Good luck to him, hopefully a good deal for both of us. Shame he didn't live up to his early hype, but he gave his all and i will remember him fondly. Generally anyway.
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Bye Erik.
With your wild eyes, rumours of a cocaine induced ban (not hip injury), stamping on Cesc, mouthing off to Wheelchair, scoring 2 Rabonas and generally being a wasp and giving it your all. Ill miss ya.
Massive shame that his Spurs career was constantly plighted by injury.
I've got a United fan employee who hates him for his antics (Penalty in the drubbing at their place which got Martial sent off). It's the age old "yeah but he's our ......." that all football fans use. I don't see anything wrong with it. My piss will be boiling if he pulls it against us playing for Sevilla, but while he was ours I loved it.Unlike some i can't really celebrate the Lamela shithousery. To me if he was doing it for another team he'd be a cunt so it's a bit hypocritical to applaud one of our own for behaving in ways we despise from others.
But he has always tried when on the pitch. His energy and pressing were great and you can't fault his effort and team-ethic. Even if he had 10 minutes on the pitch he'd give it a real go.
Good luck to him in Spain.
I disagree - he’s been here 8 years and barely fit during 15% of that time. Terrible investment and boggles the mind why his contract was ever extended. He’s EXACTLY the kind of player we need to offload now. Nice guy who always tried so wish him well but nowhere near Top 4 levels and never wasWouldn't have been my 1st choice for the "start" of a clear-out.
I disagree - he’s been here 8 years and barely fit during 15% of that time. Terrible investment and boggles the mind why his contract was ever extended. He’s EXACTLY the kind of player we need to offload now. Nice guy who always tried so wish him well but nowhere near Top 4 levels and never was
Agree - those other 4 are far worse but perhaps Lamela's bid came in firstI don't disagree completely - I didn't say he SHOULDN'T leave. I just wouldn't put him first in the queue to leave. Sissoko, Winks, Dier and Dele are all arguably higher up that leavers list to me. If some of those leave during the clearout, then happy days.
Lamela's attitude cannot be questioned, setting aside his injuries, when he comes on the pitch he commits. Not something you can say about all our squad unfortunately....
Not sure about his injury record, but was it really 15% available ? That is shocking.
Not sure about his injury record, but was it really 15% available ? That is shocking.
No point in quoting the number of days injured, I'm interested in how many games he played (and goals scored - crucial for an AM - if he ever was an AM! After all these years I've still no idea what his best position was).His injury record isn't good, but it's not that bad.
He's been 201unavailable for a total of 868 days during his 8 years here so available for 70% and injured for 30%.
For most seasons he's only had one injury which isn't anything to worry about, but the hip injury in the 16/17 season was 13 months out on its own then in the 18/19 season he had 5 injuries each ranging from 14 days to 60+ which obviously adds up.
I'll miss him and his 100% commitment, but it's a good move all round I think.