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Yes, that's exactly what's being suggested
Player watch: Christian Eriksen
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The last bit was put in for non hilarious purposes, the beginning bit is what you're angling at, the idea he didn't sell him when he should have done, otherwise if it isn't what is your point?Yes, that's exactly what's being suggested
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I don't think it's a stretch to assume that there would have been interest. And yes, our valuation/expectations could very easily have put prospective buyers off. I hesitate to point the finger where that's concerned, the bastard sons are stirring and I must now go hide under a bed or something.
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That's what I'm saying! He should have anticipated and acted. Had he done so, he could have offset any fee with the Eriksen money. Instead we'll get nothing and have a player on our hands that's about as much use as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest.
Again, how that can be seen as excusable, understandable or unavoidable eludes me. But then again, as I get older a lot of other things pass me by too so perhaps I shouldn't be surprised
Going back a number of windows here so hope your old Alzheimer’s doesn’t come into play lol but didn’t we have ITK at the time that Eriksen’s current contract was the last one he would sign with us?
In an ideal world Levy should have sold him 12-24 months ago but that still requires Eriksen to accept a move elsewhere. In addition to this prior to Real the last elite club to be linked to him was Barca but at the time they opted for Coutinho instead.
I think with the power shifting more towards players in terms of running down their contracts, we’ll see an increase in clubs going after younger players and tying them down to 5-7 year contracts, reducing the risk of players throwing their toys out of the pram after only 1-2 years of current 3-4 year contracts and end up being the ones holding all the cards. At least with longer contracts you get a better chance of your monies worth and if the players want out then clubs are also better placed to receive a fee for them.
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Blimey, my memory doesn't go back that far
But yeah, we may well have had ITK to that effect. I think we also had ITK at some point that he was signing a new deal as well.
Yeah in an ideal world............If that's how it went down then It's probably at the point when it became clear that he was only interested in Madrid (for example) that the alarm bells should have gone off in shortstuffs head. After all, he's daddy shrewd. There's no flies on Danny boy. Or hair for that matter
But we did nothing and it seems nobody is to blame
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White Dane is the same with Eriksen as Paolo10 was with Trippier.
Nobody insults my man!
Yeah, and look at how well Trippier has done in Spain since he left and how far we've fallen. For all the criticism Paolo took he was actually right that Trippier wasn't an awful player and wasn't solely responsible for all of our problems. And he took so much stick he seems to have left the site. @WhiteDane is a good poster on here, let's not hound them out as well.
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I actually think Eriksen has improved in his last couple of outings, he looks far more comfortable when he is playing in the middle behind the striker. I know he has dropped his game dramtically and it's not worth playing him but in that AM role I still love him, I can't help it.
When he gets the ball with his technique and his ability on the ball, I don't care what you blinkered tools say I would have Eriksen on the field ahead of half of our team, I even think he would do a decent job in CM if asked even with his half assed form.
I know he has burnt his bridges and his performances have left a lot to be desired but when played in the middle and given space he is lethal. He will be an asset for any team that sign him.
When he gets the ball with his technique and his ability on the ball, I don't care what you blinkered tools say I would have Eriksen on the field ahead of half of our team, I even think he would do a decent job in CM if asked even with his half assed form.
I know he has burnt his bridges and his performances have left a lot to be desired but when played in the middle and given space he is lethal. He will be an asset for any team that sign him.
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Yeah, I must admit I get bored of the routine in here. Look at the stick Dier comes in for now, they are ready to throw him under the bus, it's just so boring listening to same people criticise the same players. Trippier last year, some of the comments by idiots on here were just plain rotten, now Dier and Eriksen, infact Dele was in for stick a few weeks ago, who next?
I imagine if GLC doens't win score a hattrick and win the ballon d'or in his next game he will be under fire as well.
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Thankfully, that wasn't why he left. But you make a decent point, it wouldn't surprise me if people have done that in the past.
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The thing is with paolo10 is though is he was hugely insulting to people who dared utter a word against Trippier, in addition to telling two other posters they didn’t know what they were talking about because one was American and can’t remember reason why other one.
He basically didn’t respect anyone’s opinions and also went through the Trippier thread immaturely rating posts as sarcastically funny or neg rating and went about things in entirely the wrong way and gave plenty of stick and insults out himself.
