Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
On Saturday's evidence, if I was an attacking left sided player I would love to play against Aurier. His positioning was laughable and he constantly dives in.
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Serge Aurier
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DeleHarry
Jose Dominguez
Arnautavic is a very good left sided player and he barely had a sniff on Saturday.
His positioning was laughable? Strange observation imo. He was caught out maybe once or twice. He is playing in a new team, a new formation, in a new league. Give him a chance. I wonder what is behind you're harsh criticism. Usually you are a very fair and balanced poster.
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Both Aurier and Sanchez need to adjust how much they are diving in - they are aggressive which is good and important but both have been caught out in games on average more than any of our defenders of the last two years because of how keen they are.
Pressing is a complicated system play (either all do, or none, otherwise you will get caught out), so yes, they both have adjustment time.
I don't agree with @Finney Is Back, all our FBs run the risk of being caught too high, Davies/Trippier will get caught less because by nature they are more cautious, but both have been caught out before (that is what our 3 at back system covers for).
Again, because I believe one player is superior, doesn't mean the other is brick.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
As I was saying...
Bullet
Luka Modric
Hmm, he wasn't great today. Some good moments, some not so great, not faster than that old guy on the left wing, hooked off whilst Trippier stayed on and took over at right back in a 4.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
COSTLY SPURS FLOP AURIER HOOKED AND SHAMED IN CL SHOCKER
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
I think the bloke with the head knot was just pretty fast, to be honest. He outpaced Sissoko and Toby too, iirc.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
But got caught when offside by Sanchez who is fecking rapid
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
See my post immediately before the one you replied to. I don't doubt he is a good player and will improve as he spends more time in the team, but I thought he was poor on Saturday.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
I noticed that - and on Saturday too. Hope it is just that he is not yet fully up to speed. Otherwise, worrying - as everyone seemed to be saying before we bought him that one of his key attributes was his pace.
awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
Surely a well thrown pillow could outpace those two!
StephenH
David Ginola
My thoughts also!
I thought SG looked all over the place at times. Needs to settle and relax a bit.
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braineclipse
Willie Hall
Rightly subbed and we looked more solid after he was replaced. Right side looked in chaos at the start of the first half. Aurier repeatedly leaving his position to put pressure on their left back leaving an easy pass to their left winger in behind. With no apparent plan behind it. Perhaps that's what he's supposed to do and it was just Alderweireld not doing his job behind Aurier. But as soon as we made the change they stopped getting in behind.
Huffing and puffing going forward with no end product. 15 minutes on the right and Trippier had been involved in two goals.
Needs to improve quickly if he wants to be first choice ahead of Trippier.
Maybe, I hope so. Doesn't seem to adjust well to an opponent being a bit quicker than him though.
glasgowspur
Dimitar Berbatov
I thought the point of 3 at the back was to cover fbs getting forward.
There's plenty people on here moaning at us being to defensive, imagine the outrage if the t2bs didn't push on.
There's plenty people on here moaning at us being to defensive, imagine the outrage if the t2bs didn't push on.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
To clarify my opinion. I'm perfectly happy with him pushing on when we have the ball. Just like I have with full backs in a back 4. But he leaves the back line when we're organized, when the opponents have the ball and when we're not using a high press. Leaving simple passes in behind him.
Saw elsewhere that someone thought Alderweireld had a poor game. He was left in a lot of very difficult situations because Aurier left his position, when we didn't have the ball.
tynesidespur
Terry Yorath
This approach from Aurier probably won us the game against Dortmund. In that game we were pretty timid and sat behind the ball for long periods of the first half, turning over possession on the rare occasions we did win it back. In the 2nd half Aurier was very aggressive in leaving his position to put pressure higher up the pitch, mainly on their LB, to prevent them building higher up the pitch. This was a risky strategy but because we were organised behind him it resulted in Dortmund often surrendering possession cheaply as our DMs and CBs were on the front foot and anticipating the forward passes that came from Dortmund's LB. As a result we had a number of counter-attacks based on winning the ball higher and also had a higher % of possession. I was at the ground with a very good view high up so you could see it was a clear tactic. His boldness actively encouraged our other players to play higher up the pitch.
Aurier has adopted a similar approach in the games since with mixed results. It could be because we've got more of the ball so when we turn it over we aren't in such a structured position as we were against Dortmund.
I think Poch will use it as a tactic - he is playing as a wing back and not a full back after all so he has every right to push higher up the pitch. His recoveries need to be better and he needs to make the right choices of when to press and when to sit (as you have said).
It could well take 6-9 months of playing Poch's system before we see consistent displays from him.
I've seen plenty of positives so far though.