Paid Members air_raid Posted June 6 Paid Members Posted June 6 10 hours ago, SuperBacon said: He's not, but he was absolutely superb during the run in, and I know its a silly stat, but he was top of the league with passes/crosses into dangerous areas, so if we can find someone that can actually get on the end of them, that'd be great. He's much better going forward, but his defending really picked up (hey look! Proper coaching DOES help!!!) He's also our starting right back, with barely any back up, and has played approximately 4000 games over the last 4 years, so to sell him would be mental. Especially in a deal for a player we don't need in a position we're not that desperate for. I dunno, maybe it’s grudge for grudges sake but that strop he threw in the Palace game really stayed with me, wasn’t the leadership you want from your senior players in a relegation fight. Quote
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted June 7 Posted June 7 I love Christian Eriksen but I hope this makes him think twice. Relax and put your feet up fella, you've had a great career but dont risk your long term health https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czrxgd2nljno Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 7 Paid Members Posted June 7 12 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said: I love Christian Eriksen but I hope this makes him think twice. Relax and put your feet up fella, you've had a great career but dont risk your long term health https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czrxgd2nljno If doctors have given him the all-clear to play then what's the problem here? Quote
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted June 7 Posted June 7 2nd time he's collapsed now, can't be good for his family watching on and seeing this happen. Quote
RedTwoster Posted June 7 Posted June 7 On 6/5/2026 at 12:11 PM, SuperBacon said: There you go @RedTwoster Hearts are to sign Malachi Fagan-Walcott. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0r2r8lgp5wo He was highly rated at Spurs, but never broke through at the first team level, and a seven figure sum from York is a fairly hefty sum. Hopefully he does well. A seven figure sum for Hearts is significant in itself. They’ve hit far more than they’ve missed with recent signings, and to spend that much they must see a lot in him. Here’s hoping they’re right. If they have that kind of money to play around with, I can’t help but feel a bit more optimistic about next season. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 7 Paid Members Posted June 7 2 hours ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said: 2nd time he's collapsed now, can't be good for his family watching on and seeing this happen. How do you know he's doing this against their wishes? He has access to the best doctors money can buy. He'll make a decision based on what they say. Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 The ICD device did its job and he walked off the pitch. Should wait for whatever the doctors say first. Not surprised the king of doom broke the news. Probably watching the Denmark game with a scythe in one hand. Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 I agree with Scythes R Us here, Ericsson should pack it in now. If everything is hunky-dory why are they abandoning the match? Yes he walked off the pitch but enough should be enough. When you've had two pretty big warnings like that that should be the end of it. Quote
Paid Members Statto Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 Yeah I have to say I agree. Whilst it's never nice to see a sportsperson not be able to end their career on their own terms through any kind of injury/illness/condition, after the second incident it seems quite clear there's a greater risk of it happening again. With this being 'only' a friendly between two teams who've not qualified for the World Cup there's little sporting impact to the resulting abandonment of the fixture, but it could've been something crucial that has to be rearranged, having loads of knock-on effects for countless other people. Not to mention the emotional wringer for family/teammates/fans etc. Maybe sounds harsh but with all that (plus the fact he's probably only got a few more years left at best and has made his money...) it strikes me as kinda selfish for him to carry on with that knowledge, honestly. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 I agree that he probably should be careful now and take these attacks as warnings to not push any further; modern professional sports already place competitions' bodies under a lot of strain even without problems like Eriksen's. Wouldn't say it was necessarily selfish, though. He knows he doesn't have much longer left in a career that is short as it is, and maybe his brushes with death have left him with fears that his condition means he could go at any time (heaven forbid), so perhaps he wants to make sure he gets in maximum earnings to ensure his family's OK, just in case the worst happens and he ends up leaving them sooner, even in retirement. He probably also knows he won't be able to go into a stressful job like management after his playing career, so I can see how it might make sense to him to carry on as long as he can. I hope he doesn't, though. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 Kieron Dyer being 47 is baffling to me. New Southend gaffer. Be interesting to see. He's definitely put the work in, getting himself up the coaching ladder. Quote
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 Tony. Mowbray is back at the Rovers. Hopefully he'll help turn them into at the very least a consistent mid table side. Quote
Paid Members mim731 Posted June 8 Paid Members Posted June 8 2 hours ago, tiger_rick said: Kieron Dyer being 47 is baffling to me. New Southend gaffer. Be interesting to see. He's definitely put the work in, getting himself up the coaching ladder. Random aside, but I went to university with his cousin while he was playing at Newcastle. She maintained he was a massive twat. Always amused me for some reason. Quote
Cousin Jim Bob Posted June 8 Posted June 8 2 hours ago, mim731 said: Random aside, but I went to university with his cousin while he was playing at Newcastle. She maintained he was a massive twat. Always amused me for some reason. To add to the knowing cousins of famous footballers during further education, I was friends with Robbie Fowlers cousin in college and he despised Robbie. He hated people even finding out his surname, because people would ask if they were related. Most of the time he would just deny they were and would never talk about him to his mates. He only ever chatted to me about once, and that was to call him a total fucking wanker who was hated by most of his relations. Famous footballers in being massive dickheads shocker, I guess. Quote
Tamura Posted June 9 Posted June 9 13 hours ago, Carbomb said: so perhaps he wants to make sure he gets in maximum earnings to ensure his family's OK, just in case the worst happens and he ends up leaving them sooner, even in retirement. Obviously I'm not aware of what kind of lifestyle his wife and two kids are used to, but I am aware of what salary he was on. For the three years he was at Man Utd he was on £7,800,000 a year. Obviously 45% of that is lost in income tax, and he has an agent to pay and suchlike. But prior to Man Utd he'd been playing senior football at the top level for 12 years, so you'd think he'd have earned a few quid over the years too (I really can't be bothered to find out his salary over the course of his career, but let's agree it's reasonably high?). And he's still currently on a reported gross salary of €3.5 million at Wolfsburg. So all in all, unless his family are accustomed to eating Salt Bae's Golden Tomahawk steak every meal you'd have to think they aren't going to be poor if Erikssen decided to retire now especially as you'd hope he might have made some long-term financial plans after his first health scare surely? Quote
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