• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

Christian Eriksen

billyiddo said:
No different from any other manager which is why transfer success rates are generally the same across the board and is why transfer activity is key to managers being a success or a failure in their jobs.

A non issue afaic
Click to expand...

Disagree.

Top top managers can work with a wider range of players

Clubs like PSG/Real/Barca buy players and the manager has to work with them.

One of the reasons I don’t think Mopo is ready for a bigger job.
 
Legohamster said:
Disagree.

Top top managers can work with a wider range of players

Clubs like PSG/Real/Barca buy players and the manager has to work with them.

One of the reasons I don’t think Mopo is ready for a bigger job.
Click to expand...

Which managers would these be as an example?

Guadiola needed to spend big on his first choice targets over a couple of summer transfer windows to get City performing close to how they should be

Klopp chose to stick with what he had in several weaker positions until a point his first choce targets were attainable - and even then his record with transfers is patchy

Mourinho bombs out any player that doesn't fit his profile


Etc etc

I think you've built up this idea that Pochettino is unique in that he requires a certain type of player to do well when in reality he actually seems to adapt his plans quite well to suit the players he has available, which are often plsyers that have been signed having been down the peckimg order in terms of being first/second choice and that if you actually looked at other managers, their approach to the market and the success they have with transfers that we/Pochettino are in no way different to anyone else in that regard.


Clubs like Real Barca and PSG, to quote you, have wads of cash and buy their managers first choice targets mostly and even in those instances the managers fail to perform and get replaced regularly - just kind of highlights that what you think happens elsewhere and what is the reality are two different things entirely.
 
Last edited:
glasgowspur said:
4-5 months can't be classed as knee jerk.
Not when others get pilliored for a poor 15 mins.
Click to expand...

I think 4-5 months is overstating it. Crucial goals against Leicester and Burnley, an incredible goal v Everton and a magnificent winner against Inter Milan. I wish a few more of our players were that poor.
 
DeanoAustin said:
I think 4-5 months is overstating it. Crucial goals against Leicester and Burnley, an incredible goal v Everton and a magnificent winner against Inter Milan. I wish a few more of our players were that poor.
Click to expand...
Inter was 4 months ago.
Contributions against Burnley and Leicester have been the exception not the rule.
 
billyiddo said:
Depends on what happens after/the true state of our ability to finance transfers.

If we need to sell a star name to fund a squad overhaul then Eriksen would be top of my list. Liverpool sold Coutinho and used it to their advantage, we could do the same.
Click to expand...
Coutinho, while important did not make Liverpool tick like Eriksen does us, when on form. We need to be careful what we wish for. If we sell Eriksen the first thing we will have to do is replace him with another playmaker and the quality we are looking for is not readily available nor cheap.
 
Trouble is if Eriksen goes then we need 2 playmakers, we've seen that having no back up for him doesn't work. I think he'll play better now Alli is back, they work well together and Alli's runs create space for Eriksen to operate.
 
Robspur12 said:
Coutinho, while important did not make Liverpool tick like Eriksen does us, when on form. We need to be careful what we wish for. If we sell Eriksen the first thing we will have to do is replace him with another playmaker and the quality we are looking for is not readily available nor cheap.
Click to expand...

That’s also a weakness as we rely on him too much

I’d rather we move to having multiple drivers in the team rather than one

City’s strength this season has been Bernardo silva stepping up to fill for De Bruyne and others. And he is one of a few creative forces that helps them maintain momentum

Pool are lacking in that area and I still think j that will cost them the league

Chelsea are hugely reliant on Hazard and that’s gonna hurt them
 
P.D. said:
Trouble is if Eriksen goes then we need 2 playmakers, we've seen that having no back up for him doesn't work. I think he'll play better now Alli is back, they work well together and Alli's runs create space for Eriksen to operate.
Click to expand...

