Fernando Llorente (23 Viewers)

zizinho

Senior Member
Apr 14, 2013
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His hold up on the 1st goal and how he kept the ball up the pitch, and pressured their defense. It's not his fault our flanks are inept at providing any decent ball for him.
What did Tevez do the whole game?
What did morata do besides that open pass?
Tevez cant be a beast every game, he plays every game, runs like mad and ofcourse hes gonna get a bad game here and there

Morata had an assist in 15 minutes played, Llorente managed to block one shot, which was that of Tevez
 

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Hydde

Minimiliano Tristelli
Mar 6, 2003
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Great 1st half, pretty meh in the 2nd. Good call by allegri to start games with nando and then sub morata in when he's tired.
Plus I love seeing these bitches whine here. :tup:
Plz. He needs to be benched. I cant defend him anymore. Is not adding anything to our game
 
Mar 3, 2014
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Llorente would be good in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. You need two guys who can adequately cross the ball. He's slow, not great on the ball, and isn't the most intelligent player, an adequate finisher but he is one of the best in the world in the air. Unfortunately, if that's your only strength, and you have nobody crossing to you, you won't be very good. He should be sold. Not because he is bad player, but more because he won't succeed with the team we currently have. We need a complete forward not a pure target man.
 

Bianconero81

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Jan 26, 2009
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:howler: Did someone commend his holdup play for the 1st goal? He was in the way of Tevez shooting, and his fortunate and totally unintentional ricochet resulted in Pogba scoring that screamer. It had nothing to do with Llorente. That goal was all Pogba, from anticipation to execution.

The AL Jazeera Arabic commentator was even joking that Llorente was defending against his own teammate (Tevez to be precise) right before the ball fell to Pogba.
 

Hydde

Minimiliano Tristelli
Mar 6, 2003
38,710
Llorente would be good in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. You need two guys who can adequately cross the ball. He's slow, not great on the ball, and isn't the most intelligent player, an adequate finisher but he is one of the best in the world in the air. Unfortunately, if that's your only strength, and you have nobody crossing to you, you won't be very good. He should be sold. Not because he is bad player, but more because he won't succeed with the team we currently have. We need a complete forward not a pure target man.

Sadly is the truth.

he is not bad by any means... but he needs ateam made around him with proper players giving him quality service. We isolate him and thats not good for anyonme
 
Mar 3, 2014
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Sadly is the truth.

he is not bad by any means... but he needs ateam made around him with proper players giving him quality service. We isolate him and thats not good for anyonme
Yeah, that is why I was so disappointed about not getting Mandzukic. Some said they were too similar last year, but the only thing that makes them similar is that they are both good in the air. The only reference point you need is a heat map comparison.

Alberto Paloschi would probably fair better in our system. And that isn't anything to do with Paloschi's ability as a striker, purely playing style.
 

swag

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Sep 23, 2003
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:howler: Did someone commend his holdup play for the 1st goal? He was in the way of Tevez shooting, and his fortunate and totally unintentional ricochet resulted in Pogba scoring that screamer. It had nothing to do with Llorente. That goal was all Pogba, from anticipation to execution.

The AL Jazeera Arabic commentator was even joking that Llorente was defending against his own teammate (Tevez to be precise) right before the ball fell to Pogba.
Not to defend his poor play, but yet on that play he did attract no fewer than four defenders, leaving Pogba unmarked in the process.
 

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