Christian Eriksen

[DeanoAustin]

Liverpool did play very poorly on the night. They constantly turned over possession and looked jittery until that late Origi goal.
We created about 3 opportunities where we were 2v2 or 3v3 against their backline and between them the players were unable to work the opening. Effectively we'd done the hard work to undo Liverpool's press and defensive structure but when it came to the crunch Son, Eriksen, Dele were unable to come up with the goods. I exclude Kane because the openings arrived because he'd drawn VVd out and created the space for the others to run into.
We actually controlled possession and tempo in the game but for me the front players were a huge let down on the night.

Yeah that’s actually a fair point. I remembers seeing 3 or 4 stills afterwards showing how we’d worked into good positions only to screw it up with a poor pass. Moura also had a very presentable chance when he came on if memory serves.

The Dippers were definitely there for the taking.

 

[Legohamster]

Liverpool did play very poorly on the night. They constantly turned over possession and looked jittery until that late Origi goal.
We created about 3 opportunities where we were 2v2 or 3v3 against their backline and between them the players were unable to work the opening. Effectively we'd done the hard work to undo Liverpool's press and defensive structure but when it came to the crunch Son, Eriksen, Dele were unable to come up with the goods. I exclude Kane because the openings arrived because he'd drawn VVd out and created the space for the others to run into.
We actually controlled possession and tempo in the game but for me the front players were a huge let down on the night.

Son was more guilty than others.

Twice he broke away free and kicked up

 

[DubaiSpur]

Well, it seems like it's all but official now.

So, ciao, Christian. And thank you - for everything you did for us for six and a half great years.

He joined us in 2013. He's leaving us in 2020. He gave us the majority of his playing career, on absolutely low wages relative to his talent and attitude, and never complained *once* - was never unprofessional, never refused to play, never shirked training or kicked up a fuss.

From first to last, over six great years (and half a middling one), he was the coolest head on the field, the most professional player one could ask for...

...and an absolute genius with and without the ball. People forget that because of the way this is ending, but in his pomp, he left almost every other attacking midfielder in the league in the dust - he was better than Ozil, better than Silva, better than Mata and Rashford and Pogba, better than Fabregas. In fact, his only equals across six long years were Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard - a fact which tells its own tale about the brilliance of the man. Assists, goals, two-footed magnificence given form and purpose by an impeccably cool Rolls Royce of a footballer.

I know folks are a bit sore about the way he's played over the past year. I absolutely am too. But, in the end, this is a guy who worked his legs off, ran the furthest every game, every season (he kept hitting the highest average distance covered in the league for three straight years between 2015 and 2018), and gave us some of the best memories we'll ever have as Spurs fans over six beautiful, transformative years.

Thanks for the good times, Christian. Best of luck at Inter.

 

[DubaiSpur]

And, as a reminder, he could have waited six months and gone for nothing, with a massive sign-on bonus - whatever pennies Levy's managed to scrounge up now are because he's willing to let us have a fee. It certainly says something about the man - it isn't even the first time he's done it, since he refused to leave Ajax on a free and said he'd keep signing one-year extensions if needed just so they could get some money for him.

And because of that, in the end, we're getting more for him now than we *paid* for him in the first place - 15m now versus 13.5 million then. We made a profit on him after six and a half years of service, because he agreed to move now.

He really doesn't deserve the crap he's been getting recently.

 

[SteveAWOL]

Liverpool did play very poorly on the night. They constantly turned over possession and looked jittery until that late Origi goal.
We created about 3 opportunities where we were 2v2 or 3v3 against their backline and between them the players were unable to work the opening. Effectively we'd done the hard work to undo Liverpool's press and defensive structure but when it came to the crunch Son, Eriksen, Dele were unable to come up with the goods. I exclude Kane because the openings arrived because he'd drawn VVd out and created the space for the others to run into.
We actually controlled possession and tempo in the game but for me the front players were a huge let down on the night.

This.

We had 8 shots on target compared to Liverpool’s 3 and had a higher xG (excluding the dubious pen) but sadly none of our attackers wore their shooting boots that evening Meanwhile, streaky Origi followed up his semi-final brace against Barcelona with only his 7th goal of the season in all competitions.

 

[glasgowspur]

Well, it seems like it's all but official now.

So, ciao, Christian. And thank you - for everything you did for us for six and a half great years.

He joined us in 2013. He's leaving us in 2020. He gave us the majority of his playing career, on absolutely low wages relative to his talent and attitude, and never complained *once* - was never unprofessional, never refused to play, never shirked training or kicked up a fuss.

From first to last, over six great years (and half a middling one), he was the coolest head on the field, the most professional player one could ask for...

