Conte’s system demands hard work and grit, he doesn’t have that. He did when he was younger and could move with the ball but his pace has gone and there’s just no spark to him anymore when you watch him. His decline was very apparent towards the end of his time at Spurs too.
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Azza
Player Valuation: £80m
He'll fit in well with our slugs then.
Fedlingen
Player Valuation: £20m
He hasn't been that bad per se, but has obviously not hit the level he did for Spurs or Denmark.
He was a part of some games where the entirety of the Inter team failed to perform, and to me seemed to be the scapegoat for the performances. Has also appeared as a sub in some games, failing to make a bigger impact than the players he replaced.
Honestly think it comes down to Conte not rating him, and him not settling in Italy.
I've spent way too long replying to posts on this today seeing as it was just a throwaway remark that i thought was agreeing with someone but they then disagreed with but again... that isn't the point. The point is that he is our third choice. Whether he earns more or less than Olsen is completely irrelevant. The sole reason for me mentioning it was to point out how unnecessary it was to pay him so much to not even make the usual matchday squad. He has been third choice behind Olsen and behind Stekelenburg, he has not played a single minute of football for us and was evidently deemed to be so inadequate that he wasn't even capable of making Pickford concentrate properly. We are paying him £30k a week to do absolutely nothing, it's been a bad signing. That's all that was being said. As it happens, extensive research has shown that a couple of other teams have also made bad decisions regarding goalkeepers. Who knew.
And you think the rest of the team can carry both Eriksen and James who can't defend?
If the choices are him, Davies, Gomes or Gylfi, I'd choose Eriksen in a heartbeat.
Azza
Player Valuation: £80m
Not this again! James defends!!!
Well yeah sure, if we were playing in a universe where those were the only 4 midfielders?
Fedlingen
Player Valuation: £20m
Feel this is a bit misleading, in Eriksens' case it's very much from where you ask him to defend. When playing attacking midfielder for the Danish national team, his work rate is sublime and doesn't shy away from tackles or tracking back and presses well, but when playing deeper as he's done in Italy he looks really out of position.
Doubt there's anything in it but Eriksen would be another signing that pushes us further into that 'can't just finish 8th and say Rome wasn't built in a day' category. Commit that sort of money on players in that bracket and you need it to pay off in the short term, no excuses.
Haha, they'd be the 4 to choose from should we sign him; with Allan and Doucoure behind him, would be a boss midfield that.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
People turning there noses up at likes of Eriksen, Zaha & Alli when man has to watch Tom Davies and Gyfi Siggurdsson getting games for us lol
Absolutely baffling.
Egil Olsen
Player Valuation: £8m
Well, Hareide, who thinks Eriksen is a fantastic player, also says that Eriksen is dependent on having a free role. If we are to sign Eriksen, we must have a system that compensates for his weaknesses. Personally, I think Ancelotti and Eriksen will be a perfect match.
On the other hand, Ancelotti will have a challenge with having both JR and Eriksen on the same team. Both are creative playmakers, but are not very mobile and like to get the ball on their feet.
None of them are very fond of running after the ball, and working hard defensively. Allan and AD can compensate defensively, but we need someone forward in the field who can give some dynamism, otherwise we become very static.
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