Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[Hakkz]

"Where Lamela seems to take defeat as a personal affront, Eriksen lacks something intangible. There is an absence of aggression, a deficit in doggedness. He covers every blade of grass, but there is a difference between hard work and dirty work, and Tottenham have plenty of facilitators when they need catalysts."

Brilliant.

 

[Nebby]

Maybe he’s upset because Real only want him if they can sign him on a free.

 

[Ronwol196061]

"Where Lamela seems to take defeat as a personal affront, Eriksen lacks something intangible. There is an absence of aggression, a deficit in doggedness. He covers every blade of grass, but there is a difference between hard work and dirty work, and Tottenham have plenty of facilitators when they need catalysts."

Brilliant.

Hakkz who is this attributed to? (I agree with it 100%)

 

[Flashspur]

Look its easy to criticise. He has done a lot for us but its still those big games that stick in my mind. He never once really had a big performance when the opportunity was there for him to shine.

 

[Deleted member 29446]

Look its easy to criticise. He has done a lot for us but its still those big games that stick in my mind. He never once really had a big performance when the opportunity was there for him to shine.

What a lot of rubbish. You think the most creative player in the PL for the time he's been with us, don't affect big games?

You can only laugh as such quotes, with no facts behind. Or mayb your brain only remembers for 6 months and back to the CL final.

I get some of it against a opposition like Barcelona/Real Madrid etc where we don't have to ball that much.

But I can name 15 games against City with 5 goals and 6 assist or Chelsea and Man Utd in particular.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Look its easy to criticise. He has done a lot for us but its still those big games that stick in my mind. He never once really had a big performance when the opportunity was there for him to shine.

He probably did once or twice (or even more, I'm not exactly counting) but that sort of proves your point. For me it wasn't often enough so it doesn't really stick in the mind and IMO we've had one or two similar over the past few years, we've had more than enough really really good footballers but collectively.........

Something else that I realised.........

When we capitulated 1-5 at Newcastle that time to surrender 2nd place, after the game Pochettino said something along the lines of he knows who was mentally weak and would be moving a number of players on, changing the mentality with new players, it's not good enough etc etc

Well, for whatever reason, that never happened and (I think) from the team that rolled over and had its belly tickled at Newcastle, a massive NINE players are still at the club, the only ones who have been moved on are Walker and Mason and I'm guessing neither left as a result of Pochettino's 'purge'.

Anyway, yeah, a number if players with a sort of cult status or whatever you want to call it, individually excellent but lacking something. I'd add that to the list of issues.

 

[Flashspur]

What a lot of rubbish. You think the most creative player in the PL for the time he's been with us, don't affect big games?

You can only laugh as such quotes, with no facts behind. Or mayb your brain only remembers for 6 months and back to the CL final.

I get some of it against a opposition like Barcelona/Real Madrid etc where we don't have to ball that much.

But I can name 15 games against City with 5 goals and 6 assist or Chelsea and Man Utd in particular.

I understand you are a fellow Dane and it is hard to take but it comes with the territory. He has been spoken of frequently as Spurs best player and the one the team is built around. Yet he hasnt taken us to great heights even though we have been consistently top four. I know @Archibeld&Crooks makes a good point about it being a collective issue and he is probably right. Perhaps the team lacks that will or drive as a collective. However, you look for your playmaker to have those big performances and I dont think he has done that based on his reputation amongst the fans.

 

[nailsy]

What a lot of rubbish. You think the most creative player in the PL for the time he's been with us, don't affect big games?

You can only laugh as such quotes, with no facts behind. Or mayb your brain only remembers for 6 months and back to the CL final.

I get some of it against a opposition like Barcelona/Real Madrid etc where we don't have to ball that much.

But I can name 15 games against City with 5 goals and 6 assist or Chelsea and Man Utd in particular.

He scored when we beat Real 3-1.

 

[Donki]

Get him out to fuck in January I hope and we move on.

 

[Deleted member 29446]

I understand you are a fellow Dane and it is hard to take but it comes with the territory. He has been spoken of frequently as Spurs best player and the one the team is built around. Yet he hasnt taken us to great heights even though we have been consistently top four. I know @Archibeld&Crooks makes a good point about it being a collective issue and he is probably right. Perhaps the team lacks that will or drive as a collective. However, you look for your playmaker to have those big performances and I dont think he has done that based on his reputation amongst the fans.

Don't give me the fellow Dane stuff, tired of it, this is facts - and i'm responding to you saying he's not performing in big games.

I would say Eriksen has done a lot more than what was exepected from him since he joined for £11m and taken us to great heights.

I'm 100% agreeing on the collective issue point. Weak mentality, something we always had. Why Lloris should never be our captain again, but that's another discussion.
And I totally get Eriksen has a weak mentality and doesn't tackle, something I have mentioned again and again in here. He has never done that in his entire career. Yet he's the most creative player in PL in the last 6 years, and he hasn't taken us to great heights? LOL. But what he does is something none in our team is doing, and that's why he's playing and has been so important for us for years. Yes he makes us tick, because he plays football and make the ball do the work. Lo Celso is the closest to and Eriksen type we have, and I can't wait to see more of him.

