Matt Doherty vs Serge Aurier

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Tottenham finished 6th and Wolves finished 7th but the football snobs (as someone called them the other day) we have as fans deem their right-back to be not good enough, despite admitting he is better than Serge Aurier.

You have to despair over some of the morons we have following us.

Bayern Munich have just won the UEFA Champions League winning every game and their squad cost £80m.

They didn't fill it with names, they made the players names like Gnabry, who couldn't get a game at Arsenal.

Some of our followers are just not proper supporters at all, you don't constantly moan about something you profess to support.

If this is the right-back Mourinho wants then that is the right-back I'll support, that's what support is.

How can we use him to get the best out of him and enhance the team to become more production and more efficient.

That's what a winning mentality thinks.
 

Matt Doherty headshot

Matt Doherty

Matthew James Doherty

Position: DF-MF (FB-WM, right)  ▪  Footed: 93% Right*

182cm (5'11½") 76kg 168lb

Born: January 16, 1992 (Age: 28-223d) in Dublin, Republic of Ireland ie

National Team: Republic of Ireland ie

Club: Wolverhampton Wanderers













Tottenham Hotspur are reported to be 'on the verge' of signing right-back Matt Doherty from Wolves who will help our homegrown quota.

The fee £12m + add-ons (£4m).

£12m
13.41m
AUS$21.89m
US$15.86m

We are struggling on the homegrown front so have decided not to sign Timothy Castagne, who will now begin discussions over a new contract with Atalanta next week.

He had been waiting for us but UEFA rules are constricting us, their rules are different from the Premier League and refer to association trained rather than homegrown.

We had the situation where we had to leave out a player because we couldn't name enough association trained players.

In the Premier League you can have 17 non-homegrown in your squad, you don't actually have to name any homegrown, just that you can't name more than 17 non-homegrown over the age of 21 in January of the season start year.

In Europe you have to name the association trained or you lose non-association trained places.

Anyway, back to Matt Doherty and a statistical look at him vs Serge Aurier.

Doherty has started 67 Premier League games over 3 seasons with a further 8 substitute performances.

He has played 6,028 minutes scoring 8 goals and 8 assists.

This season he touched the ball 100 times more than Serge Aurier so below are detailed stats to compare the two this, or is it now last, season.

Stats for 2019/20 Season

Shots 34 - Aurier 13
Shots on Target 15 - Aurier 4
Shots on Target 44.1% - Aurier 30.8%
Shots on Target Per 90 Minutes 0.48 - Aurier 0.13
Goals Per Shot 0.12 - Aurier 0.08
Goals Per Shots on Target 0.27 - Aurier 0.25
Passes 1,793 - Aurier 1,654
Completed Passes 1,369 - Aurier 1,262
Pass Success 76.4% - Aurier 76.3%
Distanced Passed 22,390 - Aurier 20,964
Passing Yards Progressed 9,051 - Aurier 7,401
Progressive Passes 239 (10th) - Aurier 162
Short Range Passes 33/86 (38.4%) - Aurier 17/79 (21.5%)
Medium Range Passes (5-25 yards) 1,133/1,380 (82.1%) - Aurier 1,076/1,256 (85.7%)
Long Range Passes 203/327 (62.1%) - Aurier 169/319 (53%)
Key Passes 23 - Aurier 30
Passes Into Final Third 86 - Aurier 64
Passes Into Penalty Area 18 - Aurier 39
Through Balls 1 - Aurier 1
Passes Made Under Pressure 293 - Aurier 274
Passes To Switch Play 23 - Aurier 21
Passes Into Penalty Area 18 - Aurier 39
Crosses 44 - Aurier 134
Crosses Into Penalty Area 9 - Aurier 16
Shot Creating Actions 64 - Aurier 48
Shot Creating Actions Per 90 Minutes 2.03 - Aurier 1.60
Dribbles Leading To Shot 6 - Aurier 2
Dribbles Leading To Goal 3 - Aurier 1
Shots Leading To Another Shot 7 - Aurier 0
Goal Creating Actions 15 - Aurier 6
Goal Creating Actions Per 90 Minutes 0.48 - Aurier 0.20
Throw-Ins Taken 334 (6th) - Aurier 258
Players Tackled 65 - Aurier 98
Tackles Won 33 - Aurier 55
Defensive Third Tackles Won 36 - Aurier 66
Mid Third Tackles Won 25 - Aurier 26
Attacking Third Tackles Won 4 - Aurier 6
Dribblers Tackled 26 - Aurier 32
Dribblers Successfully Tackled 52% - Aurier 52.5%
Presses 379 - Aurier 521
Successful Presses 107 (28.2%) - Aurier 153 (29.4%)
Blocks 64 - Aurier 58
Shots Blocked 5 - Aurier 7
Passes Intercepted 59 - Aurier 43
Clearances 78 - Aurier 105
Errors Leading To A Shot 1 - Aurier 1
Touches 2,157 - Aurier 2,057
Touches in Own Penalty Area 82 - Aurier 119
Touches In Defensive Third 508 - Aurier 582
Touches In Middle Third 1,098 - Aurier 894
Touches In Attacking Third 661 - Aurier 680
Touches in Opponents Penalty Area 95 - Aurier 54
Successful Dribbles 29/52 (55.8%) - Aurier 46/73 (63%)
Players Dribbled Past 30 - Aurier 46
Nutmegs 5 - Aurier 7
Dispossessed 23 - Aurier 31
Points Per Match 1.64 - Aurier 1.64
Goals While On Pitch 45/31 (+14) - Aurier 51/32 (+19)
Fouls Committed 28 - Aurier 40
Fouls Drawn 19 - Aurier 22
Aerial Duels Won 107/199 (53.8%) -Aurier 67/134 (50%)