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brazilianGOONER wrote:i think that in the end of day, what matter for a keeper is how well he can save shots, go out to pick up crosses and organize his defence, and that does not change that much from league 1 to the premiership. shots are not that much more powerful, crosses aren't so much better. he makes miraculous saves and looks very solid, and i don't see how much that would change if he played for us.
of course he's too young, of course he's not ready yet, but he is FAR better than fabianski. i'd bet my house that he wouldn't have dropped that ball on the second goal.
and if szczesny is too young and not ready, neither is mannone.
again, of the 4 possibilities, szczesny is by far the best.
I don’t disagree he looks a better player already than the other 3 we’ve got currently. But I’m talking about next season & I would disagree that at this stage he’s better than what we should be aiming to bring in. And for the sake of his & our future I’d prefer if he was playing first-team football rather than warming the bench behind (hopefully) whatever top-quality goalkeeper we buy in the summer. Experience is a key part of goalkeeping because decision-making is such a big part of it & sitting on the bench is just gonna stagnate his development & mean if/when we do throw him in he’s not as good/ready as he should have been.
I’d also disagree about there being little difference between League One & Prem/CL.
Bring Back Pires wrote:Actually think Mannone's alright. Made some errors earlier in the season, but had some great moments too. His saves definitely helped us grab the three points at Fulham last September. Which is more than Al or Fab have contributed.
Most of them were shots that just hit him in the face
Bring Back Pires wrote:Actually think Mannone's alright. Made some errors earlier in the season, but had some great moments too. His saves definitely helped us grab the three points at Fulham last September. Which is more than Al or Fab have contributed.
Most of them were shots that just hit him in the face
Wasn’t intended as a literal statement - especially in it's original context. But I do think a lot (not all) of those saves were overrated & a bit Hollywood. He had a good game no doubt but on the whole I’d expect any half-decent keeper to make the majority of those saves comfortably. Seemed fairly obvious at the time that his tendency to make saves a bit more theatrical than they needed to be & for pushing the ball back into the danger zone would be his/our undoing sooner rather than later & in the end it turned out that way. Not writing him off but cant say I’ve seen anything to really make me believe he has a big future. Like I say I’d send him out on loan & see how he gets on playing week in week out.
Woji should be recalled immediately from Brentford.
Week in and out he is making athletic, acrobatic saves and commands his area well.
Atrocious Al only makes saves if the ball is smacked straight at him, Woji has the ability to make saves with the 'wrong' hand (like Seaman used to) and saves shots that already appear to be about to hit the back of the net.
He also has a fiery side to him and loves celebrating in striker's faces after saving their shots - very amusing!
and i did explain in the 2nd post on page 1 
