Time to support Vorm, Lloris had a dodgy start too

Michel Vorm has been taking a lot of stick for the error which dumped Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup but that is really only part of the story and is a little unfair.

Time to support Vorm, Lloris had a dodgy start too


For a start the game is 90 minutes long and the ten outfield players only mustered one goal between them in that time so you could start apportioning blame there if indeed blame needs to be apportioned. Christian Eriksen gave the ball away in our half and Leicester then created that shooting chance.

When Hugo Lloris arrived at Spurs he was making a mistake a game, some small, some large, often it was a distribution problem.

He played Naughton into trouble I seem to remember in the UEFA Europa League at White Hart Lane when Naughton was at left back, that resulted in a goal, he made an error against maribor, he passed the ball to Man City after 30 seconds. In one of his first games against Panathinaikos he dropped a cross when under no pressure which to me signalled a concentration issue.

Lloris has had to work at his game and improve it to now where he is one of the best, that he has done because of his mentality, because he has worked at improving his game every day. Michel Vorm is in no different a situation. Lloris had to fight to get his number one slot, Vorm now has to fight. he knows he made an error, he knows there are aspects of his game that need work. How he reacts will tell us what sort of keeper he is.

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Vorm said when he signed that he wanted to test himself at a big club before his career ends, now he has that test, now we see what he is made of. One point I would make is watch the highlights again, watch his first save after 20 seconds of the video and ask yourself what you be saying if that were Hugo Lloris making that save? It was a save out of the top drawer and saved Spurs from going 1-0 down. He was going the wrong way and had to dive back the way he had come which is difficult.

A mistake yes but Spurs fans stood behind Lloris during his dodgy start, time to stand behind |Michel Vorm.