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Ex-Spurs Player Christian Eriksen

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Chelmsford Spurs said:
Anyone else think if we dropped the inverted winger crap that Eriksen would flourish?
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Not at all. The wingers coming inside should occupy the centre backs and drag the fullbacks out of position, then our fullbacks overlap, creating time and space. Ideally, at this point, Eriksen would drop deep, find space, get the ball, and pick out a pass.

If we "drop the inverted winger crap" There's no room for our fullbacks to get forward, our wingers are marked out of the game, and the oppositions centre backs pick up kane and eriksen. That means Mason and Bentaleb are then the ones getting forward into space. It would only really work in a 442 if we had someone like crouch or benteke, where we could hit long balls to a forward to hold up the ball for kane, and if we had properly speedy wingers like lennon and bale.
 
Anthony Beale said:
Not at all. The wingers coming inside should occupy the centre backs and drag the fullbacks out of position, then our fullbacks overlap, creating time and space. Ideally, at this point, Eriksen would drop deep, find space, get the ball, and pick out a pass.

If we "drop the inverted winger crap" There's no room for our fullbacks to get forward, our wingers are marked out of the game, and the oppositions centre backs pick up kane and eriksen. That means Mason and Bentaleb are then the ones getting forward into space. It would only really work in a 442 if we had someone like crouch or benteke, where we could hit long balls to a forward to hold up the ball for kane, and if we had properly speedy wingers like lennon and bale.
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Really sharp analysis.
 
Eriksen just needs to play on the left. He looks better there. I'd really like for the people who see him "behind the striker" to provide me evidence of a game he's played there that has ever been better then his best games for us on the left.

If he's not on the left, I almost don't want to see him play because he's so easily marked out of games it's laughable.
 
Anthony Beale said:
Not at all. The wingers coming inside should occupy the centre backs and drag the fullbacks out of position, then our fullbacks overlap, creating time and space. Ideally, at this point, Eriksen would drop deep, find space, get the ball, and pick out a pass.

If we "drop the inverted winger crap" There's no room for our fullbacks to get forward, our wingers are marked out of the game, and the oppositions centre backs pick up kane and eriksen. That means Mason and Bentaleb are then the ones getting forward into space. It would only really work in a 442 if we had someone like crouch or benteke, where we could hit long balls to a forward to hold up the ball for kane, and if we had properly speedy wingers like lennon and bale.
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The problem with this is that you then have their entire back four, a striker and two wingers all taking up space in an area Eriksen needs to have free. Opposition just sits tight and narrow and we another 'Eriksen/Kane getting marked out of the game' or 'Lamela running into a crowd of players' situation. It then gets left to the fullbacks to pick players out in a crowd with accurate/creative service, which they aren’t good enough to do.

I agree we need at least one man (Chadli) cutting inside and supporting Kane, but having two is just stepping on Eriksen’s toes. Either Lamela needs to be told to play more like an orthodox winger, or we need to go buy one, so we can stretch play across the pitch a bit more and give Eriksen more options.
 
Pash said:
The problem with this is that you then have their entire back four, a striker and two wingers all taking up space in an area Eriksen needs to have free. Opposition just sits tight and narrow and we another 'Eriksen/Kane getting marked out of the game' or 'Lamela running into a crowd of players' situation. It then gets left to the fullbacks to pick players out in a crowd with accurate/creative service, which they aren’t good enough to do.

I agree we need at least one man (Chadli) cutting inside and supporting Kane, but having two is just stepping on Eriksen’s toes. Either Lamela needs to be told to play more like an orthodox winger, or we need to go buy one, so we can stretch play across the pitch a bit more and give Eriksen more options.
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Thats why we take time and keep the ball. Go backwards to go forwards kind of thing. We pass the ball around to draw the oppo midfield forward. Thats why there is so much emphasis on fitness. If we can outpress the opposition and keep the ball, its very hard to beat us. Its sort of a mix between tiki taka and AVB's slow pragmatic build up play.

Also, were we to play Lamela like a traditional right mid, we'd be completely wasting his talents. And Kyle Walker/ Eric Diers.

I see your point and you're sort of right, but the thing is, everyone should be moving around all the time. If people start standing still, then we have the problem you described. but if everyone stays on their toes moving around, overlapping etc, it creates space and draws opposition players out of position. The perfect example is that Chadli goal against QPR. Also rose's goal against Hull the other week.
 
Best coming in off the left, problem is he is not defensively sound enough to protect rose. If we play a Matic type of DM alongside Nabil, he should move to the left and Lamela could move central where he is most suited.
 
The debate seems to assume that the rest of the team worked well enough for him to be in his best position.

If we press better and transition properly, we're not getting congested and have the space that our players need.

If we already have the ball and are looking at a packed defence then we need a lot more movement from our own guys to pull the other team out of their shape, but that also means we don't look to be in our best positions (like Eriksen against Chelsea, when he was great without the ball).

It's a chicken-egg problem that I don't know has a genuine "answer".
 
Two of the last three posts:

He's got to play in the middle.
He's got to play in the centre.

Nobody has a clue. Least of all his national and club managers.
 
I don't particularly care where he plays in midfield - I just want a viable alternative in the squad so that when his form drops (as it has done horribly at the end of this season), he can be benched and get a kick up the arse to push on. Hate it when a player is guaranteed a starting spot no matter how they perform - it's never a healthy thing.

Is Pritchard that guy? No way to know yet.
 


Not surprising news, but nevertheless it's good news.

Poch really needs to figure out how to properly incorporate Eriksen and let me fulfill his potential. I don't want to lose our Great Dane because Poch can't utilize him correctly.

(I think getting a more defensive minded CM like McCarthy, Imbula or Schneiderlin will be a good start in helping Eriksen thrive.)
 
I find the trouble with him is that he'll have a great game then go missing for the next few, but he's still young and there's no way I'd want to see him leave.
 
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen treats himself to a tasty soft ice in New York

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Christian Eriksen treated himself to a 99 ice-cream cone in New York before the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder returns to England for pre-season training.

The Denmark international is currently savouring his summer break with his girlfriend Sabrina Kvist Jensen after the pair enjoyed a road trip over the past week or so.

The 23-year-old midfielder has finally made it to the Big Apple after he previously snapped a photo of the pair soaking up the sun on the beach somewhere along the road to New York.

And Eriksen opted for a 99 ice-cream cone with plenty of hundreds and thousands to cool down in New York, uploading a photo of the soft ice on his Instagram page.

Eriksen wrote: “#Newyork #softice #awesomeplace #walkwalkwalk”

Eriksen has scored three goals and has made 10 assists in 38 Premier League games, featuring in each of the north London side’s top-flight matches last term.

The Denmark international has been a huge hit at the League Cup runners-up after he moved to Spurs from Ajax in an £11m deal in 2013.

Edit: credit to ArcspacE ArcspacE for earlier research
 
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