Come on, he is key to our press and is passionate. He'd have helped big time in the last two European games, surely...if only to show some fight and get at least some of our pressing game going
Most under appreciated player on this forum in my opinion. We never look better when he's not playing, he helps defensively with his pressing from the front, and his ability to actually try defence splitting passes and be forward thinking when on the ball is something we don't have enough of i.e. Creativity, even if it doesn't always come off....
Would you agree that we are worse off without him in the side?I'd say it's almost the opposite but most won't agree.
Would you agree that we are worse off without him in the side?
Him and Eriksen have both been below par, work rate aside. Impossible to say whether he would have made a difference either way tbh but I personally think he's a bit overrated on this forum, Spurs57891 robot being the biggest fan.
I was just about to make that point in another thread. Without Lamela chasing back our defence send midfield have looked much shakier. Even just his willingness to close down and be a nuisance is enough to help out.
The Euros didn't seem to be affecting them when they were dispatching City and going one point off top.
Eriksen and Lamela have been below par true, but Lamela has at least got stuck in and has been a bit more creative imo. In fact i'm sure our defensive capabilities have gone done overall since he has been away..
Well each to their own. The loss of Alderweireld is huge and is the main catalyst for our defence looking bricke.
Our attacking midfielders have been underwhelming to say the least this season, but at least Son and Alli have chipped in with goals.
I really do think Eriksen and Lamela are the two players we quite urgently need to upgrade on if we are to push on and become a top 4 regular.
Well each to their own. The loss of Alderweireld is huge and is the main catalyst for our defence looking bricke.
Our attacking midfielders have been underwhelming to say the least this season, but at least Son and Alli have chipped in with goals.
I really do think Eriksen and Lamela are the two players we quite urgently need to upgrade on if we are to push on and become a top 4 regular.
When was the last time we bought an upgrade of any of our first team? Alderweireld. Its not gonna happen.
I guess Sissoko was meant to be that.
Too early to say definitively that he is not.
I'm not sure we need to specifically upgrade on those two players, but we do desperately need that special player with the X factor which creates and scores goals like every other team in top 4. I suppose that will most likely come at the expense of one of them two being regulars....Well each to their own. The loss of Alderweireld is huge and is the main catalyst for our defence looking bricke.
Our attacking midfielders have been underwhelming to say the least this season, but at least Son and Alli have chipped in with goals.
I really do think Eriksen and Lamela are the two players we quite urgently need to upgrade on if we are to push on and become a top 4 regular.
When was the last time we bought an upgrade of any of our first team? Alderweireld. Its not gonna happen.
I guess Sissoko was meant to be that.
Too early to say definitively that he is not.
Well each to their own. The loss of Alderweireld is huge and is the main catalyst for our defence looking bricke.
Our attacking midfielders have been underwhelming to say the least this season, but at least Son and Alli have chipped in with goals.
I really do think Eriksen and Lamela are the two players we quite urgently need to upgrade on if we are to push on and become a top 4 regular.