That was Ole way, you're either on the pitch to score/assist or to stop the opponent from scoring. No in between!Feels like the first signing in ages made with the intention of making the team play better rather than making the team score more or concede less if that makes sense. If nothing else it’s surely going to be better to watch this year than the last five.
Yeah looking forward to seeing him play, hate comparing us to that scouse scum but feels a bit like when Milner joined themI'm baffled why some people aren't happy about this. Quite a good chance he will be our best midfielder, almost a certainty that he will at least be a solid squad player. Great experience, great pro, nice bloke, versatile, on a free. Bizarre to have any complaints in my book.
That cheap and nasty carpet is going to go up in flames even quicker than his replica shirt. I do hope the room has more than one way out or he's gonna be toast!Tweet
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Agree. For £150.000 a week it’s a nobrainer. If Eriksen in worst case ends up as a solid squad player it’s anyway a good dealI'm baffled why some people aren't happy about this. Quite a good chance he will be our best midfielder, almost a certainty that he will at least be a solid squad player. Great experience, great pro, nice bloke, versatile, on a free. Bizarre to have any complaints in my book.
So wouldn't take him for couple of years until we can get Rice for reasonable figureThe only thing now is please god no Kante or any more free transfer/cheap old forwards. Bring the age of the squad down and build experience in quality hungry younger players who can gain in value and reputation. Players like Eriksen DDG Bruno Varane and Slab can all lead a younger group. At this point there is no point in buying experience for experiences sake or looking for short term fixes in too many positions.
It's still there, some numpty setting his Eriksen Spurs shirt on firelooks like it’s deleted, what did it say?
No. I really dislike these types of short term signings. Falcao, Basti, Matic, Ronadlo, Cavani, Owen, even thinking back to old Rooney stinking the place out and he really deserved every penny and minutes game time he got from us no matter how bad he became. Mata has been awful for the last few years and so on. Their legs are on the verge of going and they have nothing left to prove. The main reason they are here is because we are the only ones who can afford them or we can’t seem to see beyond short term big name fixes. Look how that worked out for us at striker this summer?So wouldn't take him for couple of years until we can get Rice for reasonable figure
So what would you do about DM situationNo. I really dislike these types of short term signings. Falcao, Basti, Matic, Ronadlo, Cavani, Owen, even thinking back to old Rooney stinking the place out and he really deserved every penny and minutes game time he got from us no matter how bad he became. Mata has been awful for the last few years and so on. Their legs are on the verge of going and they have nothing left to prove. The main reason they are here is because we are the only ones who can afford them or we can’t seem to see beyond short term big name fixes. Look how that worked out for us at striker this summer?
RVP was an amazing stopgap. Hopefully Eriksen is the same. It’s the exception to the rule and shouldn’t be the automatic fallback position.
I think what the club want to do is sign someone for 30 million for 2 years and chase Rice. Like we did with Ronadlo - Haaland at striker. We couldn’t organise a pissup in a pub so I just see us getting stuck with these players much longer term than anticipated and then we miss out on the long term target too because our team isn’t competitive enough. You need players in their prime to catch up. It’s not like we have anything to consolidate is it? I’d just let Garner play there next season while we get the finances in order for the second big ETH window.So what would you do about DM situation
Exactly. A far cry from the jokers we had before.
congratulations. I have to buy a new laptop now because of you.This is such a bad transfer. If we get De Jong, Malacia, Eriksen, Lisandro and Antony it will be god awful window. Backup AM, backup LB, backup-ish RW (depending on Rash and Sancho) and a backup CB. Malacia comes in as back up for Shaw. Given how Malacia and Eriksen will take playing time away from Hannibal and Alvaro we needed top tier players in those positions if ten Hag needed improving in those pos. 2 years from now we will be talking about how we have burned through cash again.
We have Maguire and Varane. Plus 3 players we bought for 30 mil in Jones, Bailly and Lindelof. Lisandro is such a bad buy. He has played, 24, 26 and 24 games in last 3 seasons, he is 24 years old. Played 7 games for ARG and ten Hag didn’t even know his best pos. Half games played in CB half in DM.
Eriksen is the worst age possible for us. You are going to have to play him a lot, and everybody keeps talking how good he was for brentfor. He only played 11 games for brentford. Before that he was criminally bad for the last 4 years. Spurs couldn’t even sell him. We will hear soon that those weren’t the transfers ten Hag wanted.
I know you want transfers but to improve your squad you need to improve your first 11. Not backups.
lets see how this rant ages. I am praying god awfully, but wouldn’t bet on it
oops it wouldn’t load before.Are we their biggest rivals or somethingIt's still there, some numpty setting his Eriksen Spurs shirt on fire
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Exactly the sort of character we should be replacing the likes of Pogba, Lingard and Ronaldo with. Mentality is just as important as the skillset
Can say that with those long diagonals. But in any case, we would be adding some much needed quality in our squad.Actually reminded me of Scholes with those long diagonals. Even his movement and position reminded me of older Scholes. Carrick was far more defensively aware and positionally disciplined.
I imagine the medical professionals have confirmed this.Can somebody confirm he's fully recovered after the heart episode and can run like a maniac for his coach and contribute defensively?
https://fbref.com/en/players/980522ec/scout/11160/Christian-Eriksen-Scouting-ReportCan somebody confirm he's fully recovered after the heart episode and can run like a maniac for his coach and contribute defensively?
We can't have another passenger defensively like Pogba.
I think squad depth is important and with Matic and Mata out there was a space for a player who comes in for free like Eriksen, just hope he will not fall of a cliff after 30 or can just contribute more then the two mentioned. A player who comes for free surely on high wages from the day one.
How was his Brentford overal form anyway, didn't he looked out of place in the attacking system with and without the ball? don't wanna hear he showed class, based on a couple of great passes, we all know he can do that and that football is much more than that.
Exactly.Ten Hag did the same with Ziyech at Ajax. Worked really well, Ajax almost reached the finals of the Champions League.Wouldn't be surprised if he plays on the right if we don't sign Antony, can work as a wide playmaker
just wasn't sure if he wasn't playing with any limitations or if he had to change his playstyle to some extent...I imagine the medical professionals have confirmed this.
Thanks a lot, sounds promising from what you say..https://fbref.com/en/players/980522ec/scout/11160/Christian-Eriksen-Scouting-Report
Here's his percentile ranks statistically in the last 3rd of the season that he played. See for yourself! Elite passing and ball progression, very involved, high creativity, decent goal threat, decent ball carrying, not huge when it comes to defensive work but he isn't a lazy player and does his bit. Elite set pieces too. When you watch him, he's always been secure with the ball, doesn't make stupid mistakes, is comfortable under the press, has a great passing range and is very smart on the ball to know when and where to release it. I'd imagine he is the midfield to attack link in a midfield 3, Frenkie will be the deep playmaker, and we'll have a ball winner around them like McTominay to balance.
Muppetiers on twitter (despite the name he does seem to have some actual contacts and is generally good with announcement timings) is saying Eriksen medical tomorrow and announcement tomorrow or Thursday, and the club is hoping to agree for Martinez tomorrow/thursday too, so that we'd have all of them on the plane for the tour on Friday.So, we think we'll get the announcement tomorrow? We want more.