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Player watch: Christian Eriksen

JR1994

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Il bring this thread back round to eriksen.. Course he’s going to get pissy. Everyone’s always known Madrid was his dream club and this is the first real opportunity he’s had to get his move. If that’s being blocked by levy demanding to much of course he’s going to be frustrated! Who wouldn’t be? Levy will obviously try to maximise his asset and eventually a deal will happen otherwise he’ll go for free next year..

Modric bale both kicked off a fuss refused to play and everyone seems to of forgiven/forgot. Buying him as a squad player to eventually take over from Kroos and Modric is no shame.
 

Flashspur

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Never saw what was so great about Eriksen to be honest. Yes his stats are good but you'd never think that if you saw him play. I wouldnt say he was the star nor the first among equals. Never took a game by the balls and gave it a good shake. Not like Kane, not like Son or even Lucas. Not like Dembele. I still scratch my head regarding the 'best player at Spurs' descriptions that some people come out with. All I remember are the big games he never ever turned up for, like fucking clockwork!

He is working us over like another Sol Campbell and I hate that. I can see this as Plan B if Madrid don't come around and suck his dick.

If players get down to 2 years and dont want to sign a new contract, we should sell as a matter of policy. None of this 'Christian is a very special player and needs time to discuss his contract' BS. He is fucking us over innit?
 

Ronwol196061

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I still don’t think he’s got what it takes to succeed at Madrid. Clearly Zidane has his own doubts about him. He probably thinks he’ll be able to break into the team, but I fully expect him to end up on the bench a lot of the time, and he’s not really an impact player. Can’t see how his play style will see him force his way off the bench and into the first team there. Worse still, by the time he did force himself into the team, Real would more than likely be eyeing up their next shiny new toy.

Don’t get me wrong, Eriksen is a very good, consistent performer, he can be pivotal in some games, I just don’t think he’s got the spark needed to succeed in that cauldron.

It's possible they see him as a replacement for Modric. Modric changed his game at, RM. He bacame a pivot directing play from MF. At Tottenham he was all over the field mostly from the a. m. position I'm not sure Eriksen can take control of a game.
I agree with your sentiments, never seen him as a game changer as good as he is technically.
 

McArchibald

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For a large part it's his Amsterdam-fanclub. Figures around Ajax and the Dutch media who've been telling him for years that he's far too good for Spurs and that Barça and Real are the clubs for him - conveniently ignoring the realites about him going AWOL in important matches.
I guess he's really started believing in this hype.
 

BringBack_leGin

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Il bring this thread back round to eriksen.. Course he’s going to get pissy. Everyone’s always known Madrid was his dream club and this is the first real opportunity he’s had to get his move. If that’s being blocked by levy demanding to much of course he’s going to be frustrated! Who wouldn’t be? Levy will obviously try to maximise his asset and eventually a deal will happen otherwise he’ll go for free next year..

Modric bale both kicked off a fuss refused to play and everyone seems to of forgiven/forgot. Buying him as a squad player to eventually take over from Kroos and Modric is no shame.

But what is too much?

Even with a year left on his contract, if Eriksen is good enough to play for the worlds most successful club, for whom anything less than first place is mass failure, then he’s good enough to attract the sort of inflated transfer fee that such players attract.

Hazard was £90m with a year left on his deal and slightly older. In the last six seasons, Hazard has 119 goals/ assists in 211 premier league matches to Eriksen’s 111 in 206 premier league (I.e. during Eriksen entire premier league career, as Hazard arrived one season earlier so I’ve discounted that season). Almost identical output on as level a playing field as you could hope for and during a very long sample size (if anything you could argue that Hazard’s stats are aided by playing a slightly more attacking role with less defensive responsibility, and in a side that has won two league titles in that time).

As such, and with Eriksen the younger man too, even accepting that Hazard is a bit more entertaining and has just had the better season, there is no way that there should be more than a small discrepancy between the transfer fees. Maximum £10m I would say, and this isn’t even accounting for the fact that Hazard has multiple instances of poor behaviour (fighting with a ball boy, refusing to leave first gear/ train hard for managers he dislikes, engineering dressing room revolt) compared to Eriksen’s complete focus, professionalism and dedication.

I’m not saying Hazard isn’t better, he’s a magnificent player and a pure entertainer, you pay just to watch him, but if any logic (dangerous with transfers I know) is at play, then Eriksen to Madrid from a top 4 London club with champions league football next season should be for a very similar figure to Hazard’s transfer as both the background and circumstances couldn’t be more similar.
 

Ronwol196061

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But what is too much?

Even with a year left on his contract, if Eriksen is good enough to play for the worlds most successful club, for whom anything less than first place is mass failure, then he’s good enough to attract the sort of inflated transfer fee that such players attract.

Hazard was £90m with a year left on his deal and slightly older. In the last six seasons, Hazard has 119 goals/ assists in 211 premier league matches to Eriksen’s 111 in 206 premier league (I.e. during Eriksen entire premier league career, as Hazard arrived one season earlier so I’ve discounted that season). Almost identical output on as level a playing field as you could hope for and during a very long sample size (if anything you could argue that Hazard’s stats are aided by playing a slightly more attacking role with less defensive responsibility, and in a side that has won two league titles in that time).

