players we don't want who are stuck on high wages
We desperately need another creative midfielder
Is that the difference between us and Watford, then? Their midfielders are more creative than ours? Which one would you like us to buy?We desperately need another creative midfielder