wiziwig
Steed Malbranque
My thoughts too...He's not done anything that's had me worried and yet, whilst he were at Southampton I seem to remember him for his bloopers..Poch magic you know...
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Paulo Gazzaniga
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My thoughts too...He's not done anything that's had me worried and yet, whilst he were at Southampton I seem to remember him for his bloopers..Poch magic you know...
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
He was poor there
He was also at Gillingham IIRC and wasn’t good there
Cannot say anything other than positives for him with us
And he is a sexy man
Cochise
Steve Carr
Not sure how anyone else feels, but I think he's been poor this tour. The Higuain goal he went down in stages and imo Lloris would've saved that and the two he conceded against UTD. He's better with his feet, but on these performances, there is no way he should be starting serious games for us.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
I agree
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Pre-season is about fitness, not form
milo
Jack L. Jones
Legohamster
Ian Walker
Indeed. I expect my keeper to be getting his 10k high intensity sprints in.
Not bothered if his eyes and hands work at all.
wiziwig
Steed Malbranque
For fringe players, it's also about building self confidence and that of your team mates in you...
wiziwig
Steed Malbranque
Looks like we spoke to soon!
If selected, let's hope he does better against Real Madrid..
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
Let’s be honest it’s his first bad game and it was a friendly... I’ll take that
wiziwig
Steed Malbranque
That's true, although one or two others here will beg to differ....
Perhaps we need to see a couple of worldies from him to restore some faith....
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
Again I watched the game and he played the sweeper keeper role as good as anyone which is why he is a great no 2
The aged old problem is that people overvalue judge games too quickly
parklane1
Tony Galvin
i was talking to a guy today who was slagging him off big time for letting the first goal in at the near post, i said we have never seen Lloris do just that have we, he soon shut up.
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Serge Aurier
Dreamy.
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
Or de Gea
All keepers are fallible, but I prefer them to do that in a friendly
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
He been pretty much faultless in 5-6 competitive games so far, and had a few assists with his fantastic distribution
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
Bickering about the nuances of our reserve keepers performance in a pre season friendly.......
......we've come along way in ten years.
(Ben Alnwick says hi)
......we've come along way in ten years.
(Ben Alnwick says hi)
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Good point, it seems to be thing that because our num 2 keepers over the years have been dismissed by some fans that they are no good. I have heard fans over the years slagging the likes of Freidel, Vorm, Cudicini when in all honesty they have all been good keepers.
It seems some fans can not get past the fact that because they are not first choice they can not be any good.
It depends on several factors, though. I don't think anyone can claim that any player earning money playing in the top division, in the arguably hardest league in the world is no good. Even if they're second choice. Question is what you aim for, and how the rest of the team is assembled. Rather, if they're good enough. There's a difference between being good enough to stay in a division, and being good enough to win it. Players like Dejan Lovren is not an elite defender by any stretch, but the rest of the team can make him look better (or stand out as less good). If he was their mainstay in defence, they would not have won the Champions League, that much I'm pretty sure of.
A keeper like De Gea has his faults, but they are few. Then again he has the ability to do the exceptional, and both can and have singlehandely saved United from embarrasment - irritatingly enough also against us. Lloris is the same, arguably a tiny bit less so. Keepers like Gazzaniga, Vorm et al rarely lets in goals they're expected to save, but then again they rarely do anything you don't expect them to, either. Heurelio Gomez did pull off exceptional saves, but let in unbeliveable goals as well. He was a De Gea with more faults. Gazzaniga, as I've seen him, is solid. He's good. Of course he's good. Nothing more. Exactly what I would expect from a backup keeper. Keepers on his level will not feature as first choice on a title winning team in a competitive top level league, because sometimes you need keepers to do the exceptional to do so. Otherwise, they're rarely a title winning team.