DROP ALMUNIA

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:03 pm

Not only did he give away the penalty - needlessly, I might add - but he kept kicking the ball up the pitch to nobody in particular. And it usually ended up being a Manure player.

Lehmann used to distribute to a defender, and we'd then progress from there. Flapping aside, Almunia's distribution is terrible, and we should be looking for someone else immediately. He, and Mike Dean, were the difference between three points and none today.

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:12 pm

Kiki wrote:
franksav63 wrote:Given was there ages before, Kiki before he sold his soul to Citeh....
I'm not saying there isn't any other keeper out there but within the squad?

Two season's ago, Big Jens made TWO MISTAKES and was subsequently dropped.........Remember Pompey's goal last week????

I know, I'm not having a go at you mate.... but there isn't a number 1 keeper within our squad, we've got a number 2, keeper as a number 1, and have had over the last 2 seasons...

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:13 pm

Bring Back Pires wrote:Not only did he give away the penalty - needlessly, I might add - but he kept kicking the ball up the pitch to nobody in particular. And it usually ended up being a Manure player.

Lehmann used to distribute to a defender, and we'd then progress from there. Flapping aside, Almunia's distribution is terrible, and we should be looking for someone else immediately. He, and Mike Dean, were the difference between three points and none today.

His kicking and distribution was a disgrace today....

enjibenji · Post by **enjibenji** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:22 pm

drop him for a bad ref decision

augie · Post by **augie** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:22 pm

Drop almunia ?? Only if it was from an aeroplane 20,000 feet up in the sky and he had no parachute

Seriously the guy isnt good enough at a club like ours that expects to challenge for trophies

Look at his cv and see the level of clubs that he has played for before coming to us for nothing cos celta vigo had no money left to pay us for silvinho

As it has been rightly pointed out, wenger dropped a top quality keeper (lehman) cos of two mistakes a few seasons ago and this guy keeps making them especially in the big games. Old cloughie said once that a good keeper was worth 12 extra points to a team over a season and he wasnt wrong. Why wont we buy a better quality keeper ? Cos we are a tight fisted club hoping to win things on the cheap

augie · Post by **augie** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:24 pm

enjibenji wrote:drop him for a bad ref decision

I know what you are saying enji but where the fcuk was he going rushing out of his goals like that and why did he commit himself to the tackle with shrek going away from the goals ? Big games are decided on decisions like that as we have seen today

MickeyFabs · Post by **MickeyFabs** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:25 pm

digger wrote:
greengooner wrote:he is not shit he is just average, an average goalie being played in the first team when he is clearly not up to it, same with eboue, diaby and denilson song, need i go on.
you're right.... Almunia will never make amazing saves, will always make silly mistakes, because he's an average keeper. He'd do well for West Ham, Fulham, Blackburn.. .clubs of that ilk, but not good enough for a side which should be looking to win the CL, League and FA Cup every season.

Saying that, second goal was nothing to do with him.

West Ham have got a better keeper than ours, I'd leave them out of your paragraph.

enjibenji · Post by **enjibenji** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:26 pm

augie wrote:
enjibenji wrote:drop him for a bad ref decision

I know what you are saying enji but where the fcuk was he going rushing out of his goals like that and why did he commit himself to the tackle with shrek going away from the goals ? Big games are decided on decisions like that as we have seen today

yea i agree augie with the running towards rooney, hey i am far from almunias biggest fan, but it was never a penalty

tinpot lane · Post by **tinpot lane** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:27 pm

Bring Back Pires wrote:Not only did he give away the penalty - needlessly, I might add - but he kept kicking the ball up the pitch to nobody in particular. And it usually ended up being a Manure player.

Lehmann used to distribute to a defender, and we'd then progress from there. Flapping aside, Almunia's distribution is terrible, and we should be looking for someone else immediately. He, and Mike Dean, were the difference between three points and none today.

The amount of times we had a goal kick. Sky would show a highlight and would return to United having possession

Also why does he insist on hoofing it up the field, with only Robin up there to contest for it?

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:29 pm

Quick question.

When Giggs played that ball round Gallas, who was asking for the keeper?

I was. Almunia made the right decision but he made it too late. So he did fuck up but I've Sky Plus'd my arse for the last 10 mins and Rooney goes down before Almunia gets close. Cheating if you will. But it was a penner. He had to come. Had to. But not being a top keeper he was slow out.

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:30 pm

augie wrote:Drop almunia ?? Only if it was from an aeroplane 20,000 feet up in the sky and he had no parachute Seriously the guy isnt good enough at a club like ours that expects to challenge for trophies Look at his cv and see the level of clubs that he has played for before coming to us for nothing cos celta vigo had no money left to pay us for silvinho As it has been rightly pointed out, wenger dropped a top quality keeper (lehman) cos of two mistakes a few seasons ago and this guy keeps making them especially in the big games. Old cloughie said once that a good keeper was worth 12 extra points to a team over a season and he wasnt wrong. Why wont we buy a better quality keeper ? Cos we are a tight fisted club hoping to win things on the cheap

HE WOULD PROBABLY MISS THE GROUND AND YOU KNOW HE ISNT ANY GOOD IN THE AIR

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:35 pm

I fucking hate all this Almunia bashing

He's not the best goalie in the world. But he is far from the worst. His performances have improved, compared to a couple of seasons ago. He's a competent keeper.

Who, in the Prem, is a lot better than him?

Give me some names. Go on.

tinpot lane · Post by **tinpot lane** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:37 pm

olgitgooner wrote:I fucking hate all this Almunia bashing

He's not the best goalie in the world. But he is far from the worst. His performances have improved, compared to a couple of seasons ago. He's a competent keeper.

Who, in the Prem, is a lot better than him?

Give me some names. Go on.

Agree to a certain extent. Just starting to feel we won't win anything without a top class goalkeeper.

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:38 pm

olgitgooner wrote:I fucking hate all this Almunia bashing

He's not the best goalie in the world. But he is far from the worst. His performances have improved, compared to a couple of seasons ago. He's a competent keeper.

Who, in the Prem, is a lot better than him?

Give me some names. Go on.

Cech
Reina
Van Der Sar
Friedel
Given

That's only five, and we are supposed to be top four.

Captain Fabregas · Post by **Captain Fabregas** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:42 pm

Number 5 wrote:
olgitgooner wrote:I fucking hate all this Almunia bashing

He's not the best goalie in the world. But he is far from the worst. His performances have improved, compared to a couple of seasons ago. He's a competent keeper.

Who, in the Prem, is a lot better than him?

Give me some names. Go on.
Cech
Reina
Van Der Sar
Friedel
Given

That's only five, and we are supposed to be top four.

van der sar NO, cech NO, reina MAYBE but arshavin put 4 past him, wouldn't u be calling him crap if you were a bindipper? friedel has his days and same with given.