Think if Gil leaves permanently and we get in a permanent replacement this will signify a likelihood of Conte straying beyond the summer along with the acquisition of Porro. Getting rid of a young prospect I don’t think would be ratified if we were unsure on Conte, but if he is staying this would look to me as if we are completely backing him getting rid of someone who he clearly doesn’t really believe in and replace with someone he wants say Zaniolo who he has been interested in for a while….
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Bryan Gil
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Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Would be dangerous going into the second half of the season with Kulusevski as our only real creative player/someone able to break down deep-set defences.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Gill staying or going doesn’t really change this though.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Gill did that role in our only good performance of the season (palace)
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Luka Modric
He had a decent second half against a team who weren’t sitting back and playing a deep set defence at all.
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Luka Modric
I would be delighted if we could get back close to half of the fee we purchased him for. He has no stand out attributes that indicate to me that he’ll make it in the PL, even for a team with lower aspirations than our top 6 ones.
I think he has bags of potential and would thrive in/with a settled midfield with a creative distributor. If he's not worth keeping (dependant on wages) while the likes of [several names] are, well, then I humbly disagree. To me he's very technically gifted, is great in close spaces and has good vision, and that he has most if not all the attributes needed to be a Cruijff-type player (first I could think of).
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
If you have him and a “distributor” that’s two players who aren’t scoring goals in the attacking side of the team
Eriksen scored 1 in 4. That's good enough for a distributor in my book. Lamela scored 1 in 10, and people miss him.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Lamela was a cult, not a success
Eriksen did play that role but not in this system
Personally I can't see much of a system, not one working well anyway. Could be a catch-22 that.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Maybe
But we have no issues scoring or creating currently
Yeah, we still have quite a bit of skill in the team.
Lamela was always massively over-rated on here IMO
Worked his nuts off, but end product and impact was massively lacking
greatwhitenorf
Edgar Davids
Ahh, but the seething, glaring intensity of Erik, the spectacular schithousery and the crisp haircuts made him special.
For the record, I liked Lamela even though I thought he was next-level ineffective, usually dribbling himself into trouble because apparently he lacked awareness and vision. But I remember him as direct and someone who tried to make things happen. I think we need someone with his positive qualities or at least what I wanted Lamela to be, a wing-to-infield facilitator of sorts, and from what I've seen Gil is already a better Lamela than Lamela ever was. Gil is also direct, has good vision and is a much better dribbler in cramped spaces. For the moment Kulusevski is a shoe-in, but if Son's form hasn't turned for the better tonight I'd swap him for Gil for a period of time, or at least rotate them more.
lurker of old
Gus Poyet
So much of the time our team plays balls into feet, not into space, it is why we are so static, so sterile and at times, frankly, dull as ditchwater. Gill tries to make something happen, and for that I love him in our shirt, a breath of fresh air.
There is one of Spurs media teams videos, might be Harry's first 100 goals or something like that.
You will be very surprised how many Lamela was involved in, either pass before assist, pulling the defender, or on the follow up just in case Kane didn't finish.
Very good player, just made of glass and not managed correctly.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I really hope that we don’t sell him. To me he’s a good young player that needs to work to get to the next level but is capable of doing that. He has shown enough in his cameos for me to know that I want him to stay and be involved within the squad.