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Christian Eriksen
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Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
He had one place to hit that shot, and it was through the legs of the defender. He did just that, and it went in. It wasn't a fluke. Yes it got deflected, but he put the shot the only place he could, and it went in. He was well pleased with it, and did a fist pump immediately, but nothing more, as it was 4-0, and he knows himself that he should play better. As all other players, he needs to build his confidence, and that only comes with succeeding with what you attempt. The goal was one step in that direction.
monkeybarry
Ian Walker
If you look at the angle behind the goal, he was aiming across the keeper - his eyes and body shape show that. It wasn't a piece of genius, it was actually a tame effort. (Much like Eriksen)
But they all count.
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
No he didn't.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
He had one place to hit it because he took 2-3 touches to control it. It was a fairly tame effort from there, I'm not sure it goes in without the deflection.
He probably needs to build his confidence. With the contract situation and his performances I'm not sure it's a good idea to let him play his way back to form at the expense of players that are performing better and have longer contracts.
I remember defending letting Eriksen play his way back to form, I think it was in February last season. He still hasn't found it.
Eriksen has a few areas in which he really excels, unlike say Kane who is good but not great at almost everything. He has an excellent pass - and dares to try them, is very mobile and is always an outlet, is very unselfish, and above all he has genuine world class vision and awareness. He is no tackler, no dribbler, poor in the air, pretty slow and his corner taking is no state secret either. He is first and foremost a distributor, not a ball carrier/mover. He has never been those things, this is nothing new.
But when for whatever reason things don't come off for him, he has no fallback. Because he's so limited in what he does. That makes him look much worse than he really is. When the movement up front stops, when the passes miss by a foot and the players in front of you plays poorly as well, he cannot suddenly turn into a defensive force to make up for it. He cannot carry a team or even the ball from the center circle to the top corner, but he is perhaps one of the world's best complementary players. On form. Conversely, Sissoko who also is a limited player suddenly started, also for whatever reason, to succeed in what he does. Which makes him look better than he really is (though recently I've started to see tiny signs of former cloudy skies). We all know what a Sissoko in Eriksen-mode looks like.
His motivation and drive is gone, and it shows. He still tries to do the same things, but at 80%. And moreover, our attack plan has changed - or rather disappeared. There is little room for Eriksen in a Moura- and Son-attack, where you often do things by yourself instead of making clever runs and moving around and into positions. If you pair Eriksen with a Dembele, with a Kane and pre-FIFA-Alli in front, you have a winner. Now we don't.
But when for whatever reason things don't come off for him, he has no fallback. Because he's so limited in what he does. That makes him look much worse than he really is. When the movement up front stops, when the passes miss by a foot and the players in front of you plays poorly as well, he cannot suddenly turn into a defensive force to make up for it. He cannot carry a team or even the ball from the center circle to the top corner, but he is perhaps one of the world's best complementary players. On form. Conversely, Sissoko who also is a limited player suddenly started, also for whatever reason, to succeed in what he does. Which makes him look better than he really is (though recently I've started to see tiny signs of former cloudy skies). We all know what a Sissoko in Eriksen-mode looks like.
His motivation and drive is gone, and it shows. He still tries to do the same things, but at 80%. And moreover, our attack plan has changed - or rather disappeared. There is little room for Eriksen in a Moura- and Son-attack, where you often do things by yourself instead of making clever runs and moving around and into positions. If you pair Eriksen with a Dembele, with a Kane and pre-FIFA-Alli in front, you have a winner. Now we don't.
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ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
I genuinely think from what I've seen in the last year Kane is a better passer than CE.
Eriksen is good and accurate but Kane (similar to Ndombele) has more disguise and delivers 'the final' ball, one perfectly, and two unexpectedly.
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
I do think Ndombele and La Celso could be perfect for the two side points in a diamond, and maybe Poch thinks this.
Problem I have is I just hate it as a system... especially without our FB situation rectified.
The other point with having sh.it hot passes, killer passes....is I hope Sonny and Dele's touch is up to quality as both have always been a bit loose (some games more than others). That's why City work it so well as nearly all of them are technically A1.
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
You are effing kidding me.
If you don't think Kane's finishing is better than good and his passing, long and short, has been nothing short of exceptional this last year....I don't know what to say.
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
Kane is one of the best passers in world football.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
it can be a diamond or a 4-3-3
The key is effective passing which we have bend poor at and movement again which we have been poor at
add some quality FBs and suddenly there is a real threat there which we normally have
Junior19
Øyvind Leonhardsen
Ffs, leave the poor bloke alone already.
He just can't get any slack at all these days.
Now he didn't celebrate properly??
I bet if he had jumped in the air, run across the pitch and made a knee-slide towards the fans he would have been shouted at for taking the tinkle, over-celebrating, etc.
Christian Eriksen hasn't suddenly become a poor footballer over the last 6 months, but his confidence and levels have dropped.
We've seen this before, a few years back there was the "mental issue"-rumours when he wasn't playing at his best. But guess what? He recovered, and he was friggin awsome, and for long periods of time, our most important creative player, making us tick.
