Hugo Lloris

Raoul said:
I think LvG would go for a Dutch option, and since Krul is Prem proven, he may give him a close look.
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Doubt it. Van Gaal's first choice was Kenneth Vermeer - he called him his perfect fit for his profile of a goalkeeper. He's the current keeper of Feyenoord and was in goal for the qualifiers for the WC when he was still playing for Ajax, he lost his place to Cillessen though and sat on the bench for months - this is why he missed the worldcup, van Gaal loves his match rhytm.

Vermeer is a Valdes like goalkeeper: small, good with his feet, quick off his line and great reflexes but terrible at crosses. Krul is great shot-stopper, nothing more. Van Gaal wants more from a goalkeeper, that's why Lindegaard will leave - he doesn't fit the profile.

If de Gea leaves he will probably bring in a young talented goalkeeper who will fit the profile, Lloris will be very expensive. I've seen great things from Leno, I'd prefer a gamble on him with Valdes as experienced alternative.
 
NoPace said:
Obviously. It's a forum. We're arguing about what teams should do. I was just writing why I think not selling to rivals under any circumstances is a bad policy.
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Yes, you were. But when it comes to most matters about Spurs, Glaston posts with such conviction that you'd think he's related to Levy.
 
Lloris is one of those footballers who doesn't really look like he enjoys playing football.

Or maybe he's just unhappy at Spurs - how did he even end up there in the first place? He was first choice GK for the national team and had a big name. Strange decision.
 
pierrethesnack said:
Lloris is one of those footballers who doesn't really look like he enjoys playing football.

Or maybe he's just unhappy at Spurs - how did he even end up there in the first place? He was first choice GK for the national team and had a big name. Strange decision.
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I think it was because Spurs had just qualified for Champions League and he was drawn by that. Plus, playing in the Prem + Champions League and living in London isn't a bad deal.

But yeah, still a strange decision in my opinion.
 
What about that young keeper we brought in from Eastern Europe ? He's only 18 or so but about 6'7". Described as the new Petr Cech. United thrive on blooding youngsters so is there any reason we wouldn't give this youngster a go ?
 
dogwithabone said:
What about that young keeper we brought in from Eastern Europe ? He's only 18 or so but about 6'7". Described as the new Petr Cech. United thrive on blooding youngsters so is there any reason we wouldn't give this youngster a go ?
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Never seen him play, so my point is maybe totally off the mark, but at 6'7", he is probably slow off the line and not very good with his feet, which eliminate him as a Van gaal or Hoek goalkeeper prototype. The same thing applies to Cech.
 
JPRouve said:
Never seen him play, so my point is maybe totally off the mark, but at 6'7", he is probably slow off the line and not very good with his feet, which eliminate him as a Van gaal or Hoek goalkeeper prototype. The same thing applies to Cech.
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Courtois ? He's 6'7" and like lightning off his line.
 
Raoul said:
I think LvG would go for a Dutch option, and since Krul is Prem proven, he may give him a close look.
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Really can't see that happening. There's nothing about Krul aside from his nationality that would make him attractive to van Gaal. He's a poor goalkeeper and absolutely awful with his feet.

I'd bare my backside on the townhall steps if this happened.
 
Why is everyone mentioning Krul when he wasn't even his first choice for his mediocre Dutch side last summer? he played the Ajax keeper over him every game so he can't rate him that highly surely?
 
BennyBlanco said:
Why is everyone mentioning Krul when he wasn't even his first choice for his mediocre Dutch side last summer? he played the Ajax keeper over him every game so he can't rate him that highly surely?
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Yep. And this was the same Ajax keeper that he admitted couldn't even save a penalty. No chance we'll go for him.
 
BennyBlanco said:
Why is everyone mentioning Krul when he wasn't even his first choice for his mediocre Dutch side last summer? he played the Ajax keeper over him every game so he can't rate him that highly surely?
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Everyone? One person mate.
 
Krul, ffs people, LVG will not simply sign players because they are Dutch. I don't particularly rate Lloris as highly as others but won't have a problem with him replacing De Gea [if we sell him of course]. I still prefer Leno, amazing GK and next big thing imo.
 
Sultan said:
Krul is goal-line keeper. He is very hesitant coming off his line.
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He's not even a good one of those. He's living off his "excellent shit stopper" tag he earned that season they did really well under Pardew. He's been getting steadily worse since then and has been absolutely awful in pretty much all areas of goalkeeping this season.

EDIT: That was suppose to be shot stopper but its probably more appropriate with typo...
 
Carl said:
Everyone? One person mate.
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2 on the last page saying it would be a possibility so factually incorrect but it's not as if Krul's name hasnt been brought up before in these discussions now is it.
 
BennyBlanco said:
2 on the last page saying it would be a possibility so factually incorrect but it's not as if Krul's name hasnt been brought up before in these discussions now is it.
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2 is hardly "everyone" and 1 is much closer than 2 :smirk:
 
Carl said:
2 is hardly "everyone" and 1 is much closer than 2 :smirk:
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Ahh ok, :) I'll restate what I wrote to better suit you, instead of "Why is everyone mentioning Krul when he wasn't even his first choice for his mediocre Dutch side last summer? he played the Ajax keeper over him every game so he can't rate him that highly surely?" I should have gone with "Why is Kruls name being brought up so often when he wasn't even his first choice for his mediocre Dutch side last summer? he played the Ajax keeper over him every game so he can't rate him that highly surely?"
Could we now kindly move on from this trip into pedantry.
 
