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He looked better yesterday but he's going to be at his most effective when he has players with good movement running off of him and without Kane, Son or Alli that wasn't going to happen.
Or a player with one very short leg, who could have volleyed it cleanly. We need more of them in the squad.I do hope he does well, he was shite in the palace game but against watford he was getting better with the link up play and really got involved more and that header was quality. In the watford game i did get a bit annoyed by the commentators saying he should have scored that chance where he hit it with his knee. To me that was such a short distance and he had barely any time to alter his body shape to head it or do anything else so he just had to prod it and see what happened. Probably a shorter more nimble player would have got it but llorente is huge.
I'm calling it now, hat-trick for Llorente against Newcastle.
He should score that first chance against watford, lets be honest.I do hope he does well, he was shite in the palace game but against watford he was getting better with the link up play and really got involved more and that header was quality. In the watford game i did get a bit annoyed by the commentators saying he should have scored that chance where he hit it with his knee. To me that was such a short distance and he had barely any time to alter his body shape to head it or do anything else so he just had to prod it and see what happened. Probably a shorter more nimble player would have got it but llorente is huge.
Think he's had 6 goals and 1 assist in 6 starts this season (6 goals, 2 assists in 17apps)
3 of those goals came in the 7-0 win over Tranmere
Was the assist the assist against Watford? There's no way that's an assist.
Goals
3 v Tranmere
1 v West Ham
1 v Chelsea
1 v Watford
Assists
1 v PSV
1 v Watford
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Of course, we could (and probably should) have a better back up, but at his age and lack of minutes we've spent more money on worse
Thing is, he isn't even the back up striker. Thats normally Son. He is our third choice striker, and he isn't a bad option at all for that role. Similarly he can be used in the last ten minutes of a game, normally with Kane, to unsettle the defense and he has done that effectively. Ultimately he has actually made some key contributions when thy have mattered. We will probably have to find someone else in the summer, but I'm happy with him.