I liked Erik Lamela before it was cool

[Maltese Falcon]

AS is back and so are measured insightful posts...

does lamela make your starting 11?

Answer needs to be No; if we want pace and penetration Clint is definitely a better option whereas if we want more solidity and ball retention Dembele is a better option

let me ask you something.....
If we are trailing and you want to bring someone on that has a chance , a good one, to get us back in the game,..i.e an instant impact player...is lamela the guy you desperately want to come on?

No need to answer that even without taking the Stoke debacle in account; cannot remember bringing him on changing a game last year; indeed the opposite... team improving when he was substituted

let me ask you something.....
If we are trying to control a 1 goal or even 2 goal lead.......do you bring lamela on?

There was a time I was say - yes - but that is now significantly in doubt.

 

[Modric THFC]

Repeat of this today.

 

[ALtottenham_hotspur]

Not asking a lot today as its his first start of the season. Just after a decent steady 7/10 something to build on!

 

[Armchair Expert]

Not asking a lot today as its his first start of the season. Just after a decent steady 7/10 something to build on!

I'm hoping that as our number 10 today he might do what number 10's are employed to do: create/score. You cant set the bat too low, we are not a charity.

 

[Gilzeantoscore]

brick again. Time to go Eric. Serie A awaits.

 

[imcallingbullsh*t]

I think having him as an option is damaging us at the moment, we don't actually need to replace him we just need him not here so we dont waste time persisting with him

 

[SpurMeUp]

Would anyone pay £10m+ for him? Levy must be brewing with Baldini. Bar Eriksen who is a silver lining, we're still in a post-Bale flux thanks to Baldidi's signings.

 

[90291Spur]

**** again. Time to go Eric. Serie C awaits.

Fixed it for you.

 

[AVB]

Awful player how we're still playing worries me

 

[AdamB]

Loaning him out overseas for a season might be our best bet - slower pace of game and give him the chance to get some confidence back. He looks desperately poor and below the level we need at the moment

 

[LCLC]

Really really bad today. Not chronically bad like last week but still looks a poor footballer even at 10. Guess that's an improvement from last week anyway

 

[NaijaSpurs]

are we done murdering him yet?

I still maintain Lamela will come good....but man o man the hour is dark.

He might bully teams in the Europa Cup but in the premier league he is not good enough

 

[Roy1983]

Absolutely woeful today. Offered nothing at all.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

The bloke is an absolute waste of a shirt

He should stick to doing kick ups on the street

If we can trade him in for Lorente it could be amazing business

 

[glorygloryeze]

Was Lamela's performance the reason for the result today? Serious question

 

[NaijaSpurs]

Was Lamela's performance the reason for the result today? Serious question

Playing with 10 men in this heat? You do the math

 

[glorygloryeze]

Playing 90 minutes with 10 men in this heat? You do the math

Ok. What exactly was he doing that made it "playing with 10 men"?
Was he REALLY as bad as last week? Was he REALLY worse than Chadli or Vertonghen?

 

[NaijaSpurs]

Ok. What exactly was he doing that made it "playing with 10 men"?
Was he REALLY as bad as last week? Was he REALLY worse than Chadli or Vertonghen?

I think he has given us nothing all season, and yes I think he was

 

[AdamB]

Playing with 10 men in this heat? You do the math

When he's in the team you're nearly always playing with 10 men. How often does he contribute meaningfully? 1 game in 10? Imagine how much better we would be if we had someone there who actually did something. It would be like having an extra man

 

[glorygloryeze]

I think he has given us nothing all season

But TODAY was he as bad as last week? Was he TODAY worse than Chadli or Vertonghen?