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He's definitely been playing worse than most. That's been obvious for some time. Shame as at his best he's unreal
Player watch: Christian Eriksen
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He's definitely been playing worse than most. That's been obvious for some time. Shame as at his best he's unreal
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Has Lloris, Sanchez, Toby, Aurier, Jan, Rose, Dier, Alli, Winks, Moura been significantly any better?
Good then, didn't think so.
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its been said some are looking for scapegoats and he is the target. In my case I go to all the games and would have sidelined him 10 months ago thru lack of effort and don't be fooled by the amount of running he does in matches because if kilometres run in matches is so important we might as well sign Mo Farrah . He is not alone in lack of effort as others are also guilty because of either waiting for a free at the end of the season or not putting 100% in tackles for fear of injury and thus affecting their summer moves to their desired destinations.
For me Eriksen has been the catalyst for the current unrest and him and the rest of the 50 per cent effort mob can and should go to where they are wanted as most of the fans I speak to have said "enough is enough " .
The myth of Eriksen include (a) corners are abysmal (b) free kick on goal attempts = 1 goal in 4 years (c) tackling non existing (d) kilos run in matches are normally the highest but with little end product ( e) enthusiasm none as he walks around with a smacked arse face.
This is not looking for a scapegoat it is looking for a saviour and being time after time after time being let down and disappointed .
Any spurs fan would be happy and would want the Eriksen of the first 4 years of his tenure but don't hold your breath.
For me Eriksen has been the catalyst for the current unrest and him and the rest of the 50 per cent effort mob can and should go to where they are wanted as most of the fans I speak to have said "enough is enough " .
The myth of Eriksen include (a) corners are abysmal (b) free kick on goal attempts = 1 goal in 4 years (c) tackling non existing (d) kilos run in matches are normally the highest but with little end product ( e) enthusiasm none as he walks around with a smacked arse face.
This is not looking for a scapegoat it is looking for a saviour and being time after time after time being let down and disappointed .
Any spurs fan would be happy and would want the Eriksen of the first 4 years of his tenure but don't hold your breath.
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Winks has been significantly better yes, Lloris, Sanchez, Toby, Aurier, Jan, Rose, Dier and Dele have all had their fair share of criticisms this season. Moura hasn't been given much opportunity but when he has played he's shown a willingness to make things happen. However as I've already said, a lot of those players we don't have better options where as Eriksen we do so it's far easier to call for Eriksen to be dropped. Also we weren't told all summer that any of these players were our most important player but we were repeatedly told that by several posters about Eriksen so there's a level of expectation there when it comes to Eriksen.
Also I can safely say every single one of the players you mentioned who albeit have not been at their best this season or suffered a standard drop, they don't hide from a tackle, they don't shy away from going up for a header and that is an aspect of Eriksen which can draw ire from our fanbase.
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Agree to some extent. And believe it or not I want him gone to.
But my post is in relation to our players who’s giving criticism on here by posters and in what amount. Eriksen is giving 700% more than any of the above players, who has been just as bad. That’s not fair - 1 yeah left on the contract or not.
Fucking hell Alli has been even worse than Eriksen by some margin in the last 2 years and yet his thread on here, has what 13 or 50 pages?
Ohh right he’s English and he will go in for a challenge so and we love that. Fuck that.
It’s all Just so the posters can feel good inside when he leaves. Exactly the same with Walker. And we haven’t been the same team since we sold him.
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Well I think you have to appreciate the tribalism involved, you're danish so you're going to have a bit more sympathy for Eriksen than the rest of us but both he and Walker pretty much said our club isn't good enough for them by asking to leave. Objectively there's nothing wrong with ambition and if you feel as an individual you need to move on to fulfil your ambitions then that's your prerogative but as fans our pride is in our club and they've indirectly said we're not good enough for them so not only are we feeling a little defensive but when they turn in a poor performance then we're going to be extra critical considering their assertion that they deserve to go up a gear.
You couple that with the fact that with Eriksen and Walker, there's other players who are/were waiting in the wings because at the time Trippier was putting in decent performances and now we have Lamela who yeah on a technical level doesn't have Eriksens ability but he always shows up and never hides, you also have Lo Celso waiting, Moura, Dele so it's far easier to say get these guys out the team because we have options. You look at Aurier and he said something dickish aswell during the summer, first of all most of us don't really care what he thinks because he hasn't ever really garnered the love of the fans the way Eriksen/Walker did and we're always more critical of those we cared about in the past but also realistically we don't really have many other options other than Aurier so we have to keep giving him chances. If Foyth or KWP show some promise then I'd put money on Aurier being told where to go by our fanbase in a similar fashion, I say this as somebody who wants to give Aurier another chance also.
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I think it's more a case of how far the player's own standards have dropped as opposed to how bad they currently are. We've all seen multiple times when Eriksen has been incredible for us but you couldn't say that about most of the other players you listed. None of them has the consistency that Eriksen's had for years, so, to now be unable to make a 5 yard pass or control a simple ball looks 10x as bad when you know what he's capable of and subsequently looks like he really couldn't give a toss any more. He also said he'd probably sign a new deal if a good offer didn't come in in the summer widow. That now seems to be nothing other than a lie, which also pisses people off.
Eriksen is supposed to be one of our best players. A player who believes he's good enough to play for the biggest clubs in the world. Yet his performances over the last 12 months make it seem like he's not even good enough to play for us.
Gee, I wonder why the fans are giving him a hard time.
Luka Modric announced that he wanted to move to one of our most hated rivals and received a ton of abuse for it. But he knuckled down, performed like a star and ended up leaving the following season with the respect of the majority of fans. That's the difference. Eriksen's effort and performance levels have been embarrassing and he has rightly lost a lot of the respect he had previously earned. If his performances were of a high enough quality this year, he'd have ended up leaving with most fans' respect.
So stop blaming the fans, when we've proven in the past that we're willing to support players that want to leave as long as they still put the effort in while they're here.
Eriksen will not want to risk injury if he has it in mind to leave in January before his existing contract ends. Such an early departure would be with some kind of signed agreement with Tottenham Hotspur. It's a shame that the club relationship with Christian Eriksen is ending in this way, "not with a bang but a whimper" so to speak. And it should not blot out the many happy memories his performances from previous seasons leave in the minds of fellow players, Spurs supporters and the club generally.
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Tell him he goes in Jan or sits out the rest of the season on the sidelines. He's had his chance to show a small amount of committment and failed, so we have to think to the future which he obviously isn't part of. If he's that desperate for Madrid, and money isn't important to him as he himself said, he'll go and we can get on with our plans.
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I dont think thats true, hes never been about money, I think he has a particular dream and he would choose that over a big pay day, if Madrid are calling in Jan he wont spin the wheel to see if he can get them to offer a big pay day down the line.
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Im pretty confident hes not said that.
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Moura’s performance in the SF 2nd leg is significantly above anything Eriksen has done for the last season and a bit.
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Lloris yes, Sanchez hasn’t played much, Toby and Jan yes, Dier and Alli have been injured loads, Winks yes and Moura yes.
Eriksen has been shite
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Do English players get a pass for playing poorly? News to me.
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