Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[Japhet]

Yeah completely agree. I don't think it's a coincidence that our defensive solidity in the league tailed off right around the time we stopped playing with a DM. Dier probably isn't the answer long term and has a lot of flaws to his game, but I think we're crying out for someone in that position - either a proper destroyer who can just lay the ball to Ndombele/Winks, or someone more in the mould of Fernandinho or Rodri who is a big tough bastard that also knows how to play. Preferably the latter.

This season I think we'll have a lot of teething problems trying to balance the midfield, but at least in Ndombele and Lo Celso we have 2 players who are technically sound that also don't mind footing a foot in. As you said, hopefully a midfield 3 of them + Winks will give us just enough bite against attacking teams, while we can play a pivot against the more defensive ones.

If we could get Dier back to playing his DM/CB hybrid role I think it could be a big +, especially if Sessegnon gets a run at LB. Pushing the FBs up and having Ndombele and Lo Celso in the middle would be a pretty aggressive formation.

 

[spursfan77]

Scored two penalties tonight. I still don’t want him anywhere near taking ours

 

[coys200]

164 goal involvements in 300 combined appearances for Spurs(PL) and Denmark is actually staggering.

 

[rabbikeane]

33 caps, 23 goals last four years

 

[Deleted member 29446]

Scored two penalties tonight. I still don’t want him anywhere near taking ours

And 1 assist (Could also argue 2 assist) and a lot of chances created.

Eriksen looked like Messi against Gibraltar - but ok who wouldn't against some school teachers, dentist and landlords

 

[spursfan77]

33 caps, 23 goals last four years

He does seem to revel in being the main man for his national team.

 

[HW61]

Aagghh....I’m just gonna say it. He will leave us on a free after this season...and I’m gonna really miss him when he does. Will be 7 years service from a sublime talent. In modern football terms that’s very loyal. Agreed last season was not great, and seems directly linked to the team’s general drop in performance levels and quality. So I’ll just try and enjoy these final months of watching CE and be pleased he was part of our Spurs family.

 

[Insomnia]

He does seem to revel in being the main man for his national team.

He does, maybe we should make him that for ours

 

[nailsy]

It's amazing that Eriksen has been selected as one of the best 15 midfielders in the world, but many on here think that he had a bad season. Pogba has been included on the list as well and lots of people would say that he didn't have a very good season. I guess it shows how subjective watching football is - or maybe it's because our fans see him play more often than the people voting:

https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/fifa-fifpro-mens-world11/

The 55 names in the running to be selected in the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 have been announced, after thousands of professional male football players from all over the world voted for their outstanding player in each position.

For the first time this year, FIFA and FIFPro will recognise the world’s outstanding ‘team’ in both the men’s and women’s game, meaning the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 will succeed the FIFA FIFPro World11 that was inaugurated in 2009. That year, FIFA and FIFPro joined forces to honour the best 11 players of the year, and it was presented for the first time at the 2009 FIFA World Player Gala.

From 2005 to 2008, FIFPro organised its own male World11 award, with the same selection system. The FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 2019 will be announced at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on Monday 23 September.

The 55 players nominated are as follows:

Goalkeepers (5)
Alisson Becker (BRA) - Liverpool FC
David De Gea (ESP) - Manchester United
Ederson Moraes (BRA) - Manchester City
Jan Oblak (SVN) - Atletico Madrid
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GER) - FC Barcelona

Defenders (20)
Jordi Alba (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Trent Alexander-Arnold (ENG) - Liverpool FC
Dani Alves (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain / Sao Paulo FC
Joao Cancelo (POR) - Juventus / Manchester City
Daniel Carvajal (ESP) - Real Madrid
Giorgio Chiellini (ITA) - Juventus
Matthijs de Ligt (NED) - Ajax / Juventus
Diego Godin (URU) - Atletico Madrid / Internazionale
Joshua Kimmich (GER) - Bayern Munich
Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN) - SSC Napoli
Aymeric Laporte (FRA) - Manchester City
Marcelo (BRA) - Real Madrid
Gerard Pique (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Sergio Ramos (ESP) - Real Madrid
Andrew Robertson (SCO) - Liverpool FC
Alex Sandro (BRA) - Juventus
Thiago Silva (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain
Virgil van Dijk (NED) - Liverpool FC
Raphael Varane (FRA) - Real Madrid
Kyle Walker (ENG) - Manchester City

