I’ve praised him for his three good performances for us, Madrid was one of those games, though I’d argue that it was how we deployed him was more to do with it, we exploited the space behind Marcelo as he was playing so high. To be specific Trips was played through, his ability dint get him in behind Madrid but the ball for him to get on the end of, as I’ve said he can’t take on a player, he has NEVER taken on a player he doesn’t have the quality to do so, which given his position is more than a worry. The other couple of games he played well in it was the same thing, we played him in behind.
As for his defending against Madrid, he didn’t have to do much, as we pushed him up high to best get him behind Marcelo. Seeing as you say he was so good at defending in this game how about giving some examples of it, I can’t recall any, would like you to list some specifics of these amazing defending skills he did in this game.
I mentioned his stats for last year because this is what Trippier lovers always quote but don’t know the context they came about. I mentioned his PL assist sats this year, why the sarcasm? Again, two of these were throw-ins.
I’m not comparing Trips tackling against Aurier’s. It’s the biggest thing that Aurier has to adjust to his game, needs to stay on his feet and not sell himself so freely. Because Aurier is struggling in this department doesn’t mean Trips is good, he’s simply not.
Is Aurier fast? I don’t think he is, I thought he was when we signed him, but that was bassed largely off Youtube clips but having seen him I’m not convinced he’s all that pacey, certainly not in the realms of Rose and Walker but for sure he’s quicker than Trips, but a snail would give Tripps a good race.
I’d also argue the reason for your backwards passing stats are twofold, Aurier plays higher up the pitch than Trips (given his ability to beat a man), a forward pass would mean a goal kick as he’s one of the furthest forward. Trips however is banging in aimless early, long balls into the box (hardly ever finding a Spurs player).
Now my turn for sarcastic dig, get your head out of Stato Christmas annual and look at how we play, use your eyes and back that up with stats. Stats are just numbers and without context a number it shall remain. My eyes tell me that Aurier is a far, far superior player and that we look a far better outfit when he plays and Trips doesn’t.
Aurier has lots to work on with his game but all the ingredients are there, Trips lacks many of the raw ingredients.
