Llorente

The defence is a huge problem. Main reason for that is they are all playing out of position

Cooper is now a squad player but is getting shown up a bit on the PL. still a good defender and a huge leader. Injured a lot

Koch - He made mistakes but I saw a quality defender in there. Then got injured

Llorente - Disaster so far! Actually saw a John Stones type in the Chelsea match, he was comfortable with the ball but clearly rusty overall

We wondered why we got two recognised international defenders for 30m between them. Maybe they are injury prone I don’t know

45 minutes against Stoke on Monday, then a further half against Wolves, might be worth their while looking at how he is with team mates who he could play with. As he will be on the right, good to see how he gets on with Cresswell so should Cooper get injured again, which he will, we are not just making do.

Llorente looked okay against Chelsea, a bit erratic but coped fine.

He comes in then we've got Ayling, Llorente, Cooper, Dallas.

Last 5 games or so, we've had a weaker defence than the last 3 years. Really unlucky that our two CB signings got injured at the same time Cooper was out as well. Given that we coped fine with 2 CBs and Berra all last year.

Got to play players in their natural positions. First half Struijk looked lost today. Second half a different player!!

Yes, I’m presuming the same. We have to reserve judgement. He has played for Spain, so I’m taking the assumption that with time he will show his quality.

Robin Koch had a slow start also before vastly improving to become a solid weekly performer.

It will only be fair to give Llorente the same opportunity to get up to speed with a run of fitness allowing him to do so.