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Ex-Spurs Player Matt Doherty
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The bizarre thing as ever is that Doherty, Royal and Spence are still trying to prove they have what we/Conte needs and yet in terms of delivery we recently had Trippier.
In that regard and even more than the Olympian that Walker has been, we had the primary right wing back.
Only us I swear.
In that regard and even more than the Olympian that Walker has been, we had the primary right wing back.
Only us I swear.
Trippier's had 2 clubs since then and we've had 4 managers since Poch decided to freeze him out....
Move on.
It was a reference mate. Not a cry for a return to Trippoer.
Points taken but deary me.
We need him to come in and hit the ground running. Did well yesterday. One thing though, playing him and Perisic willl make us pretty slow out wide. Something for Conte to think about.
With 3 in the middle you can probably compensate for that(*)..... 343 not so much.
(*For similar reasons I think we could accommodate Kulu at RWB in that formation..... Or Spence despite his defensive game not being up to scratch yet.)
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Isn't it Wednesday thatwe're playing next?
Yeh, think you might be right actually.
Phew, thought I needed to change my plans lol
For a first start in 6 months he did well. Made good forward movements early on and made a match-saving tackle at the end.
Hopefully he can do enough to keep Emerson on the bench post-suspension.
Hopefully he can do enough to keep Emerson on the bench post-suspension.
Oh my god. There are enough of Gooner vultures around.
Maybe bit less melting from own fans would be nice?
Conte NEVER said something like "I do not start Doherty because he is so bad we would lose games" - trigger-happy fans could imagine such things with filling gaps in their own heads, but it was not what was said.
Direct quote is - "Also Doherty last season played every game. Now I’m not seeing him in the right way to start the game.
I'm not stupid, I don't want to lose. I try to put the best team, to pick the best team."
One can also interpret it that he pointed out that he trusts Doherty as he picked him into starting XI consistently last season, and right now because of his physical situation (being out with injury for number of months!) he is not in the right condition to start games just yet.
Both are possible INTERPRETATIONS from what was said. I do not think we should take either of those interpretations and pretend it was something Conte clearly said. Neither was that.
During the international break Doherty started both games for Ireland, he was subbed in against Woolwich and now he started against Brighton. So I am even bit optimistic that he is on his way to be fully back. And it is just what it is - optimism and belief. Not projecting it to Conte and his words.
P.S what a decisive block it was in the end! I was actually generally pleased with his defensive contribution. His positioning at times was even better than Royals. I am thinking of some crosses that he cleared / headed further from our goal for example.
Can't actually believe people read it like that...actually I can - people seem to read into anything these day depending where their agenda lies.
I also feel that in these days there are lot of "alternative facts" going around. And it somehow tunes us to "fill the gap in our heads".
Very few can actually take things at face value without adding their own bits to it.
Sign of the times.
He certainly did say it. Maybe that's not what he meant, second language and all that, but he said it.
You even went to the trouble of quoting it for us.
Calling fellow Spurs fans "gooner vultures" for discussing something the manager actually said is out of order.
Anyway, Doherty was pretty good against Brighton, hope he gets a run in the team.
Context matters, he said it but it was obvious what he meant - he was talking about his fitness and him not being 100%, not that he wasn't good enough.
You have to ask yourself why he would come out and say that about one of his own players, how many players has he publicly disrespected in the past? People thinking that we have another Jose on our hands are wide of the mark and are just desperate to force a comparison.
You should listen to the whole transcript not the parts the media take out and twist.
No. He did not say what you and some other people suggested.
Yes. He did say what I added there. Two different things.
Just like I did not call you or someone else "Gooner vulture". I said there are enough of them around.
But you connected thing a and thing b. Filled the gap with convenient link. Same issue that you had with interpreting the Conte statement.
Matty Cash got a yellow for almost wrecking Doherty's career while Emerson got a straight red for barely touching Martinelli's ankle (a stupid tackle yes but not a dangerous one).
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Brighton represented Matt’s first start of the campaign, and he explained much of that was down to a testing recovery period from a serious knee injury sustained at Aston Villa on 9 April, when he was in flying form. The injury couldn’t have come at a worse time…
“The recovery took a bit longer than expected from my point of view,” he explained. “My body just wasn’t feeling the same, I wasn’t moving as well as I was last season. It’s taken a bit longer, but with Emerson’s suspension I got an opportunity today and let’s see what happens.
“It was a serious knee injury, not far off wiping my knee out completely. I’m just happy I didn’t need surgery and it healed naturally. It’s taken a bit longer than I would have liked to get back to how I’m feeling now, but I do feel good.”
Matt Doherty: “My kids asked, ‘daddy, is that your friend?’ and I said, ‘yes, he is’”
Emotions were still raw as Matt Doherty took time to reflect on the news of Gian Piero Ventrone’s sad passing following our 1-0 win at Brighton on Saturday evening.
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Brighton represented Matt’s first start of the campaign, and he explained much of that was down to a testing recovery period from a serious knee injury sustained at Aston Villa on 9 April, when he was in flying form. The injury couldn’t have come at a worse time…
“The recovery took a bit longer than expected from my point of view,” he explained. “My body just wasn’t feeling the same, I wasn’t moving as well as I was last season. It’s taken a bit longer, but with Emerson’s suspension I got an opportunity today and let’s see what happens.
“It was a serious knee injury, not far off wiping my knee out completely. I’m just happy I didn’t need surgery and it healed naturally. It’s taken a bit longer than I would have liked to get back to how I’m feeling now, but I do feel good.”