Arsenal will raise Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen one Aaron Ramsey

Arsenal are told that they will be facing the best Christian Eriksen we’ve ever seen. Why? Aaron Ramsey is better

Arsenal have “been warned” by Eric Dier that his dear Danish team mate Christian Eriksen will be at his “best ever” for the North London Derby, and all because he scored a hat trick against Ireland in Denmark’s 5-1 romping to qualify for the World Cup.

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If it were that easy, Danny Welbeck would have been at his best numerous times for the Gunners following his usual England brilliance. But he was never able to translate to the club level what he did internationally.

Does this mean that Alexandre Lacazette will be at his best because he scored a brace against Germany? This is really poor logic.

Sometimes I enjoy crapping all over points made in favor of the Spurs because I just enjoy doing so. Because they are the Spurs. But this time, it’s different. I actually think Dier made a crappy point. Are we supposed to be scared? I even have Eriksen on my fantasy team (I’m not proud of that), so I’ve taken a keen interest in his doings and, sorry, he’s not at his best.

I don’t care if he scored seven goals against FIFA 18’s incarnate Icon Team. It’s different doing it at the club level and Eriksen has had some serious duds. Three goals and two assists is respectable across over 900 minutes of play. Respectable, as in not “at his best.”

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In fact, and I normally do this just to rile Spuds up, but I’m doing it this time because it is 100% true – Aaron Ramsey is better. Stats-wise, consistency-wise, he’s better. He has three goals and three assists in about 150 less minutes and he doesn’t have to go score a hat trick against Ireland to show that he is “at his best” to his team mates.

All he has to do is perform consistently at the Premier League level, which he has done all year and which Eriksen has been unable to do.

You can try to intimidate with internationals, but Arsenal fans are too smart for that. Welbeck has prepared us for that. Mesut Ozil putting up 10/10 performance for Germany and then trudging through mud for Arsenal has prepared us.

Internationals mean diddly squat. But apparently Dier didn’t get that memo.

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No, I’m not afraid of Eriksen. But I will go ahead and tell Spurs that they should be afraid of Ramsey. Because Super Rambo is back and he has no kryptonite.