As such, and with Eriksen the younger man too, even accepting that Hazard is a bit more entertaining and has just had the better season, there is no way that there should be more than a small discrepancy between the transfer fees. Maximum £10m I would say, and this isn’t even accounting for the fact that Hazard has multiple instances of poor behaviour (fighting with a ball boy, refusing to leave first gear/ train hard for managers he dislikes, engineering dressing room revolt) compared to Eriksen’s complete focus, professionalism and dedication.

I’m not saying Hazard isn’t better, he’s a magnificent player and a pure entertainer, you pay just to watch him, but if any logic (dangerous with transfers I know) is at play, then Eriksen to Madrid from a top 4 London club with champions league football next season should be for a very similar figure to Hazard’s transfer as both the background and circumstances couldn’t be more similar.
You would think another to team would come in at least with a Low ball offer say 60m and try to snatch him
 

BringBack_leGin

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Never saw what was so great about Eriksen to be honest. Yes his stats are good but you'd never think that if you saw him play. I wouldnt say he was the star nor the first among equals. Never took a game by the balls and gave it a good shake. Not like Kane, not like Son or even Lucas. Not like Dembele. I still scratch my head regarding the 'best player at Spurs' descriptions that some people come out with. All I remember are the big games he never ever turned up for, like fucking clockwork!

He is working us over like another Sol Campbell and I hate that. I can see this as Plan B if Madrid don't come around and suck his dick.

If players get down to 2 years and dont want to sign a new contract, we should sell as a matter of policy. None of this 'Christian is a very special player and needs time to discuss his contract' BS. He is fucking us over innit?

For a large part it's his Amsterdam-fanclub. Figures around Ajax and the Dutch media who've been telling him for years that he's far too good for Spurs and that Barça and Real are the clubs for him - conveniently ignoring the realites about him going AWOL in important matches.
I guess he's really started believing in this hype.

It’s not ending on a superb note seemingly, but Eriksen has been superb for us and to suggest otherwise is most kindly described as rather odd.

He has been skilful, creative, consistent and effective. He’s been less effective against the top sides because guess what, the top sides are harder to play against. However, ask Chelsea defenders their thoughts about not having Eriksen there to put perfect crosses on Dele’s head or score thirty Hardee’s, ask Arsenal defenders if they’re pleased to not have Eriksen turning it round the corner for Kane, ask Utd defenders and City defenders if they think we’ll be harder to play against after a Eriksen... I know I can’t exactly predict their thoughts but I think we could all have a fucking good stab at it.

Eriksen doesn’t put his foot in on a hard tackle, it’s annoying, but so fucking what? Ginola, Anderton, Berbatov, I never saw them in the trenches either but I loved watching them play. Eriksen deserves much more appreciation for the six years he’s played for us than he’s getting.
 
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Hazelton

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If he's still desperate to join Madrid, knowing full well that he isn't their first choice target and he will only be a squad player, then frankly I'm disappointed in him. That is weak.
 

Ronwol196061

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It’s not ending on a superb note seemingly, but Eriksen has been superb for us and to suggest otherwise is most kindly described as rather odd.

He has been skilful, creative, consistent and effective. He’s been less effective against the top sides because guess what, the top sides are harder to play against. However, ask Chelsea defenders their thoughts about not having Eriksen there to put perfect crosses on Dele’s head or score thirty Hardee’s, ask Arsenal defenders if they’re pleased to not have Eriksen turning it round the corner for Kane, ask Utd defenders and City defenders if they think we’ll be harder to play against after a Eriksen... I know I can’t exactly predict their thoughts but I think we could all have a fucking good stab at it.

Eriksen doesn’t put his foot in on a hard tackle, it’s annoying, but so fucking what? Ginola, Anderson, Berbatov, I never saw them in the trenches either but I loved watching them play. Eriksen deserves much more appreciation for the six years he’s played for us than he’s getting.

I never saw the hard tackling but as a panacea when talking about Eriksen, for me creating is about creating when things are not there. That's what creating is. That's being a game changer.
Eriksen is great at taking what there is, and what there isn't, he doesn't create
He is a good facilitator not a creator
 
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Primativ

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You know what, it's also a win win for us.

If Madrid sign Pogba, Eriksen stays, and likely signs a new contract?? (maybe). They simply can't sign both, no chance.


If United keep Pogba, Madrid likely come for Eriksen, but let's be honest, Pogba will be such a toxic presence in the United dressing room, their season will just implode. There will be a media circus there all season, as long as he is a United player and that's one less rival to worry about.
 

Haddock

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If he's still desperate to join Madrid, knowing full well that he isn't their first choice target and he will only be a squad player, then frankly I'm disappointed in him. That is weak.

Or it's the exact mental fortitude you need to have to play for the best teams.

Guarantees of playing time / first teams spots don't really exist anyway. It's performance based like most things in life.
 
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