Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen has asked for “patience” over the clubs poor start to the season and has expressed his support for Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas.
“We have a good manager,’’ said Eriksen. “He’s really young (36). If you sit him next to Brad (Friedel, 42), then he’s really young. He seems like he really wants us to play offensive football, doing our thing. Unluckily it hasn’t been what he wished for.
“We created a lot of chances and unluckily we didn’t score. We wouldn’t have this conversation, and the fans wouldn’t, if we’d scored all our chances. When the players understand what he wants it will get better and better. It is about patience.’’
Spurs face Man United this weekend and Erikson will be watching on due to an ankle injury sustained during International duty. This is a set back for Tottenham as Erikson is their key playmaker.
Villas-Boas has a tough job rebuilding the team after losing Gareth Bale and acquiring seven players.
“It’s always difficult (bedding in new players),’’ said Eriksen, who arrived at White Hart Lane this summer for £11 million from Ajax.
“I know how it is to try to build a team. At Ajax, every season we lost three players. The coach had to build up a new team. In the beginning there were ups and downs, ups and downs but in the end we came out on top.’
Erikson still believes spurs have a shot at the title. “Everybody can win the league this year. If you win a game you are No 2, if you lose you are No 9. It is really close. It’s fun.
“With seven players it takes time. I have to be at my best every day in training to show I’m good enough to begin games because we have so many good players.
“I’ve had an OK beginning. I’m new. I’m just trying to find my way. The bond between the players is really good. I don’t think anybody dislikes anybody. They seem like nice guys, the ones from Spain, Brazil, England. I don’t think anybody has any difficulty being here.
“I think he (AVB) has the personality to blend the team. I don’t know him that much. I’m just trying to adapt to his ideas and what my ideas are. It is just finding the way to connect and do the things that he really likes, that he wants me to do. He seems like a good coach to me. But everyone has different ideas.’
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