...and an absolute genius with and without the ball. People forget that because of the way this is ending, but in his pomp, he left almost every other attacking midfielder in the league in the dust - he was better than Ozil, better than Silva, better than Mata and Rashford and Pogba, better than Fabregas. In fact, his only equals across six long years were Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard - a fact which tells its own tale about the brilliance of the man. Assists, goals, two-footed magnificence given form and purpose by an impeccably cool Rolls Royce of a footballer.

I know folks are a bit sore about the way he's played over the past year. I absolutely am too. But, in the end, this is a guy who worked his legs off, ran the furthest every game, every season (he kept hitting the highest average distance covered in the league for three straight years between 2015 and 2018), and gave us some of the best memories we'll ever have as Spurs fans over six beautiful, transformative years.

Thanks for the good times, Christian. Best of luck at Inter.

Sorry have to say, I don't think he's better than Silva.
No disgrace in that of course and I echo every thing else you say but can't agree on that one.

 

[Pirate55]

Well, it seems like it's all but official now.

So, ciao, Christian. And thank you - for everything you did for us for six and a half great years.

He joined us in 2013. He's leaving us in 2020. He gave us the majority of his playing career, on absolutely low wages relative to his talent and attitude, and never complained *once* - was never unprofessional, never refused to play, never shirked training or kicked up a fuss.

From first to last, over six great years (and half a middling one), he was the coolest head on the field, the most professional player one could ask for...

...and an absolute genius with and without the ball. People forget that because of the way this is ending, but in his pomp, he left almost every other attacking midfielder in the league in the dust - he was better than Ozil, better than Silva, better than Mata and Rashford and Pogba, better than Fabregas. In fact, his only equals across six long years were Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard - a fact which tells its own tale about the brilliance of the man. Assists, goals, two-footed magnificence given form and purpose by an impeccably cool Rolls Royce of a footballer.

I know folks are a bit sore about the way he's played over the past year. I absolutely am too. But, in the end, this is a guy who worked his legs off, ran the furthest every game, every season (he kept hitting the highest average distance covered in the league for three straight years between 2015 and 2018), and gave us some of the best memories we'll ever have as Spurs fans over six beautiful, transformative years.

Thanks for the good times, Christian. Best of luck at Inter.

I agree with virtually all you say, except that in the biggest of games, he failed to turn up. To be a truly world class player, one should have the capability as well as the mental fortitude to grab the key games by the scruff of the neck and turn them to our advantage. Sadly, he wasn't able to -and, for me, that will be his enduring legacy unfortunately.

And, I suspect, that is the reason why he never got his dream move to Real Madrid or Barca.

 

[awesome dawson]

Lies, damned lies and (their Premier League) statistics...

Minutes per goal (shot):
Hazard 229 (40) vs 359 (31) Eriksen

Minutes per assist:
Hazard 319 vs 277 Eriksen

2018/19 goals (assists)
Hazard 16 (15) vs 8 (12) Eriksen

2017/18
Hazard 12 (4) vs 10 (11) Eriksen

2016/17
Hazard 16 (5) vs 8 (15) Eriksen

2015/16
Hazard 4 (4) vs 6 (15) Eriksen

2014/15
Hazard 14 (10) vs 10 (2) Eriksen

2013/14
Hazard 14 (10) vs 7 (9) Eriksen

Is it possible to get any stats on how many Eriksen corners beat the first man? Less than 50% I'd hazard a guess.

 

[DeanoAustin]

Is it possible to get any stats on how many Eriksen corners beat the first man? Less than 50% I'd hazard a guess.

I read a stat here a while back that 63% of them failed to beat the first man. Not sure if it was real or not but didn't seem too unrealistic.

I'm sorry to see him go in many ways even though the last few months have been tortuous, sad and infuriating. I'm sure he's a good lad, he was great for us but right now, I'm struggling to overlook how he's played recently. But good luck to him.

 

[SteveAWOL]

I read a stat here a while back that 63% of them failed to beat the first man. Not sure if it was real or not but didn't seem too unrealistic.

I'm sorry to see him go in many ways even though the last few months have been tortuous, sad and infuriating. I'm sure he's a good lad, he was great for us but right now, I'm struggling to overlook how he's played recently. But good luck to him.

Apparently it was 66% failure rate last season, compared to 54% league average.

 

[glasgowspur]

I agree with virtually all you say, except that in the biggest of games, he failed to turn up. To be a truly world class player, one should have the capability as well as the mental fortitude to grab the key games by the scruff of the neck and turn them to our advantage. Sadly, he wasn't able to -and, for me, that will be his enduring legacy unfortunately.

And, I suspect, that is the reason why he never got his dream move to Real Madrid or Barca.

