He had two sh*tty foot clearances in the second half that almost cost us, one went straight to Mahrez in the middle of our park who tried to put it into the goal and missed. And right before that he had a similar clearance with his foot that went again straight to a Leicester player (I can't remember who). But he had several other instances of coming out of the box that created strange situations (one with Azpi in the first half I think). In my opinion he is an OK bench goalie, especially as he does accept his role, but I'm not sure he should be our starting goalie in the PL games over Courtois, and I am not a great admirer of Thibaut.

On 3/18/2018 at 22:30, WhiteWall said:

Replacements:

Becker - Roma

Neto - Valencia

Donnarumma - Milan

Rico - Sevilla

Pope - Burnley

Butland - Stoke

Without putting any major thought into it i think any of these would be an improvement.

You can't be serious? I mean people are getting annoyed by Courtois not making enough "for the camera saves" will quickly put that into perspective if we have Gianluigi "still be a prospect at 40" Donnaruma in goal.

As for Pope and Butland 

On 3/18/2018 at 21:43, Munkworth said:

I wouldn’t say no to giving Willy a run between the sticks. 

Just no, the cries for Begovic to be made number 1 were bad enough.

3 hours ago, Argo said:

Just no, the cries for Begovic to be made number 1 were bad enough.

At least Willy can keep his legs together...

33 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

At least Willy can keep his legs together...

So one admittedly awful game and all off a sudden Caballero's superior, this is worse than when Remy was rated on par/higher than Diego.

5 hours ago, Argo said:

You can't be serious? I mean people are getting annoyed by Courtois not making enough "for the camera saves" will quickly put that into perspective if we have Gianluigi "still be a prospect at 40" Donnaruma in goal.

As for Pope and Butland 

You've written off a 19 year old already? 

2 hours ago, Argo said:

So one admittedly awful game and all off a sudden Caballero's superior, this is worse than when Remy was rated on par/higher than Diego.

It’s not just one game though, he’s been poor most of the season.

If dropping him for Willy for a couple of games makes him buck his ideas up that’s a good thing right? 

11 hours ago, Argo said:

You can't be serious? I mean people are getting annoyed by Courtois not making enough "for the camera saves" will quickly put that into perspective if we have Gianluigi "still be a prospect at 40" Donnaruma in goal.

As for Pope and Butland 

You also can't be serious at your Donnaruma bashing, he's clearly a superb keeper at the age of 19 and can only improve. 

I cant remember the last time Teebo won us a game like DDG has for Utd. Even against clubs like Palace who beat us, their keeper was excellent in denying our comeback. Teebo seems to let every good shot in.

2 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

I cant remember the last time Teebo won us a game like DDG has for Utd. Even against clubs like Palace who beat us, their keeper was excellent in denying our comeback. Teebo seems to let every good shot in.

That's harsh admittedly he has his weaknesses yet he has made some top saves, I 've seen that and I only normally watch the highlights

Last time I remember him making a top save was against Lacazette in the 2-2 game with Arsenal. 

16 hours ago, benjsross said:

You've written off a 19 year old already? 

 

10 hours ago, Slojo said:

You also can't be serious at your Donnaruma bashing, he's clearly a superb keeper at the age of 19 and can only improve. 

Ten years ago i was asked similar questions about Walcott, i have never really got the hype with Donnaruma and i feel the older he gets the less "amazing" he will become.

15 hours ago, Munkworth said:

It’s not just one game though, he’s been poor most of the season.

If dropping him for Willy for a couple of games makes him buck his ideas up that’s a good thing right? 

He hasn't been poor most of the season, furthermore if he let in Vardy's goal on Sunday he would have been burned.

3 minutes ago, Argo said:

 

Ten years ago i was asked similar questions about Walcott, i have never really got the hype with Donnaruma and i feel the older he gets the less "amazing" he will become.

He hasn't been poor most of the season, furthermore if he let in Vardy's goal on Sunday he would have been burned.

A goalkeepers career is much longer, how many good keepers do you get at the age of 19? David De Gea was one and look at him now. Walcott was always one dimensional even as a youngster, he had a crazy amount of pace and played for Arsenal, that was it. I see nothing one dimensional about Donnaruma. 

14 minutes ago, Slojo said:

A goalkeepers career is much longer, how many good keepers do you get at the age of 19? David De Gea was one and look at him now. Walcott was always one dimensional even as a youngster, he had a crazy amount of pace and played for Arsenal, that was it. I see nothing one dimensional about Donnaruma. 

Thibault Cortouis was one.

16 minutes ago, Slojo said:

A goalkeepers career is much longer, how many good keepers do you get at the age of 19? David De Gea was one and look at him now. Walcott was always one dimensional even as a youngster, he had a crazy amount of pace and played for Arsenal, that was it. I see nothing one dimensional about Donnaruma. 

De Gea was on a different level at the same age. There's also keepers like Asenjo and Szchezny who were also suppose to be the next superstars. Also re Walcott, i lost count of the amount of times i had to argue against people who thought he was going to be a superstar and not just Arsenal fans.

11 hours ago, Slojo said:

You also can't be serious at your Donnaruma bashing, he's clearly a superb keeper at the age of 19 and can only improve. 

The only good thing I'd say about him is that based on this season's performance his level is perhaps close to Courtois, statistically he's nowhere near Alisson or Oblak's level. Personally hope Real Madrid sign him, he'll be a good keeper but given the choice Courtois for me. Same as Pulisic, overhyped and overrated.

Edited March 21, 20188 yr by the special one

18 minutes ago, Stim said:

Thibault Cortouis was one.

And am I right to assume @Argo written him off at the claims we could be replacing him with Cech? 

13 minutes ago, the special one said:

The only good thing I'd say about him is that based on this season's performance his level is perhaps close to Courtois, statistically he's nowhere near Alisson or Oblak's level. Personally hope Real Madrid sign him, he'll be a good keeper but given the choice Courtois for me. Same as Pulisic, overhyped and overrated.

You don't rate Pulisic? I think he's quality. 

19 minutes ago, Argo said:

De Gea was on a different level at the same age. There's also keepers like Asenjo and Szchezny who were also suppose to be the next superstars. Also re Walcott, i lost count of the amount of times i had to argue against people who thought he was going to be a superstar and not just Arsenal fans.

That's fair enough, people overrate English youngsters all the time so I can definitely relate to you there. Szczesny wasn't playing at that age but he was a young keeper and looked promising, sometimes they reach their potential sometimes they don't. It's not wise to write off keepers at a young age, for me Courtois isn't that good and I thought he would be better. 

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

You don't rate Pulisic? I think he's quality. 

I'm sure he'll be a good player but I think he's better off staying in the Bundesliga. For me he's a player who excels by taking advantage of situations, not creating situations for himself - imho that combined with his lack of physicality isn't a good combination for the Premier League.

14 minutes ago, the special one said:

I'm sure he'll be a good player but I think he's better off staying in the Bundesliga. For me he's a player who excels by taking advantage of situations, not creating situations for himself - imho that combined with his lack of physicality isn't a good combination for the Premier League.

I would love him here, I think he's gifted technically and has a lot of pace that could match up for the Premier League. I even think he could do well in the wingback role where Moses plays. 

 

2 hours ago, Zeta said:

 

Probably the one player I'm not that fussed about coming back injured. 

Good, Big Willy is better than him anyway. 

 

Classy.