Player Watch: Kieran Trippier

[DEFchenkOE]

Another player to leave us and win a big trophy..

 

[tooey]

Always stuck up for Trippier whilst he was here, same with Walker, most people said that they were both easily replaced. They weren't.

 

[thelak]

Always stuck up for Trippier whilst he was here, same with Walker, most people said that they were both easily replaced. They weren't.

you don’t rate Doherty then?

 

[13VanDerBale13]

SpUrSy

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Yeah first englishman since Beckham to win the La Liga title. Quality full back who really thrives at a strong defensive side like A Madrid. I think his problem at Spurs was being expected to bomb forward all the time like Walker which often left him out of position.

Huh? Trippier was known as one of the most attacking fullbacks in the league.

He had a very poor season in his last year here, something he himself admitted several times. Confidence was shot.

We were far too hasty to sell unfortunately.

 

[Shadydan]

Huh? Trippier was known as one of the most attacking fullbacks in the league.

He had a very poor season in his last year here, something he himself admitted several times. Confidence was shot.

We were far too hasty to sell unfortunately.

How do you think he would have fared if he stayed here seeing as we've been pretty shit and inconsistent ourselves in that time...not much better most probably.

I think it was his time to move on, like Eriksen - his time here was done, it happens - well done to him.

 

[Tucker]

I’d have happily kept him, thought the stick he got was over the top. But we did get good money for him, just a shame we didn’t really replace him or Walker with the quality required. I like Aurier, but he does make a lot of mistakes.

 

[JCRD]

89th player to have won a cup since we won.

That's why Kane wants to leave

 

[C0YS]

I’d have happily kept him, thought the stick he got was over the top. But we did get good money for him, just a shame we didn’t really replace him or Walker with the quality required. I like Aurier, but he does make a lot of mistakes.

I don't think we did get good money from him, he's probably worth double what we sold him for. It's not that he's gone to Atletico Madrid and done well, he's gone to Atletico Madrid and is one of their most important players, and by many is considered the best fullback in the league.

I think he had a poor season, his confidence was shot but he was also playing through injury, the season before he was actually quite good, just not as good as Walker was, so I think a lot of the stick was also in part because he was, ultimately, a step down from probably the best RB spurs have had in my lifetime. 20m was far too little for me, keep in mind, Atletico probably wouldn't have won the title without him, sounds over the top but he's been that crucial. I think the rumour is Mourinho agreed.

His real value at the time was 30m-40m, 20m reflected his bad form, but not his overall ability as a player. people were saying that about Skinriar the other season, that 40m for a player out of form and not playing was too much, and maybe that's true, but Inter understood the value of the player they had beyond a seasons worth of form, no surprise he came good this season. We need to sometimes take that approach to players as well.

I'm happy for him though, and I think Atletico have improved him as a player, he does suit the league more, and his partnership with Llorente is outstanding, but I think we would have benefited from keeping him, particularly as Aurier hasn't been our best RB the last few seasons, but our only real choice there. Players have bad seasons and fans tend to be very absolute in their judgment of players, and I think changing environment has undoubtedly helped him.

 

[C0YS]

Yeah first englishman since Beckham to win the La Liga title. Quality full back who really thrives at a strong defensive side like A Madrid. I think his problem at Spurs was being expected to bomb forward all the time like Walker which often left him out of position.

tbf he is a very attacking player for Atletico, and the combination of Trippier, Llorente and Suarez is what has won atletico the title. I think he was overly exposed here, and Atletico teams, essentially play with 3 (or at times 4) proper combative central midfield like players, and he has clearly improved defensively. But his importance to Atletico is definitely as an attacking outlet and with 6 assists in 28 games only Gaya has assisted more from fullback with 7 in 33 (great player btw) and that's not including his general contribution.

The trade mark move is Trippier playing one of those clever inside passes to Llorente and Llorente finding normally Suarez for the goal, and that's the thing about trippier, it's not just his crossing, he's fantastic at threading a ball into those little pockets and we've seen it here as well. It was always defensive issues and inconsistencies that hurt him here, but he was always a supremely talented player. If he had a little bit more pace he'd have been a Beckham like winger.

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

Good on him. It was totally correct for him to leave when he did- he was totally shot, and as I recall no one really bemoaned his transfer at the time. If he’d have stayed with us he’d have been like Dier is now and we’d all be screaming for him to go. Great example to our gang of mediocre underachievers- move on and you too can be successful.

