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Vic Buckingham
Chadli gets rated by his goals when his performances for 90 minutes are . . . meh
Agreed. What a pile of toss his performances was at the weekend by the way.
Chadli gets rated by his goals when his performances for 90 minutes are . . . meh
Chadli gets rated by his goals when his performances for 90 minutes are . . . meh
Goes without saying we'd all rather they all play well AND score, but I'd take playing crap but scoring over playing crap and not scoring as Lamela has done for the majority of games this season.
Agreed, can't believe anyone is actually comparing Lamela to Chadli .. Chadli is a midfielder with double figures in goals, also is involved in more goals (combined goals/assists) that anyone bar Kane.
The whole "he doesn't do anything but score goals" statement is unbelievable .. goals win matches .. not workrate/effort/tricks ..
Goes without saying we'd all rather they all play well AND score, but I'd take playing crap but scoring over playing crap and not scoring as Lamela has done for the majority of games this season.
Agreed, can't believe anyone is actually comparing Lamela to Chadli .. Chadli is a midfielder with double figures in goals, also is involved in more goals (combined goals/assists) that anyone bar Kane.
The whole "he doesn't do anything but score goals" statement is unbelievable .. goals win matches .. not workrate/effort/tricks ..
"What do you do with a problem like Lamela?" (with apologies to the Sound of Music)
I am pretty sure we will be able to get a decent refund if we sell him this summer. His stock is still high in Italy and - like Soldado - the amount of money we have paid Roma up till now is unlikely to be close to the max 30 mill price tag.
Up till last month I would have had no hesitation to say... get rid. However, since the Saudi Sportswashing Machine debacle, he has shown some promise - though still underwhelming in my eyes. So what do you do?
Give him another year? This would however mean that we do not buy anyone for the problematic RW position relying either on him improving (massive gamble) or if not, that Townsend will prove a capable replacement (an equally big gamble) or that Pritchard can take to the Premiership like a duck to water and replicate his Brentford form (a even bigger gamble).
Buy a class player who would give him competition at RW? Looks great on paper but it will mean diverting resources from the areas we all seem to agree are needed: commanding centre back, midfield pivot and a striker to supplement Kane and also allow us to play 2 up front if needed.
In addition, another year of Lamela on the sidelines will mean we can write off his fee since any subsequent transfer fee will be massively compromised.
Except we need competition for places for those 3 attacking midfield positions regardless. It's one of the areas resources should be allocated to.
We can sell either Lamela or Townsend, bring in competition and let them fight it out for the starting spot...
I have to say, I slated Rose because he seemed so petulant, but his talent HAS shown through. I stand corrected.I just think Lamella will be a scenario similar to Rose. Rose was someone who last season whilst the majority were saying needed to be sold, or was backup at best I stuck up for and just didn't see why so many were overly harsh with. I could see his positive attributes and whilst he did make mistakes I looked past that because I believed in his talent I saw on the pitch,the positive attitude he possesses and even the aggression many saw as a negative I believed once he matured would turn that into a positive and haven't been overly surprised by his performance levels this season, even if he has stepped it up a level.
For me I suggest the same of Lamella. He can do things others can't,it's as simple as that. He has the skill, yet still possesses that hunger to work hard for the team. His downfall is his sloppiness in possession and for someone who has his talent I don't know why he at times can be infuriatingly careless but I don't think this will continue for a lengthy period of time. He's still young, and many young talented players have lacked the desired level of end product at Lamellas age and still gone on to be fine players and I don't doubt for a second Lamella will be any different. He's too talented not to succeed, and he's physically up to the rigours of the PL. There is nothing stopping him and I predict next season we will see him step up a level in the way Rose has this season and just like with Rose we will see countless posters admit their surprise at the level of performances. I for one won't be....
Lamela needs to be playing in that CAM position instead of out wide. I know most on here will think i'm crazy but I think we'd be better off if we sold Eriksen in the summer and let Lamela dictate forward play from the center. When Eriksen is in there our passing and movement on counter attacks slows down too much.
We need players that actually make runs off the back of the opposing LB and RB. Chadli, Eriksen, and Lamela all look for the ball played in front of them at their feet
Lamela needs to be playing in that CAM position instead of out wide. I know most on here will think i'm crazy but I think we'd be better off if we sold Eriksen in the summer and let Lamela dictate forward play from the center. When Eriksen is in there our passing and movement on counter attacks slows down too much.
We need players that actually make runs off the back of the opposing LB and RB. Chadli, Eriksen, and Lamela all look for the ball played in front of them at their feet
its frustrating that when lamela has started showing what he can do, eriksen is off form. Always seems to be the case at Spurs though.
Lamela needs to be playing in that CAM position instead of out wide. I know most on here will think i'm crazy but I think we'd be better off if we sold Eriksen in the summer and let Lamela dictate forward play from the center. When Eriksen is in there our passing and movement on counter attacks slows down too much.
We need players that actually make runs off the back of the opposing LB and RB. Chadli, Eriksen, and Lamela all look for the ball played in front of them at their feet
Lamela needs to be playing in that CAM position instead of out wide. I know most on here will think i'm crazy but I think we'd be better off if we sold Eriksen in the summer and let Lamela dictate forward play from the center. When Eriksen is in there our passing and movement on counter attacks slows down too much.
We need players that actually make runs off the back of the opposing LB and RB. Chadli, Eriksen, and Lamela all look for the ball played in front of them at their feet