Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[DJS]

Lamela could be good competition for him as has looked good when given more freedom of a central role rather than being pushed out wide.

Might be worth a go.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Why bother with competition for his place just get a replacement as the man has his mind elsewhere such as Barca.
He has been very good a few times average a few times and useless a lot of times and he strikes me as someone not committed to the cause as he is more interested in not getting hurt .
Move him on get someone who is 100% committed a new man may not be as good but commitment will make up for less ability

What utter bollocks.

 

[dontcallme]

What utter bollocks.

Bit harsh.

 

[Gassin's finest]

But harsh.

But fair.

 

[dontcallme]

Why bother with competition for his place just get a replacement as the man has his mind elsewhere such as Barca.
He has been very good a few times average a few times and useless a lot of times and he strikes me as someone not committed to the cause as he is more interested in not getting hurt .
Move him on get someone who is 100% committed a new man may not be as good but commitment will make up for less ability

Not sure I see him as uncommitted. His playing style is about assisting and he has done well.

He does put in a shift but has never been a tough tackler.

If he wants to go then the interest needs to be there. He hasn’t kicked on a level this season but is still doing well.

 

[Gilzeanking]

But fair.

Well ,some feel that there is a correlation between Eriksen , contract issues and his match involvement levels .

The second Burnley goal also did seem somewhat soft from the Eriksen commitment perspective .

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Why bother with competition for his place just get a replacement as the man has his mind elsewhere such as Barca.
He has been very good a few times average a few times and useless a lot of times and he strikes me as someone not committed to the cause as he is more interested in not getting hurt .
Move him on get someone who is 100% committed a new man may not be as good but commitment will make up for less ability

Considering that only Eden Hazard has made more goals than him, it’s pretty amazing that Eriksen has been useless more than he’s been good.

 

[buckley]

Once you get a supporter who can see no down side to a player you are wasting your time in criticising this player.
The thing is fans have their favourites and are fiercely loyal I get this but I am still allowed to state what I see and that is a player when he is on it he is very good but for me most of the time he is average or worse; also I would not let him near a corner or free kick because his success rate in taking corners is also poor and his free kicks you can forget it.
It is just the type of game against Burnley you expect him to turn up well he was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
What part of what I have said is 'utter bollocks " please enlighten me.
I take into account that maybe only Kane turned up on Saturday
My point is that if Erricsen is all he is cracked up to be these are the games to show his class .
His mind is elsewhere thinking of somewhere in Spain.

 

[buckley]

Flat track bully comes to mind.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Once you get a supporter who can see no down side to a player you are wasting your time in criticising this player.
The thing is fans have their favourites and are fiercely loyal I get this but I am still allowed to state what I see and that is a player when he is on it he is very good but for me most of the time he is average or worse; also I would not let him near a corner or free kick because his success rate in taking corners is also poor and his free kicks you can forget it.
It is just the type of game against Burnley you expect him to turn up well he was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
What part of what I have said is 'utter bollocks " please enlighten me.
I take into account that maybe only Kane turned up on Saturday
My point is that if Erricsen is all he is cracked up to be these are the games to show his class .
His mind is elsewhere thinking of somewhere in Spain.

All of it.

 

[buckley]

Well the love in goes on you are going to be very sad when he buggers of to Barca.
By the way I don't question his ability but I do question his commitment.

 

[buckley]

Also if you think he is the man for corners and free kicks you are delusional.

 

[Shadydan]

Well ,some feel that there is a correlation between Eriksen , contract issues and his match involvement levels .

The second Burnley goal also did seem somewhat soft from the Eriksen commitment perspective .

Always been like that, he rarely goes in for tackles which seems like he isn't committed.

But some fans have only noticed it now just because he hasn't signed a new contract, they think he's less committed which is nonsense.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Well the love in goes on you are going to be very sad when he buggers of to Barca.
By the way I don't question his ability but I do question his commitment.

 

[tooey]

Once you get a supporter who can see no down side to a player you are wasting your time in criticising this player.
The thing is fans have their favourites and are fiercely loyal I get this but I am still allowed to state what I see and that is a player when he is on it he is very good but for me most of the time he is average or worse; also I would not let him near a corner or free kick because his success rate in taking corners is also poor and his free kicks you can forget it.
It is just the type of game against Burnley you expect him to turn up well he was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
What part of what I have said is 'utter bollocks " please enlighten me.
I take into account that maybe only Kane turned up on Saturday
My point is that if Erricsen is all he is cracked up to be these are the games to show his class .
His mind is elsewhere thinking of somewhere in Spain.

It's not about favourites, it's about understanding that even the top bracket of footballer might have a downward turn in form. The same "he doesn't turn up in big games" tripe is said about Salah, Hazard, Aguero. It's a cliche narrative that is bollocks. Eriksen has been instrumental in wins against top sides in the past and I'm sure he will in the future.

The corner and free kicks argument has been done to death, it's become a meme at this point. If some people on here watched more football they'd see that beating the first man on a corner or free kick isn't an issue exclusive to Eriksen, you'll see it all over the country with some of the best set piece specialists in the world. The percentage chance of scoring from a corner is actuslly incredibly low (though I think it will increase with a full scale introduction of VAR).

