Fair enough.
Not sure there is anyone who has said Eriksen has been 'shit' for the duration of his time with us. If there are I suggest you disengage as they are clearly not football fans or have partners who Eriksen has dissed!
Look my point is quite clear. I don't think Eriksen has been as good as he has been. Dispute away if you wish.
I don't think he dictates or dominates in big games and I think the better, conmitted and free from distraction midfielders/players do that. For us and Eriksen, read United and Pogba. Their respective clubs fear their loss for the talent they have and yet both are disrespecting their fans. The managers of both clubs should do what's right but I get the dilemma.
Eriksen is quality but he will leave a dirty stain at this rate.
I think it's a spurious comparison, Eriksen has never been a problem for any manager, he's not a player that comes with any baggage or is a big noise in the dressing room. The only real commonality is that both want to move to Real Madrid. But Eriksen's given good service to this club, consistently for several years.
At his best, Eriksen has always been more of a quiet conductor than loud dictator, but even when he's not at his best, he's never been a lazy player, and has consistently done the things he does.
For the last 2/3 years we have been allowed to deteriorate to the point where last last season we ended up with no discernible midfield, a pair of ageing and unsettled CB's, problems with FB's, a star CF out injured for long spells again and a head coach that was losing his grip. Nobody shone last season because the team was totally disfunctional. The one constant was Eriksen, who still did Eriksen things, but contributed even more to the midfield as well, averaging more passes than all our other regular CM's - but still managing to hit 20 goals/assists for yet another season.
That's not to say he's ever been a "top tier" player. He hasn't. But he has been bloody consistent.
He was stupid to say what he did, because it made every problem about "him not wanting to be here" to the fans/media, despite that not always being the problem. Despite the fact that he's spent what will turn out to be more than half his peak professional career with us.
I hope he goes asap now, because the constant narrative is tedious and I think with the right tactical approach and better use of resources at his (the head coach - whoever that may be) disposal we can evolve into something different but good.