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Player Watch: Hugo Lloris

Marty

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Team news says he's in the final stages of outdoor rehab so hope to see him back at some point this month. Gazza's done alright but most of all I feel his chemistry with the back line isn't a patch on Hugo's.

Some **** somewhere on this forum, may have been in the ITK discussion thread, claimed he was out for the season. Thankfully it appears that info was wrong.
 

SpartanSpur

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Team news says he's in the final stages of outdoor rehab so hope to see him back at some point this month. Gazza's done alright but most of all I feel his chemistry with the back line isn't a patch on Hugo's.

Some **** somewhere on this forum, may have been in the ITK discussion thread, claimed he was out for the season. Thankfully it appears that info was wrong.

It's still a pretty big injury all things considered. He may not be ready to play for some time. It is a significant injury for a GK and may affect him physically and mentally going forward. It may take him quite a while to get his confidence and sharpness back.

I hope it's all good and he's back playing well in a couple of weeks however.
 
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I don't like Lloris anymore for obvious reasons, he has done very well for us though in his years with us. I think we should look for a new keeper in the summer.

With that said he's still better than Gaza, and will be a boost for Jose for the remainder of the season. No one can really say otherwise.

Has Jose said anything in regards to Lloris other than his timeline for the injury? Like does he rate him?
 

Blake Griffin

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I think Gazzaniga is a good goalkeeper, but not having Lloris for a few months shows what we get way too used to when he plays regularly. He covers for the defence multiple times a game, because he's so quick.

People have been going on and on about how our central defenders have slowed down, as if this is a sudden development. Sure, they're getting older, but what's sudden is that they don't have this mobile sweeper-character behind them. Lloris covers, I'd guess, about a 30%-40 larger area of the pitch than most keepers. His style of play enabled our high line under Pochettino and it's no coincidence that, without him, our defence keeps getting caught by players getting in behind.

It's what you don't even notice about Lloris when he's there that shows up his quality. In every match now, opponents get to balls that Lloris would have collected.

People tend to watch and remember errors with goalkeepers. An absence of errors is not what makes Lloris exceptional. Even his ability to make impressive saves is not what makes him exceptional. His speed of reaction off his line and his coverage of his area are what make him exceptional.

maybe it's my imagination but i'm pretty sure we haven't seen that lloris for a couple of years now at least and on the odd occasion that he has decided to sprint out of his goal he's timed it horribly and cost us - barca home, psv away.

hugo was part of the side that started the season horribly and he contributed to that with yet more mistakes, i don't want to dig him out too much as he's been a great servant for us overall but i think people are clutching at straws if they think that him coming back is going to improve things for us in any meaningful way.
 

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maybe it's my imagination but i'm pretty sure we haven't seen that lloris for a couple of years now at least and on the odd occasion that he has decided to sprint out of his goal he's timed it horribly and cost us - barca home, psv away.

hugo was part of the side that started the season horribly and he contributed to that with yet more mistakes, i don't want to dig him out too much as he's been a great servant for us overall but i think people are clutching at straws if they think that him coming back is going to improve things for us in any meaningful way.

He’s a step up from Gazza, that’s all that matters - both in his leadership and overall ability. I’m convinced he would have saved some shots that Gazza has let in.

For all the high profile errors Lloris has made he gains us many more points than he costs us through making regular world class saves. Decent number 2 but Gazzaniga just doesn’t possess the ability Hugo has.
 
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spursfan77

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I thought he might end up losing the captaincy to Kane actually. Strange how its turned out and now he will be our captain for the rest of the season.

I just hope he comes back and roars back to his best straight away. We need him to be.
 

Gb160

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i think people are clutching at straws if they think that him coming back is going to improve things for us in any meaningful way.
Hugo isn't perfect, but he's a much better shot stopper than Gazzaniga.

If he stops some of the goals that would be let in by Gazzaniga, then that will improve things in a meaningful way.
 
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Hugo isn't perfect, but he's a much better shooter stopper than Gazzaniga.


Then his job this weekend should be to stop the snipers in the stands from shooting the Liverpool forwards with their invisible bullets.
 

pangtong

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i think people are clutching at straws if they think that him coming back is going to improve things for us in any meaningful way.

