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Steffen Freund
Nah..... surely not.
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Serge Aurier
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parklane1
Tony Galvin
It can be common problem in some players but they usually get through it, Aurier seems to be the exception.
Bullet
Colin Calderwood
First goal was a mistake from Sanchez, then a mistake from Aurier, then a mistake from Dier, then a mistake from Tanganga, then a mistake from Davies, then a mistake from Gazzaniga. Pretty impressive for all 6 of them to contribute to the rooster-up on 1 goal.
Second goal was a mistake from Tanganga, then a mistake from Sanchez, then a mistake from Aurier
Third goal was a mistake from Aurier, then a mistake from Sanchez, then a mistake from Tanganga.
A pretty 'complete' performance.
Second goal was a mistake from Tanganga, then a mistake from Sanchez, then a mistake from Aurier
Third goal was a mistake from Aurier, then a mistake from Sanchez, then a mistake from Tanganga.
A pretty 'complete' performance.
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
A searing insight from Daniel Storey in today's 'i' newspaper that makes for a somewhat uncomfortable but compelling read:
No player epitomises this Tottenham team better than Serge Aurier
The Ivorian played a part in three goals at either end of the pitch against Wolves, lurching between fantastic and the fantastically awful
By Daniel Storey
Sunday, 1st March 2020, 5:30 pm
UpdatedSunday, 1st March 2020, 5:40 pm
Serge Aurier celebrates after scoring against Wolves (Getty Images)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM -- There’s a handy way of telling where Serge Aurier is on the pitch without having to keep an eye on the game: Just listen to the crowd. If Tottenham supporters are groaning, or emit a noise of breath-held angst, Aurier is defending in his own half. If they cheer and applaud, he’s in the opponents'.
There is the odd exception, of course. Occasionally Aurier will earn a frustrated groan when pushing forward, playing a 10-yard pass to the feet of an opponent. Even less often he will be cheered for his defensive work, usually when he thumps a clearance into the stands rather than insisting on over-playing.
If there is a player more prone to lurching between the fantastic and the fantastically awful in the Premier League, Aurier might consider it his mission to usurp them. During the first half against Wolves on Sunday, the Ivorian played a part in all three goals. The overlapping run to create the opener, the inability to prevent the cross for the equaliser. The majestic curled finish, pre-empted by chopping the ball onto his left foot and foxing Ruben Vinagre.
And then the game’s defining moment: Diogo Jota escaping down the Wolves left, and Aurier unable to block his path before Jota assisted Raul Jimenez’s winner. During the five seconds in which Jota was within 10 yards of Aurier, Tottenham’s right wing-back never once ran forwards. He started the episode by backing off and ended it by jogging after a player who had ghosted past him. On the touchline, Jose Mourinho stared at the turf and slowly shook his head. It was a lamentable piece of non-defending.
Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota celebrate Wolves' winner against Tottenham (Getty Images)
This sort of player doesn’t jump out as a typical Mourinho type. The Mourinho stereotype is that he prioritises the system over the individual, and consistency over fluctuation; eight out of 10 every week rather than a smattering of 10 and sixes. Aurier can manage 10 and six in the same minute. For a manager who is so determined to control the controllables, that presents a problem.
The obvious answer is that Aurier is a make-do option in a make-do team. Tottenham’s starting XI on Sunday contained only two players who started against Liverpool in the Champions League final nine months ago to the day. Harry Kane, Jan Vertonghen, Hugo Lloris, Son Heung-min and Toby Alderweireld, five of the pillars of Maurico Pochettino’s Tottenham, were all absent from a Tottenham team for the first time in the league since August 2012. Pochettino urged for change to take Tottenham forward. By hook or by crook, change has come.
But Aurier isn't just playing in this team; he's defining it. It’s hard to know what to make of Tottenham under Mourinho, not least because they have been entirely different to what most of us expected. The arrival of everyone’s favourite Machiavellian pragmatist is supposed to provoke a surge in defensive solidity and a siege mentality, particularly at home. Mourinho’s Tottenham are scoring and conceding more goals than Pochettino’s. Their defensive fragility is extraordinary, given our expectations.