There is nobody in our squad who possesses the skill set of Eriksen. If your main criticism is that he doesn't like to put his foot in then would you prefer a midfield of cloggers? Eriksen isn't on the pitch to make bone crunching challenges, he's there to create and score goals, hes done both rather well I'd say.

Oh and it's ERIKSEN. He's been with us for some years now, you could at least learn how to spell his name.

 

[Gassin's finest]

I'm going to quote myself from only a page back, and then I'm not bothering to contend the football philistines again.

He was superb last night. As he is most games. He is constantly on the move, first to press, first to drop deep to collect. He pulls out wide left and right to support and link. His cross pitch passing is pinpoint. And his specialty, that curved dipping ball where he drops it from a crazy angle, right over the defenders head and into an attackers path, is Pirlo-esque. And he has a bag full of goals and assists to boot.

Most importantly he has that reading of the game that only the likes of Scholes, Iniesta, Silva etc have... to be one or two moves ahead of everyone else, to know when he needs to move into or close down space, when to show, when and where to pass and what type of pass. When to dribble, shoot or drop off. He is an absolute top class, elite player.

I'm not surprised at his critics. My whole life I've noticed that people fail to appreciate these nuances of the game. That only the blood and thunder goals, tackles and skills get picked up on. They fail to see the craftsman, the link (or hook as the Argentinians call it), the metronome inside the clock. That is what Eriksen is for us. And I bet you those same people cry out for him when he moves on.

Nah, clearly not at his best... I mean it's not like he's actually on par with the last two seasons, and his passing has actually improved...

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Did Modric lack commitment? Did Hoddle lack commitment? You didn't see them going in for crunching tackles and 50-50s either. Because that wasn't their game. What you will see from Eriksen is that he always, always presses and harries and closes the space, which forces the play back and to the side. That is intelligence and awareness. Not lack of commitment, or head elsewhere.

Lack of commitment is watching Mark Noble jogging along in a daze while another opposition drifts past him unopposed.

 

[Haddock]

When Eriksen is asked to be a box to box CM, which was the case against Burnley, we will suffer defensively. Just as @Shadydan says; Eriksen has never been a strong tackler, which is all in its right as he's first and foremost a playmaker.

We're screaming out for more creativity from our central midfielders and as I see it that's why Pochettino likes having Eriksen playing there. Maybe this all comes down to our transfer dealings as usual. If we'd actually bothered to upgrade our CM, we wouldn't have to play one our best players our of position.

 

[Gassin's finest]

When Eriksen is asked to be a box to box CM, which was the case against Burnley, we will suffer defensively. Just as @Shadydan says; Eriksen has never been a strong tackler, which is all in its right as he's first and foremost a playmaker.

We're screaming out for more creativity from our central midfielders and as I see it that's why Pochettino likes having Eriksen playing there. Maybe this all comes down to our transfer dealings as usual. If we'd actually bothered to upgrade our CM, we wouldn't have to play one our best players our of position.

This.

 

[Deleted member 29446]

Also if you think he is the man for corners and free kicks you are delusional.

a recent one.

Also I think the commentators mentioned we were the best from corners this season or something like that. Like we have been in the top on most scored goal from set pieces/corners in the league for some years now.

Do you think that is why Eriksen is rubbish at a set piece? Do you think a man with his footballing technique is unable to beat the first man? Do you not think that the ball is supposed to get there, but mayb our attackers is just not getting there?

Could probaly find sources but im to lazy and i'm not even going to bother wasting my time any more on you. Such nonsense.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Once you get a supporter who can see no down side to a player you are wasting your time in criticising this player.
The thing is fans have their favourites and are fiercely loyal I get this but I am still allowed to state what I see and that is a player when he is on it he is very good but for me most of the time he is average or worse; also I would not let him near a corner or free kick because his success rate in taking corners is also poor and his free kicks you can forget it.
It is just the type of game against Burnley you expect him to turn up well he was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
What part of what I have said is 'utter bollocks " please enlighten me.
I take into account that maybe only Kane turned up on Saturday
My point is that if Erricsen is all he is cracked up to be these are the games to show his class .
His mind is elsewhere thinking of somewhere in Spain.

I don’t think anybody is saying he’s without flaw, but they are saying he’s an exceptional player who’s positives far outweigh his negatives. Yes, he could put himself more on the line, but it’s very much a sacrifice worth making considering everything he does bring. If you dislike him for the occasional shirked tackle, you must’ve hated Bale, Ginola and Hoddle.

Flat track bully comes to mind.

Yes, damn him for only making goals against minnows like Dortmund, Chelsea didn’t Liverpool this season.

Well the love in goes on you are going to be very sad when he buggers of to Barca.
By the way I don't question his ability but I do question his commitment.

Yes if he leaves we’ll all be gutted, except you.

Also if you think he is the man for corners and free kicks you are delusional.

Not sure anybody has claimed his set pieces are any good.