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Player watch: Christian Eriksen

Archibald-CPH

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No need to get personal in discussions people. We are all fully entitled to our opinions. If anyone calls anyone out, it is to the person’s right to defend themselves. I am not above anybody because of my past. Sometimes I have an educated opinion, which is not ITK, but educated. CE has all the tools to be world class, but lacks the mentality to impose himself in big and critical games on a consistent basis. This is what frustrates many like myself.


Still hope he signs a extension ??
 

Bulletspur

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Let us get this straight. There is no way he would get near citeh’s team. And that is not a knee jerk reaction, due to his contract situation. I often keep quiet over the past 18 months, when I hear people championing him. He has been poor for a very long time. His assists and goals camouflages what he does over 90 minutes. Only plus is, he has a good engine.

He doesn’t dominate the games he should (top games) and looses possession far too cheaply. His set pieces? Let’s not go there. He should be ‘rested’ for ‘tactical reasons’. Especially now Alli, Son coming back, and GLC. Then Sess, not long thereafter. The ethos of our style of play has to evolve. We have become too predictable, as oppositions just sat in CE, and nullified him.

He is not good enough for RM, Barca, or Juve.
My stance and opinion for months now, well said. The thing is people are now finally coming around to this way of thinking. Better late etc
How about taking into consideration that he's been run into the ground for 18-24 months due to injuries and lack of competition?
You are scraping the bottom of the barrel me thinks. Mitigate all you want, Eriksen has been poor and not as good as he and alot of you think he is.
 

C-oops

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My stance and opinion for months now, well said. The thing is people are now finally coming around to this way of thinking. Better late etc
You are scraping the bottom of the barrel me thinks. Mitigate all you want, Eriksen has been poor and not as good as he and alot of you think he is.
Scraping the barrel by saying Christian Eriksen is not a rubbish player ? Haha, that's great. Haha.
 

Spurs 1961

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Looks like he is really off now and if their are several clubs in for him then DL will wait to the last minute and get the best price
 

Kalim

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Christian Eriksen is a very decent player who st times makes the game look easy and is easily the best player of his type at our club. He can look world class at times because he has that ability and vision, however as.many have said he doesn't perform at that level to be classed world class. I love watching him when he turns it on, but he is going to go so the quicker he does the better off we will be in terms of finding an alternative style of play. It won't be easy but it's got to happen sooner or later.
 

wrd

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Christian Eriksen is a very decent player who st times makes the game look easy and is easily the best player of his type at our club. He can look world class at times because he has that ability and vision, however as.many have said he doesn't perform at that level to be classed world class. I love watching him when he turns it on, but he is going to go so the quicker he does the better off we will be in terms of finding an alternative style of play. It won't be easy but it's got to happen sooner or later.

I'd say Eriksen staying so far has allowed at the very least Lo Celso to have time to be bedded in without being chucked into being our lord and saviour without time to get to get up to speed.
 

ThereIsOnlyOneBent

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The most unbearable thing would be If Eriksen not leaving or signing a new contract by September. That would stretch the arguing about “is he shit or class”, “will he sign or not” for a f***** year. That my friends would be a disaster for all of us, this particular Forum included
 

scat1620

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The most unbearable thing would be If Eriksen not leaving or signing a new contract by September. That would stretch the arguing about “is he shit or class”, “will he sign or not” for a f***** year. That my friends would be a disaster for all of us, this particular Forum included
That would be better than selling him and weakening the squad.
 

soflapaul

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It's impossible to believe we're all looking at the same player given some of the more extreme views on here. Christian is a good to very good player who is inconsistently great. While all players struggle at times to put their mark on a game, Christian struggles more than what a "world class" player should. he is a player you want on the team as is but he becomes indispensable if and only if his mentality improves. This is not an issue of being emotionless. it's more of a confidence to take over a game and then determination to go do it whatever it takes. At 60M i'd be tempted to sell him if the reports are true. however, we have lost out on the chance to replace him reducing our flexibility for the season. I for one was looking forward to seeing him and GLC on the pitch with Kane and Moura pushing forward. for that reason, i'd want to keep him until January if we believe we can get decent money for him then.
 
