- Dec 22, 2003
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I beg to disagree as I would put Lamela in his place in a heart beat, What if Eriksen was to get injured? Are you saying that we then would be doomed because we didnt have an alternative? Disagree all you want but I can see that part of our poor results in recent games is down to our weakened midfield playing an off form Eriksen
As others have said, I think Eriksen suffers without Dele. Our movement in the final third has been lacking and that restricts his options a bit. He seems to divide opinion on here (which I find a bit weird) but Dele should be one of the first names on the teamsheet for us when fit, not just for what he brings to the game himself but for the effect he has on Son, Eriksen and Kane - forcing the opposition to give them more space and us more attacking options. Eriksen's poor form has also coincided with a return (somewhat forced) to three at the back. Playing Kane-Son-Eriksen as an attacking threesome reduces his impact compared to a quartet of Kane-Son-Eriksen-Dele, in my onion.