- Jul 7, 2007
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Eriksen is very much a rough diamond. There'll be games where it looks like he doesn't have a clue what he's doing.
But having him in the side makes a massive difference to mentality, especially for the fans. When we see him on the pitch, even if he hasn't had a good game, we think he might be able to conjure something up out of nothing. There aren't many players that have that effect, especially not at our club.
And regardless, if we get a free kick in the last minute at 1-1, and he's sitting on the bench with Lennon and Sigurdsson swanning around, you'll wonder what the fuck is going on.
I think a 'rough diamond' is a good way to describe him really.
I don't really feel that with him in respect of him maybe being able to conjure something out of nothing though, unless you're talking from dead ball situations. A lot of the time I don't really greatly notice him on the pitch and when he does get the ball in those quiet periods he doesn't look very assured.
To be honest I felt Lamela was more of a 'something out of nothing' player when he was on the pitch just because of his look of energy and sort of vibrancy on the ball, even if (at least IMO) his overall performances were never really convincing.