His 60 minutes is far more effective than the shite we have had to put up with from our midfield dynamos last season
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Should’ve signed him years ago.
Bit sloppy in first half but lot better in second half.
Thought he was class tonight. Made us tick. Love the guy.
Did you even watch the game. He was class. Nonsense assessment.
Quality player especially on a free. It’s amazing to see him out there playing at the top level after everything he has been through. Hopefully in the summer we buy an out and out central midfielder to partner Casemiro though as we need more defensively in the middle. Can be a very effective part of the squad, play in multiple positions and add quality in depth which we lack at the moment. Plenty of game time for him still.
With Eriksen, I haven't even given one thought about Pogba until I was reminded of him today.
I agree, his first touch seemed to desert him on a number of occasions. I thought he looked tired. Strangely, he looked sharper in the second half, although I think Forest weren’t pressing as much after conceding the second goal.
Exactly!
Fair enough if you disagree! You'd be in the majority.
Just thought he was guilty of a good few sloppy bits of play (along with Casemiro, who was worse) that led to us losing control of the midfield for a lot of that first half. I thought he looked pretty fatigued.
Give him a rest on Saturday and 60 minutes next Wednesday.
First touch was all over the place and bypassed too easily on the transition but on the ball he oozes quality. Can't be emphasized enough how good of a signing he's been on a free.
Looked tired tonight.
Give him a week off please Erik
Give him a week off please Erik
Interesting as I thought the opposite. I would’ve said he was our motm first half, absolutely bossed it. But then it seems to be a common trend with him where when he gets knackered he loses his composure and starts giving away cheap passes.
Nice username btw
Poor defensively but helps us to control possession without being particularly incisive. Seems like a nice bloke which seems to make a huge difference.
He is class. Without him we look a different team. But he can’t last a full 90 and despite being by far our best option at no8, he looks like he needs a rest.
The team will be much worse without him but surely we can get a result over Reading without him? Really hope he gets a rest.
What would be really great is if we could play one of the kids in his place, next to Casemiro. Iqbal or Mainoo. We need to develop the players who can give us the same things Eriksen gives us, instead of chucking Fred or McT in there and expecting the team to look cohesive.
The team will be much worse without him but surely we can get a result over Reading without him? Really hope he gets a rest.
What would be really great is if we could play one of the kids in his place, next to Casemiro. Iqbal or Mainoo. We need to develop the players who can give us the same things Eriksen gives us, instead of chucking Fred or McT in there and expecting the team to look cohesive.
Everything we did got through him. He's class. Didnt have a drop of in 2nd half like he tends to.
I love him.
Yeah I think he had a bit if an easier time yesterday as we had two thirds of the possession (which he had a big part in of course). He drops off when he has to spend half the time chasing against good possession sides.
I keep stressing he is brilliant and vital to the team but it is a big problem that we don’t have anyone to bring in (or sub on) when he is tired - not his fault (and I want him starting most games) but we need to find a solution.
Again, I love this guy, he is key to our improved football style.
He should get a 10 day rest now, till Palace game.
Interesting as I thought the opposite. I would’ve said he was our motm first half, absolutely bossed it. But then it seems to be a common trend with him where when he gets knackered he loses his composure and starts giving away cheap passes.
Nice username btw
He tends to drop of towards the end of the first half and a little earlier in the second. Which happened last night. He was different class for the first 30-40 minutes.
Thought he was class last night and unlucky with the effort off the bar. Rest at the weekend and next midweek please.
Agreed. Really should have got him from Tottenham. Admired him for a long time but he's even better than I thought he would be for us.
Yesterday was Eriksens 10th appearance in the last five weeks. Some commentator said that he is the united player with the most games this season. Makes you think about why he looks knackered. It seems as if ETH refuses to play without him. That cannot go on forever. We need an alternative asap.
Looking knackered is his natural state, though he should get the next week off to recharge a bit
It's crazy that his heart issues were less than two years ago. Amazing stuff taken into consideration
I can see him playing v reading for a half, then hopefully rest in the semi second leg, then used for the palace / Leeds games
I can see him playing v reading for a half, then hopefully rest in the semi second leg, then used for the palace / Leeds games
Yeah, he looked knackered when he was at Spurs. He does need less playing time but we can’t make out this is a new thing
He said he wanted to come here to play football and just get on with it. He's certainly getting his fair share of minutes
Probably more than he had thought himself I'd guess.Such a classy player.
Can't even imagine how our season goes without him in midfield. Good player with great attitude.
Yeah, apart from Casemiro, I can't think of another player's loss who would make our season come off the rails quicker. At least we have backups of a good level for the likes of Rashford and the CBs.
While Fred has his uses, Eriksen is the only CM we have who can really do anything with the ball, and I feel like a lot of those odd goal wins against the lower table sides could easily have been draws or worse without him.
Yeah this is the exact reason we need a CM partner for Casa,however would also like us to pick up Tielemans/Aouar on a free in the summer
Just slot and fit in right away in EtH's system like a stretchy underwear. He's an integral part of United being feared again. We'd have far more goals if we had very good striker, with the amount of chances he and Bruno (also Case) created.
Man Utd 3:1 Reading
Going off injured is less than ideal. Hopefully just a minor knock and precaution.
fecking donkey Carroll
We should be ok without him next few matches. Hopefully precaution but it's never good to seem was surprised he played today ahead of Fred, but assuming it was because the mid week will see major changes
No idea how any ref can watch that tackle by Carroll and come to the conclusion it didn’t deserve at least a booking.
Presumably he’s rolled his ankle and they don’t want him putting weight on it until the scan just in case.
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