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Christian Eriksen

I'm watching MotD2 highlights of Spurs v Stoke. I noticed that Eriksen tapped the ball to Kane, to score a scuffed, deflected, lucky, wonderful freekick.
But the only way Eriksen would have known this was possible, was as he ran up to the ball, and was SURE that none of the Stoke players were going to sprint towards the ball. Which is quite rare. That little dynamo is the sort that would do this. You know... that wee fella that scored a fair bit suddenly. Welsh. Long hair. Welsh.
So perhaps each time Eriksen takes a freekick he is thinking of 12 other things and forgets to actually curl it into the top corner.
 
Dr Rosenrosen said:
"Before you start thinking the Dane is a rather strange type of football hipster who regularly watches the lower divisions, The Mail suggests Eriksen is good friends with Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin, who is close to Exeter manager Paul Tisdale.

On-loan Exeter midfielder Jack Stacey claims Eriksen joked “he’d grown up watching Exeter City as a young lad back in Denmark.”

http://www.tottenhamblog.com/2017/03/01/christian-eriksens-secret-passion-league-two-football/​
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Well that would explain it.
 
Bullet said:
I'm watching MotD2 highlights of Spurs v Stoke. I noticed that Eriksen tapped the ball to Kane, to score a scuffed, deflected, lucky, wonderful freekick.
But the only way Eriksen would have known this was possible, was as he ran up to the ball, and was SURE that none of the Stoke players were going to sprint towards the ball. Which is quite rare. That little dynamo is the sort that would do this. You know... that wee fella that scored a fair bit suddenly. Welsh. Long hair. Welsh.
So perhaps each time Eriksen takes a freekick he is thinking of 12 other things and forgets to actually curl it into the top corner.
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Think you may be on to something there @Bullet. I read somewhere that it is now over 500 days - think about that - 500 effing days dice Eriksen scored from a free kick. Please, please please can someone else have a go.

Same thing with corners. Apart from one variation against Stoke, his corners have just become irritatingly ineffective. All our players just bob up and down on the six yard box. The likelihiood of scoring from there is ridiculously small. Why don't our players start their run from the edge of the penalty area to give themselves a run at the ball? Verts, who isn't exactly bad in the air, hasn't scored for us for 2.5 years yet comes up for virtually every corner and free kick. Must be about 10 of those per game. You would think our analysts would work this out, no ?

Winks'' free kick against Everton was sublime. Someone else deserves a go here too.

While Eriksen's all round play has been excellent after a slow start, his dead ball striking and shooting remain extremely poor unfortunately.
 
Bullet said:
But the only way Eriksen would have known this was possible, was as he ran up to the ball, and was SURE that none of the Stoke players were going to sprint towards the ball.
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In that terms, he reminds about this guy

 
Pirate55 said:
Think you may be on to something there @Bullet. I read somewhere that it is now over 500 days - think about that - 500 effing days dice Eriksen scored from a free kick. Please, please please can someone else have a go.

Same thing with corners. Apart from one variation against Stoke, his corners have just become irritatingly ineffective. All our players just bob up and down on the six yard box. The likelihiood of scoring from there is ridiculously small. Why don't our players start their run from the edge of the penalty area to give themselves a run at the ball? Verts, who isn't exactly bad in the air, hasn't scored for us for 2.5 years yet comes up for virtually every corner and free kick. Must be about 10 of those per game. You would think our analysts would work this out, no ?

Winks'' free kick against Everton was sublime. Someone else deserves a go here too.

While Eriksen's all round play has been excellent after a slow start, his dead ball striking and shooting remain extremely poor unfortunately.
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right, when does someone lose the moniker of being a "free kick specialist"

and secondly, what do u do in training week in, week out, are u getting worse with more practice ?
 
Spur of the moment said:
Wasn't it just. I'm guessing it was Winksies' first ever fk in the PL? Interesting that it should instantly produce a goal. To think that if that hadn't gone in we might easily have surrendered two priceless points. :eek:
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And if my aunty had gonads she'd be my uncle. If Alli hadn't scored, perhaps our players wouldn't have been distracted and let their focus slip for the late Everton goal. I'll bet Pochettino's still fuming about that one.
 
Mr_B said:
right, when does someone lose the moniker of being a "free kick specialist"

and secondly, what do u do in training week in, week out, are u getting worse with more practice ?
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Exactly. I would say after 500 days and no success. Worse, the attempts have been so feeble, that does anyone really think he is going to score when he steps up? We have taken to betting whether it is going into the wall or over the bar. I don't remember his last meaningful shot on target, never mind a goal.
 
Pirate55 said:
Exactly. I would say after 500 days and no success. Worse, the attempts have been so feeble, that does anyone really think he is going to score when he steps up? We have taken to betting whether it is going into the wall or over the bar. I don't remember his last meaningful shot on target, never mind a goal.
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You´re right. We should give him away for free, even better, paying someone to take care of him. And leaving his place on the field un-used. A team of 10 players without Christian is surely better than than a team of 11 players with him.
 
Olle73 said:
You´re right. We should give him away for free, even better, paying someone to take care of him. And leaving his place on the field un-used. A team of 10 players without Christian is surely better than than a team of 11 players with him.
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Why stop there? I think a public execution (hung, drawn, quartered, burn the body and bury the ashes 22 yards out from goal at a beautiful angle for a talented footballer to pop it into the top left hand corner) at half time would be the proper consequence of his lack of leg-breaking tackles and tinkle poor free kicks and terrible hair.
 
Olle73 said:
You´re right. We should give him away for free, even better, paying someone to take care of him. And leaving his place on the field un-used. A team of 10 players without Christian is surely better than than a team of 11 players with him.
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What's that comment got to do with him taking free-kicks and corners?
 
90291Spur said:
As he did such a great job at the Euros that's a fantastic idea. And perhaps he can also be in the box to pick up any rebounds too.
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Couldn't give a phuck what he did for England, for us he is great at shooting from range. Infact the last long-shot free-kick we scored was him (via an Eriksen lay-off and Lampard-esque deflection!)

I reckon if you gave Harry and Eri the same number of shooting free-kicks over the course of a season, Harry would score more.
 
90291Spur said:
There are so many things that might not have happened if something else had (or had not) happened. Too many to mention.
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True, but the time added for our.

The "post-coital" relaxing of being two goals up.

Basically I think we'd have been tighter and more alert with only a one goal lead.

Anyway... Eriksen, what a player. Underrated by a few, I reckon.
 
the dza said:
Couldn't give a phuck what he did for England, for us he is great at shooting from range. Infact the last long-shot free-kick we scored was him (via an Eriksen lay-off and Lampard-esque deflection!)

I reckon if you gave Harry and Eri the same number of shooting free-kicks over the course of a season, Harry would score more.
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I think they could at least rotate them. Harry can't be any worse than Eriksen over the last 500 days!
 
Actually, there was the second attempt during a free-kick to roll it to Kane (or maybe it was someone else) which the opposition promptly snuffed out. Fool me twice...
Before Eriksen even took the free kick, I knew he was going to nudge it sideways, so the defending players in or near the wall would have anticipated it too. I like mixing it up every now and then but we need to avoid being too predictable.
 
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