Having a Alli backed showed so much yesterday

He was in the spaces where we have been missing players... those pockets where it’s hard for defenders to deal with
 
Bedfordspurs said:
That’s also a weakness as we rely on him too much

I’d rather we move to having multiple drivers in the team rather than one

City’s strength this season has been Bernardo silva stepping up to fill for De Bruyne and others. And he is one of a few creative forces that helps them maintain momentum

Pool are lacking in that area and I still think j that will cost them the league

Chelsea are hugely reliant on Hazard and that’s gonna hurt them
Click to expand...

Kane Alli Eriksen and Son are each equally important to our teams play (Alli and Kane more so imho) we aren't reliant on one player, far from it.
 
billyiddo said:
Kane Alli Eriksen and Son are each equally important to our teams play (Alli and Kane more so imho) we aren't reliant on one player, far from it.
Click to expand...

When their all fit and flying I agree
They have played so rarely together this season it could be a huge boost to have them all refreshed and fit
 
Bedfordspurs said:
When their all fit and flying I agree
They have played so rarely together this season it could be a huge boost to have them all refreshed and fit
Click to expand...

the issue if we are to look back at where we are now and where we were a couple of years a go is that you could add Wanyama Dembele Walker and Rose to that list (not to mention Lloris Adlerweireld and Vertonghen, who still apply now tbf) - some drop off there tbf
 
billyiddo said:
the issue if we are to look back at where we are now and where we were a couple of years a go is that you could add Wanyama Dembele Walker and Rose to that list (not to mention Lloris Adlerweireld and Vertonghen, who still apply now tbf) - some drop off there tbf
Click to expand...

I see Dier and Winks as a real quality midfield pairing and one that can drive us forward... it’s not been seen very much at all though but it has a great balance from what I’ve seen of it

If I was picking a team to play every game now it would be back to 4-2-3-1

Lloris
Aurier
Toby
Jan
rose
Dier
Winks
Eriksen
Son
Dele
Kane

That team for me gets us top 4

Harsh on sissoko but he has kinda excelled as we have actually become worse, which isn’t his fault. He could arguably be our POTY but we need to play smarter now
 
it's a decent team but a notch below the team we had a couple of years back, especially in CM and FB positions and those two areas are where we need to look at improving come the summer, imo - get back to our previous level in those positions and we'll be back looking to compete for the top places rather than fighting it out for 4th/3rd
 
billyiddo said:
it's a decent team but a notch below the team we had a couple of years back, especially in CM and FB positions and those two areas are where we need to look at improving come the summer, imo - get back to our previous level in those positions and we'll be back looking to compete for the top places rather than fighting it out for 4th/3rd
Click to expand...

As I say, I think that midfield pairing will work brilliantly. Just need to see them play.

Full backs are so important for Poch and deffo need a look at
 
Roughly one goal every four games, closer to one assist every three games, in over 260 appearences over six years for Spurs. Scored or assisted 36 goals as late as last season. Quite a few late match winners too.

Over 500 chances created in the PL since he joined us, more than any other player. 68 big chances created. Most PL assists during his time at Spurs.

27 man of the match performances in the PL, roughly one every eight games. Twice voted Spurs player of the season. Regularly runs more than any other player on the pitch.

Yet we should now give up on him because he doesn’t throw himself into tackles (the one thing he's brick at) and because he's currently in poor form?
 
Robbo said:
Roughly one goal every four games, closer to one assist every three games, in over 260 appearences over six years for Spurs. Scored or assisted 36 goals as late as last season. Quite a few late match winners too.

Over 500 chances created in the PL since he joined us, more than any other player. 68 big chances created. Most PL assists during his time at Spurs.

27 man of the match performances in the PL, roughly one every eight games. Twice voted Spurs player of the season. Regularly runs more than any other player on the pitch.

Yet we should now give up on him because he doesn’t throw himself into tackles (the one thing he's brick at) and because he's currently in poor form?
Click to expand...

Not at all

But we do have to consider if he won’t sign a contract what’s he worth to the club
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back