going to try to keep my posts shorter itt but here's my two øre on Eriksen: Anybody who doesn't put Eriksen in spurs best 11 is a lunatic. He's a calm creative matchwinner who can press. He has vision & technique & is a superb finisher when he has daylight. He's one of the only spurs who can deal with a parked bus. He makes his own time on the ball, he's constantly bailing out Dier, Rose, Chadli, others when they put him in insane no-win situations that he casually turns into a positive.
His game isn't naturally downhill and other than the occasional
sweet meg he doesn't cruise by people 1v1, which is fine, not his game. Imo what stands between eriksen and the tiptop level is that his personality is almost never dialed to DESTROY for 90 minutes (or even for the 75 min that he's been getting lately before mysteriously coming off, which is why I've been wondering about secret injuries); the dude def has a way of floating into the wallpaper for an hour at a time. Lots of reasons for this, not all bad (e.g. structural reasons, like say Dier who disappears primarily when his good shape reroutes attacks), and lately Eriksen
has been playing deeper and less scorepointy by design. For me Eriksen is neither slumping nor thriving, he's having a typical Eriksen year--much wow, some yawn, and clearly indispensable. I think the way he uses space ultimately pairs better with Son than Lamela, but Son's been hurt and I think Poch has done the right thing by giving Lamela a lot of leash this year, who continues to be an asset despite being more one-footed than captain ****ing ahab
RE Leicester: imo spurs didn't dominate the game last week, they dominated possession but did dick with it and it was clear for the whole second half that the last 15 minutes were headed towards a **** show. Credit to Leicester--sure they're running hot but they've been in spots all year where they can settle for good draws but they consistently let it ride and here we are. Compare to United, who are similarly running hotter than the big bang but are somehow less watchable than The Big Bang Theory, which is a boring ****ing show. United are ridiculous this year, anybody wants to bet on mun v spurs straight up final point total then bring it
Last edited by Empire Man; 01-22-2016 at 04:39 PM.