Midfielders (15)
Sergio Busquets (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Casemiro (BRA) - Real Madrid
Kevin de Bruyne (BEL) - Manchester City
Frenkie de Jong (NED) - Ajax / FC Barcelona
Christian Eriksen (DEN) - Tottenham Hotspur
Eden Hazard (BEL) - Chelsea FC / Real Madrid
N'Golo Kante (FRA) - Chelsea FC
Toni Kroos (GER) - Real Madrid
Arthur Melo (BRA) - FC Barcelona
Luka Modric (CRO) - Real Madrid
Paul Pogba (FRA) - Manchester United
Ivan Rakitic (CRO) - FC Barcelona
Bernardo Silva (POR) - Manchester City
Dusan Tadic (SRB) - Ajax
Arturo Vidal (CHI) - FC Barcelona

Forwards (15)
Sergio Aguero (ARG) - Manchester City
Karim Benzema (FRA) - Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) - Juventus
Roberto Firmino (BRA) - Liverpool FC
Antoine Griezmann (FRA) - Atletico Madrid / FC Barcelona
Son Heungmin (KOR) - Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane (ENG) - Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Lewandowski (POL) - Bayern Munich
Sadio Mane (SEN) - Liverpool FC
Kylian Mbappe (FRA) - Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi (ARG) - FC Barcelona
Neymar (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain
Mohamed Salah (EGY) - Liverpool FC
Raheem Sterling (ENG) - Manchester City
Luis Suarez (URU) - FC Barcelona

It's also notable how everyone plays for a European club.

 

[Norgie]

And 1 assist (Could also argue 2 assist) and a lot of chances created.

Eriksen looked like Messi against Gibraltar - but ok who wouldn't against some school teachers, dentist and landlords

You can only play what your put up against

 

[SlotBadger]

I hope Eriksen has a season like Modric's last, which was probably his standout year for us.


On a side note, I fail to see how two posts specifically about the player whose thread we're in could ever be deemed 'spam'...

Because there is a fundamental flaw in your logic, which I pointed out in the post But here it is again:

Your entire argument is based on this idea that he needs to be persuaded to leave, when in actual fact he's the one trying to leave. Even if we were prepared to offload him in the summer, it's only as a result of him expressing his desire to leave anyway, so we're just cutting our losses so to speak.

Could've sold him to who? By all accounts he doesn't want to leave purely to get more money or whatever, he wants to leave because he has the ambition to play for Real Madrid. He was presumably under the impression that they were about to come in for him but then for whatever reason never did.

 

[Timberwolf]

It's also notable how everyone plays for a European club.

I always find it strange how so many pundits say "One of the best players in Europe" when like 99% of the best players in the world play here. One of the best players in Europe = one of the best players in the world.

 

[DJS]

I hope Eriksen has a season like Modric's last, which was probably his standout year for us.


On a side note, I fail to see how two posts specifically about the player whose thread we're in could ever be deemed 'spam'...

Because the poster who spammed them was being a bit petulant that the other poster didn’t share their views...

Kinda sad and unnecessary really.

 

[wadewill]

It's amazing that Eriksen has been selected as one of the best 15 midfielders in the world, but many on here think that he had a bad season. Pogba has been included on the list as well and lots of people would say that he didn't have a very good season. I guess it shows how subjective watching football is - or maybe it's because our fans see him play more often than the people voting:

https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/fifa-fifpro-mens-world11/

The 55 names in the running to be selected in the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 have been announced, after thousands of professional male football players from all over the world voted for their outstanding player in each position.

For the first time this year, FIFA and FIFPro will recognise the world’s outstanding ‘team’ in both the men’s and women’s game, meaning the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 will succeed the FIFA FIFPro World11 that was inaugurated in 2009. That year, FIFA and FIFPro joined forces to honour the best 11 players of the year, and it was presented for the first time at the 2009 FIFA World Player Gala.

From 2005 to 2008, FIFPro organised its own male World11 award, with the same selection system. The FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 2019 will be announced at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on Monday 23 September.

The 55 players nominated are as follows:

Goalkeepers (5)
Alisson Becker (BRA) - Liverpool FC
David De Gea (ESP) - Manchester United
Ederson Moraes (BRA) - Manchester City
Jan Oblak (SVN) - Atletico Madrid
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GER) - FC Barcelona

Defenders (20)
Jordi Alba (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Trent Alexander-Arnold (ENG) - Liverpool FC
Dani Alves (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain / Sao Paulo FC
Joao Cancelo (POR) - Juventus / Manchester City
Daniel Carvajal (ESP) - Real Madrid
Giorgio Chiellini (ITA) - Juventus
Matthijs de Ligt (NED) - Ajax / Juventus
Diego Godin (URU) - Atletico Madrid / Internazionale
Joshua Kimmich (GER) - Bayern Munich
Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN) - SSC Napoli
Aymeric Laporte (FRA) - Manchester City
Marcelo (BRA) - Real Madrid
Gerard Pique (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Sergio Ramos (ESP) - Real Madrid
Andrew Robertson (SCO) - Liverpool FC
Alex Sandro (BRA) - Juventus
Thiago Silva (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain
Virgil van Dijk (NED) - Liverpool FC
Raphael Varane (FRA) - Real Madrid
Kyle Walker (ENG) - Manchester City