Mourinho would have us believe that this was all inevitable given the loss of Son and Kane. Last week he used a post-match press conference to wish for the end of the season and a chance to have a full preseason with a fully-fit squad. If that was intended to motivate his players through the next three months, it’s a left-field strategy that doesn't seem to have worked.
Tottenham just do not look like a typical Jose Mourinho team at the moment (Getty Images)
That deliberate miserabilism doesn’t quite stack up. Kane and Son are absent, but Tottenham should be better than this. Injuries do not fully explain the continually changing formation, the inability to thwart opponents that play either on the counter or on the front foot or the failure to maximise their spells of effective play. Spurs’ first half against Wolves was convincing; the second half was abject.
In October 2017, Pep Guardiola was criticised by Pochettino for his description of Tottenham as the “Harry Kane team”.
By March 2020, Tottenham are the Serge Aurier team. Like him, they lurch between incompetence and cohesion several times over the course of a single match. Like him, they undermine their promising characteristics with the glaring flaws. Like him, they ultimately leave you wanting an awful lot more.
Three months into Mourinho’s tenure, and the size of his task is becoming increasingly apparent. No problem has really been solved, no inherent doubt about his management emphatically retorted.
Two steps forward, two more back.
No player epitomises this Tottenham team better than Serge Aurier
The Ivorian played a part in three goals at either end of the pitch against Wolves, lurching between fantastic and the fantastically awful
By Daniel Storey
Sunday, 1st March 2020, 5:30 pm
UpdatedSunday, 1st March 2020, 5:40 pm
Serge Aurier celebrates after scoring against Wolves (Getty Images)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM -- There’s a handy way of telling where Serge Aurier is on the pitch without having to keep an eye on the game: Just listen to the crowd. If Tottenham supporters are groaning, or emit a noise of breath-held angst, Aurier is defending in his own half. If they cheer and applaud, he’s in the opponents'.
There is the odd exception, of course. Occasionally Aurier will earn a frustrated groan when pushing forward, playing a 10-yard pass to the feet of an opponent. Even less often he will be cheered for his defensive work, usually when he thumps a clearance into the stands rather than insisting on over-playing.
If there is a player more prone to lurching between the fantastic and the fantastically awful in the Premier League, Aurier might consider it his mission to usurp them. During the first half against Wolves on Sunday, the Ivorian played a part in all three goals. The overlapping run to create the opener, the inability to prevent the cross for the equaliser. The majestic curled finish, pre-empted by chopping the ball onto his left foot and foxing Ruben Vinagre.
And then the game’s defining moment: Diogo Jota escaping down the Wolves left, and Aurier unable to block his path before Jota assisted Raul Jimenez’s winner. During the five seconds in which Jota was within 10 yards of Aurier, Tottenham’s right wing-back never once ran forwards. He started the episode by backing off and ended it by jogging after a player who had ghosted past him. On the touchline, Jose Mourinho stared at the turf and slowly shook his head. It was a lamentable piece of non-defending.
Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota celebrate Wolves' winner against Tottenham (Getty Images)
This sort of player doesn’t jump out as a typical Mourinho type. The Mourinho stereotype is that he prioritises the system over the individual, and consistency over fluctuation; eight out of 10 every week rather than a smattering of 10 and sixes. Aurier can manage 10 and six in the same minute. For a manager who is so determined to control the controllables, that presents a problem.
The obvious answer is that Aurier is a make-do option in a make-do team. Tottenham’s starting XI on Sunday contained only two players who started against Liverpool in the Champions League final nine months ago to the day. Harry Kane, Jan Vertonghen, Hugo Lloris, Son Heung-min and Toby Alderweireld, five of the pillars of Maurico Pochettino’s Tottenham, were all absent from a Tottenham team for the first time in the league since August 2012. Pochettino urged for change to take Tottenham forward. By hook or by crook, change has come.
