James Harris returns to The Fighting Cock to talk about Lamela and his progress from running joke to game changer.
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Is it though?"Lamela has shown what a bit of patience can achieve; it’s not only those that believed in him the whole time that can revel in satisfaction, but all Spurs fans"
Its actually quite a hell of a lot more than just a bit of patience though. In the same vein, should we have kept Soldado? How long do you give Townsend? Shouldnt we drop Chadli?
Is it though?
For a guy
-who came when he was 21 years old
-from a different league to the prem
-played under a new system
-managers coming and going within his first year
-spoke not a word of english
Add to that the fact that his first season was a complete write off due to injuries. So basically last season was his first real season (where he still put up respectable numbers). And now we're seeing a player who has had time to settle in, get some coaching, learn the premier league etc it's not a coincidence he's doing well now.
Soldado is different because he was at his peak and showed very little promise in all the opportunities he was given. Lamela is still developing. It's also different to Townsend too because Lamela has at least shown his potential abroad and like I said the stats show he did better than many attacking MFs last season.
& don't forget that there have been some remarkable players who have needed time to settle in/adapt.
So what you are basically saying is let's not enjoy what he's doing now but wait until he might be shit again...and if he is you can say I told you so...People flip out because they view others as being "melts" when something goes slightly wrong, yet when Erik Lamela has a few good games in a row and people go way overboard with heaping praises on him and saying that he's finally arrived its completely acceptable?
Let's talk about Erik at Christmas, shall we?
So what you are basically saying is let's not enjoy what he's doing now but wait until he might be shit again...and if he is you can say I told you so...
Agree with what you say, other than "justifying" his signing, by that I take it you mean £30m, if so, think you will be disappointed. IMO He is not a £30m player and I have seen nothing from him to suggest that he will be. It is not his fault how much we paid for him.He has been impressive of the last few weeks. I've enjoyed watching him, his work rate is excellent. The boy doesn't hide, and he doesn't bottle tackles....
But......let's not carried away. he has nowhere near justified his signing yet. A couple of good performances and goals doesn't mean we can label him as a success. He has been up to a few weeks ago, beyond awfull.
Let's just hope we are still talking about his good performances at christmas, then we can start talking about him being worth signing. Still a long way to go, but he seems to be on the right road, let's hope he stays on it.
Oh....you want us to be more patient...
People are finally getting excited about this kid, yet there are cunts on here falling over themselves to throw cold water over it...what's the point of being a fan if you can't get overexcited about your players?
Just to clarify my piece - I mentioned on more than one occasion that this may be another false dawn, although obviously we all hope it isn't.No what he's saying is 3 decent performances in two and a bit years is not enough to start acting like he's justified anything yet, or proven that he will continue to improve.
Everyone is pleased with him, and enjoying his progress, but time will tell.
There are people saying "I knew all along he would come good" etc, and what people are simply saying is that as of yet, he hasnt. However, he is showing signs that he can come good, where a lot of people had given up on him.
However, its been three games. He's been as bad as he's been good this very season, so articles about how him proving how all we needed to do was show a "little patience" into his 3rd season, are a little premature.
So what you are basically saying is let's not enjoy what he's doing now but wait until he might be shit again...and if he is you can say I told you so...