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Player watch: Christian Eriksen

yankspurs

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Aug 22, 2013
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Genuinely think he is suffering from depression of sorts and Poch is trying to play him into form, support him professionally. Just noticed some of the body language between them (as well as the fact that he's persistently picking him).

It's almost like Poch knows Eriksen won't be going anywhere in January.
Eriksen pulled the same shit when he decided he was done with Ajax.
 

wirE

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Looking at him play yesterday, the grit has gone. He's not giving it 100%. Backs out of situation where he's chasing the ball, jogging around the middle. Passing is awful.
 
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You can all say what you want about Christian, I'll be waiting for some unbiased feedback from @WhiteDane or @EriksenFollower

Fine i'll bite and try and explain myself.

He was NOT good and I agree he should't play when all is fit. But who was Poch going to play instead?

Lo Celso, who's not fit?
Sess, who's not fit?
Parrot, a kid?
Dier, who hasn't been selected all year?

I can't see who he should play instead.

Some positives:
- He always looked forward to pass the ball and showed for it
- 1 good freekick which we should have scored, that was also our only chance besides the goal
- He ran the most km. (yeah I know you will laugh at this, but he's still putting in a shift clearly, just not good enough)

What really is embarrassing is the amount of people blaming it all on him, they're so blinded by their hate for the player it's unreal. Every 2nd post in the match thread was about how shit Eriksen was, and when he made that good freekick. 1 PERSON pointed it out 500 people. Don't you think that's funny? It just proves my point.

I mean Lucas was worse than Eriksen yesterday (yes he was), and yet he's not getting half the blame he is.

Did you think Alli, Son, Lucas was significantly better than Eriksen yesterday? Well I didn't see anything in open play that suggest that, other than Alli's goal. They were all poor. The whole team is poor. You know why? The stubborn argentine man in charge is your answer.

So do I think Eriksen is bad at the moment, and has for a long time? Absolutely YES.
But ALL our players have been bad for long time.

Do I think he's the only one responsible? NO.

Do I think we have a much larger problem? YES.

It's really sad when all turn so quickly on a Spurs-player, who has done so much for us. Is it because I'm a Dane? No. I would do the same with for example Hugo 'Lloris' who I don't rate at all.

We as fans need to be more objective and see the bigger picture. Like if we benched Eriksen all would suddenly turn good for some people in here. No it wouldn't. Changing the manager would.
 

Haddock

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Yeah I believe we all can have two separate lines of thoughts at the same time.

- Eriksen has been woeful
- The team has been woeful

Sometimes these two coincide. Sometimes they don't. Both are still strue.
 

Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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Fine i'll bite and try and explain myself.

He was NOT good and I agree he should't play when all is fit. But who was Poch going to play instead?

Lo Celso, who's not fit?
Sess, who's not fit?
Parrot, a kid?
Dier, who hasn't been selected all year?

I can't see who he should play instead.

Some positives:
- He always looked forward to pass the ball and showed for it
- 1 good freekick which we should have scored, that was also our only chance besides the goal
- He ran the most km. (yeah I know you will laugh at this, but he's still putting in a shift clearly, just not good enough)

What really is embarrassing is the amount of people blaming it all on him, they're so blinded by their hate for the player it's unreal. Every 2nd post in the match thread was about how shit Eriksen was, and when he made that good freekick. 1 PERSON pointed it out 500 people. Don't you think that's funny? It just proves my point.

I mean Lucas was worse than Eriksen yesterday (yes he was), and yet he's not getting half the blame he is.

Did you think Alli, Son, Lucas was significantly better than Eriksen yesterday? Well I didn't see anything in open play that suggest that, other than Alli's goal. They were all poor. The whole team is poor. You know why? The stubborn argentine man in charge is your answer.

So do I think Eriksen is bad at the moment, and has for a long time? Absolutely YES.
But ALL our players have been bad for long time.

Do I think he's the only one responsible? NO.

Do I think we have a much larger problem? YES.

It's really sad when all turn so quickly on a Spurs-player, who has done so much for us. Is it because I'm a Dane? No. I would do the same with for example Hugo 'Lloris' who I don't rate at all.

We as fans need to be more objective and see the bigger picture. Like if we benched Eriksen all would suddenly turn good for some people in here. No it wouldn't. Changing the manager would.

This is a fair post but you're missing the point with the Lloris comparison. Eriksen put himself in this position by saying that he is looking to seek a new challenge...even though he did cavaet is by saying that he will stay if there are no other options its pretty obvious that his head was elsewhere, Lloris hasn't done this.

This has given the fans an excuse to get on his back rightly or wrongly they are seeing him as the weak link. When a move didn't materialise in the summer he had two options either sort his head out and do what Ramsey and Hazard done in their last years and put a shift in, or let it affect him and sulk, unfortunately he chose the latter.

So we are where we are with Eriksen, he's getting stick because he's non commtial and he's not playing to anywhere his ability, it's not his fault he's getting picked but you can't expect fans to not look in his direction and expect better.
 

bubble07

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Dec 27, 2004
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This is a fair post but you're missing the point with the Lloris comparison. Eriksen put himself in this position by saying that he is looking to seek a new challenge...even though he did cavaet is by saying that he will stay if there are no other options its pretty obvious that his head was elsewhere, Lloris hasn't done this.