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Jaddas

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There was an article in Sky Sports in June about Eriksen which I posted at the time. I've posted the important bits below.
He frustrates the hell out of me, but it's not as if he's been poor and the others great. Think the bold part at the end is also an important point that some are missing.

Furthermore, those saying he goes missing in the big games are right for past 12 months. However, before then I remember him getting the winner at Etihad a few years back, a goal against Madrid in our home win, The 14 second goal against Utd, 2 assists vs Chavs (Dele headers) to end their unbeaten run etc.


Creative quality
Since the start of the 2013/14 campaign, Eriksen has provided 60 assists - seven more than anyone else. He has created 547 scoring chances - 17 more than second-placed Hazard. Of that total, 70 have been classified as big chances by Opta, putting him ahead of the rest in that category, too.


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Eriksen's creative numbers are unrivalled, and on top of that there is his goal threat. He has scored 49 times since his arrival in the Premier League, putting him 14th in a list otherwise dominated by strikers. In the 2018/19 season alone, the man nicknamed 'Golazo' by team-mates scored six goals from outside the box - two more than any other Premier League player.

Still, though, there have been accusations that Eriksen's effectiveness has dipped since Tottenham's record-breaking 2016/17 campaign. His critics can point to declining numbers for shots and chances created since then, but it is telling that, at the same time, his numbers for passes have jumped from an average of around 56 per 90 minutes to more than 60.

Eriksen's calm and unflappable demeanour can make him appear disengaged at times, but his technical prowess on the ball has always been complemented by hard work off it. In fact, this season - and for the third consecutive year - the tracking data puts him top among Spurs players for distance covered. He averages 12.2km per 90 minutes.

That stamina has made Eriksen a perfect fit for Pochettino's high-intensity approach, and the amount of ground he covers is all the more impressive when you consider that he barely misses a game.


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Eriksen's resilience to injury is remarkable. Since Pochettino's appointment in the summer of 2014, he has only been absent for nine Premier League games out of 190. In what has been a transformative period in the club's history, no player has featured more prominently - not Harry Kane or even goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Eriksen has been integral to the progress.

Quite how Spurs would cope without him is therefore unclear. Pochettino has learned to manage without Kane, finding solutions elsewhere in his squad during his injury absences, but with Eriksen, he has not yet needed to. In the last five years, the midfielder has never missed more than four consecutive games in all competitions.
 

wrd

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There was an article in Sky Sports in June about Eriksen which I posted at the time. I've posted the important bits below.
He frustrates the hell out of me, but it's not as if he's been poor and the others great. Think the bold part at the end is also an important point that some are missing.

Furthermore, those saying he goes missing in the big games are right for past 12 months. However, before then I remember him getting the winner at Etihad a few years back, a goal against Madrid in our home win, The 14 second goal against Utd, 2 assists vs Chavs (Dele headers) to end their unbeaten run etc.


Creative quality
Since the start of the 2013/14 campaign, Eriksen has provided 60 assists - seven more than anyone else. He has created 547 scoring chances - 17 more than second-placed Hazard. Of that total, 70 have been classified as big chances by Opta, putting him ahead of the rest in that category, too.


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Eriksen's creative numbers are unrivalled, and on top of that there is his goal threat. He has scored 49 times since his arrival in the Premier League, putting him 14th in a list otherwise dominated by strikers. In the 2018/19 season alone, the man nicknamed 'Golazo' by team-mates scored six goals from outside the box - two more than any other Premier League player.

Still, though, there have been accusations that Eriksen's effectiveness has dipped since Tottenham's record-breaking 2016/17 campaign. His critics can point to declining numbers for shots and chances created since then, but it is telling that, at the same time, his numbers for passes have jumped from an average of around 56 per 90 minutes to more than 60.

Eriksen's calm and unflappable demeanour can make him appear disengaged at times, but his technical prowess on the ball has always been complemented by hard work off it. In fact, this season - and for the third consecutive year - the tracking data puts him top among Spurs players for distance covered. He averages 12.2km per 90 minutes.

That stamina has made Eriksen a perfect fit for Pochettino's high-intensity approach, and the amount of ground he covers is all the more impressive when you consider that he barely misses a game.