I do agree though that the Trippier situation was handled badly as he was carrying a (groin?) injury for most of last season and should have been given chance to get himself fit. Also imagine how he’d have done if given Aurier’s current freedom with left back tucked in!
But that looks to be another example of Poch’s deteriorating man-management unfortunately, I remember back in days when Poch actually defended Trippier as he wasn’t available for selection as just had a baby and was experiencing sleepless nights. Bit sadly that Poch went away and we got grumpy Poch instead.
And going back to Eriksen, the thing that pisses people off is how fucking lazy and not bothered he is coming across, his attitude does stink tbh and Ajax fans have pointed out he was the same for them in last season so it’s a really poor show tbh.
Bit WhiteDane did make a good point about some good through balls he made against Bayern, which players could have capitalised on.
As long as he steers clear of any more ‘us brits’ comments implying we defend our own and slate Eriksen because he is a dane... ??
Eriksen is by no means the teams ‘scape goat’ as people have been equally scathing about Dier recently and also Walker-Peters in small number of appearances he has made (I blame Poch for this too as should have been loaned or given chances when Trippier struggling with injury).
Eriksen has the talent but for me shows poor mentality and has a lack of a winning attitude so will be very interested to see how he would cope somewhere like Real Madrid where fans would be a lot less forgiving of him.
Like Rose I would prefer to see him nowhere near the line up and give chances to players who have actually shown commitment.
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@DJS Good post.
Most of my defending stuff is actually just because I’m furious to why people can’t be more objective in here. And also bashing every single post. There’s soooo much negative stuff in here it’s crazy. And myself is one of then, funnily enough it’s only in here.
Well I’m also reading every match thread and ratings post. So that’s probably not helping my health.
But serious it’s gotten out of control with Eriksen and some people in here. Watch the ratings vs Bayern and you will see 1’s all around. It’s fucking embarrassing. He wasn’t the worst in that match, far from. And if they actually had some valid points I’m always listening and actually agreeing with most.
Most of my defending stuff is actually just because I’m furious to why people can’t be more objective in here. And also bashing every single post. There’s soooo much negative stuff in here it’s crazy. And myself is one of then, funnily enough it’s only in here.
Well I’m also reading every match thread and ratings post. So that’s probably not helping my health.
But serious it’s gotten out of control with Eriksen and some people in here. Watch the ratings vs Bayern and you will see 1’s all around. It’s fucking embarrassing. He wasn’t the worst in that match, far from. And if they actually had some valid points I’m always listening and actually agreeing with most.
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Some crazy revisionism here. Eriksen never a game changer? Eriksen inconsistent? Rubbish. The guy has consistently scored and made goals at an elite level for half a decade, he's won games out of nothing for us and he's provided a standard of vision, imagination and creativity which no other player has for us over such a long period in the Premier Leage era. Yes, he's let himself down for a good long while now and it's clear that he's not particularly committed to the cause any more so he needs to moved on from as soon as possible, but the entire Pochettino era would have never hit the heights it did without Eriksen's involvement.
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But isn’t the failure Eriksen’s? He was a high performer and for around 4 seasons in a row one of most creative players in Europe.Whichever way we argue around it, at the end of the day, (IMO) it's got to be seen as a failure, a mistake. From someone at the club and as the buck stops with Levy then obviously he's included. How people can see letting what was probably a 60 million pound asset (if not more) walk away for free as understandable or unavoidable is beyond me. There's bound to be some criticism or questions asked.
No ivory was used in the writing of this post
Then last season he was due to step up a level to make an elite club want him. Only he didn’t perform and no club better than ourselves showed any serious interest.
If Eriksen had wanted to leave before and we had offers then I could blame the club. But they couldn’t foresee his decline in form.
Yeah, it's horrible when posters are negative and just bash a player every chance they get.
I could also quote similar amounts of hate directed to Lloris, Dele and Winks. Hell, some of those posts, you managed a double whammy of Trippier-Lloris hate. And that's just from a 5 minute skim through your Eriksen-fellating post history. But yeah, you don't like to see
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Like I said. I have been one of those posters.
The thing was with Trippier & Lloris for that matter - they costs us several points last season with their stupid errors leading to goal. It was probably like 12 points alone of those two. It's one to bash people when they directly are responsible for goals rather than doing it every when the players have actually performed decent and not like the worse player on the field.
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