- Aug 13, 2011
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He’s just not a very special player. It’s all good.
He had an extremely unique almost innate connection with Eriksen in terms of timing runs, and playing in probably a top 2 or 3 best pressing side in Europe for 3 years suited him to a T. What he really excelled at was the mini transition and being able to time runs off of Kane and Eriksen to cause havoc. We don’t really play that way anymore and he always had issues vs. packed boxes or being the main playmaker.
to me the real issue with Dele’s game is he’s slower with less energy. Part of that is confidence but he lost a half a step, and that was his game - having half a step on his defender. He’s just not an inventive or creative passer, and does his best work with instinctive one-touch football. He is still good in Europa but that yard of pace is severely missed right now.
He had an extremely unique almost innate connection with Eriksen in terms of timing runs, and playing in probably a top 2 or 3 best pressing side in Europe for 3 years suited him to a T. What he really excelled at was the mini transition and being able to time runs off of Kane and Eriksen to cause havoc. We don’t really play that way anymore and he always had issues vs. packed boxes or being the main playmaker.
to me the real issue with Dele’s game is he’s slower with less energy. Part of that is confidence but he lost a half a step, and that was his game - having half a step on his defender. He’s just not an inventive or creative passer, and does his best work with instinctive one-touch football. He is still good in Europa but that yard of pace is severely missed right now.