This has given the fans an excuse to get on his back rightly or wrongly they are seeing him as the weak link. When a move didn't materialise in the summer he had two options either sort his head out and do what Ramsey and Hazard done in their last years and put a shift in, or let it affect him and sulk, unfortunately he chose the latter.

So we are where we are with Eriksen, he's getting stick because he's non commtial and he's not playing to anywhere his ability, it's not his fault he's getting picked but you can't expect fans to not look in his direction and expect better.

Agree but i do not think he wanted it to affect him. Think he has depression
 

Kiedis

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Aug 4, 2013
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Seeing this version of him genuinely hurts. He's devoid of confidence and he either doesn't try the creative passes he's capable of, or second guesses himself to the point that potentially promising situations just fizzes out. Too bad about the through ball towards Son in the first half, half a yard adjustment on that one, and Son would be one on one with the goalkeeper.

And when Eriksen doesn't do the stuff he's good at well, the jumping away from challenges and getting done one on one defensively stands out even more.

What does get a bit annoying though, is this simplistic view (even among grown men) that playing at a level so far below what he's capable of is something he actively chooses.
 

Fidget

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Seeing this version of him genuinely hurts. He's devoid of confidence and he either doesn't try the creative passes he's capable of, or second guesses himself to the point that potentially promising situations just fizzes out. Too bad about the through ball towards Son in the first half, half a yard adjustment on that one, and Son would be one on one with the goalkeeper.

And when Eriksen doesn't do the stuff he's good at well, the jumping away from challenges and getting done one on one defensively stands out even more.

What does get a bit annoying though, is this simplistic view (even among grown men) that playing at a level so far below what he's capable of is something he actively chooses.
Shouldn’t be in the squad.
 
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This is a fair post but you're missing the point with the Lloris comparison. Eriksen put himself in this position by saying that he is looking to seek a new challenge...even though he did cavaet is by saying that he will stay if there are no other options its pretty obvious that his head was elsewhere, Lloris hasn't done this.

This has given the fans an excuse to get on his back rightly or wrongly they are seeing him as the weak link. When a move didn't materialise in the summer he had two options either sort his head out and do what Ramsey and Hazard done in their last years and put a shift in, or let it affect him and sulk, unfortunately he chose the latter.

So we are where we are with Eriksen, he's getting stick because he's non commtial and he's not playing to anywhere his ability, it's not his fault he's getting picked but you can't expect fans to not look in his direction and expect better.

Yes and I agree. When you go out public and say that, it's the managers job to find out if's he's going to be professional or not. It's his job to set the team. But clearly Poch believes he's professional, but Eriksen is not performing, so Poch should bench him anyways. But he's not. So something is clearly wrong somewhere. That's what I mean with the bigger picture, people forget that.
 

Spurrific

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Fine i'll bite and try and explain myself.

He was NOT good and I agree he should't play when all is fit. But who was Poch going to play instead?

Lo Celso, who's not fit?
Sess, who's not fit?
Parrot, a kid?
Dier, who hasn't been selected all year?

I can't see who he should play instead.

Some positives:
- He always looked forward to pass the ball and showed for it
- 1 good freekick which we should have scored, that was also our only chance besides the goal
- He ran the most km. (yeah I know you will laugh at this, but he's still putting in a shift clearly, just not good enough)

What really is embarrassing is the amount of people blaming it all on him, they're so blinded by their hate for the player it's unreal. Every 2nd post in the match thread was about how shit Eriksen was, and when he made that good freekick. 1 PERSON pointed it out 500 people. Don't you think that's funny? It just proves my point.

I mean Lucas was worse than Eriksen yesterday (yes he was), and yet he's not getting half the blame he is.

Did you think Alli, Son, Lucas was significantly better than Eriksen yesterday? Well I didn't see anything in open play that suggest that, other than Alli's goal. They were all poor. The whole team is poor. You know why? The stubborn argentine man in charge is your answer.

So do I think Eriksen is bad at the moment, and has for a long time? Absolutely YES.
But ALL our players have been bad for long time.

Do I think he's the only one responsible? NO.

Do I think we have a much larger problem? YES.

It's really sad when all turn so quickly on a Spurs-player, who has done so much for us. Is it because I'm a Dane? No. I would do the same with for example Hugo 'Lloris' who I don't rate at all.

We as fans need to be more objective and see the bigger picture. Like if we benched Eriksen all would suddenly turn good for some people in here. No it wouldn't. Changing the manager would.

I'm only joking with yer. I don't think it's all his fault, I don't think he's intentionally downing tools either. I think his head has dropped and nothing he does is going right atm. The rest of the team being weak-willed cucks being orchestrated by a dazed and confused Poch isn't helping.
 

archiewasking

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Jul 5, 2004
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Agree but i do not think he wanted it to affect him. Think he has depression

If that's true, then surely the kinder thing to do would be get him out of the firing line. Get a fellow human being the help he needs. Get him back when he's strong again and able to do the job we all know he is capable of. Playing him in that case is surely not doing him - or us - any favours.
 

Hakkz

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Jul 6, 2012
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I'm only joking with yer. I don't think it's all his fault, I don't think he's intentionally downing tools either. I think his head has dropped and nothing he does is going right atm. The rest of the team being weak-willed cucks being orchestrated by a dazed and confused Poch isn't helping.

:LOL::LOL:
 
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