I liked Erik Lamela before it was cool

[milo]

And how many times is he gonna do that a season, 3 maybe, compared to how many assists a player with a decent right foot could provide.

I think a lot of this debate is down to those who have played football and those that haven't. I would urge the latter to go in their gardens with a ball and imagine you are taking a cross with your stronger foot, but then, without changing body shape, cross with your weaker foot, and you will see all you can do really is to flick the ball, almost like a toe poke - you won't be able to get any whip or power on the cross at all.

I think that you are right that at a lower level crosses can be very effective. Higher up a ball coming across and moving away from the goal is easier to deal with than a ball heading towards goal. Also nine times out of ten an inside forward will be cutting inside onto the fullbacks weaker foot. It is not the most common formation in world football for no reason. And yes, I have played football since you asked.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

That pass we didn't score from today was with his right.

I was wrong. It was his right foot. Just seen it on sky

The first one that he didn't get over was outside left foot

 

[NWND]

^ don't want to be negative as he was good today but several times he had a chance to put in a cross with his right foot but cut inside I have never seen a supposed top class player who is so one footed

He's no more one-footed than a lot of players. It annoys me when people talk *******s. Adrian Durham on Talksport used his Rabona goal as an example of how one-footed he was, forgetting he scored a right-footed volley in the same match!

 

[glorygloryeze]

He's no more one-footed than a lot of players. It annoys me when people talk *******s. Adrian Durham on Talksport used his Rabona goal as an example of how one-footed he was, forgetting he scored a right-footed volley in the same match!

Not sure it was in the same match actually, but he did score with his right not many matches later

 

[SteveAWOL]

Well it took 2 games longer for Erik to break his PL scoring duck than Bale' infamous winless streak lasted but hopefully he'll also push on now the jinx has been broken!

@Squawka: Erik Lamela scores his first Premier League goal for Spurs in his 26th appearance. Finally, Erik. pic.twitter.com/RbWk8A76QI

@BBCMOTD: Erik Lamela waited 1,510 minutes for his first Premier League goal. Worth the wait? #MOTD #THFC

 

[Bonsaiboy]

He's no more one-footed than a lot of players. It annoys me when people talk *******s. Adrian Durham on Talksport used his Rabona goal as an example of how one-footed he was, forgetting he scored a right-footed volley in the same match!

Football is very much like Quantum Mechanics. The universe permits the footballer to use either his left foot or right foot as he sees fit. But occasionally an episode of "decoherence" occurs, when the universe enforces the specific use of either the left foot or the right foot.

Name one top player playing in Lamela's position as either of a winger or an i.nverted winger who, when an episode of decoherence occurs and the universe ordains the use of their weaker foot, that they are unable to produce a high quality cross or shot with their weaker foot.

I'm going to second guess you and say you'll name Robben, but you'd be wrong. View this video as evidence:


[video=youtube;ZzZkiHBOuH8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZkiHBOuH8[/video]

At 0.46, 1.13, 3.40 and 9.28 episodes of decoherence occur, and the universe enforces the use of his weaker foot, and because it was drilled into him at an early age, he was able to meet the universe's requirement.

Really, it should have been drilled into Lamela when he was a youth player and it may be too late now - it severely limits him as a footballer and is what will, in my opinion, make him fall short of ever being a truly top player.

 

[glorygloryeze]

Football is very much like Quantum Mechanics. The universe permits the footballer to use either his left foot or right foot as he sees fit. But occasionally an episode of "decoherence" occurs, when the universe enforces the specific use of either the left foot or the right foot.

Name one top player playing in Lamela's position as either of a winger or an i.nverted winger who, when an episode of decoherence occurs and the universe ordains the use of their weaker foot, that they are unable to produce a high quality cross or shot with their weaker foot.

I'm going to second guess you and say you'll name Robben, but you'd be wrong. View this video as evidence:


[video=youtube;ZzZkiHBOuH8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZkiHBOuH8[/video]

At 0.46, 1.13, 3.40 and 9.28 episodes of decoherence occur, and the universe enforces the use of his weaker foot, and because it was drilled into him at an early age, he was able to meet the universe's requirement.

Really, it should have been drilled into Lamela when he was a youth player and it may be too late now - it severely limits him as a footballer and is what will, in my opinion, make him fall short of ever being a truly top player.

Really?

I beg to differ: [video=youtube;byQv7mEoP8o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQv7mEoP8o[/video]

Also, Lamela is 22, Robben was how old in that Video you posted?:-k

 

[metalgear]

i think we had this debate on here before.

there are a lot of world class players who are predominantly one-legged.

 

[Bonsaiboy]

Really?

