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Complete dross of a player. What poch sees in him I'll never know. Complete headless chicken
Agree. People hate on him too much. He wasn't great, but he needed better support. And he was first one to be replaced, another mistake by Poch.Lamela is a very polarizing player, it seems. I thought he was one of the better players tonight out there tonight. Only player who looked willing to creating anyway tonight.
He seems to be the bare minimum guy.
He was.Lamela is a very polarizing player, it seems. I thought he was one of the better players tonight out there tonight. Only player who looked willing to creating anyway tonight.
Agree. People hate on him too much. He wasn't great, but he needed better support. And he was first one to be replaced, another mistake by Poch.
He played well by his standards but those standards are pretty low. Has he ever really had a great game? At PL or CL level? I don't recall one personally. 15 minutes against West Ham was the closest he came. 6 years here and he's never made 6 great crosses in open play, 6 great shots from outside the area or 6 great passes more than 6 yards in length.
I hope Poch has learnt a lesson - don't dish out contracts based on a couple of goals in an end of season game. Gonna be very difficult to get rid of him, hopefully Dembele can talk him up to the Chinese. With good editing they might not notice most of his highlight vidoes are made up mostly of cup games against lower league opposition.
Genuine question, who's your replacement for him with us operating on a tight budget? Edwards isn't ready yet so unless we had signifant funds surely it's harder to replace him than keep him as sufficient backup right?
Edwards will outscore Lamela if he played for us the next six seasons. I don't personally see replacing Lamela as being particularly difficult. Caught a glimpse of Real Betis in the Europa the other week and they had a young left footed Mexican called Lainez who looked a good prospect and who wouldn't cost the Earth. Sessegnon, who I see as a lb primarily, would also be an option further forward. There's players out there.
I agree there are players out there, there always is. Do you not see other areas needing more attention than this one with us having to be a little artful in the market though? I know you're not a fan of his but I don't see it as a critical position compared to others we will probably be looking at come the summer
Worrying sign that we have no money at all of the likes of Lamela gets signed to a 4 year deal , he needs moving on but nobody is gonna pick him up for 100k a week so we are stuck with him and can't afford to keep him.and bring in someone good.
I suspect Lamela will still be here in the summer... On the basis that Poch wants him too.