Midfielders (15)
Sergio Busquets (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Casemiro (BRA) - Real Madrid
Kevin de Bruyne (BEL) - Manchester City
Frenkie de Jong (NED) - Ajax / FC Barcelona
Christian Eriksen (DEN) - Tottenham Hotspur
Eden Hazard (BEL) - Chelsea FC / Real Madrid
N'Golo Kante (FRA) - Chelsea FC
Toni Kroos (GER) - Real Madrid
Arthur Melo (BRA) - FC Barcelona
Luka Modric (CRO) - Real Madrid
Paul Pogba (FRA) - Manchester United
Ivan Rakitic (CRO) - FC Barcelona
Bernardo Silva (POR) - Manchester City
Dusan Tadic (SRB) - Ajax
Arturo Vidal (CHI) - FC Barcelona

Forwards (15)
Sergio Aguero (ARG) - Manchester City
Karim Benzema (FRA) - Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) - Juventus
Roberto Firmino (BRA) - Liverpool FC
Antoine Griezmann (FRA) - Atletico Madrid / FC Barcelona
Son Heungmin (KOR) - Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane (ENG) - Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Lewandowski (POL) - Bayern Munich
Sadio Mane (SEN) - Liverpool FC
Kylian Mbappe (FRA) - Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi (ARG) - FC Barcelona
Neymar (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain
Mohamed Salah (EGY) - Liverpool FC
Raheem Sterling (ENG) - Manchester City
Luis Suarez (URU) - FC Barcelona

It's also notable how everyone plays for a European club.

I think its more to do with the fact that the people who put these lists together just pick big games, irrelevant of how they are playing.

The amount of Barca and Madrid players is laughable considering how the two of them (particularly Real) performed last season. I mean the whole Real defence?? haha come on

 

[DCSPUR]

Ramsey and Juve need I say more?

It is a weird one - Juve paying Ramsey 80 million pounds over 4 years.....seems like a lot even without a fee

 

[rabbikeane]

It is a weird one - Juve paying Ramsey 80 million pounds over 4 years.....seems like a lot even without a fee

As if he'd turn down 250k a week, weird, why pay so over the top

 

[buckley]

A lot of these clubs paying massive wages because they have signed said player on a Bosman end up with big regrets .
Sanches at Man unt a prime example and its not a road Levy would go down and may I suggest most fans of spurs would back this stance . There are quite a few players that have become a burden because they are earning so much they are impossible to move on and because they are in a comfort zone regard vast wages there play has suffered as the hunger and desire to some extent has been removed . Eriksen should be offered the going rate for a class player albeit not world class and if he gives the club a knock back so be it and bye bye Christian . West Ham got lucky with Arnautavic otherwise they would have been stuck with an overpaid unhappy player that nobody wanted to pay what West Ham were paying but luckily the Chinese came in and bailed them out.
Their are quite a few players on high wages with very little playing time but quite happy to not play but collect their large pay check.

 

[DCSPUR]

A lot of these clubs paying massive wages because they have signed said player on a Bosman end up with big regrets .
Sanches at Man unt a prime example and its not a road Levy would go down and may I suggest most fans of spurs would back this stance . There are quite a few players that have become a burden because they are earning so much they are impossible to move on and because they are in a comfort zone regard vast wages there play has suffered as the hunger and desire to some extent has been removed . Eriksen should be offered the going rate for a class player albeit not world class and if he gives the club a knock back so be it and bye bye Christian . West Ham got lucky with Arnautavic otherwise they would have been stuck with an overpaid unhappy player that nobody wanted to pay what West Ham were paying but luckily the Chinese came in and bailed them out.
Their are quite a few players on high wages with very little playing time but quite happy to not play but collect their large pay check.

100% agree mate.

I want CE to stay and think a wage close to Sir Harry is fine and fair (particularly as this is Eriksen's last big contract).
BUT if he wants to do a Ramsey, so be it, he will go with my gratitude. 2013-2020 for a fee of 11 million pounds (when we got 86 for Bale) and only one wage increase (well below market) - and seriously consistent performances....it has been terrific for the club and us fans. If he wants to do something different (as long as he doesn't go to Manchester or another part of London), he goes with my thanks. And Levy, big picture, should be happy.

 

[dtxspurs]

I know everyone mentions Ramsey’s wages, but wasn’t Rabiot signed for very reasonable wages? I thought I saw 175k or something like that.

 

[RickyVilla]

I hope Eriksen has a season like Modric's last, which was probably his standout year for us.


On a side note, I fail to see how two posts specifically about the player whose thread we're in could ever be deemed 'spam'...

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