Christian Eriksen

[CafeCordoba]

It was a promising display, IMO he was one of our best players. He needs to keep going, absolutely needs a start against Genoa. To get the confidence higher so he's ready for Shahktar. Eriksen was able to get to shooting spot twice and third time was close. He rarely lost the ball when he got it, unlike Barella for instance.

 

[Glass box]

Promising. Should've stayed on, bringing in Brozo brought nothing.

 

[brakbrak]

Bare minimum on whats expected from him when he plays. Hopefully conte doesn't bench him again and God forbid he gets covid.

 

[K.I.]

Like i said nothing out of the ordinary but he was the best player, active all over the pitch passing, dribbling shooting, getting into spaces etc. Thats what happens when a talented playmaker plays in that position.

 

[thatdude]

I disagree with the sentiment that the 1 in our formation has no use . I actually think today he found the space well between the lines. It may just be that we were playing a Bundesliga team and not a Serie A team. I hope we give him a run in the side so we can actually see how the team adapts to having a true AM in the team with more reps.

 

[Universe]

It was a promising display, IMO he was one of our best players. He needs to keep going, absolutely needs a start against Genoa. To get the confidence higher so he's ready for Shahktar. Eriksen was able to get to shooting spot twice and third time was close. He rarely lost the ball when he got it, unlike Barella for instance.

100%.. but just you know he's getting benched vs Genoa and will come on late in the 2nd half when we're a goal down.

 

[n4l]

I disagree with the sentiment that the 1 in our formation has no use . I actually think today he found the space well between the lines. It may just be that we were playing a Bundesliga team and not a Serie A team. I hope we give him a run in the side so we can actually see how the team adapts to having a true AM in the team with more reps.

The "1" is not a vital part of the build up play at all. They pick up scraps. They are not part of the play to move the ball forward. First half he ran a lot but was barely involved in most plays because the aim is for the deeper midfielders and WBs to play the ball to lukaku's feet.

All of his "best" work today occurred where? In the middle or in wider areas? I'll answer.....wider areas. Particularly in the 2nd half, wide right.

 

[I'mNewHere]

Doesn't take much for people to praise this guy, literally created nothing like always.

 

[Alex de Large]

Fucking Conte for sub him when he was playing much better than usual. And a defensive sub for Brozo, instead of sub Vidal

 

[Rimpel]

Yeah, didn't do much unfortunately, looks afraid to play a risky pass which is not a good sign for a player of his kind. Clearly lacking confidence which is not surprising considering Conte obviously does not value him.

 

[brehme1989]

Yeah, didn't do much unfortunately, looks afraid to play a risky pass which is not a good sign for a player of his kind. Clearly lacking confidence which is not surprising considering Conte obviously does not value him.

What risky pass? You know when an attacking midfielder plays a risky pass? When the striker fucking makes a good run. Who made a good run from our side last night? Sanchez was coming deeper to collect the ball and Lukaku was just standing about flailing his arms as he always does. When Lautaro entered, he tried some runs but they were mostly used as decoys as we were fixated on playing our patented style of giving the ball to Lukaku and waiting for him to manage to pass it to the right back or the right sided midfielder...

Eriksen was our best player last night, there wasn't anyone close to him as it'd be Vidal who managed to screw it up eventually.

 

[Adriano@10]

Doesn't take much for people to praise this guy, literally created nothing like always.

Still our best midfielder yesterday, even though that was easy.

 

[Rimpel]

I saw Lukaku make a few runs, not sure what you're on about. I'm not saying Eriksen was bad, like I said, nothing special but I don't even blame him considering he almost never plays. This is a decent starting point, hopefully Conte will let him play more.

And I thought Lukaku was better than him last night, how fucked would we be without his two goals, hm?

 

[CafeCordoba]

You can get best out of Eriksen when you have other players moving. Just like brehme said. The so called "creativity", "magic", whatever you wanna call it we expect from trequartista type of players is not that they just pull a rabbit out of the hat passes. These days top football has so good structures in defence (even kolarovs and dumbos) that trequartista alone cannot do anything. He needs other players' movement to do the passes. Our players do not do this movement.

Why I'm praising Eriksen is that he got involved in the game more than before, he got to a good shooting position twice and generally was there to be a secure player when you pass the ball to him. Something Barella has been unable to be recently. That's not even expected from Barella, but it's a notion that Eriksen is quite ball-secure player and it's a good asset to have on the pitch. Eriksen's magic is just non-existent at the moment because our players do not make movements to take use of that magic.

 

[brehme1989]

Using the greatest creative passer I've ever seen, who is also a Dane, here is a small video of what great passing looks like:

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Now imagine that the receiving player was flailing his arms and demanding the ball at his feet, isolated between 2-3 defenders instead of making the run, yet the ball still went there. What's the result? Some "trash" player giving the ball to the opposition that the fans would grow to hate.

