Hes looked shakey a few times when hes played but no point having him on the bench. That said would be a risk in my opinion to play him against arsenal.
lloris is the better keeper though. so surely he has to play.
its the same as defoe v ade. defoe was banging in goals, but we were all calling for ade to be loan frontman, as he is simply the better player.
Chronic,
Very true. This once again highlights my big problem with levy: his last minute bargain-hunting. I know lloris was at euro 2012, but had we bought him 2/3 weeks earler we could have sized both of them up and said 'may the best man win'.
Exactly what chronic said and what i been saying for the past 2 months. Hugo Lloris is the more younger, agile and all round better keeper than Brad Friedal. He is an international champions league class goal keeper and needs to play. I'm not suprised Lloris has looked slightly shakey when he plays against villa, keeps a clean sheet and still get's dropped next game
It's all been handled awkwardly so far. Obviously friedel wouldn't be happy about being dropped but that's how the game goes - gomes made way for him after all. Just has the makings of an absolute mess if we don't sort it soon
its fecking dumb to have a 42 yr old in goal when you have a top keeper on the bench ,
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I don't think it's a huge problem.
With lloris he has no right to complain apart from the France/Spain game he has averaged a mistake a game and has not been the world class keeper he has the potential to be. He was also being mooted to be dropped by France both as captain and keeper.
Friedels legs are going we know it happens supremely quickly in keepers and have to adjust to that.
The slow hand over is the correct one.
I also don't believe levy bought lloris. This summer the club has run somewhat without levy. (For personal reasons some are aware of) Not a chance he identified the player himself.
I also don't believe levy bought lloris. This summer the club has run somewhat without levy. (For personal reasons some are aware of) Not a chance he identified the player himself.
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this is very true. but levy still had to sign off on signings... even if he did so from the states..
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Of course lloris has made the odd mistake - he's not got that match sharpness. Besides I'm sure all of our outfield players have made a mistake a game.
Football is a business and a sport - on both levels, lloris should be playing IMO
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I agree, only Spurs would let sentiment get in front of logic, I don`t know what it will take for Friedel to get dropped after letting in 16 goals in 10 games, that is over 1 and half a game. It don`t take a lot of working out that Friedel just does not do clean sheets, so why is he still playing.
Every goal keeper (i used to play as one for my local team) needs games to be consistent and confident. Lloris has made a few mistakes but this is to be expected as he plays to infrequently, the keeper is the last man between your team conceeding, he in my opinion is one of the vital players on the pitch. Look at Lloris over the last few seasons for France, he has been fantastic, same at Lyon who played regular champions league football. Lloris made his name playing against some great CL teams. I say stick him in now. Friedal should be number two for sure. If Lloris gets to play 5-6games on the run we will see how exceptional he can be, he is quick, agile and has super reactions, as good as Friedal may be, theres no denying he is not as strong in those departments as Lloris. Friedal has a wealth of experience but so has Lloris, in fact Lloris has played at a higher level to some extent with the champion league appearances for Lyon. I cannot see any valid reason for Lloris not to be picked, he has been with us for at least 2 months now.
I fully admire AVB's stance when he said he'd pick players on form
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posted on 16/11/12
Hes looked shakey a few times when hes played but no point having him on the bench. That said would be a risk in my opinion to play him against arsenal.
posted on 16/11/12
lloris is the better keeper though. so surely he has to play.
its the same as defoe v ade. defoe was banging in goals, but we were all calling for ade to be loan frontman, as he is simply the better player.
posted on 16/11/12
Chronic,
Very true. This once again highlights my big problem with levy: his last minute bargain-hunting. I know lloris was at euro 2012, but had we bought him 2/3 weeks earler we could have sized both of them up and said 'may the best man win'.
posted on 16/11/12
What Chronic said^^^^^
posted on 16/11/12
Exactly what chronic said and what i been saying for the past 2 months. Hugo Lloris is the more younger, agile and all round better keeper than Brad Friedal. He is an international champions league class goal keeper and needs to play. I'm not suprised Lloris has looked slightly shakey when he plays against villa, keeps a clean sheet and still get's dropped next game
posted on 16/11/12
It's all been handled awkwardly so far. Obviously friedel wouldn't be happy about being dropped but that's how the game goes - gomes made way for him after all. Just has the makings of an absolute mess if we don't sort it soon
posted on 16/11/12
its fecking dumb to have a 42 yr old in goal when you have a top keeper on the bench ,
posted on 16/11/12
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posted on 16/11/12
I don't think it's a huge problem.
With lloris he has no right to complain apart from the France/Spain game he has averaged a mistake a game and has not been the world class keeper he has the potential to be. He was also being mooted to be dropped by France both as captain and keeper.
Friedels legs are going we know it happens supremely quickly in keepers and have to adjust to that.
The slow hand over is the correct one.
I also don't believe levy bought lloris. This summer the club has run somewhat without levy. (For personal reasons some are aware of) Not a chance he identified the player himself.
posted on 16/11/12
I also don't believe levy bought lloris. This summer the club has run somewhat without levy. (For personal reasons some are aware of) Not a chance he identified the player himself.
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this is very true. but levy still had to sign off on signings... even if he did so from the states..
posted on 16/11/12
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posted on 16/11/12
Of course lloris has made the odd mistake - he's not got that match sharpness. Besides I'm sure all of our outfield players have made a mistake a game.
Football is a business and a sport - on both levels, lloris should be playing IMO
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posted on 16/11/12
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I agree, only Spurs would let sentiment get in front of logic, I don`t know what it will take for Friedel to get dropped after letting in 16 goals in 10 games, that is over 1 and half a game. It don`t take a lot of working out that Friedel just does not do clean sheets, so why is he still playing.
posted on 16/11/12
Every goal keeper (i used to play as one for my local team) needs games to be consistent and confident. Lloris has made a few mistakes but this is to be expected as he plays to infrequently, the keeper is the last man between your team conceeding, he in my opinion is one of the vital players on the pitch. Look at Lloris over the last few seasons for France, he has been fantastic, same at Lyon who played regular champions league football. Lloris made his name playing against some great CL teams. I say stick him in now. Friedal should be number two for sure. If Lloris gets to play 5-6games on the run we will see how exceptional he can be, he is quick, agile and has super reactions, as good as Friedal may be, theres no denying he is not as strong in those departments as Lloris. Friedal has a wealth of experience but so has Lloris, in fact Lloris has played at a higher level to some extent with the champion league appearances for Lyon. I cannot see any valid reason for Lloris not to be picked, he has been with us for at least 2 months now.
posted on 17/11/12
I fully admire AVB's stance when he said he'd pick players on form
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Oh that explains Dempsey starting every game then
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