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SteveO 35 wrote:Not good enough, never will be good enough. He's dropped enough clangers at reserve level and after his couple of Hollywood saves at the Cottage we saw the real Mannone at Upton Park
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Agree and it's something I've been saying for over a year.
agree too. never looked like the real deal to me.
the only talented keeper in our squad at the moment is szczesny.
BG please explain how you know this, and tell me what he has done to earn this accolade. I have only seen 45 minutes of the guy, and he was well, lets be honest he was "pretty shite".
i have ATVO, sid. not long ago they used to broadcast all reserves games, and i always watch highlights of every single under18s and reserves matches when they post it there. also, many highlights of brentford games were around last season, and he was truly unbelievable.
you said you only saw him for 45 minutes? didn't you watch our first CC match of last season, against WBA? he was pretty good in that game, kept a clean sheet and had some tough saves to make.
anyway, from what i've seen, szczesny looks like a very very very promissing keeper.
when he was at brentford, i always looked out for the highlights and what stuck me was how often his name was mentioned, not as we're used to at the arsenal and associated with a clanger ala vito, but because of some point-saving block almost every game. the guy was brilliant and kept cleansheet after cleansheet, won man of the match against leeds...
xDAVEYx wrote:when he was at brentford, i always looked out for the highlights and what stuck me was how often his name was mentioned, not as we're used to at the arsenal and associated with a clanger ala vito, but because of some point-saving block almost every game. the guy was brilliant and kept cleansheet after cleansheet, won man of the match against leeds...
Bloke has enormous potential to be World Class , all the attributes of a top class keeper .
Hope that wasn't his Agent who compiled that Video for Potential new Club distribution though especially on the back of his recent comments expressing frustration at lack of first team progress and his current contract situation .
lets be honest with ourselves, we all want szczesny to be world class because of the complete lack of quality ahead of him at the club. i really hope he becomes one of the top keepers in europe but he wont unless he gets given a chance and until he gets that chance we wont know whether or not he is the real deal...
so lets just hope when he gets his chance, he destroys it and gets a much smaller number on his back next season!
augie wrote:3rd goal def not his fault. 2nd one you could say that he looked poor on tho you could also argue that he was going the other way and couldnt adjust in time. The first goal was an absolute 'mare to concede and highlights a rashness to his decision making which supports the views of those of us that dont feel he is good enough as things now stand
Very insightful of you Do you think this is why he isn't our/Wenger's first choice 'keeper
augie wrote:3rd goal def not his fault. 2nd one you could say that he looked poor on tho you could also argue that he was going the other way and couldnt adjust in time. The first goal was an absolute 'mare to concede and highlights a rashness to his decision making which supports the views of those of us that dont feel he is good enough as things now stand
Very insightful of you Do you think this is why he isn't our/Wenger's first choice 'keeper
augie wrote:3rd goal def not his fault. 2nd one you could say that he looked poor on tho you could also argue that he was going the other way and couldnt adjust in time. The first goal was an absolute 'mare to concede and highlights a rashness to his decision making which supports the views of those of us that dont feel he is good enough as things now stand
Very insightful of you Do you think this is why he isn't our/Wenger's first choice 'keeper
Point out the bloody obvious why don't ya !!
are you this angry in real life?
You're worse to even acknowledge him......dont take the bait and ignore him
xDAVEYx wrote:lets be honest with ourselves, we all want szczesny to be world class because of the complete lack of quality ahead of him at the club. i really hope he becomes one of the top keepers in europe but he wont unless he gets given a chance and until he gets that chance we wont know whether or not he is the real deal...
so lets just hope when he gets his chance, he destroys it and gets a much smaller number on his back next season!
Exactly right and that's why I feel that his chances are being talked up all too easily by some. FFS -one decent season at Brentford. I would hazard a guess that Vela might look half decent if he spent a year in League One.
The only way we'll ever find out is if the GIC gives him a proper run in the first team. Until then it's all speculation
augie wrote:3rd goal def not his fault. 2nd one you could say that he looked poor on tho you could also argue that he was going the other way and couldnt adjust in time. The first goal was an absolute 'mare to concede and highlights a rashness to his decision making which supports the views of those of us that dont feel he is good enough as things now stand
Very insightful of you Do you think this is why he isn't our/Wenger's first choice 'keeper
Point out the bloody obvious why don't ya !!
are you this angry in real life?
You're worse to even acknowledge him......dont take the bait and ignore him
Problem is we have a No. 1 keeper who would be a very good No. 2 keeper and three other keepers who desperately need loan spells with quality clubs to prove their worth.
I have only seen 45 minutes of the guy, and he was well, lets be honest he was "pretty shite".
