Wrote this in the match thread, I'll post it again here to save having to type something similar:
Ricky1985 wrote:
Just flicking through the Colombia-Ivory Coast game now. You can see Aurier is a quality player with the ball at his feet - he's got good touch in tight spaces and he can beat his man from a standing start, decent balance, good short passing and he moves well to make good angles for others, he can obviously cross with pace and accuracy too. Downside is that he ball watches ALOT defensively - that'd need some work, but he's only young. Looks fairly calm and measured in everything he does on the pitch, which is promising.
Think he could turn in to a very, very good player with a little work. I'd definitely take him.
After watching him, I find myself wanting to talk about him. Looks a big talent to me. He was definitely shifted further forward in the second half, with Tiote sitting deep on that side to cover. Aurier was the pass the midfielders and forward looked for nearly every time they moved forward, and he put in some really decent crosses, too.
