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2022-23 Performances

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6.0 Season Average Rating
Appearances
44
Goals
2
Assists
10
Yellow cards
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The slow motion sky played of our goal was superb to watch. The volleyed pass from the throw, the in and out movement to make space for the return, the control and the way he glanced around him to see who was near him then a quick look into the box then a perfect curled delivery. Was like poetry in motion
 
The assist was sublime. The showed it from a low angle and it looked even more impressive. Great vision there. What i loved the most was how casually he hit the ball. Like playing short passes with his son in the backyard. We need another player in that position, though, and we need him fast.
 
Djemba-Djemba said:
Brilliant assist but unusually sloppy from him generally.
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Maybe not a top drawer performance, but I thought he showed class throughout, as per usual.

And to think I doubted this deal. He's been absolutely brilliant. Makes everyone around him better. Like Casemiro.
 
That cross was ridiculous. What a ball.

Thought he was good first half but poor by his standards in the second.
 
Bastian said:
Maybe not a top drawer performance, but I thought he showed class throughout, as per usual.

And to think I doubted this deal. He's been absolutely brilliant. Makes everyone around him better. Like Casemiro.
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He just wasn't his usual excellent self, and I think he tired 2nd half.

He wasn't awful or anything and like you said he still had moments of class. His cross for the goal was absolutely brilliant. Beckham in his prime would have been proud of that, perfect.
 
Hell of a footballer, if he had more intelligent players with legs around him he'd be more effective at just sitting in and controlling the play. His legs seem to give out mid second half.

The vision and pass for the goal was sublime.
 
Oranges038 said:
Hell of a footballer, if he had more intelligent players with legs around him he'd be more effective at just sitting in and controlling the play. His legs seem to give out mid second half.

The vision and pass for the goal was sublime.
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He should be coming off as soon as possible in the second half in games where we are comfortable and a couple of goals up to save some energy. I think ETH will need to find some deep playmaker CM after he gets a good striker in the future.
 
The United said:
He should be coming off as soon as possible in the second half in games where we are comfortable and a couple of goals up to save some energy. I think ETH will need to find some deep playmaker CM after he gets a good striker in the future.
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Yeah, it's not ideal and having to take him off for Fred or McT is asking for trouble in tight games like today.

Definitely need another midfielder like him to take over. Ideally you'd like to think that he would eventually become the player who comes in for the last 20/30 mins to control the play and see a game out.
 
He can make excellent passes but lacks the dynamism needed for a CM.

Will be interesting to see how he plays in the No.10 role next game if EtH decides to use him there.
 
Djemba-Djemba said:
He just wasn't his usual excellent self, and I think he tired 2nd half.

He wasn't awful or anything and like you said he still had moments of class. His cross for the goal was absolutely brilliant. Beckham in his prime would have been proud of that, perfect.
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Yeah, I think our poor playing out from the back, the slow tempo, the labouring to get quick passing moves together on the right side or through the middle (we did OK a few times down the left) did our midfield few favours. The front line was pretty nothing bar 2-3 instances from Rashford and Bruno was pretty poor I thought. When there is little quality ahead of him it's a big ask (for Eriksen) and when the ball circulation at the back is nowhere near what it was in the last couple of league matches it also does tell. He always tires in the 2nd half, but when the team are using the ball well, with good tempo and movement it's less of a situation.
 
He deserves to play in midfield 3, it's a waste to make him do so much dirty stuff off the ball.

His passing was a bit off today, but still created a few nice openings. Nothing to be worried about.
Running him into the ground on the other hand..
 
El Jefe said:
He can make excellent passes but lacks the dynamism needed for a CM.

Will be interesting to see how he plays in the No.10 role next game if EtH decides to use him there.
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No Bruno vs Villa so there's a chance for Eriksen to start in number 10 role with Casemiro and Fred (?) behind him.
 
Provided the crucial assist, but looked like a midfielder who’s on the cusp of burning out. I don’t know when it will be possible, but he needs a few games off.
 
Superb footballer but I’m getting increasingly concerned about his overall fitness.

We’re going to burn him out and cripple him at this rate, we can’t be this reliant on him. We can’t play without him but the more we use him the bigger the risk.

Fred and McT have improved under ETH but they simply don’t offer what Eriksen does.
 
Last year we had no brain on the pitch. This year we have a brain. That’s what he brings to the pitch. Along with Casemiro, he brings lots of sanity to our play
 
Best case scenario is that our front 4 becomes more effective. Eriksen is usually among our best on the field in the first half and if we where more clinical we could be up by 2 or 3 goals by the time he gets tired.
Ten Hag is almost forced to run him into the ground because we dont have anyone else in midfield intelligent enough to break the opposition with passes like that from deep.
Villa will be a very interesting game. Sancho or VDB for Bruno and I am certain we will be much better at finding the perfect final pass.
 
Great player. Lacking a bit physically and it tells second half
 
Not sure if you can call him exhausted.

He runs a lot but simply gets called tired often because of his look and age.

Seems used in lazy ways often, but in reality he’s one that actually runs a lot / covers much ground when looking at stats.
 
He's asked to do too much defensively. We should be looking for a setup in which he can get more freedom and see more ball in advanced areas. He looked tired, would make sense to have him and Fred in front of Casemiro. I can imagine with Fred energy levels, this would reduce the defensive workload for Eriksen 20-30% and maybe we can have him playing top level full game. He can still drop deep to build up from the back.
Very interesting how we play against Villa.
 
Cutch said:
The slow motion sky played of our goal was superb to watch. The volleyed pass from the throw, the in and out movement to make space for the return, the control and the way he glanced around him to see who was near him then a quick look into the box then a perfect curled delivery. Was like poetry in motion
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The amount he scanned in a split second was amazing to see.
 
Not a great game yesterday by his standards.
He's still so important to ten Hags midfield.

That cross on the half volley to set up Rashford was delicious.
 
Not a fan of his central midfield game tbh. Class player and gets on the ball, but never seems to be involved enough.
 
He and Bruno will have occasional blinders where they won't be effective. We just need better bench options to handle that period so that these guys can recharge and come back again. A deep midfielder is a priority next summer.
 
That assist was a thing of beauty. Not many in our team of capable of that kind of precision, and it followed a nice bit of play as well.

I thought his overall game was average. But he was not alone in this, the whole team lost control in the second half. I don't think that many of the forwards and midfields came out with a great performance. Maybe just Rashford.
 
Would like to see him in a midfield 3 along side Casemiro and Fred next game. I reckon it would probably be our most stable midfield and it would give Eriksen the benefit of concentrating solely on being creative.
 
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Assist against West Ham aside, he’s been quietly not good for a few matches now.
 
As I said, he’s our best midfielder after Casemiro by default. He’s not bad or anything, but he’s just not that good. Especially with Fernandes in the side too, both very much fulfil similar roles.
 
I was under the impression he was great at set pieces.

I've never seen him hit a decent corner in once. It barely ever beats first man.
 
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