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Player Watch: Fernando Llorente

stevenurse

Palacios' neck fat
May 14, 2007
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I've defended him all season so far and was buzzing when we signed him but it's plain to see he's never going to fit in with us. Will he be good elsewhere? No idea but we need rid.
 

danielneeds

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May 5, 2004
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I'm going to dig out all the neg reps I got when I doubted his signing and answer every single one personally.
the bloke is shit.
He’s obviously not shit. Look at his goals over a long period of time in different countries. He’s just lacking any sort of match fitness, rhythm or confidence. Added to that, we’re not a team that plays to his strengths of quality crosses into the box.
 

Cravenspurs

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Jul 31, 2011
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I have always rated Llorente, but I was not Over the moon about this signing. Basically Vincent all over again in terms of style. We should have been all over Iheanacho who is much more versatile in his ability to play with the ball at his feet.

It’s too late to ship Fernando off, but he won’t be here next window and that will be another one and done striker. Our hit rate is really poor on this front.
 

JB_Spurs

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Aug 6, 2017
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I have always rated Llorente, but I was not Over the moon about this signing. Basically Vincent all over again in terms of style. We should have been all over Iheanacho who is much more versatile in his ability to play with the ball at his feet.

It’s too late to ship Fernando off, but he won’t be here next window and that will be another one and done striker. Our hit rate is really poor on this front.

Iheanacho has hardly set the world alight himself.
 

Clark28

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Aug 31, 2016
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We need another Son-type, a player who can play ST in place of Kane, or out wider along with Kane.

A Kane 2.0 is never going to get enough game time to get their form and confidence up.

Kane, Son and another Son would be great.

could play 1, 2, or all 3 of them together.
 

Cravenspurs

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Iheanacho has hardly set the world alight himself.
He’s catching up now and from what I have seen I like his style of play. Just an arm chair opinion of course.

Not in a judging tone at all, but who you would you like to see come in as backup?
 

Danners9

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Mar 30, 2004
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Such a disappointment. He was alright for Swansea last year, considering their problems. Comes to us and looks slow, immobile and unable to control a ball. The few times Spurs play to his strengths, he looks like the player of last season (but not beyond that..), but otherwise it's like playing with ten men. I don't get the feeling, looking at the bench, that he'll come on and score when we're chasing a game.
 

am_yisrael_chai

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He’s catching up now and from what I have seen I like his style of play. Just an arm chair opinion of course.

Not in a judging tone at all, but who you would you like to see come in as backup?
One of the pacy strikers from our academy like Sterling, they might not work out but at least they will put in more of a shift than Llorente
 

ardiles

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Nov 24, 2006
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We need another Son-type, a player who can play ST in place of Kane, or out wider along with Kane.

A Kane 2.0 is never going to get enough game time to get their form and confidence up.

Kane, Son and another Son would be great.

could play 1, 2, or all 3 of them together.

Well let’s hope that Kane’s second child is a Son.:sneaky:
 

agrdavidsfan

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Aug 25, 2005
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I’m sorry but I said it when we signed him just not the player for our style of football.

All he adds is experience in the dressing room
 

talbot64

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I’m sorry but I said it when we signed him just not the player for our style of football.

All he adds is experience in the dressing room

Experience can’t be underestimated but would have preferred a wing forward who can play up top like Son. I think Llorente could still be useful if he holds the ball up and brings in support but he doesn’t seem to do this as well as Janssen
 

Wheeler Dealer

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Jul 29, 2011
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Tried his flicks and skills which came to nothing. Very arrogant and lazy performance against a lower league team.

Bar that game against Madrid he's shown nothing for Spurs. I'd rather have Vinnie back personally.

When will we have a decent back up for Kane?

We’ve pissed away close to £30m in Llorente and Janssen.
 

LDNYid

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Jan 28, 2011
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They are desperate - we'd probably make a profit.

Can’t see it happening in January... Poch spoke so highly of him: his experience and his affect on the dressing room. I rate him (or atleast, him of 5/6 years ago!), but you have to look at his age and ask the question, if we’re not going to play to his strengths, what are we expecting from him?

He’s never been a mobile centre forward; he has always been a fairly traditional number nine. If we’re not going to get him in the box and pepper the area with crosses, there is no point in playing him.

I’m still waiting for the mobile centre forward to provide a genuine threat when Kane is out - it’s not going to be easy to get someone of the quality needed, but if you pay the right money (and we have the ability to do so to an extent...), then the right kind of player can be purchased.
 

JB_Spurs

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He’s catching up now and from what I have seen I like his style of play. Just an arm chair opinion of course.

Not in a judging tone at all, but who you would you like to see come in as backup?

No idea to be honest. I think regardless of whoever it is our approach to using our second choice striker needs to change in some way because if we continue never giving them any form of consistency then I can't see how our record of failed signings in the striking department will change
 
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