You can mark my post. Eriksen isn't coming to play as 10.
Christian Eriksen | Signs for Manchester United
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I think he'll play deeper than people think. Technically strong midfielders tend to do that with age. On his fitness, let's see. Maybe he hasn't got the ruggedness to play high intensity every week, maybe he does.
I would never do that. First of all I am not the kind to dig dirt especially about decent posters and secondly your argument is far from outrageous, its not like you're saying that Eriksen will be playing in goal. However I beg to differ on that. Eriksen's main issue with Inter was that he didn't run enough. Conte did try to play him in a deeper role and it failed. Some might say that he failed as a no 10 there too which is fair enough. However the problem with that was that the reason he failed was that he simply didn't work hard enough.
Now no one runs the players to the ground as Conte does, not even ETH. Having said that, ETH does expect his midfield base to press hard and Eriksen doesn't have that in his locker anymore. VDB on the other hand once clocked 10km in 70 mins against Leipzig which makes him ideal for the deeper role. I believe that Eriksen will provide a less direct and a more technical/mature style to Bruno as no 10. I also hope that we don't try playing him in different roles. That didn't help him at Inter at all.
Let's wait and see. He won't be playing as 10 and Donny won't be playing deep. Donny would be the backup to Bruno or no 10.
I'm guessing you haven't actually seen him play much, because despite Eriksen technical skills he's a very hard working player. Usually amongst the top runners in a match.
And he's more of an 8 than a 10.
So how many more weeks before we sign a free agent?
I watched him regularly in the serie A under Conte. But please do not trust me. Trust former Inter manager Orrico
https://www.fcinter1908.it/ultimora/orrico-barella-eriksen
" Eriksen? È un acquisto sbagliato perché chi l'ha preso doveva sapere che con Conte se non corri non giochi. Questo non corre più, passeggia per il campo. I centrocampisti di Conte sono tutti dinamici".
Eriksen. It was the wrong signing because whoever knows Conte know that if a player does not run then he doesn't play. This guy (Eriksen) doesn't run anymore. He walks on the pitch. Conte's CM have to run.
I suspect that this guy do watch Inter far more regularly then both of us combined.
Veteran sport journalist Mario Sconcerti commented
" Christian Eriksen bocciato? Sì, e Conte non fa nulla per nasconderlo. L’ha sempre utilizzato da titolare in partite di seconda fascia. Lo considera un attaccante che non segna e una mezzala che non corre. "
Eriksen had failed and Conte had done nothing to hide that fact. He had only utilized him in minor games. He considers him as a forward that doesn't score or as a mezzala that doesn't run
https://www.inter-news.it/mondo-inter/sconcerti-conte-inter-problemi-eriksen-bocciato-marotta/
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Then you should know it's not because of a lack of engine his Inter stint weren't the greatest.
More likely Contes system and Eriksen were a bad match, cause he can most certainly plays a an 8 in the midfield, but Conte is pretty strickt and rigid and not all siuts that.
Under Ten Hag we will se a different Eriksen.
This is longest medical ever. It reminds me on movie "The right stuff" (about Usa space program)
Well don't trust me but trust people who know Inter far more then I do like their former manager Orrico
https://www.fcinter1908.it/ultimora/orrico-barella-eriksen
" Eriksen? È un acquisto sbagliato perché chi l'ha preso doveva sapere che con Conte se non corri non giochi. Questo non corre più, passeggia per il campo. I centrocampisti di Conte sono tutti dinamici".
Eriksen. It was the wrong signing because whoever knows Conte know that if a player does not run then he doesn't play. This guy (Eriksen) doesn't run anymore. He walks on the pitch. Conte's CM have to run.
Veteran sport journalist Mario Sconcerti commented
" Christian Eriksen bocciato? Sì, e Conte non fa nulla per nasconderlo. L’ha sempre utilizzato da titolare in partite di seconda fascia. Lo considera un attaccante che non segna e una mezzala che non corre. "
Eriksen had failed and Conte had done nothing to hide that fact. He had only utilized him in minor games. He considers him as a forward that doesn't score or as a mezzala that doesn't run
https://www.inter-news.it/mondo-inter/sconcerti-conte-inter-problemi-eriksen-bocciato-marotta/
Mourinho seem to agree with that assessment as well
"Gli manca cattiveria. È preziosissimo nelle situazioni in cui la squadra deve congelare il pallone, sa muovere molto bene la sfera e con lui in campo la manovra è più fluida. Però gli manca cattiveria”."
He lacks grit. He's very good at moving forward with the ball and the team is more fluid with him around. However he lacks grit
https://www.fanpage.it/sport/calcio...ho-spiega-perche-ha-venduto-eriksen-allinter/
I stick to what I said
I also said
" Now no one runs the players to the ground as Conte does, not even ETH. Having said that, ETH does expect his midfield base to press hard and Eriksen doesn't have that in his locker anymore". That doesn't mean he's finished. Actually I can see him give Bruno a run for his money.
Thanks for those quotes - where do you predict he'll play for us? Will be be limited to a backup role (5 subs etc.)? Or do you expect him to start something like RW?
Will be number 24 I reckon.
I guess we just will have to see, guessing we all want him succed all the same.
Just from my viewing of him playing for Brentford and the national team, the he still very much got 'it', all the passing, the running and the glue he can provide to a team.
Still stand on him no longer being a 10, but I naturally have no idea om where Ten Hag will use him if/when we sign him.
I think he will mainly be used in 2 positions, first and foremost as a CM next to De Jong against teams we are expected to dominate posesition against and secondary as a wide playmaker similar to the role Tadic has played the last couple of seasons. He could of course also cover the #10 position in case of injuries but I think ETH will perfer Bruno and Van De Beek ahead of Eriksen in that position.
