How do you solve a problem like Lamela?

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How do you solve a problem like Lamela?

  • Pick him

  • Stick 'im in the fecking reserves

  • Domestic loan to adapt to league

  • Foreign loan to rebuild confidence

  • Sell him to recoup the funds

  • Other

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I picked other - simply put he should start in Europa as long as we're in it and he's fit.

Other than that its bench, reserve games, and pray to Jehoshaphat that in pre-season & next year he becomes the player we cannot afford to drop...
 
vimhawk said:
I really think a lot of you are playing the money rather than the man. There is absolutely nothing about his performances that suggest he should be anywhere near the team. We need results and cannot afford to carry anyone. He looks lightweight and is easily dispossessed. I accept that a lot of people know him from his Italian league performances and perhaps from some simulations. But I only know what I have seen and that has been terrible. So he performed well once, that isn't actually much of a big deal considering how much we paid. I appreciate that many think he should therefore have been picked for the next game and that argument has merit, but if he is any good he would be able to perform in more than just one match (when IMHO he was good but hardly world class). We also don't know whether he was completely fit for the next match. I understand that it appears to make financial sense to build up a player who is a major investment, but not to the extent of damaging the possibilities of the team. I really think that there is no argument, other than "he might be better than he appears to be if he had a run in the team", for playing him. And that is not enough when we need every single point. I think he is by far of the "least" of our summer signings. Maybe he will come good, but how do you allow him the game time to do so? It's too much of a risk.
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Other teams integrate new, young players into their teams. Its a fairly normal thing to do. The only guarantee is he won't integrate into the team from the bench
 
That's fine if you are only trying to integrate one player. If you have several there is no reasons to prioritise one who in many ways has offered less than any other of our recent signings. It sends out the wrong message to the other players who may deserve their place on greater merit. Again you're wanting to play the player we think he should be rather than the player he appears to be, and we can't afford to waste any time getting him up to speed, the league is likely to be too close for that, although in an ideal world and with more time I may think differently.
 
vimhawk said:
That's fine if you are only trying to integrate one player. If you have several there is no reasons to prioritise one who in many ways has offered less than any other of our recent signings. It sends out the wrong message to the other players who may deserve their place on greater merit. Again you're wanting to play the player we think he should be rather than the player he appears to be, and we can't afford to waste any time getting him up to speed, the league is likely to be too close for that, although in an ideal world and with more time I may think differently.
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we're talking about integrating Lamela. He is just one player.
 

How do you solve a problem like Lamela?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1HwVmY28Pk

He’s on the bench, he’s looking tense,
He's lucky to be there.
He waltzes on his way to shoot
And kicks a piece of air!
And underneath his new Spurs shirt
There’s a player lurking there!
[I even heard he’s very good in training...]

He never starts, comes on as sub -
His reputation’s gold!
He's always up for everything
Except in front of goal!
I hate to have to say it
But this view I firmly hold:
Lamela’s not a new star in the making!

[I'd like to say a word in his behalf -
Soldado makes me laugh!]:emoticon-0102-bigsm

Chorus:
How do you solve a problem like Lamela?
How do you make us glad that he’s around?
How do you find a way to use Lamela?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!
:emoticon-0136-giggl

Many a fan will say we ought to sell him;
Many a fan says he should go on loan.
So how do you make it work
And make him not look a jerk?
How long before we tell him to go home?
:emoticon-0105-wink:
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
Lucky we only spent £24m on him, then.
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Just out of interest: Where did you get that figure and why do you think it's more trustworthy than the 30m figure that's bandied about? It seems like transfer fees are very difficult to pin down nowadays and if you have a good source for these figures that'd be interesting.
 
I assumed the fee was 32 million going by reports but that's likey to be future add ons and the base fee could be 24 million and then depending on if he plays, add ons kick in which could explain why he's not featuring! :p
 
lennypops said:
Just out of interest: Where did you get that figure and why do you think it's more trustworthy than the 30m figure that's bandied about? It seems like transfer fees are very difficult to pin down nowadays and if you have a good source for these figures that'd be interesting.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23903926
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/28/erik-lamela-joins-tottenham-roma
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1538431/spurs-sign-erik-lamela-christian-eriksen?cc=5739
 
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