Player Watch: Fernando Llorente

tommyt

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• Oct 16, 2017

• #241

Kiedis said:

Loved it. Not only holding the ball up and drawin that free kick, but also shithousing to the extent that it threw West Ham further off balance.

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Armstrong_11 said:

Didn't do much tonight.... But just having him in the team draws defenders towards him.

Freeing up Kane to get his 2nd and 3rd goals of the night.

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Mattspur said:

Obviously far too early to write him off but so far, even taking his limited game time into account, he hasn't done anything noteworthy at all. I hope there's a lot more to come from him.

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spids

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• Oct 16, 2017

• #242

He needs crosses into the box. So far he's just come on at end of games and not had one cross to attack.

 

Mattspur

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• Oct 16, 2017

• #243

spids said:

He needs crosses into the box. So far he's just come on at end of games and not had one cross to attack.

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Agreed. He's not looked any sort of goal threat so far and it's probably because we haven't put the ball in the box for him.

 

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Kiedis

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #244

Let's not forget that Conte is currently all kinds of upset because he has to make do with Batshuayi, a player he clearly doesn't rate, because they couldn't get Llorente.

 

Shadydan

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #245

Kiedis said:

Let's not forget that Conte is currently all kinds of upset because he has to make do with Batshuayi, a player he clearly doesn't rate, because they couldn't get Llorente.

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They only signed Batshuayi so that he couldn't sign for us...that's the best thing about this.

 

HildoSpur

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Oct 1, 2005

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #246

Thought he was great tonight.

 

ralvy

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #247

He was pretty good tonight, and because of him we almost got the lead at the end... twice... at the freaking Bernabeu.

 

Dharmabum

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #248

ralvy said:

He was pretty good tonight, and because of him we almost got the lead at the end... twice... at the freaking Bernabeu.

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And he should have had a penalty when Casemiro clearly brought him down. Stone wall penalty. I can't believe the English commentators who said it wasn't a penalty.

 

Shadydan

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #249

Dharmabum said:

And he should have had a penalty when Casemiro clearly brought him down. Stone wall penalty. I can't believe the English commentators who said it wasn't a penalty.

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Steve Mcmanaman which says it all

 

TShill7

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #250

Let's see how LLorente fares against West Ham's kids. As others have mentioned, would be nice to see him catch fire and relieve some of weight off of Kane's shoulders.

 

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coys200

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May 22, 2017

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #251

2 or 3 flicks that was it.wouldnt consider him If Kane has injury,would be Son 100%.

 

thinktank

Hmmm...

Sep 28, 2004

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #252

coys200 said:

2 or 3 flicks that was it.wouldnt consider him If Kane has injury,would be Son 100%.

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It was a strange purchase.

Whatever he does with the ball he does it with quality, but he's not someone I want in for Kane for a stretch if kane gets injured.

If he doesn't get a specific type of service his value on the field plummets.

Can't afford that.

 

Lamelaaaaaa

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #253

He did ok tonight, but I can't help to think if only he made that extra effort to get on the end of trippier's crosses.

 

thinktank

Hmmm...

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #254

Lamelaaaaaa said:

He did ok tonight, but I can't help to think if only he made that extra effort to get on the end of trippier's crosses.

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He's slow all round tbf. Not a sharp, urgent player, which is why we have to play very specifically to him.

 

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ebzrascal

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #255

Was decent against Real Madrid has been poor in most other games expected much much more tbh

 

thinktank

Hmmm...

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #256

ebzrascal said:

Was decent against Real Madrid has been poor in most other games expected much much more tbh

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Not being snarky: what did you expect?

 

MattyP

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #257

Build up play is good. Harry Kane averages 6.3 shots per game. Can’t remember 6.3 shots in total in Llorente’s Spurs career to date.

Jury’s out. Not the reason we lost tonight.

 

Mattspur

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• Oct 26, 2017

• #258

Not a great night for the big man. Couple of nice flicks but that was it. He didn’t look any sort of goal threat again, which is an issue which has plagued our second choice strikers for a while now.

 

DEFchenkOE

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• Oct 26, 2017

• #259

Not sure why anyone is surprised. He's a slow target man that is good in the air, If we're not gonna put crosses into the box on a consistent basis then no point playing him. Ironically we started putting crosses in when he was off the pitch. Wtf was the point of that?

 

rabbikeane

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• Oct 26, 2017

• #260

His hold up play was excellent for a while, but he will struggle to last whole games. Which is well as long as Kane is fit, could be an issue if we depend on Llorente as main striker.
As others have said, weird how we took him off just as we began to play to his strengths and needed someone in the box.