Luca Before You Leap: de la Torre at Celta Vigo

Discussion in 'Yanks Abroad' started by Dave Marino-Nachison, Jul 25, 2013.

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What should we rename the Luca de la Torre thread?

  1. Luca’s Labour’s Lost? de la Torre at Celta Vigo

    10 vote(s)
    11.0%
  2. My name is Luca, I live in the Second Team: De La Torre at Celta Vigo

    16 vote(s)
    17.6%
  3. Luca's Labour (not) Lost: Luca de la Torre at Celta Vigo

    14 vote(s)
    15.4%
  4. Luca Before you Leap: Luca de la Torre at Celta Vigo

    51 vote(s)
    56.0%
  1. thedukeofsoccer

    thedukeofsoccer Member+

    Jul 11, 2004
    Wussconsin
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fulham needs to concede and play their kids already. They are 16 points down with 6 games to play. There's not a snowball's chance in hell they make that up. Are only hurting their chances of a quick bounceback to the EPL and solid transfer fees/loan opportunities.

    De La Torre would benefit from this strategy and get 6 games to make his mark. One would think he'd be on the list considering he featured during Cup play. Should get a real chance to show his stuff at the top level. Surely he'd be a focal point in the Championship then.
     
  2. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He hasn't even played for the reserves since December. I doubt Fulham will suddenly start playing him in the EPL.
     
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  3. thedukeofsoccer

    thedukeofsoccer Member+

    Jul 11, 2004
    Wussconsin
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I take that as meaning the opposite. That is unless he's injured, and it hasn't been well publicized. He's a squad player, permanently up with the 1st team, after his strong Cup performances. He started his last u23 match and it wasn't a bad result. They were reportedly dead-set on loaning him out in the transfer window. Then they didn't pull the trigger. That indicates to me he was part of the all hands on deck approach because the Titanic was sinking. Stashed him in case there was attrition.
     
  4. Jazzy Altidore

    Jazzy Altidore BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Sep 2, 2009
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Could be, but it reminds me a bit of the Lletget situation at AV. Like Lletget, De La Torre is a technical player with some athletic shortcomings. Too good for reserves, but not convincing the coach to actually play him.
     
  5. felloveranddidanadu

    Plymouth Argyle FC
    Dec 12, 2009
    Club:
    San Jose Frogs
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    FYP...been a West Ham follower since around those days. A few senior guys in the squad at that time asked in the media why Lleget wasn't getting any time, or at least intimated as such. Has anyone come out for DLT in the same way? Just curious
     
  6. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  7. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Enters at the half:

     
  8. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. HScoach13

    HScoach13 Member+

    Nov 30, 2016
    Club:
    Atlanta
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  10. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Made the bench for Fulham's Premier League finale, but did not play as Fulham lost 4-0 at home to Newcastle.
     
  12. WheezingUSASupport

    Dortmund
    United States
    Aug 28, 2017
    I would hope he would get playing time next season.

    Otherwise he needs to pull a Lleget.
     
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  13. Luksarus

    Luksarus Member

    United States
    Jul 27, 2018
  14. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    On the bench for preseason...

     
  15. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
    NJ/Roma/Napoli
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He already did. Years wasted of his career.
     
  16. dougtee

    dougtee Member+

    Feb 7, 2007
    wonder what his agent is telling him tbh
     
  17. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Starts in 1st team friendly:

     
  18. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
  19. autobus39

    autobus39 Member+

    Jun 28, 2006
    Scranton, PA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This game is on ESPN+ starting at 10 eastern.

    During the 2018/2019 season he registered 1 goal and 2 assists in 101 minutes in the league cup (2 games, 1 start).
     
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  20. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  21. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
  22. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  23. Sufjan Guzan

    Sufjan Guzan Member+

    Feb 13, 2016
    This is an interesting lineup for them. The only people on the bench that I see playing in the 1st team this year are definitely Sessegnon (who might be their penciled in RB), Odoi (utility guy can play anywhere on the backline), and maybe Taylor-Crossdale (FW they picked up from Chelsea's youth setup).

    Their whole backline will play, with Bryan being the first choice LB. Marchand is the first CB off the bench if Ream continues to play well, but on form they are competing for a spot. McDonald is a D Mid that was a starter the two years before promotion, but barely saw the field last year. This might be them converting him to CB as he's in his 30s. Christie is some one that was a huge liability last year and will probably get phased out by Sessegnon.

    In the midfield obviously you have their new boy from Spurs (Onomah). Johanson has looked like he's been replaced by Arter and O'Reily is a youth prospect that was getting looks from the Bundesliga that they fought off.

    And then up front you have a new striker purchase in Decorvda-Reid who will be first attacking option off the bench. Kamara who amazingly is still with the team after being escorted out of the training field by the police and shipped off to Turkey on loan last year for taking a penalty away from Mitrovic and then getting in a row with him. And you have our boy.

    So this tells me that de la Torre is definitely in the mix for first team appearances through some combination of showing well and injury. Parker seems set on a 4-3-3 which given their personal makes sense. It also shows that de la Torre is not going to be trusted as a CM in his system. Which also makes sense. He's a bit of a tweener. Not fast enough to be an attacking wing and not creative enough to be an attacking midfielder.

    Honestly I think he should try and come back to the MLS/Liga MX ala Sebastian Lleget. He's in that realm of probably mid to low tier championship which means he's probably never going to be a Premier league player.
     
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  24. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    according to ESPN, LDlT came off in the 90th minute with Fulham down 1-0 and they were unable to equalize
     
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  25. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Congrats to Luca on his 3rd annual League Cup appearance. Third time's the charm for actually building on that and getting real first-team experience...right, guys? :whistling:
     
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