But Aurier isn't just playing in this team; he's defining it. It’s hard to know what to make of Tottenham under Mourinho, not least because they have been entirely different to what most of us expected. The arrival of everyone’s favourite Machiavellian pragmatist is supposed to provoke a surge in defensive solidity and a siege mentality, particularly at home. Mourinho’s Tottenham are scoring and conceding more goals than Pochettino’s. Their defensive fragility is extraordinary, given our expectations.
Mourinho would have us believe that this was all inevitable given the loss of Son and Kane. Last week he used a post-match press conference to wish for the end of the season and a chance to have a full preseason with a fully-fit squad. If that was intended to motivate his players through the next three months, it’s a left-field strategy that doesn't seem to have worked.
Tottenham just do not look like a typical Jose Mourinho team at the moment (Getty Images)
That deliberate miserabilism doesn’t quite stack up. Kane and Son are absent, but Tottenham should be better than this. Injuries do not fully explain the continually changing formation, the inability to thwart opponents that play either on the counter or on the front foot or the failure to maximise their spells of effective play. Spurs’ first half against Wolves was convincing; the second half was abject.
In October 2017, Pep Guardiola was criticised by Pochettino for his description of Tottenham as the “Harry Kane team”.
By March 2020, Tottenham are the Serge Aurier team. Like him, they lurch between incompetence and cohesion several times over the course of a single match. Like him, they undermine their promising characteristics with the glaring flaws. Like him, they ultimately leave you wanting an awful lot more.
Three months into Mourinho’s tenure, and the size of his task is becoming increasingly apparent. No problem has really been solved, no inherent doubt about his management emphatically retorted.
Two steps forward, two more back.
Finney Is Back
Andy Thompson
My recollection was that Sanchez had the ball, under no pressure. Tried to play a pass out to Aurier, which in standard Sanchez fashion was terribly hit, 5 or 6 yards behind Aurier and went out of play giving Wolves the throw in, from which they made only two further passes to score that goal. I think Sanchez then compounded the problem by rushing out to Jota instead of tucking in, but the first act of passing it out of play was laughably bad.
Finney Is Back
Andy Thompson
For the second goal you also shouldn't ignore Winks ridiculous single man press right up into Wolves' half of the pitch instead of being well positioned somewhere around the acres of space that Traore had drifted into centrally to receive the ball. We must be the only team in the PL where an opponent can receive the ball in a central area in our own half without a single one of our players within ten yards of him. For that goal Bergwjin had also completely ignored Doherty's run forward so that Doherty could be free to create the 2 on 1 with Jiminez against Dier.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
You’re talking about the earlier phase of play. Honestly can’t remember that or see that in the highlights to comment. Wouldn’t surprise me though as we know Sanchez is poor at passing
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Bingo
Brain dead player at times
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Here are some photos from that goal
And yes winks did press... because they had a free kick and no one pressing
Before hand Traore had acres of space anyway (could blame the midfield or a CB for that)
And once Traore gets it there are more than enough players to deal with it
If winks didn’t press there was a free run into our half and danger area so IMO he did the right thing. It’s reasonable to expect the players with you to do their jobs too
The reality is the defenders didn’t do their jobs when rushing and jumping in out of defence. That’s so common with our team
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Finney Is Back
Andy Thompson
Photo 1. Winks needs to see that Davies is isolated against two players and that Traore is in acres of space and try to get in there to cover it. Mourinho can’t hurt us much from his own half if he doesn’t have that easy ball on.
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko sorry for training together amid lockdown; Tottenham duo to make NHS donation
Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko have issued a joint apology after the Tottenham pair flouted government guidelines to train together.
Tottenham spoke to the two players after Aurier posted a series of now-deleted videos featuring himself and Spurs team-mate Sissoko on social media training together.
In the videos, Aurier (wearing a protective face mask) and Sissoko were doing shuttle runs and also sitting together - a breach of government guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic, which state you can only exercise outdoors on your own or with members of the same household.