Lloris looks great most of the time, but for someone older and more experienced than De Gea you'd expect him to make fewer mistakes, both big (coming off his line and missing the ball) and small (going down too early in a one-on-one). Given how much Spurs are likely to want for him it's not a no brainer for me.
 
pierrethesnack said:
Lloris is one of those footballers who doesn't really look like he enjoys playing football.
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Not really keen on the idea of us getting Lloris to be honest. He rushes out like a headless chicken at times and isn't a very commanding keeper in my opinion. Would much rather we try and sign cech or maybe even Begovic for the price he would cost compared to the ridiculus amount Levy would ask for.
 
I think Lloris has to be top of our list for replacing De Gea. The only problem will be the price because Spurs always over price their players.
 
He isn't a calming figure at all at times. Surprised he is France captain tbh. But then captains nowadays - especially for top international teams - are mostly not captain material anyway apart from Germany's captain(s).
 
He's the Cavani of goalkeepers. I always hear he's all this and that, then I watch him and I don't particularly feel that "wow" about him, gets easily beaten almost in every game. He's obviously a good GK, but there's quite a few better than him we should be looking at should De Gea leave.
 
legball said:
He's the Cavani of goalkeepers. I always hear he's all this and that, then I watch him and I don't particularly feel that "wow" about him, gets easily beaten almost in every game. He's obviously a good GK, but there's quite a few better than him we should be looking at should De Gea leave.
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Not sure about Lloris (I've seen him play very well on a number of occasions), but that's an excellent summary of Cavani.
 
golden_blunder said:
I hope we've moved on from signing midget French goalkeepers
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He is only an inch shorter than De Gea, and 2 inches taller than Valdez. I don't think that his height will cause any trouble, especially considering that he is quite good in the air.
 
He needs to catch more balls and learn when to come out. Otherwise, he is a very good keeper.
 
I have watched Spurs a lot and have never ever been convinced by Lloris. This would be a very bad signing in my opinion.
 
legball said:
He's the Cavani of goalkeepers. I always hear he's all this and that, then I watch him and I don't particularly feel that "wow" about him, gets easily beaten almost in every game. He's obviously a good GK, but there's quite a few better than him we should be looking at should De Gea leave.
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I agree.
 
legball said:
He's the Cavani of goalkeepers. I always hear he's all this and that, then I watch him and I don't particularly feel that "wow" about him, gets easily beaten almost in every game. He's obviously a good GK, but there's quite a few better than him we should be looking at should De Gea leave.
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:lol:

How good is that Dutch GK who's better than Tim Krul? You just know LVG will sign him.
 
holyland red said:
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How good is that Dutch GK who's better than Tim Krul? You just know LVG will sign him.
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Kenneth Vermeer or Jasper Cillessen?

Vermeer was first choice under van Gaal untill he lost his spot at Ajax to Cillessen before the WC, and therefore he chose Cillessen. He wouldn't want Cillessen, he's a good keeper but he's not ready yet. A few years at Ajax would be good for him since he has only played 3 full seasons at age 26.

We've actually been linked with Kenneth Vermeer before the season but it said that he rejected being 2nd choice here (can't remember if it was legit, probably not). He's like Valdes: good with his feet, a good shot stopper and quick off his line. He's quite small though: 182cm and not that good at crosses, he's already 28 and won't improve that much. Very decent keeper though, he left Ajax for Feyenoord in the summer so I doubt he will leave so soon again.
 
Revan said:
He is only an inch shorter than De Gea
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I doubt that, he looks a touch over 6ft to me compared to De Gea's 6ft 3in. Keepers' height stats are notoriously bollox, you need to measure them up against their outfield teammates in a team photo.
 
He looks tiny here:

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NL Max said:
Kenneth Vermeer or Jasper Cillessen?

Vermeer was first choice under van Gaal untill he lost his spot at Ajax to Cillessen before the WC, and therefore he chose Cillessen. He wouldn't want Cillessen, he's a good keeper but he's not ready yet. A few years at Ajax would be good for him since he has only played 3 full seasons at age 26.

We've actually been linked with Kenneth Vermeer before the season but it said that he rejected being 2nd choice here (can't remember if it was legit, probably not). He's like Valdes: good with his feet, a good shot stopper and quick off his line. He's quite small though: 182cm and not that good at crosses, he's already 28 and won't improve that much. Very decent keeper though, he left Ajax for Feyenoord in the summer so I doubt he will leave so soon again.
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Cheers, yeah, it was Cillessen I had in mind. I don't watch a lot of football other than United and some games of our rivals, but I recall the Dutch No. 1 was alright in the WC.

From the little I've seen of Vermeer he could have his own howlers DVD. Never been impressed, but then again this is based on watching highlights here and there.
 
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