I often see him playing on the left side of midfield, and it makes no sense to me. He played a lot of his career as a RM, but one of his strengths is the ability to cross early on his strong foot. So why is he often in the left channel?
Especially because as a team we already have a heavy left sided preference which has needed addressing for years
Didn’t he play more to the left and pull in centrally to take a shot on his right foot, I’m sure I remind him more to the left.
So weird. He was class yesterday in the first half. Played a key role in Sancho's goal vs Liverpool.I think he should be on the other side of the pitch. As in, not on the pitch.
There’s a bit of a Schweinsteiger feel to him, where it was fashionable to rate him at the start. But… he makes Juan Mata seem fast.
Think he’s done a lot of tidy work since he’s been here, just what we need at the minute.I think he should be on the other side of the pitch. As in, not on the pitch.
There’s a bit of a Schweinsteiger feel to him, where it was fashionable to rate him at the start. But… he makes Juan Mata seem fast.
I think he should be on the other side of the pitch. As in, not on the pitch.
There’s a bit of a Schweinsteiger feel to him, where it was fashionable to rate him at the start. But… he makes Juan Mata seem fast.
The role he has now is as a sort of "roaming" playmaker, where he sits at the base of the diamond on the side of the pitch the attack is being built from - the idea is for him to pick a pass, or a cross from that position when it gets cut back by the full back or laid back by the AMC or forward above him. In terms of his starting position though it is interesting he's left rather than right - but I noted that ETH swapped him and McTominay at some point as part of the shift to complicate their man marking system.I often see him playing on the left side of midfield, and it makes no sense to me. He played a lot of his career as a RM, but one of his strengths is the ability to cross early on his strong foot. So why is he often in the left channel?
Especially because as a team we already have a heavy left sided preference which has needed addressing for years
Obviously would love to see a proper number 8 - a Frenkie de Jong basically, who can carry the ball past players, attack the box late, AND pick the ball off the defenders and dictate pace/tempo/direction of attack. Eriksen isnt that - hes a talented footballer and we're lucky to have him in some ways because we'd be absolutely knackered if we were forced to play McFred constantly there but he was never the pick we really needed there.He is literally the only creativity the team has got, in the first 25 minutes we should have been 2 or 3 up on the chances he created alone, once Southampton realised this they shut him down immediately and the goal had to come from individual brilliance.
Speaking of which if anyone shouldn't be on the pitch it's Bruno, yeah he scored but he completely killed the performance with how much he gave it away, in particular dangerous situations too constantly in transition.
He is literally the only creativity the team has got, in the first 25 minutes we should have been 2 or 3 up on the chances he created alone, once Southampton realised this they shut him down immediately and the goal had to come from individual brilliance.
Speaking of which if anyone shouldn't be on the pitch it's Bruno, yeah he scored but he completely killed the performance with how much he gave it away with a stupid flick or no look pass, in particular dangerous situations too right after Sancho or Eriksen had done some little thing .