There has been a fair few that haven't turned up so it's difficult to say if it was all down to him so I give him the benefit of the doubt on that.

 

[Pirate55]

There has been a fair few that haven't turned up so it's difficult to say if it was all down to him so I give him the benefit of the doubt on that.

He was supposedly our "virtuoso" though. How may times have you heard "when Eriksen plays well, Spurs play well", and (unfortunately) more to the point, "when he disappoints, Spurs disappoint".

 

[SteveAWOL]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1221791375508869122

 

[Mosquito_Coasting]

Good to get this water under the bridge.

 

[Robbo]

Good to get this water under the bridge.

Yep, it’s been a distraction for far too long. Sad to see the end of his Spurs career, but at least he's off to another country and we get a few quid for him.

All the best, and thanks for an overall great service to the club. One of our best players in the 2010s.

 

[Legohamster]

He was supposedly our "virtuoso" though. How may times have you heard "when Eriksen plays well, Spurs play well", and (unfortunately) more to the point, "when he disappoints, Spurs disappoint".

That whole set up is ridiculous though.

Can’t expect 1 player to avoid injury/loss of form/suspensions.

 

[Pirate55]

That whole set up is ridiculous though.

Can’t expect 1 player to avoid injury/loss of form/suspensions.

And that was the fault of the previous regime in not having adequate cover for such a key position.

Ditto with Kane.

 

[Hootnow]

And that was the fault of the previous regime in not having adequate cover for such a key position.

Yeah, just like it was Poch's fault in not having an adequate backup for Kane. Some incredible revisionism going on recently regarding Poch.

Will be happy for this to finally be over. One of our best players of the decade, has given us so many incredible moments, really grown at the club and even didn't drag his feet until the summer where I'm sure he would have gotten a much bigger signing on bonus. Big shame to see a few idiots around me boo against Norwich last week, when the likes of Bale, Berbatov and Carrick are all still revered by some in our fanbase (though I personally have no problems with them).

I wish him all the best of luck at Inter, good money, lots of trophies, a nice lifestyle and I will look back on his time with us incredibly fondly. I hope the fans who've spent the last 6-12 months frothing at the mouth about him can eventually also forget this last period, where I really don't think he was much worse than most of the rest of the squad and look back happily on the memories he's given us.

Having said all of this, I appreciate football can be an emotional business. I'll be honest and say, for a couple of minutes and until VAR intervened, the CL quarter final last minute was perhaps the first time I have actively hated a Spurs player. It did disappear once we were given the offside though!

 

[parklane1]

Well, it seems like it's all but official now.

So, ciao, Christian. And thank you - for everything you did for us for six and a half great years.

He joined us in 2013. He's leaving us in 2020. He gave us the majority of his playing career, on absolutely low wages relative to his talent and attitude, and never complained *once* - was never unprofessional, never refused to play, never shirked training or kicked up a fuss.

From first to last, over six great years (and half a middling one), he was the coolest head on the field, the most professional player one could ask for...

...and an absolute genius with and without the ball. People forget that because of the way this is ending, but in his pomp, he left almost every other attacking midfielder in the league in the dust - he was better than Ozil, better than Silva, better than Mata and Rashford and Pogba, better than Fabregas. In fact, his only equals across six long years were Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard - a fact which tells its own tale about the brilliance of the man. Assists, goals, two-footed magnificence given form and purpose by an impeccably cool Rolls Royce of a footballer.

I know folks are a bit sore about the way he's played over the past year. I absolutely am too. But, in the end, this is a guy who worked his legs off, ran the furthest every game, every season (he kept hitting the highest average distance covered in the league for three straight years between 2015 and 2018), and gave us some of the best memories we'll ever have as Spurs fans over six beautiful, transformative years.

Thanks for the good times, Christian. Best of luck at Inter.

Great post mate and one i agree with fully, all i will add is thank you Eriksen for being our stand out player over the time you have been here. Good luck for the future.

 

[Hootnow]

I have to say, I felt the CL final was the end of the line for this group of players sadly. They should have won a trophy and we can point fingers at whoever we want for that but sadly for them, Poch and for us, it didn't happen. But it did feel that for that amazing core, it really was the end of an era. And so it is beginning to prove.

Eriksen leaving, Rose looking likely to follow. Verts probably not going to be here beyond May. Toby will probably be phased out in the next 18-24 months. Dembele gone, Wanyama broken, Dier potentially so too.

Let's see where the new phase, new group of players will take us. Hopefully over the finishing line.


Also wonder whether Inter will regret approaching this deal Levy style. They're involved in a tight title race against Juve and have really dropped some very important points in the last few games. Perhaps if they'd just paid up at the beginning of the window, Eriksen may have made a difference in some of those games. Coulda, woulda, shoulda....