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What you basically are saying is that you know better than Pochettino when it comes to playing KPW and buying players, in this case a new RB. Why don't you give Pochettino a call and explain to him that he was wrong in buying Aurier instead of giving KWP a chance as 2nd choice RB.
In case you did not know it, young players are easier affacted negatively from mistakes than experienced players. Yes, I am aware of Aurier's rash and hash tackles but...can you guarantee that KWP would not have made any mistakes at all had he playes instead?
Again, it is not something I am claiming, but proven for decades in top sport: qualtiy players pushes each others to get the best out of each others and thus get better. And it helps motivation to be pushed.
Trippier has certainly upped his game this season. I am not claiming that is necessarily because of the arrival of Aurier but a fiercer competition for the RB cerataily won't harm him.
I personally think this is a myth. All players are effected by mistakes.
Alli, kane, eriksen, Bentaleb, mason, Carroll all made mistakes early on in their careers and came through ok whilst playing for us. Where as many experienced players like fazio, chirches, Bentley, bent, Paulinho, soldado where clearly had their confidence damaged beyond repair early on playing badly for us.
I think it’s more to do with mentality regardless of age