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Robert Sanchez joins Chelsea

Last nights was just Goalkeeper basics as well for both goals.

His positioning for the first is bizarre, leaving that much of your near post exposed. It’s like beginner level stuff.

The second goal, is it not the first thing you’re taught to never put the ball back into the danger zone ie your 6 yard box.

Then that horrific miss when he just stood in no mans land, didn’t come out to close, didn’t retreat back his line. Just stood there.

It’s uncoachable at this stage of his career and will just undermine us all season.

Were lights out going forward, we’ll be a lot more solid with Caicedo back. But as long as Sanchez is between the sticks every club will fancy their chances against us.

 
It's funny, Sanchez will often pull off some incredible saves which make me think that yeah, he's got mental moments of decision making but as a shotstopper he's very good.

Then he goes and does what he did last night. Jeez that was painful. Even the best keepers make mistakes but two mistakes (and a few more which didn't lead to goals) is not good enough.

It's like he was scared tonight, scared of making mistakes, scared of the new manager. A mate of mine is a league 1 keeper who played with Sanchez as a junior and said that growing up, Sanchez was just so dominant - in the air, as shotstopper, passing, a complete player. When he looks at his performances now, he says there is so much doubt in Sanchez's mind throughout a game, which you absolutely cannot have at the top level. Any hesitation can lead to a goal.

 
Sanchez has been a problem for as long as he's been here, but I think it's come to a head now that the rest of the side looks like it might be improving. When they were all sh*t it didn't seem to matter quite so much. But now there's a feeling that with a decent coach/manager and some better players added means Sanchez is a real threat to ourselves. And he went out of his way to demonstrate that last night. And I really just cannot see that he gets better from here. I have my doubts about some (most) of our defenders, but I think there's hope that most of them can get better. Sanchez, no chance.

 
It’s a difficult situation for the club as he will be hard to move on plus you’ve got the added complexity of not wanting to stall Penders development.

Penders is still too young to become our number one and we likely end up with the same situation of errors.

 
Ben Roberts. Get him out of the club and Sanchez will go as well.

As long as he's here Sanchez will be our #1.

 
Having watched Sanchez for some time now I'm fairly confident it's a mental issue. He's a good shot stopper and if things go well he is capable of having solid stretches when seemingly he's doing well and looks in control. But he's also always one brainfart move away from completely losing his confidence and then it becomes an issue not just for him bit for the whole team.

Too many mistakes that cost the team time and again. We have to make a desicion, either trust Penders to be the first choice, or go for someone assured and experienced, because sticking with Sanchez after everything we've witnessed over the years is a crime.

 
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Having watched Sanchez for some time now I'm fairly confident it's a mental issue. He's a good shot stopper and if things go well he is capable of having solid stretches when seemingly he's doing well and looks in control. But he's also always one brainfart move away from completely losing his confidence and then it becomes an issue not just for him bit for the whole team.

Too many mistakes that cost the team time and again. We have to make a desicion, either trust Penders to be the first choice, or go for someone assured and experienced, because sticking with Sanchez after everything we've witnessed over the years is a crime.
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I was really surprised by him last night. He genuinely did great last year aside from when Rosenior ruined him for a bit.

He was shocking in 24/25, the stats bear that out, which I put at Maresca's door - and he fixed that by stopping his insistence on Sanchez playing short.

Last night was the first game I've seen where he's brain farted to such an extent, 3 times, without me being able to blame anyone but himself. Perhaps there's been a conversation behind the scenes about him leaving or Martinez coming in, perhaps its the pressure of Penders in training. He may have f**ked himself though, if he'd performed to the level he can last night, no one would be suggesting he leaves.

 
It’s a difficult situation for the club as he will be hard to move on plus you’ve got the added complexity of not wanting to stall Penders development.

Penders is still too young to become our number one and we likely end up with the same situation of errors.
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Agree, ideally you want your number one with Penders as back up, imo absolutely no point in having a new No1. with Sanchez as back up. However really can't see Sanchez going anywhere at this late stage if he is replaced, and absolutely pointless keeping Penders here if he's not going to be a number two.

 
I'm glad he had an awful game yesterday. We still won, and its the perfect opportunity to put Penders in for Luton and let him stay in if he does well. As others have said - as long as Penders stays he has to play, and yesterday only makes that decision easier for Xabi

 
I was really surprised by him last night. He genuinely did great last year aside from when Rosenior ruined him for a bit.

He was shocking in 24/25, the stats bear that out, which I put at Maresca's door - and he fixed that by stopping his insistence on Sanchez playing short.

Last night was the first game I've seen where he's brain farted to such an extent, 3 times, without me being able to blame anyone but himself. Perhaps there's been a conversation behind the scenes about him leaving or Martinez coming in, perhaps its the pressure of Penders in training. He may have f**ked himself though, if he'd performed to the level he can last night, no one would be suggesting he leaves.
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Penny needs to drop mate. He's always been sh*t - you can't keep blaming the manager, especially when it comes to goal keeper.

He was a terrible signing, nowhere near good enough and we hugely overpaid.

I've no idea which of our legion of Sporting Directors wants to keep this turd in the squad but Xabi needs to knock some heads together.

 
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Penny needs to drop mate. He's always been sh*t - you can't keep blaming the manager, especially when it comes to goal keeper.

He was a terrible signing, nowhere near good enough and we hugely overpaid.

I've no idea which of our legion of Sporting Directors wants to keep this turd in the squad but Xabi needs to knock some heads together.
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Outside of the arsenal league cup game, where Rosenior decided to force him to play the way he can't play. Which game last season did he make a significant error? He was great all season.

The narrative has spun that he's always like this. He's not. He improved massively last season, was easily our most improved player.

Last night has probably killed him though.

 
Bob doesn't seem very bright, he hesitates, looks unaware of danger, and makes wrong decisions on his distribution. It is all mental it's just that Sanchez does not have the mentality to be elite.

 
Bob doesn't seem very bright, he hesitates, looks unaware of danger, and makes wrong decisions on his distribution. It is all mental it's just that Sanchez does not have the mentality to be elite.
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I honestly think he might not be quite all there. Constantly got that gormless, half-sharp look on his face.

 
I don't get the feeling that many people think that Penders can be first choice for us now, at 21. But if he is second choice, why can't he be first now? If Sanchez broke his leg on the 2nd September, then Penders is first choice for the season.

 
My only concern with dropping him, is the pressure it puts on Penders. If he cracks under that pressure we really are screwed

 
I honestly think he might not be quite all there. Constantly got that gormless, half-sharp look on his face.
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You could say that about almost all professional footballers

 
You could say that about almost all professional footballers
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I don't know it's a bit special in his case

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