You never know. Joe Hart was doing a great job at Burnley when Heaton was injured, but their form was terrible. Heaton recovered from injury and went back into the team and their form instantly turned around. I think how the goalkeeper talks to the defence throughout the game has a big impact on how they defend.

I've definitely not missed his kicks going straight out of play though!
 

Mornstar

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He’s a step up from Gazza, that’s all that matters - both in his leadership and overall ability. I’m convinced he would have saved some shots that Gazza has let in.
If you're referring to the tiny strip of land next to Israel, I'd have to agree. If it's our goalkeepers you're comparing, I'm less certain.
 

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maybe it's my imagination but i'm pretty sure we haven't seen that lloris for a couple of years now at least and on the odd occasion that he has decided to sprint out of his goal he's timed it horribly and cost us - barca home, psv away.

hugo was part of the side that started the season horribly and he contributed to that with yet more mistakes, i don't want to dig him out too much as he's been a great servant for us overall but i think people are clutching at straws if they think that him coming back is going to improve things for us in any meaningful way.

Explain that to me....gazza makes as many mistakes, hugo is a world class keeper and much of our success in recent years is partly down to him. If you are comparing the two, then the biggest difference is hugo comes out of his six yard box. Goals we have leaked in last fee weeks I maintain would not have happened with hugo in goal
 

slartibartfast

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He’s a step up from Gazza, that’s all that matters - both in his leadership and overall ability. I’m convinced he would have saved some shots that Gazza has let in.

For all the high profile errors Lloris has made he gains us many more points than he costs us through making regular world class saves. Decent number 2 but Gazzaniga just doesn’t possess the ability Hugo has.
Agree. Never been a question of his shot stopping and I am also sure he'd have saved a lot of the goals we've conceded.
I'm also looking forward to seeing him under JM as theres less piss balling about at the back so I think he'll be better all round knowing he can just put his foot through it if he thinks he's under pressure.
 
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Goals we have leaked in last fee weeks I maintain would not have happened with hugo in goal

Some saves wouldn't have happened either.

We'd have probably lost to Watford, as an example. Let's not forget how he got injured either.

Simple point is that if PG isn't good enough because of his weaknesses, neither is HL for his.
 

slartibartfast

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Some saves wouldn't have happened either.

We'd have probably lost to Watford, as an example. Let's not forget how he got injured either.

Simple point is that if PG isn't good enough because of his weaknesses, neither is HL for his.
I think Hugo's biggest weaknesses are when he has the ball and has been throwing it out or passing it out to someone who is under pressure and marked up, getting us into all sorts of unnecessary self inflicted shit.
I dont see him doing that under JM. All JM teams have been no nonsense, clear your lines when under pressure.
I think it'll help him.
 

danielneeds

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I think Hugo's biggest weaknesses are when he has the ball and has been throwing it out or passing it out to someone who is under pressure and marked up, getting us into all sorts of unnecessary self inflicted shit.
I dont see him doing that under JM. All JM teams have been no nonsense, clear your lines when under pressure.
I think it'll help him.
That really hasn’t been his biggest weakness, but it has been the thing that annoys the “get rid of it” crew down at home matches for years.
 
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I think Hugo's biggest weaknesses are when he has the ball and has been throwing it out or passing it out to someone who is under pressure and marked up, getting us into all sorts of unnecessary self inflicted shit.
I dont see him doing that under JM. All JM teams have been no nonsense, clear your lines when under pressure.
I think it'll help him.

I was thinking penalties and keeping a cool head. If there's one thing we can say about PG, he's been cool as a cucumber even after he's made a mistake. It doesn't go to his head.

We'll see though - I just have a feeling we'll be hankering for a change before long.
 

Blake Griffin

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the "lloris would've saved that" angle used to get thrown around all the time whenever vorm conceded as well yet lloris most definitely has let in plenty of soft goals over the years and his blooper-reel if someone was to make one would be utterly outrageous. just this season he's managed to dribble the ball into his own net and break his arm trying to rectify yet another blunder.
 
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