He was played further forward until Rose went off to stop Robertson bombing forward & it pretty much worked. Mind you the best cross he put in was when he was playing FB, can't win them all I suppose.
Player Watch: Serge Aurier
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He was played further forward until Rose went off to stop Robertson bombing forward & it pretty much worked. Mind you the best cross he put in was when he was playing FB, can't win them all I suppose.
Tell them we'll swap him for Dybala, well you can always try.
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He can compared to Walker but lets not have the facts get in the way of a good moan. So much rose tinted hindsight with Walker. He was a good player, but my abiding memories are of fuck all end product going forward and blistering recovery pace to nullify attacks which he was usually the cause of.
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I don´t agree that Aurier crosses the ball well. He has some sensationally good crosses occasionally, no denying that, but on average his crossing is very average in my opinion.
Why that is I don´t know. He clearly has it in his locker to hit good crosses.
For me that is the biggest issue with Aurier. Being poor defensively is acceptable if you contribute a lot going forward. And you don´t need to be Arnold-good going forward, but you certainly have to me better than average to justify all the stuff he does and doesn´t do defensively.
Why that is I don´t know. He clearly has it in his locker to hit good crosses.
For me that is the biggest issue with Aurier. Being poor defensively is acceptable if you contribute a lot going forward. And you don´t need to be Arnold-good going forward, but you certainly have to me better than average to justify all the stuff he does and doesn´t do defensively.
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Ah if that’s the case who will be our RB then? Could stick JT in there to help him mature. He is rapid enough and could do a good soldi defensive job there.
Potentially - although I would agree it causes a problem and why it would prob only happen if we could get someone like Max Aaron’s in to replace immediately. That’s if Jose rates him that highly as well! (As in highly enough to start)
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There's always Tanganga who played well at the weekend. Seemed to play all across the back line.
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Let him and foyth try out for that inside fullback role and play Sess
One of the best right backs in the league in my view so there...
Not perfect but one of the best
Lucky to have him in our side
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Spurrific
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Not all of us, just the ones who decided they didn't like him before he even put the shirt on. The flat-cap donning, Donnay socks and Lonsdale gilet wearing gammons who read into his "attitude" and have the notion of him being a wild nut-case with no brain or positional sense etched into their gravy-fueled brains. Those who moan about him being "out of position" on Saturday with a total lack of understanding that he wasn't playing right back for most of the game. Basically those who encapsulate everything that's wrong with the Spurs fan-base and why fans of every other club can't stand us.
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This is so true, I've heard a few of that ilk make comments about him starting with his first season.
Clearly I don't rate Aurier, but I don't disagree with much in those tweets. A bit of a straw man kind of thing for me though.
Dribbles. Aurier is positioned one on one more than any other Spurs player under Mourinho. Our style down the right is built around Aurier being isolated against the opposition's full back. I would argue the opposition is perfectly OK with that happening. Even if Aurier isn't slow he can't just run passed players so he has to try to dribble. Obviously he will succeed at times.
The same with assists. Ben Davies had 6 assists one year for us. Would anyone argue he is a very good attacking full back?
Aurier got some good things going for him. He clearly has a fairly sensational engine. He plays all games, but even if he is a bit lazy tracking back at times he runs up and down that flank every single game without looking gassed. He has had his injury problems, but he seems immune to those "niggles" players usually get when they play as much as him. He is very strong. Decent close control. And he is tough (which leads to that recklessness at times). I can see why we bought him. And hopefully now someone else will buy him.
Dribbles. Aurier is positioned one on one more than any other Spurs player under Mourinho. Our style down the right is built around Aurier being isolated against the opposition's full back. I would argue the opposition is perfectly OK with that happening. Even if Aurier isn't slow he can't just run passed players so he has to try to dribble. Obviously he will succeed at times.
The same with assists. Ben Davies had 6 assists one year for us. Would anyone argue he is a very good attacking full back?
Aurier got some good things going for him. He clearly has a fairly sensational engine. He plays all games, but even if he is a bit lazy tracking back at times he runs up and down that flank every single game without looking gassed. He has had his injury problems, but he seems immune to those "niggles" players usually get when they play as much as him. He is very strong. Decent close control. And he is tough (which leads to that recklessness at times). I can see why we bought him. And hopefully now someone else will buy him.
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Why was he closing down TAA (Liverpool's right back) half the time? His positional sense is atrocious, do not try and defend that.
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His positional sense isn't atrocious, our dimwit fans' understanding of positioning is just fucking awful because 99% of you have never actually kicked a ball or played a competitive game in your lives. He was playing as a right midfielder essentially on Saturday, tasked with pinning Robertson back, he wasn't tracking Trent back half the time - that's just more agenda-driven nonsense with no foundation in reality.
Trent did switch sides with Robertson at one point though, if that's what's confusing you.
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If he wasn't meant to be doing that I'm sure Mourinho would have been going nuts at him.