Passing creativity is always expressed by the recipient. A great pass can become great only if someone sees where he has to go to complete it, otherwise there's a fine line between 'poor pass', 'pass to nowhere', 'wasting possession' and 'good try, but try better next time'.

Lautaro is decent here but he prefers to get the ball at his feet. Lukaku on the other hand is inexcusable as he has the strength and pace to take advantage of such creative players, like Eriksen and Sanchez, but instead he hides between defenders and then wants the ball at his feet, which he isn't really great at. Conte has convinced him to play with his back to goal whether he's at the kick off spot or inside the box and Lukaku has become fixated with the idea that he must receive the ball in that manner and has no clue of where to position himself when we attack and is super lazy when we recycle possession, straying in offside land expecting a parallel pass for an easy goal while not occupying a defender. An attacking midfielder cannot work with such a player and he is our focal point under Conte. Instead, a player like this can benefit from focusing the game on the wing, which is also why he probably has more touches than Eriksen.

Our setup is not made for Eriksen, it is made for Lukaku. And he is incompatible with a player like Eriksen because he seems too stubborn to commit to Conte's plan, not because he's not able to. If he was told to run into space, both of them would benefit, as would Inter.

 

[rfU]

Our setup is not made for Eriksen, it is made for Lukaku. And he is incompatible with a player like Eriksen because he seems too stubborn to commit to Conte's plan, not because he's not able to. If he was told to run into space, both of them would benefit, as would Inter.

I agree, too much of this:

and this...

and not enough of this...

However, given our goal tally last season it is effective, but I would like for to us vary our offense a bit, keep the opposition defense guessing as much as possible.

 

[Batman]

It is dependent on the opponent’s defense though, but I agree I feel Conte doesn’t look like trying to do something different or new and it’s annoying.

 

[Universe]

The "1" is not a vital part of the build up play at all. They pick up scraps. They are not part of the play to move the ball forward. First half he ran a lot but was barely involved in most plays because the aim is for the deeper midfielders and WBs to play the ball to lukaku's feet.

All of his "best" work today occurred where? In the middle or in wider areas? I'll answer.....wider areas. Particularly in the 2nd half, wide right.

Agreed. Eriksen was much better when he settled into the game. Once he did so, he was comfortable and able to receive the ball and move it around while roaming and drifting from wider positions. This may have even been one of his best performances for this club from a "fulfilling the role" perspective.

If he sits in the hole, he's going to be nullified and without options. That fucking shitter Lukaku just stands there complaining about not being passed to instead of actually making runs like a non-spastic.

 

[Javier'sSon]

fellow colleague who works in procurement who Uni obviously hates: excuse me Uni, you dropped this

Uni: oh thanks and why is Lukaku a c grade cunt who doesn't make runs for his c grade teammates?

colleague: umm i don't follow soccer

*Uni's thoughts* of course u dont fuckin procurement shitter

 

[Cómi]

I agree, too much of this:

and this...

and not enough of this...

However, given our goal tally last season it is effective, but I would like for to us vary our offense a bit, keep the opposition defense guessing as much as possible.

What nonsense, look where the defenders are in those photos! Do you expect Lukaku to make a run up into the fucking stands? He was facing our side because the defenders dropped deep and didn't give him space.

Lukaku on the other hand is inexcusable as he has the strength and pace to take advantage of such creative players, like Eriksen and Sanchez, but instead he hides between defenders and then wants the ball at his feet, which he isn't really great at. Conte has convinced him to play with his back to goal whether he's at the kick off spot or inside the box and Lukaku has become fixated with the idea that he must receive the ball in that manner and has no clue of where to position himself when we attack and is super lazy when we recycle possession, straying in offside land expecting a parallel pass for an easy goal while not occupying a defender. An attacking midfielder cannot work with such a player and he is our focal point under Conte. Instead, a player like this can benefit from focusing the game on the wing, which is also why he probably has more touches than Eriksen.

Our setup is not made for Eriksen, it is made for Lukaku. And he is incompatible with a player like Eriksen because he seems too stubborn to commit to Conte's plan, not because he's not able to. If he was told to run into space, both of them would benefit, as would Inter.

I'm not sure this is a fair expectation. Lukaku is too big to turn quickly and probe the defense like that. When defense is so deep and marking is so tight a smaller striker is better. And he did participate in quite a few plays on the right side of the center midfield, but that was not useful because the defense dropped faster than our other players could advance. When you say he should play on the wing, do are you expecting him to play on the wing in a very advanced position, with opponents center defenders in their box?