 

[TheBlueRooster]

Same story.

I remember the Brighton home game at the end of 2018/19 when Eriksen got a late winner. Guy sat behind me slagging Trippier non-stop the whole match 'not fit to wear the shirt/ get out of my club' etc. Funny to think Trippier's now 25% of the meanest defence in Europe - 5 goals conceded in 13 matches - with four assists and top of the Spanish league. Seemed like a strange transfer to me at the time but Simeone must have seen something we mostly didn't.

And cheating scumbag betting companies? Cry me a river.

I think that whole season was the worst in recent history domestically. Yes I know how it nearly ended. A lot of players never got out of the starting blocks after the World Cup. Tripper seemed to be everyone's scapegoat. I liked him and was sad to see him leave.

 

[mumfordspur]

Well done KT
You alluded to problems behind the scenes when you left Spurs.
Tell us more.

 

[ernie78]

Huh? Trippier was known as one of the most attacking fullbacks in the league.

He had a very poor season in his last year here, something he himself admitted several times. Confidence was shot.

We were far too hasty to sell unfortunately.

Every one of our players who featured for England that summer came back poor. Some still haven’t improved

 

[DiVaio]

I don't think we did get good money from him, he's probably worth double what we sold him for. It's not that he's gone to Atletico Madrid and done well, he's gone to Atletico Madrid and is one of their most important players, and by many is considered the best fullback in the league.

20m after completely shit season is definitely good money.

 

[C0YS]

I think that whole season was the worst in recent history domestically. Yes I know how it nearly ended. A lot of players never got out of the starting blocks after the World Cup. Tripper seemed to be everyone's scapegoat. I liked him and was sad to see him leave.

This revisionism, we started that season on an incredible run, and trips didn't even start too badly. We were still within a shot of the title at around Christmas, and in 90% of season, we would have been. In the 10th of Feb we had 20 wins in 26 games. or 60 points and were set for 88 points, in most seasons that would win you the title.

What happened is a mass loss of form after Feb. The reasons why are debatable but could be attributed to a massive injury crisis which had us play the likes of Danny Rose and Wanayama in CM with Lucas at CF, it could also be attributed to the shift of focus on the CL or it could be attributed to being in a position where the title was basically lost but we had basically already qualified to the CL. It might also just be that the whole project run out of steam.

But the idea that we never got out of the starting blocks, or it was a tough season domestically is just not true, in fact the opposite is true, we started very strongly, uncharacteristically for Poch, where we normally started fairly slowly before really picking up around Christmas. We finished the season domestically very poorly, but I feel at the time most people were not particularly worried, because CL was basically guaranteed and the context, in fact before the 2019-2020 season fans were full of optimism, thinking a title push was not out of reach. Maybe the poor end of season form was a sign not taken seriously.

 

[C0YS]

20m after completely shit season is definitely good money.

Honestly, at the time 20m barely buys you a top championship talent, Sessegnon cost us 30m guys, Wimmer cost stoke 18m, Mason cost Hull 18m. Trippier is probably one of the greatest signings in Atletico history, and from their perspective, they robbed us. And I think retrospectively that's true. A poor season it was, but that way of viewing players is a recipe to be fucked. You need to recognise value beyond just form and considering the quality he's shown, we definitely could have got more I think.

Rumours are that Mourinho was baffled by the transfer fee too, and I know part of it is spin, but it definitely looks like a mistake from the outside.

 

[Zippy1980]

Honestly, at the time 20m barely buys you a top championship talent, Sessegnon cost us 30m guys, Wimmer cost stoke 18m, Mason cost Hull 18m. Trippier is probably one of the greatest signings in Atletico history, and from their perspective, they robbed us. And I think retrospectively that's true. A poor season it was, but that way of viewing players is a recipe to be fucked. You need to recognise value beyond just form and considering the quality he's shown, we definitely could have got more I think.

Rumours are that Mourinho was baffled by the transfer fee too, and I know part of it is spin, but it definitely looks like a mistake from the outside.

‘One of the greatest signings in Athletico history’? Settle down

 

[popstar7]

English players his age rarely go abroad. Got a lot of respect for him for testing himself as a player and as a person like that. He could have dropped down a level in the PL and seen out his career. Reckon he must be pretty fucking pleased with his choices tonight.

 

[Mate]

Well done Trips, great achievement