1 hour ago, Spiller86 said:

Deary me. Note where Rudiger is covering. Near post. He has got the near post. Cover the far post. But that is before we start to consider his awful arm swinging that means he covers the third of the goal. 

cover far post hahaha have you ever played football? When does a keeper ever cover far post? Rudiger should show him towards the touchline so Kepa can cover near post and theres no where to shoot. The failure is Rudiger letting him cut inside so easily, once he's done that it was game over. That goal is 100% on Rdiger and his shocking defending.

30 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

cover far post hahaha have you ever played football? When does a keeper ever cover far post? Rudiger should show him towards the touchline so Kepa can cover near post and theres no where to shoot. The failure is Rudiger letting him cut inside so easily, once he's done that it was game over. That goal is 100% on Rdiger and his shocking defending.

Should Rudi have showed him wide? Yes. No one is saying the goals are ALL kepas fault. But he is partly to blame. 

But that didn't happen, and in the time the player was cutting inside Kepa should have moved with him. He didn't. He stayed stationary and left the space. 

The video is much more damning than the still image. 

5 hours ago, big blue said:

He isnt a great shot stopper, and never had been. He doesnt command his area and rarely comes and collects or punches balls into his box. His distribution is okay but doesnt make up for the other massive flaws in his game. 

The best goalkeepers are saving there teams 7+ goals a season, kepa is actually conceding 8 goals more than expected, judging by tne quality of chances and shots he has faced. 

It doesnt matter what defence is in front of him, he is massively underperforming. If we had a better shot stopper in the team it is likely we wouldve conceded less goals, possibly around 15. Thats the equivalent of replacing Abraham with a 30 goal a season striker. 

Kepa is a massive problem. Much bigger than the centre back issue. We cant set the team up to protect him 90 minutes. He needs to be replaced, and even if its not with a superstar in the short term, it would still improve us massively.

https://understat.com/league/EPL

 

That's tough! The combo of Kepa + Alonso + Rudi/Christensen is really bad no wonder it always looks like the opposition just needs 1 shot on target to score a goal. We need to sell all of them!

1 hour ago, bisright1 said:

Should Rudi have showed him wide? Yes. No one is saying the goals are ALL kepas fault. But he is partly to blame. 

But that didn't happen, and in the time the player was cutting inside Kepa should have moved with him. He didn't. He stayed stationary and left the space. 

The video is much more damning than the still image. 

The bold bit, yes they are. every goal people manage to make about him at the moment.

That last goal is 100% on Rudiger and no one else, Kepa tries to shuffle across but doesn't have time after Rudiger's calamity. 

Blame Kepa all you want for not claiming the first goal but not that goal pictured above. 

18 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

The bold bit, yes they are. every goal people manage to make about him at the moment.

That last goal is 100% on Rudiger and no one else, Kepa tries to shuffle across but doesn't have time after Rudiger's calamity. 

Blame Kepa all you want for not claiming the first goal but not that goal pictured above. 

That bit I disagree. He had the time to shuffle and should have been doing it better than he was and reacted quicker. 

But you seem to think he's at the same level as courtois. So cant see how you can be convinced of anything!

Conceding from 1 in 12 corners is shockingly bad and needs urgent attention. Helps also if our dumbwitted centre back doesn't give easy kicks away.

3 hours ago, bisright1 said:

That bit I disagree. He had the time to shuffle and should have been doing it better than he was and reacted quicker. 

But you seem to think he's at the same level as courtois. So cant see how you can be convinced of anything!

Not sure where i've said that. I've pointed out that most of the goals we're conceding, we'd concede with most keepers as its a calamity all round. 

Courtois wouldn't have stopped goal 2 or 3 in the last match. The first one is arguable whether he'd make it out to claim that corner. 

22 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

About as well as we are doing now but with even less ability to play out from the back. 

53 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Not sure where i've said that. I've pointed out that most of the goals we're conceding, we'd concede with most keepers as its a calamity all round. 

Courtois wouldn't have stopped goal 2 or 3 in the last match. The first one is arguable whether he'd make it out to claim that corner. 

Try the page before this when someone asked how we would be doing if we kept courtois 

 

 

7 hours ago, Imran_CFC said:

I am not the biggest fan of Kepa but that position is mainly down to Rudigers inability to show Yarmolenko out wide. As someone who has played in goal during my teenage years I would expect my defender to show the attacker out wide and therefore I would have to protect my near post, Rudiger letting him get on his stronger foot on the inside was just brainless and unexpected.