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Eriksen's resilience to injury is remarkable. Since Pochettino's appointment in the summer of 2014, he has only been absent for nine Premier League games out of 190. In what has been a transformative period in the club's history, no player has featured more prominently - not Harry Kane or even goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Eriksen has been integral to the progress.

Quite how Spurs would cope without him is therefore unclear. Pochettino has learned to manage without Kane, finding solutions elsewhere in his squad during his injury absences, but with Eriksen, he has not yet needed to. In the last five years, the midfielder has never missed more than four consecutive games in all competitions.

All this shows is sky couldn't wait to big him up once the thought of him leaving us came up. He'll sign a new contract and there will be an article talking about his inconsistency just wait :LOL:
 

Metalhead

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I just can’t see him signing a new contract if he doesn’t leave this window. The only risk for him is Poch dropping him but that seems unlikely. Otherwise he’s going to have his choice of clubs next summer and will benefit financially from being on a Bosman.
 

Vwbottom

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There was an article in Sky Sports in June about Eriksen which I posted at the time. I've posted the important bits below.
He frustrates the hell out of me, but it's not as if he's been poor and the others great. Think the bold part at the end is also an important point that some are missing.

Furthermore, those saying he goes missing in the big games are right for past 12 months. However, before then I remember him getting the winner at Etihad a few years back, a goal against Madrid in our home win, The 14 second goal against Utd, 2 assists vs Chavs (Dele headers) to end their unbeaten run etc.


Creative quality
Since the start of the 2013/14 campaign, Eriksen has provided 60 assists - seven more than anyone else. He has created 547 scoring chances - 17 more than second-placed Hazard. Of that total, 70 have been classified as big chances by Opta, putting him ahead of the rest in that category, too.


index.php



Eriksen's creative numbers are unrivalled, and on top of that there is his goal threat. He has scored 49 times since his arrival in the Premier League, putting him 14th in a list otherwise dominated by strikers. In the 2018/19 season alone, the man nicknamed 'Golazo' by team-mates scored six goals from outside the box - two more than any other Premier League player.

Still, though, there have been accusations that Eriksen's effectiveness has dipped since Tottenham's record-breaking 2016/17 campaign. His critics can point to declining numbers for shots and chances created since then, but it is telling that, at the same time, his numbers for passes have jumped from an average of around 56 per 90 minutes to more than 60.

Eriksen's calm and unflappable demeanour can make him appear disengaged at times, but his technical prowess on the ball has always been complemented by hard work off it. In fact, this season - and for the third consecutive year - the tracking data puts him top among Spurs players for distance covered. He averages 12.2km per 90 minutes.

That stamina has made Eriksen a perfect fit for Pochettino's high-intensity approach, and the amount of ground he covers is all the more impressive when you consider that he barely misses a game.


index.php



Eriksen's resilience to injury is remarkable. Since Pochettino's appointment in the summer of 2014, he has only been absent for nine Premier League games out of 190. In what has been a transformative period in the club's history, no player has featured more prominently - not Harry Kane or even goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Eriksen has been integral to the progress.

Quite how Spurs would cope without him is therefore unclear. Pochettino has learned to manage without Kane, finding solutions elsewhere in his squad during his injury absences, but with Eriksen, he has not yet needed to. In the last five years, the midfielder has never missed more than four consecutive games in all competitions.

No header stat though is there... :whistle:
 

allpaths

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Exaggeration is the way some people see Eriksen.
There are many important games he hasn't. Is the exaggeration or a sense of reality?
There isnt a player in the history of the game that shows up big for every important game over the course of there career. Eriksen as a #10 is just under de Bruyne and that's a player I have a lot of time for.
 

Ronwol196061

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There isnt a player in the history of the game that shows up big for every important game over the course of there career. Eriksen as a #10 is just under de Bruyne and that's a player I have a lot of time for.


I don't disagree with that. I don't think Eriksen is as confident of a player as his supporters think. He has the talent that's undeniable.
His stats maybe up there with KDB but I tell you his mentality isn't anywhere near De Bruynes. I'm glad you mention KDB as he is a great player. He is a player most would want on their team. Eriksen is not in KDB's class and mostly his mentality. That's the difference.
 
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