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Player watch: Christian Eriksen

midoNdefoe

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Criminally underrated :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Jesus christ, just think about that for a second. Firstly that implies that people do not rate him or rate him well below his actual standard, which simply cannot be true when you have so many people waxing lyrical over him in this thread (that's not including other teams fans or commentators/pundits).

Secondly, I fail to see how running the furthest but putting in the fewest challenges benefits the team? If he runs 30 yards to put in a half-arsed challenge that the player with the ball simply glides past then that helps us in no way whatsoever. The reason people love what Lamela does is because the challenges he makes are tangible. The reason Sissoko is being praised so highly this season is not his skill on the ball but the tangible lung busting runs in the 90th minute that relieve the pressure on us.

Thirdly, Eriksen is rated very highly whether you believe he is underrated or not. What I will ask though is how often you see the players at Man City (such as De Bruyne) having games where they'll put 5 crosses, 3 free kicks and 4 corners into the first man? This is supposed to be his speciality ffs. Once again, the Hazard's and De Bruyne's of this world are a cut above Eriksen but even if you think I'm talking absolute nonsense then we can just look at the fact that Eriksen has not had a single bid in for him at his time at Spurs. If he ends up at RM I will come back into this thread and state I was wrong all along.

What I don't get is how we see Eriksen with all the ability in the world and people aren't calling him out more for the utter dross we get from set pieces or corners far too often? I can forgive Sissoko not scoring because he's clearly not in the team for that but when we have a free kick from 25 yards I now sit there praying Eriksen leaves it for Lamela or Trippier. One FK goal vs Juventus that Buffon should save in the last 3 years? Maybe one more that I'm forgetting about but it's simply not good enough, ESPECIALLY when I have to read here how underrated he is.

@dude573 If every player in the team pulled out of challenges like Eriksen did just to avoid injuries we wouldn't be a very successful team.

Also who else is surprised that Shadydan pops in with his usual passive aggressive bait every time a player (no matter who it is) that has once been criticised has a good game? It's fucking pathetic.


:rolleyes: whoah, easy...
 

Shadydan

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Criminally underrated :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Jesus christ, just think about that for a second. Firstly that implies that people do not rate him or rate him well below his actual standard, which simply cannot be true when you have so many people waxing lyrical over him in this thread (that's not including other teams fans or commentators/pundits).

Secondly, I fail to see how running the furthest but putting in the fewest challenges benefits the team? If he runs 30 yards to put in a half-arsed challenge that the player with the ball simply glides past then that helps us in no way whatsoever. The reason people love what Lamela does is because the challenges he makes are tangible. The reason Sissoko is being praised so highly this season is not his skill on the ball but the tangible lung busting runs in the 90th minute that relieve the pressure on us.

Thirdly, Eriksen is rated very highly whether you believe he is underrated or not. What I will ask though is how often you see the players at Man City (such as De Bruyne) having games where they'll put 5 crosses, 3 free kicks and 4 corners into the first man? This is supposed to be his speciality ffs. Once again, the Hazard's and De Bruyne's of this world are a cut above Eriksen but even if you think I'm talking absolute nonsense then we can just look at the fact that Eriksen has not had a single bid in for him at his time at Spurs. If he ends up at RM I will come back into this thread and state I was wrong all along.

What I don't get is how we see Eriksen with all the ability in the world and people aren't calling him out more for the utter dross we get from set pieces or corners far too often? I can forgive Sissoko not scoring because he's clearly not in the team for that but when we have a free kick from 25 yards I now sit there praying Eriksen leaves it for Lamela or Trippier. One FK goal vs Juventus that Buffon should save in the last 3 years? Maybe one more that I'm forgetting about but it's simply not good enough, ESPECIALLY when I have to read here how underrated he is.

@dude573 If every player in the team pulled out of challenges like Eriksen did just to avoid injuries we wouldn't be a very successful team.

Also who else is surprised that Shadydan pops in with his usual passive aggressive bait every time a player (no matter who it is) that has once been criticised has a good game? It's fucking pathetic.

The irony in that last sentence is fucking delicious :hungry:

I'll tell you what's pathetic, you writing paragraphs upon paragraphs to put down one of our very own players, think about that for a second - you are an incredibly shit fan, you shouldn't be anywhere near our club.
 
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Mr Pink

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Must admit it does irk me a bit when he pulls out of a challenge or doesn't tackle with enough conviction but really it's a very minor gripe in the much larger picture.

I think some completely blow it out of proportion as there is no doubt he's an absolute class act.

When Eriksen really purrs our football is of the highest quality.

Was rewatching our game against Bournemouth on Boxing day - Kane points for the ball, Eriksen delivers it on a plate and Kane does the rest.

An exceptional player I'm praying we keep.
 

coys200

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That Ramsey deal will screw us. If eriksen has any sense he will just run down his deal and take the £100m windfall. Not just us tbh I think this Ramsey deal could change the landscape.
 

