You don't like townsend but please shut up with these ludicrous statements. Lamela was the worst player on the park - in the first 30mins he didn't keep possession once, didn't improve and slowed down our attacks lost the ball and was a compete idiot.
I've never seen townsend lose the ball as much as that. Utterly woeful performance. Fed up
I think Grimsby is overstating his point, but I agree with his overall point.
He was poor in that opening 30 minutes, certainly our worst player in that period. What i like about him is that he doesn't go missing when he's having an off day. He keeps moving, keeps wanting the ball and keeps working defensively.
I don't think it's a coincidence that our pressing looked much better today with Lamela back. He does a much better job in that regard than Townsend and we look a more cohesive unit as a result. Lamela was up and down the pitch today and back into his own box tackling several times in the second half. That kind of effort, energy, intensity, it's been lacking for us in recent weeks.
He also improved as the match wore on. Several very good involvements, didn't give the ball away much, gave us good width early in attacks as we want him to do. Could easily have gotten a goal with a bit more luck/composure/ability. I find it interesting that you're having a go at Grimsby for being biased whilst completely ignoring the good things Lamela actually did.
Someone earlier asked you to take away the games against the bottom three and take away the corners... then come back and tell us how many goals and assists he retains.
Up for the challenge?
Wish we had more players who did well against the smaller teams to be honest.
Should we start looking at Eriksen's stats without the set pieces too? I think if we start doing stuff like this, particularly if we're cherry picking the situations where the players have gotten their goals and assists, only Kane will come out of any such comparison looking good.