Had Kepa not gone to the near post and Rudiger ushered Yarmalenko out wide and Kepa got caught out at his near post that wouldve been his fault but questioning his position in that scenario doesnt make a good argument, the first goal on the other hand is just horrendous.

Rudiger not without fault but he had just sprinted 50 yards to get back and if anything gets caught off balance as he catches up.

Kepa on the other hand could adjust his position in a second and again I point this out based on a pattern of him being in poor positions all season in one-on-ones.

If he didn't cost an absolute fortune and wasn't on huge wages, he'd be out the door already.

Costliest transfer mistake since Morata.

17 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

every goal people manage to make about him at the moment.

I must be missing those posts, i cant recall that he's made any errors since the return, certainly not at fault for any of the last 3 goals, so anyone blaming him is wrong. But that doesn't mean everything is rosy, he's incapable of defending the six yd box from crosses, it should be his domain, commanded by him and his knee 12 ft in the air, but he doesn't come out often, and when he does you see why, resembling a lost lamb at times. That's something you cant blame on defenders or the system. Every manager knows, as Moyes showed, our Kepa doesn't like coming off his line too often. 

 

14 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Try the page before this when someone asked how we would be doing if we kept courtois 

 

 

I said we'd be conceding the same number of goals as the errors are defensive errors, not that Kepa is as good as him. 

59 minutes ago, coco said:

I must be missing those posts, i cant recall that he's made any errors since the return, certainly not at fault for any of the last 3 goals, so anyone blaming him is wrong. But that doesn't mean everything is rosy, he's incapable of defending the six yd box from crosses, it should be his domain, commanded by him and his knee 12 ft in the air, but he doesn't come out often, and when he does you see why, resembling a lost lamb at times. That's something you cant blame on defenders or the system. Every manager knows, as Moyes showed, our Kepa doesn't like coming off his line too often. 

 

Don't get me wrong, Kepa is dog sh*t and needs replacing next year. But back on this thread people are blaming Kepa for Azpi not being able to bully his marker from a corner, Christensen and Rudiger letting the softest ball get played across the goal mouth and Rudiger not showing the attacker the outside. 

I think we just need 1 solid CB to take control and take leadership would actually make a huge difference. Having that CB and pairing them with either Rudiger/Christensen would be okay. Its just having 2 CB's of that level together is the issue and neither looks like a leader.

Kepa will benefit massively from this as well, but he really doesn't help himself sometimes. Seriously needs to hit the gym and work on his wrists.

Super Frank is still in Kepa's corner

 

Thought Kepa done pretty well against Watford. Interesting that there’s no comments backing him after a clean sheet.

53 minutes ago, mwblue10 said:

Thought Kepa done pretty well against Watford. Interesting that there’s no comments backing him after a clean sheet.

He only had two/three saves to make and they were all straight at him weren’t they?

Having players defend at set pieces made his life a lot more straight forward!

Just now, Munkworth said:

He only had two/three saves to make and they were all straight at him weren’t they?

Having players defend at set pieces made his life a lot more straight forward!

Got down quickly to save Welbeck’s shot. He did well. Credit where it’s due.

Hilário is training him to stop shots so I dare anyone to point to a more hilários duo...

I'll turn off the light when I leave sorry

9 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Hilário is training him to stop shots so I dare anyone to point to a more hilários duo...

I'll turn off the light when I leave sorry

sh*t jokes are my department!

When our defence was ok under Sarri, there weren’t calls for him to be replaced. Our defence at times is a mess and Kepa isn’t getting much protection. That doesn’t absolve him of mistakes or anything but they need to learn together. None of the defensive unit have covered themselves in glory. 

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

sh*t jokes are my department!

You think this town isn't big enough for the both of us, eh?

He saved 2 out of 4 shots on goal today including a header from 11 yards. 70 millions at work. Clap Clap Clap #Believe#InKepaWeTrust

Edited July 7, 20206 yr by Droopy

The Zaha goal changed the game and he shouldn't be letting that in. Why go for it with the right hand when you're diving to your left - especially when you already have the disadvantage of being short for a keeper.

Happens too often. #Havenofaithinkepa #Weneedanewkeeper.................

Edited July 7, 20206 yr by Nibs

Far too unreliable, and to be honest, I've never liked him since that Cup final incident, he hasn't done much to win me over since I can tell you that. 

Another player who I wouldn't mind seeing the back of. Just cut our losses with this one. 

1 inch taller and he saves that shot from Zaha. Sad that he can't jump.