Just over a fortnight ago, Spurs manager Jose Mourinho was forced to admit he was wrong to organise an impromptu one-on-one training session with Tanguy Ndombele in Barnet.
The Portuguese stopped short of apologising but admitted his "actions were not in line with government protocol."
On the same day, Ryan Sessegnon and Davinson Sanchez were filmed running side-by-side in the same area, while Aurier posted a video of himself jogging with a friend.
At the time, Spurs said they would remind their players of social distancing guidelines - but on Tuesday, video posted by Aurier showed another breach of protocol.
A Spurs spokesman said on Tuesday afternoon that the club would be speaking to the pair - and the duo swiftly released a public apology, while also announcing that they will be making a "financial donation" to the NHS.
Their statement read: “We recognise that as professional footballers we have a responsibility to be role models, particularly during this uncertain period that everyone around the world is facing.
"We wish to apologise for not setting the right example here. We must all respect the government advice to minimise the number of lives lost during this pandemic.
"We cannot thank NHS staff enough for their tireless work at this time and we shall both be making a financial donation to show our support for their efforts.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...ockdown-nhs-donation-tottenham-a4420411.html?
How thick can you get? 1) Break the guidelines you have already been reminded about after you broke them the first time and posted a video; 2) Break the guidelines again and post videos again.
Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko have issued a joint apology after the Tottenham pair flouted government guidelines to train together.
Tottenham spoke to the two players after Aurier posted a series of now-deleted videos featuring himself and Spurs team-mate Sissoko on social media training together.
In the videos, Aurier (wearing a protective face mask) and Sissoko were doing shuttle runs and also sitting together - a breach of government guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic, which state you can only exercise outdoors on your own or with members of the same household.
Just over a fortnight ago, Spurs manager Jose Mourinho was forced to admit he was wrong to organise an impromptu one-on-one training session with Tanguy Ndombele in Barnet.
The Portuguese stopped short of apologising but admitted his "actions were not in line with government protocol."
On the same day, Ryan Sessegnon and Davinson Sanchez were filmed running side-by-side in the same area, while Aurier posted a video of himself jogging with a friend.
At the time, Spurs said they would remind their players of social distancing guidelines - but on Tuesday, video posted by Aurier showed another breach of protocol.
A Spurs spokesman said on Tuesday afternoon that the club would be speaking to the pair - and the duo swiftly released a public apology, while also announcing that they will be making a "financial donation" to the NHS.
Their statement read: “We recognise that as professional footballers we have a responsibility to be role models, particularly during this uncertain period that everyone around the world is facing.
"We wish to apologise for not setting the right example here. We must all respect the government advice to minimise the number of lives lost during this pandemic.
"We cannot thank NHS staff enough for their tireless work at this time and we shall both be making a financial donation to show our support for their efforts.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...ockdown-nhs-donation-tottenham-a4420411.html?
How thick can you get? 1) Break the guidelines you have already been reminded about after you broke them the first time and posted a video; 2) Break the guidelines again and post videos again.
nayenezgani
Jimmy Neighbour
He's a fudging simpleton, that much is very clear.
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
Posting a video again looks more like a deliberate two fingers to the club, the fans, the NHS, all of us.
DeanoAustin
Rafael Van Der Vaart
It's either that or both of them are too stupid to stop and think "Maybe going out together isn't a good idea after what's happened and posting it on social media is surely a bad idea". If it's the latter, both of them really are even dumber than they look on the pitch.
It absolutely beggars belief when you stop and think about it.
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
No matter what it is, they need to be gone.
From a community point of view they are a disgrace.
From PR, those are not the values we should be showing.
From football point of view - if they are that stupid they cannot follow basic instructions that literally everyone is having to follow, then how can they cope with tactics?
Don't let the door hit you on the way out both.
DeanoAustin
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Agree with the sentiment but it's very hard to ostracise this pair of clowns when the manager was out doing the same thing a couple of weeks ago and never even apologised for it.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Maybe the manager could go too and we could get in some Argentinian manager who has never won a trophy?
parklane1
Tony Galvin
A lot of footballers are from my experience.