He can link up the play very well, and
like Lamela, this is a good night to get some goals to his name.
Forward: Roberto Soldado Much
like Lamela, Soldado is very short of confidence and needs a boost of confidence.
Players
like Lamela, like Pele, even like Blomqvist occasionally, are liberated from the need to always make the sensible decision by the fact that they can get away with that sort of thing.
Not exact matches
«We have Toby (Alderweireld) and Victor (Wanyama) still out, then we need to assess a few players
like (Erik)
Lamela, Harry Winks, Harry Kane and Dele Alli (today, Friday) to have the decision if they are fit for the game.»
His signing was rather
like Son or
Lamela at their time of purchase.
They have lost the
likes of Paulinho, Benjamin Stambouli and Etienne Capoue, however, while it remains to be seen whether the
likes of Roberto Soldado and Erik
Lamela can overcome their underwhelming Spurs careers to date to meaningfully support Harry Kane.
Unlike other players who struggled in their first season before turning it around,
like Sonny and
Lamela, I just haven't seen much of redeeming value in Aurier's game to date.
The disappointment of the world record # 85.3 m transfer of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid seemed to have been dampened by the arrival of the
likes of Erik
Lamela, Paulinho and Roberto Soldado.
Chambers is also the more solid of the two defensively and the spuds do have plenty of pace and ability in wide areas, with the
likes of Chadli,
Lamela, Lennon and Townsend.
We should not let our desperate need for a top striker making us settle for a plan B striker
like Liverpool (Balotelli), Spuds (
Lamela).
Roberto Soldado, Erik
Lamela and Emmanuel Adebayor managed just five Premier League goals between them in 2014/15 and Pochettino had to rely upon good goal tallies from the
likes of Nacer Chadli and Christian Eriksen to boost his side's ultimately unsuccessful push for a top four finish.
But I think that the team as a whole doesn't
like to pass to
Lamela when he's in scoring position.
Along with fellow new arrival Erik
Lamela, Eriksen is one of the best young players in the world and Spurs will be beating the
likes of Liverpool and Juventus to his signature if they manage to bring him in.
he was up for it and looked
like he was tryign to make his mind about putting it across goal for
lamela or putting it on goal.
Arsenal are also keen on
Lamela, but would
like to focus their attention on signing Pjanic this summer.
Lamela and his teammates have been behaving
like they're on a school trip beforehand, however, with the former AS Roma man getting everyone into his room for a massive photo!
By half - time came it was looking
like Spurs» game to lose after they doubled the lead thanks to the goal of the night from
Lamela, who whipped a stunning Rabona shot into the top corner with his left foot:
The
likes of Roberto Soldado, Erik
Lamela and Emmanuel Adebayor have all failed to impress this term and but for Harry Kane's resurgence it's likely Tottenham would be way off the top four pace.
Andros Townsend scored his second penalty in the space of a week to put his side ahead and it looked
like the North Londoners were on course for a comfortable win despite their inability to add a second; though Paulinho and
Lamela both came close.
With
lamela not fully fit yet I'd
like to see us play a side that can rotate around behind the main striker and be creative but with power in there too.
Certainly we've been privy to some great seasons from Mohamed Salah, Radja Nainggolan and even Erik
Lamela, but none of them felt
like they were setting the global standard at their position.
Erik
Lamela is still out, and with Andros Townsend looking
like one of the best players on the pitch on Wednesday night, the right wing selection is a bit of a no - brainer really.
With Pochettino seeming
like he wants to keep him, this should be enough to give
Lamela some confidence, but lets wait and see shall we?
For all the brilliance that the
likes of
Lamela and Eriksen can offer, I do feel that Tottenham would benefit by adding an attacking midfielder
like Bolasie who is more direct and has more pace.
The power of the 27 - year - old will provide exactly what Pochettino is looking for in the attacking positions, offering something a little different to what he already has at his disposal with the
likes of Christian Eriksen and Erik
Lamela.
Spurs already have enough creativity in the squad with the
likes of Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Heung - min Son and the returning Erik
Lamela.
H. Wouldnt mind forlan for a few years but we could do better
like cavani, rossi, hulk, erik
lamela and falcao.
At Tottenham, with the
likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Erik
Lamela and Cristian Eriksen alongside him, Bolasie could seriously make his mark in the Premier League.
Now back fit and firing after more than a year out,
Lamela looks certain to play a key role under Pochettino, who rates
Lamela's tenacity, ability to beat men and thread balls through to strikers
like Eriksen.
However, for me, one of the possible formation changes could spell the end for potentially for at least one of Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen or Erik
Lamela, and allows very little room for rotation for the
likes of Nacer Chadli or Heung - min Son.
There is creativity in attack from the
likes of Dele Alli, Christian Ericksen and Eric
Lamela, plus players who are more than capable of getting goals in the shape of Harry Kane and Vincent Janssen.
Spurs having made 7 changes mid week will welcome back the
likes of
Lamela, Dier, Kane, Alli and Walker adding quality and end product to the first team.
The fans should especially
like his moment with Heung - Min Son & Erik
Lamela at the end — would probably be good enough to make grown men cry.
The
likes of
Lamela and Chadli who impressed in the FA Cup game find themselves on the bench as the Argentine boss has opted for the regular league starters.
Lamela - Looked much sharper than Chadli when he came on last time out and in an open game
like this he can be dangerous on the counter.
Erik
Lamela 6 — Just
like Fazio he is so vulnerable to criticism because of his Prima Donna style of play.
Roma look
like a completely different squad under Garcia, and are thriving under the former Lille man's tutelage, despite the loss of key players such as Dani Osvaldo, Marquinhos and Erik
Lamela.
Lamela likes to cut off the wing in to those type of positions, so the only question would be could he do it starting here rather than drifting in from wide?
The former Chelsea boss also praised
Lamela, adding: «We were waiting for him to have a game
like this.
These are the top ten goals scored between 3 October 2013 and 26 September 2014, which explains why recent stunners
like Erik
Lamela's rabona wonder in the Europa League didn't make it to this list.
Besides, they haveArgentine midfielder Erik
Lamela, Moussa Sissoko, Mousa Dembele
like midfielders in the team.
But, as a creative option, I'm glad
Lamela is still kicking around — the squad feels a bit samey and predictable without someone
like him.
I'm a Tottenham Hotspur supporter, so one of the first things I wanted to see was whether or not Harry Kane looked
like himself, or Erik
Lamela, or Hugo Lloris, and so on.