Matt Doherty

[daveyboy88]

A glorious bumbling chest assist when he should've headed it. He is what he is, crap. But at least he was on the right and agree, he did contribute more than Emerson.

head it? would be an easy save for the keeper unless its a seriously world class header, then chance over. he did bumble it through but at least he gets into these sort of positions and can cause havoc.

he offers something far different to emerson, might not be the prettiest but hes a presence when hes in the final third unlike emerson who does sweet fuck all.

 

[The Mercurial No.10]

Was really good today when he came on. Missed a complete sitter, but other than that he played really well. and he does a lot of those runs into the box that Conte likes his wingbacks to do.

Sitter on his left foot...yeah alright.

[email protected] the posters who would have buried that with their weaker foot of course.

 

[Shadydan]

Credit where it's due he played well, says a lot that I rather him over Emerson right now, actually says more about Emerson most probably.

 

[Cranston]

Played well today.

 

[spursmalc]

Good game but did not need to do much defending and until he can produce a good performance against a team that will dominate us like Chelsea then he is still on my leave list.

 

[Shotgunofmichalebrow]

Good game but did not need to do much defending and until he can produce a good performance against a team that will dominate us like Chelsea then he is still on my leave list.

This is the truth. Won't get that luxury against Chelsea. We need to RWB as a priority.

 

[iz futbal]

When we dont need to defend, we can get away with playing doherty.

Made a couple of decent runs in the box fucked it up both times but at least his chest control was so bad that the keeper couldnt deal with it.

Could be a decent bench option against the shit sides if we are dominating them. Better than emerson today

 

[meaningless-friendly]

I don't rate him and want him replaced ASAP but...he actually has an instinct for attack that Emerson does not have at all. And because of this, he plays better at RWB than Emerson can.

Just by knowing when to get forward and making some runs, Doherty gave Leicester some problems. Now imagine a real winger in that position...

 

[Juno]

He did well tonight. Pleased for him. He’s had a very tough time since he came here. Think he’s a decent enough lad, albeit a limited enough footballer.

 

[CerealMaterial]

Credit where it's due he played well, says a lot that I rather him over Emerson right now, actually says more about Emerson most probably.

I'd say that Doherty is a better RWB, but Emerson is by far the better RB. It just so happens that we don't really use RBs with Conte.

 

[AndriusTH]

Some of you still can't admit that Doherty made a big impact to the game, played one of the best games for us. And we didn't expect that. Thankfully he did.

Some of you will never be happy. Lets just be happy for Matt's performance, even if its temporary.

 

[Igula]

He was very good for his level today. Made some good plays and some Doherty plays. Not close to good enough or an answer but nice to see something positive out of him.

The best of our RWB options, unless we are moving Stevie B there.

 

[FWIWN17]

That was a glimpse of the wolves Doherty today. In and around the box. Hope he can turn it around.

 

[The Outsider]

30 year old back-up RWB - not sure which clubs have better - that said we need our 23 year old RB to improve or we need a 25/26 year old RB/RWB to add to the squad, with Doherty remaining a back-up or leaving.

Is Traore the answer? maybe

 

[Igula]

30 year old back-up RWB - not sure which clubs have better - that said we need our 23 year old RB to improve or we need a 25/26 year old RB/RWB to add to the squad, with Doherty remaining a back-up or leaving.

Is Traore the answer? maybe

Off the top of my head City, Chelsea, Liverpool, United, Leicester, West Ham, Brighton.

Could be others.

 

[FWIWN17]

30 year old back-up RWB - not sure which clubs have better - that said we need our 23 year old RB to improve or we need a 25/26 year old RB/RWB to add to the squad, with Doherty remaining a back-up or leaving.

Is Traore the answer? maybe

No Traore is awful. Omg can’t believe we are discussing Traore. If anyone has watched him play the last two seasons one game should be enough to realize he is a terrible football player at this level.

 

[Knobs22]

Probably his best game in a Spurs shirt. Even though he still never really looks all that comfortable on the ball. Definitely not the long term answer. Happy for him though and as much as I was annoyed seeing him come on at the half had he not We probably wouldn’t have won today.

 

[Château NoHo]

Doherty should be our 1st choice RWB at the moment IMO... perhaps using Emerson for specific matches against the top 6 where we actually need 5 defenders.

Doherty (like any player), needs a run of matches to find some form.

 

[Mampi]

Oh jeez I'm seeing glimpses of people starting to think "hang on a minute - have we got a player here in Doherty?"

Leicester made him look half decent. Fair play he got himself in the mixer near the end and through more luck than judgement, played a massive part in a goal for us.

Perhaps Conte will remind everyone of the reality of the situation by starting him against Chelsea again.

 

[Yiddy]

For me he starts vs Chelsea.