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Fair enough. Obviously all keepers make mistakes my point was that lloris make more than the keepers I mentioned
Lloris is the best in the world, possibly alongside Neuer, at coming off his line and defending not just the goal and the area but beyond. It is crucial to our ability to launch attacks from the back, commit players forward and hold a high line.
He is required to take much higher risks than most goalkeepers and that suits him. Unlike any other, his anticipation and reading of the game as well as his reflexes enable him to do it. But as with all high-risk tactics, more errors will occur than with low-risk tactics. That should be obvious and it's the price we knowingly pay for the benefits we gain the rest of the time.
If Lloris was asked to play safe, stick more to his line and so on, he would make fewer mistakes but I bet you my house we'd collect fewer points over a season as a result.
Hugo is a critically important and influential part of the way the team plays, and you have to accept that, just as genius strikers miss easy chances from time to time, genius keepers like Lloris mess up as well. We are lucky to have him and would be much weaker without him.