ComfortablyNumb

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That Ramsey deal will screw us. If eriksen has any sense he will just run down his deal and take the £100m windfall. Not just us tbh I think this Ramsey deal could change the landscape.
Might not be a bad thing? Why should the club own a player’s registration, anyway? Get rid of transfer fees, and enforce contracts more.
 

fortworthspur

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they mentioned during the game yesterday that since the start of the 2013 season he's had more assists than any other player in the prem.
 

VancouverSpur

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400k a week for Ramsey...wtf. So he is worth 3 or 4 Eriksens.

Jesus wept what is going on when Ramsey commands that kind of money.
 

scat1620

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That's if he's still here by then, can't see the club letting him leave for free...sign up or sell.
Agreed that that's probably what the club will want to happen if Eriksen doesn't sign a new deal before the end of the season (and I don't think he will), but all the power lies with him: if he's happy to see out the final year of his deal with us so that he can have his choice of suitors in 2020 then there's not really anything we can do about it, and I think that's probably the most likely outcome now. IMO the ship sailed last summer when we couldn't convince him to extend his contract beyond that crucial 2-years-left phase: just thanking the heavens that Dele, who was in the same boat, did put pen to paper and ensured we'd only have one forthcoming disaster rather than two.
 

swarvsta

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Not a chance in hell we would let him run his contract down. Arsenal are now famously good at allowing this to happen, but Levy will not.

I would imagine he will be sold in the summer if he fails to sign an extension, that’s how these things work now.

Players have had the power to run their contracts down for years now, but rarely get the chance as they will be sold before that happens. It’s the only defence the clubs have against this.
 

Primativ

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Does everything have to be so black and white? Personally I think Eriksens all round game has been really below par the past few weeks. His touch, simple passing is poor, bottling challenges like no tomorrow.

Yet no one can doubt his quality in the final third at times, he’s easily one of our best players. I just find it really weird how for 80 minutes of a game he literally plays like garbage, and you think to yourself, this guy is playing terribly, and then he pops up with a fantastic assist or goal.

How can such a talented player fail to do so many simple basic things right consistently? If people analyse his game recently, his all round game has been garbage, but then pops up with moments of magic.

It’s really quite strange. I don’t see the likes of Silva for City making such poor decisions, touches and passes so consistently in the basic parts of the game. It really affects us negatively when we are trying to build momentum and possession in the final third.

If he does go to Madrid, he will absolutely need to sort that part of his game out. He can’t be losing the ball so often as he does for us. They’ll slaughter him.
 

scat1620

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Not a chance in hell we would let him run his contract down. Arsenal are now famously good at allowing this to happen, but Levy will not.

I would imagine he will be sold in the summer if he fails to sign an extension, that’s how these things work now.

Players have had the power to run their contracts down for years now, but rarely get the chance as they will be sold before that happens. It’s the only defence the clubs have against this.
But what if a player doesn't want to be sold when he has one year left on his deal? If a player goes into the last year of their contract with their mind set on all the options a free transfer would afford them, there's not really much that the club can do to make them go beforehand.
 

jyoshinmonchris

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Criminally underrated :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
Secondly, I fail to see how running the furthest but putting in the fewest challenges benefits the team? If he runs 30 yards to put in a half-arsed challenge that the player with the ball simply glides past then that helps us in no way whatsoever. The reason people love what Lamela does is because the challenges he makes are tangible. The reason Sissoko is being praised so highly this season is not his skill on the ball but the tangible lung busting runs in the 90th minute that relieve the pressure on us.

I don't think he's there for tackling, I think he's there to cut off good passing opportunities which forces the ball into safer areas of the pitch where others better at tackling do the job? The fact that he's there doing that and also up the other end of the field scoring and assisting means that he's a huge asset to the team when he's on the field surely? Otherwise you'd need two specialist players to do his jobs. And he seems to do it all game every game. It's ridiculous really.
 

Cornpattbuck

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Hmm, that Ramsay wage has just burst the bubble of hope I'd had for Eriksen signing a new deal. Fucking ridiculous money. Every player in world football is going to be demanding a pay rise now!
 

Monkey boy

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Not that I’m wishing this on any player but football could really do with a player whose running out his contract so that he can get a massive pay day elsewhere getting a career ending injury a few weeks before the end of his current contract. That would sharpen a few players minds. Just a shame it didn’t happen to a certain guy that did it to us all those years ago, his name escapes me now :cautious:
 

michaelden

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Ramsey's just signed a £400k a week Bosman with Juve. You just know Eriksen and his agent will be looking on, going...
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As a Juve fan I can only hold my head in wonder. I hope it is pay as he plays, want he crocked?
 

Shadydan

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But what if a player doesn't want to be sold when he has one year left on his deal? If a player goes into the last year of their contract with their mind set on all the options a free transfer would afford them, there's not really much that the club can do to make them go beforehand.

Poch has previous for freezing players out if they're not committed.
 

coys200

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You can’t sell a player if he doesn’t want to go those days are long gone. Blimey if we can’t even shift janssen imagine Levy trying to deal for eriksen with 1 year left.
 
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