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He'd be absolutely insane to do that
It's an unnecessary signing.
I have nothing against him as a human being, but I just don't think he has the engine to be implemented successfully in a EtH team. The only way that I could possibly see it working is if Ten Hag gives Eriksen license to put the brakes on.
Eriksen has a pacemaker. If the EtH training and match play is as intense as we're all lead to believe, and Eriksen goes at it full pelt, we might as well have an ambulance a part of our entourage.
It's strange that Ten Hag would be interested in him. Even at the peak of his powers, Eriksen wasn't exactly an energizer bunny.
I'd pull out of the deal and leave him to going back to Brentford.
I have nothing against him as a human being, but I just don't think he has the engine to be implemented successfully in a EtH team. The only way that I could possibly see it working is if Ten Hag gives Eriksen license to put the brakes on.
Eriksen has a pacemaker. If the EtH training and match play is as intense as we're all lead to believe, and Eriksen goes at it full pelt, we might as well have an ambulance a part of our entourage.
It's strange that Ten Hag would be interested in him. Even at the peak of his powers, Eriksen wasn't exactly an energizer bunny.
I'd pull out of the deal and leave him to going back to Brentford.
Well thank Christ you have no influence on the decision
That's fair enough and TBH it might be the case that Eriksen's performance was impacted by his condition who was then ratified by the time he moved to Brentford. There again I am no doctor. As you said we have to wait and see. For the record I think he'll be a good signing for us.
Why? If I'm not mistaken Ten Hag has always wanted his most offensive midfielder to be more of a second striker than a creator. He prefers the type of players who are able to make forward runs and create space for the striker more then someone who drops down to be more of a creator like Eriksen.
I think he'll slot as Bruno's cover/competitor. However he'll be very different to Bruno whom these days play as a shadow striker. He'd play deeper, occasionally switching roles with the no 8 and he'd bring much needed calmness, technique, top quality long range passing and maturity as opposed to the Portuguese explosiveness. However I wouldn't disregard what the likes of @GreatDane @bond19821982 @amolbhatia50k said. All of whom came with valid arguments themselves
The reality is that ETH loves a fluid system were players constantly switch roles. Timber (RB, CB), Martinez (CB, DM, LB), Blind (LB, CB, DM) and Alvarez (CB, DM) are classic examples of that.
You know who thinks he'll work in a Ten Hag system? Ten Hag.... we'll see who knows more soon.
I think he’s backup at 8 and 10 and a very good backup. I can also see him instantly being McT replacement in yesterdays lineup. It gives us flexibility to play 4-3-3 etc
I think given Fred's role yesterday, it'll be really hard to displace his workrate from the squad. FdJ, Bruno, Fred is a pretty hardworking midfield three.
I really don't see him on the flanks either - So far EtH seems to want one winger to keep the width and the other to act as an inside forward. Sancho and Rashford were doing that yesterday.
I think you're right and that he's being brought in as a different sort of #10 to Bruno.
much needed quality to our backup players
We are really short of depth
We are really short of depth
If anyone thinks he’s coming in for the bench you must be mad.
Quality player who can operate in a number of different positions
Quality player who can operate in a number of different positions
I agree. The situation we're in is way too urgent to be signing players that the manager sees as back-ups. Hence why so many people rightly assume Telles will be shipped out so Malacia can properly challenge Shaw for his place.
He's not unnecessary if you think of him as a replacement for Pogba, because he's effectively replacing the creativity that we lose with that departure. Pogba didn't play every game and was often injured, so effectively we're getting rid of a supremely talented but inconsistent, injury prone player who brought a circus, with a slightly less talented player who may not play every game due to his heart condition, on much lower wages and less drama. On its own it sounds unnecessary, but in the context of Pogba leaving its actually a very low-risk, high reward move.
I also feel that anyone who says he won't be able to keep up the pace with matches didn't watch him at Brentford. And you're wrong that in his prime Eriksen wasn't a hard-working player, he played for Poch's Spurs where there was a very high intensity.
Rubbish. He covered as big a distance as any midfielder in the country in his prime Spurs days. Not that it would matter as much if our game was more possession based and/or Eriksen played as a 10.
He used Tadic as a wide playmaker on the left wing for the most part of the 2 previous seasons so I think we could see Eriksen getting some playing time there if he joins.
Pretty confident he'll be a regular starter and an integral part of the team
Why hasn't he signed yet?
Anyone else getting Di Maria vibes here?
Anyone else getting Di Maria vibes here?
Our MIB team hasn't reached London on their European trip. After enjoying views in Spain, they are in Netherlands.
When they reach there, this will happen.
Christ. What we don't need is a replacement for Pogba.
I don't know. It just strikes me as a bit of odd signing. Everyone keeps dissing Serie A for being played at a zimmerframe rate, but don't allow players to play with heart defects for a reason.
Well, for all intents and purposes, Neymar survived in a Poch team...
Hey. I hope I'm wrong. I hope Erikson is as integral to United as Cantona was and he ends the season having a hand in 30+ goals this season.
They won't find him there. He's chilling in Middelfart.
No idea, did think it was down to the thorough medical but now not so sure it is
Jaysus, what's he doing in the Netherlands? He should be resting up at home in Denmark.
He's not one for the whores is he? Not with the heart condition and all.
The longer this goes the more red flags there are... walk away!
Eriksen is not in Netherlands, our Men in Black duo are. Not sure if they have a heart
If the medical is 10 marathons in 10 days, it seems a bit excessive.
Raw dogging whores no doubt, when they should be in Denmark sealing deals.
Clownshow!
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