I beg to differ: [video=youtube;byQv7mEoP8o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQv7mEoP8o[/video]

Also, Lamela is 22, Robben was how old in that Video you posted?:-k

In that goal all Lamela had to do was make any sort of contact, what he cannot seem to do is be able to make a QUALITY contact, particularly when at speed. All he has to do to prove me wrong is whip a cross in on his right, instead of what he has been doing, which is:

1) Avoiding being a situation when he has to do that by endlessly going inside when there's space to exploit out wide.
2) Cutting back on his left and causing the move to break down/defenders to get back.
3) Turning down the opportunity to cross so he can get close enough to do a poke with either the outside of his left or, as today, his right - this generally results in him being tackled and failing to get the cross in - there was an example of this early in the match today.

 

[glorygloryeze]

In that goal all Lamela had to do was make any sort of contact, what he cannot seem to do is be able to make a QUALITY contact, particularly when at speed. All he has to do to prove me wrong is whip a cross in on his right, instead of what he has been doing, which is:

1) Avoiding being a situation when he has to do that by endlessly going inside when there's space to exploit out wide.
2) Cutting back on his left and causing the move to break down/defenders to get back.
3) Turning down the opportunity to cross so he can get close enough to do a poke with either the outside of his left or, as today, his right - this generally results in him being tackled and failing to get the cross in - there was an example of this early in the match today.

I think that goal WAS a quality contact; it wasn't just a tap-in, he had to get very good contact on that ball for it to go into the corner like it did.

That was an example that showed he can do what you'd like him to do more often (after all he could have stopped that ball and controlled it with his left), but for him to do it more regularly will take time.

I'm sure Robben as age 22 was similarly uncomfortable with his right...

 

[metalgear]

In that goal all Lamela had to do was make any sort of contact, what he cannot seem to do is be able to make a QUALITY contact, particularly when at speed. All he has to do to prove me wrong is whip a cross in on his right, instead of what he has been doing, which is:

1) Avoiding being a situation when he has to do that by endlessly going inside when there's space to exploit out wide.
2) Cutting back on his left and causing the move to break down/defenders to get back.
3) Turning down the opportunity to cross so he can get close enough to do a poke with either the outside of his left or, as today, his right - this generally results in him being tackled and failing to get the cross in - there was an example of this early in the match today.

maybe have a chat with poch, he may have other ideas.

 

[kanoute16]

His primary objective is to have a positive impact on the game either by creatinhbor finishing opportunities... To date he hasn't really done that

But today he scored one and created what should have been a goal so he dos his job

But he started off poorly and was our worse player for twenty minutes. He kept ok running inside into a crowd of players the checking and passing backwards to someone. It's wasn't creative or threatening in the slightest

The key is that he changed tact a bit and improved and did some good stuff

I've been very critical of him due to his eneral lack of impact but today he did his job and deserves credit for it.... He needs to do it more often now and grow from today

He didn't start off any more pooybthsn anyone else. If he can play like this more I think he had a role to play. If not then we need to find a better alternative. We'll see

 

[bobbob]

i think we had this debate on here before.

there are a lot of world class players who are predominantly one-legged.

Hi all, new poster.

He is no more one footed than G Bale, probably less. Bale used to cut inside often, crossing was not one of his strong points, how many assists did he get from crosses? Ditto most of the worlds top wide players.

Getting to the byline and whipping in a cross, is really mostly an English thing -of course he needs to mix it up, but I think he can be very dangerous by cutting in, I would prefer him to do that more than going on the outside.

 

[Modric THFC]

And how many times is he gonna do that a season, 3 maybe, compared to how many assists a player with a decent right foot could provide.

I think a lot of this debate is down to those who have played football and those that haven't. I would urge the latter to go in their gardens with a ball and imagine you are taking a cross with your stronger foot, but then, without changing body shape, cross with your weaker foot, and you will see all you can do really is to flick the ball, almost like a toe poke - you won't be able to get any whip or power on the cross at all.

There is no debate.
There's people commenting on how good a game he had and hoping he'll continue with this and get used to playing in the premier league.
And then there's a group in the corner rocking back and forth with their fingers in their ears shouting "he's still ****", "30m" and "right foot" to themselves hoping this will all go away and they'll no longer have their perceptions challenged.

 

[mjc23]

^ don't want to be negative as he was good today but several times he had a chance to put in a cross with his right foot but cut inside I have never seen a supposed top class player who is so one footed

Bale, Messi, Giggs, Roberto Carlos, Maradona, Chimbonda

 

[NWND]

Very unnecessary.

Sums that poster up really

 

[Armchair Expert]

Bale, Messi, Giggs, Roberto Carlos, Maradona, Chimbonda

Ronaldinho?

 

[mjc23]

Ronaldinho?

I'd say Ronaldinho was pretty useful with his left. A lot of his tricks would bring him back to his left side.

 

[Mulletperm]

Football is very much like Quantum Mechanics. The universe permits the footballer to use either his left foot or right foot as he sees fit. But occasionally an episode of "decoherence" occurs, when the universe enforces the specific use of either the left foot or the right foot.

 

[Spurv]

The main problem is that he'll be very predictable and in turn easy to defend against when he's always cutting in. Happy for him though, hope he'll kick on and prove his worth with his goal!