Eriksen is no Zlatan for Sweden. Or Ronaldo for Portugal. Or Bale was for Wales. People in Denmark are trying to make him that for the national team, but that's only because he's our best player. Kane is not even that for England is he? If people would just understand what kind of person he is, and not make him or want him to be something else they would also appreciate what he has done for us.

 

[Japhet]

The fact is he’s played the most minutes, ran the furthest, and hardly ever been rested for over five years under a very demanding manger like Poch. It will eventually tell on players. The fact that we never bought a creative understudy earlier was a mistake.

We tried pretty hard for Isco and I think he'd have pushed Eriksen. I doubt anybody with less quality would have got much of a chance (see Lamela), so it was really a case of direct competition or nothing IMO. Maddison is a prime example of a player who probably knew he wouldn't get a lookin so chose Leicester for regular games.

 

[Tomorrowland]

He scored when we beat Real 3-1.

The 3rd goal, where Madrid had left themselves massively open to the counter.

 

[sammyj]

So overated , some great games but no where near enough

 

[nailsy]

The 3rd goal, where Madrid had left themselves massively open to the counter.

So it didn't count then?

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

He’s a really good player whose been indifferent for some time. He’s also moving in the summer, possibly in January.

It’s like a friendship that has soured without any incendiary moment. He should be kept far away from the squad now, not as a punishment but just because soured friendships are never the same and best kept at distance, especially if your friend is moving to another country

 

[dimiSpur]

Eriksen has been an integral part of our upturn of fortunes over the last few seasons. I dare say he's been the most important player to the way we play. To suggest he is either overrated or not as good as we think, just because he wants to leave is childish.

The fact of the matter he will be a big miss.

That does not mean, of course, that he is irreplaceable. And given the current conditions, I would not have him in the team. We should only have players in the team that are 100% committed to the Club. Whilst I appreciate the fact that he wants a new challenge away from Spurs, I cannot possibly forgive recent showings. He's had a massive drop in form for months now. So he must be completely dropped. I would only ever play him again if he signed a new contract. No matter what the cost.

We need to be sending firm messages. If you don't want to play for Spurs, we don't want you to play for Spurs.

 

[The Opinionated Lurker]

What a lot of rubbish. You think the most creative player in the PL for the time he's been with us, don't affect big games?

You can only laugh as such quotes, with no facts behind. Or mayb your brain only remembers for 6 months and back to the CL final.

I get some of it against a opposition like Barcelona/Real Madrid etc where we don't have to ball that much.

But I can name 15 games against City with 5 goals and 6 assist or Chelsea and Man Utd in particular.

Most creative? In a league with KDB and both Silvas? Take a seat Christian oops I meant WhiteDane

 

[dontcallme]

Eriksen has been an integral part of our upturn of fortunes over the last few seasons. I dare say he's been the most important player to the way we play. To suggest he is either overrated or not as good as we think, just because he wants to leave is childish.

The fact of the matter he will be a big miss.

That does not mean, of course, that he is irreplaceable. And given the current conditions, I would not have him in the team. We should only have players in the team that are 100% committed to the Club. Whilst I appreciate the fact that he wants a new challenge away from Spurs, I cannot possibly forgive recent showings. He's had a massive drop in form for months now. So he must be completely dropped. I would only ever play him again if he signed a new contract. No matter what the cost.

We need to be sending firm messages. If you don't want to play for Spurs, we don't want you to play for Spurs.

That's one way of doing it. In certain situations it will be the only way.

But ultimately the way to be successful is create a club that players want to play for.

 

[dontcallme]

Premier League Player Stats - Big Chances Created

View Big Chances Created played by Premier League players for 2023/24 and previous seasons, on the official website of the Premier League.

www.premierleague.com

Big chances created by the site above suggests last season Eriksen was 16th,behind David Luiz.

2017/18 he was 4th. Season before he was 2nd and season before that he was 4th and the season before that he was nowhere to be seen

I know on the internet we have to go OTT and try to get our voices heard but realistically he has been a very important player for us for 3 seasons without being the best in the league.

He now appears to be on the decline but likely through attitude and desire to be here ahead of declining as a player.

 

[dimiSpur]

That's one way of doing it. In certain situations it will be the only way.

But ultimately the way to be successful is create a club that players want to play for.

It doesn't matter how big you are, you will always end up with scenarios like this. Man Utd are one of the biggest clubs in the world. Ronaldo wanted to leave. Barca are arguably bigger, Neymar wanted to leave.

So you will always have situations such as these, in which case, the only way you win is to adequately replace. You cannot force a player to stay. Its detrimental both financially and on the field, as we are seeing now.