And guess what? He didn't fly into tackles or win headers then either, and unless we moaned about it then we've got very little right to start now! It is not like he has sat down with Pochettino and gone "listen, gaffer, my passing and creativity seems to be a bit off lately, I think i need to rebrand myself as a midfield enforcer instead.."
Just because it is a fan's prerogative to have a short and selective memory, it is not necessary to go totally apebrick and ditch all coherent
Either we fans like it or not, Christian Eriksen is going to play for Tottenham, at least untill January. Potentially untill June. Or, even longer.
But most definitely this november/december period.
It is totally beyond me what good it would do to keep nagging on minor issues such as not celebrating enough, to much, etc.
If he is leaving this winter, I'd rather have him produce magic for us this december, then turds. So if he builds confidence with a goal, fine. I don't care if it was a fluke of a defender, or a well placed shot, but it was a goal, and that is the end of it.
Criticise him for not signing a contract. Fine. I'm sure it was a tough decision, and probably one he got caught up in.
Have high expectations to him when he plays. Fine. He's got them to!
Be disappointed if he does not fulfill them. Fine. So will he.
But give him at least a lifeline when he does succeed with something, such as the goal yesterday, and be happy about it. He will be. And he (and Pochettino) will also know if his efforts were improving or not.
He just can't get any slack at all these days.
Now he didn't celebrate properly??
I bet if he had jumped in the air, run across the pitch and made a knee-slide towards the fans he would have been shouted at for taking the tinkle, over-celebrating, etc.
Christian Eriksen hasn't suddenly become a poor footballer over the last 6 months, but his confidence and levels have dropped.
We've seen this before, a few years back there was the "mental issue"-rumours when he wasn't playing at his best. But guess what? He recovered, and he was friggin awsome, and for long periods of time, our most important creative player, making us tick.
And guess what? He didn't fly into tackles or win headers then either, and unless we moaned about it then we've got very little right to start now! It is not like he has sat down with Pochettino and gone "listen, gaffer, my passing and creativity seems to be a bit off lately, I think i need to rebrand myself as a midfield enforcer instead.."
Just because it is a fan's prerogative to have a short and selective memory, it is not necessary to go totally apebrick and ditch all coherent
Either we fans like it or not, Christian Eriksen is going to play for Tottenham, at least untill January. Potentially untill June. Or, even longer.
But most definitely this november/december period.
It is totally beyond me what good it would do to keep nagging on minor issues such as not celebrating enough, to much, etc.
If he is leaving this winter, I'd rather have him produce magic for us this december, then turds. So if he builds confidence with a goal, fine. I don't care if it was a fluke of a defender, or a well placed shot, but it was a goal, and that is the end of it.
Criticise him for not signing a contract. Fine. I'm sure it was a tough decision, and probably one he got caught up in.
Have high expectations to him when he plays. Fine. He's got them to!
Be disappointed if he does not fulfill them. Fine. So will he.
But give him at least a lifeline when he does succeed with something, such as the goal yesterday, and be happy about it. He will be. And he (and Pochettino) will also know if his efforts were improving or not.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Different types of passes I'd say. When he hadn't resigned himself to leaving Eriksen would often play first time passes that linked defence with attack in one touch. I haven't seen anyone else play those sorts of passes for us.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Its funny really that when Kane scored a goal through the legs of a defender ( in the first leg) a lot of fans wet them selfs about how great a goal it was. Now Eriksen has done the same ( and he did mean it) it was a fluke.
Sad state of affairs that a player who has been so good for us over the past five years is now abused so easily by many, so many fans who feel they have been scorned, its sad really.Best post i have read since this sad slagging off of one of our best players over the last five years reared its head. Who said fans are not fickle.
Before any one gets their nickers in a twist about me saying that i know he has not been playing well but we have several players who have been doing the same for a while.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
I don't think he's become a bad player. I just think he's playing badly most of the time.
I will be forever grateful for all the wonderful experiences he's given us, all the hard work, all the impact he's had on the pitch. He's made it quite clear that he doesn't want to be here any longer than he has to. In that situation I don't think he deserves to play his way back to form when there are other players who also need game time to find form, settle in and develop.
He's a fantastic player at his best. This run of poor form has lasted a very long time. He deserves some criticism.
I don't care how he celebrates, but if he's going to play he should give us more reasons to celebrate.
Some of the criticism he gets surely is over the top. Just like just about every other player when not performing.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Paul Walsh
What tinkles me off is that he's a fantastic player and he's letting us and himself down with his current performances. his own professional pride should drive him to give his best in every game rather than dialling them in.
At ALMOST EVERYTHING. Point being that he has no weak areas, if that wasn't clear. It sounded right in my head. I have stated numerous times that Kane has no weak areas, but that is of course easier for me to remember as I post so infrequently. He can certainly pick a pass, and of course no one can argue that his finishing isn't on par with the best in the world. I thought that was self explanatory.
I could apologize for the misunderstanding, but I don't feel like doing that regardless of an opinion forwarded on an Internet forum.
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
Apologies accepted
If The Ghost of Christian Eriksen didn’t have “mixed feelings” about whether or not he could be bothered to score, or “contradictory ideas” about if he’d rather be playing for Madrid or Barcelona, then I’m a monkeys uncle!