21 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Is he actually an upgrade on Kepa though? Surely a genuine upgrade isn't going for £20m with Forest and Luton the only teams interested...

I think he is. stronger wrists and an ability to catch a cross. Far better at organising than Kepa who is mostly mute between the sticks. (or that's my impression)

Re your reply in another Thread, I know Forrest fans who rave about him! I think you could say the same for Butland. Really good keeper but no one is really bothered about him. 

Either way, Think kepa will get game time by Pochettino. Clearly he has something he likes about him. Lets hope he continues to improve. 

On 01/08/2023 at 15:00, OriginalS said:

Onana was not a lot more and he's way, way better.

Really? Lets`s wait and see.

On 01/08/2023 at 23:34, azpi28 said:

what does it matter that we finished 12th? it wasn't his fault

our defensive record was top 6 worthy, and that's considering our defence wasn't that solid

we just didn't score goals

There will be people on here who will somehow blame him for our fowards playing like absolute garbage for the entire season as well.

5 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

There will be people on here who will somehow blame him for our fowards playing like absolute garbage for the entire season as well.

And on the other side, you'd defend him even if he chucked the ball into the net and admitted afterwards he done it on purpose.

6 minutes ago, Argo said:

And on the other side, you'd defend him even if he chucked the ball into the net and admitted afterwards he done it on purpose.

I have said multiple times that he is not good enough if our goal is to win the league and the UCL.

BUT there is a big difference between not being world class and terrible. A lot of people here claim he is the worst GK they have ever seen. Every other goal is blamed on him. Have never seen so much irrational non-sense about any player in recent years.

Kepa is a slightly above average PL goalkeeper, nothing more, nothing less. He is good at saving close range shots, good at intercepting long passes, good at passing and controlling the ball. He is bad at stopping long-range shots and catching crosses. He has also shown great character. He had a very rough time under Lampard but didn`t give up, didn`t complain and instead improved himself and regained his confidence.

If he’s not good enough to win league no point having him then he’s not above average PL goalkeeper in the bottom 3 don’t think another PL club would take him on a free he problay be okay in Spanish league a lot of goals are his fault he is one of the worst goalkeepers we have had taking the fee in to account Kevin Hitchcock was the other bad goalkeeper 

14 minutes ago, Is good blues said:

If he’s not good enough to win league no point having him then he’s not above average PL goalkeeper in the bottom 3 don’t think another PL club would take him on a free he problay be okay in Spanish league a lot of goals are his fault he is one of the worst goalkeepers we have had taking the fee in to account Kevin Hitchcock was the other bad goalkeeper 

I don’t know where this ‘bottom 3’ keeps coming from? And I thought Hitchy was alright for that time!

1 hour ago, Is good blues said:

If he’s not good enough to win league no point having him

If you use this logic almost the entire squad would have to be replaced.

Not really you always need a world class keeper to win PL as we had each time we won it you know it to 

1 hour ago, Mod said:

I don’t know where this ‘bottom 3’ keeps coming from? And I thought Hitchy was alright for that time!

Hitchcock didn’t cost 70mill I give you that but was to short and like kepa got beat with long shots in remember being there against Wimbledon they were shooting from long rang win lost 5-2

19 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

If you use this logic almost the entire squad would have to be replaced.

You're being generous. 

2 hours ago, reparto corse said:

I have said multiple times that he is not good enough if our goal is to win the league and the UCL.

BUT there is a big difference between not being world class and terrible. A lot of people here claim he is the worst GK they have ever seen. Every other goal is blamed on him. Have never seen so much irrational non-sense about any player in recent years.

Kepa is a slightly above average PL goalkeeper, nothing more, nothing less. He is good at saving close range shots, good at intercepting long passes, good at passing and controlling the ball. He is bad at stopping long-range shots and catching crosses. He has also shown great character. He had a very rough time under Lampard but didn`t give up, didn`t complain and instead improved himself and regained his confidence.

That's what the vast majority are saying anyway. There's a couple going OTT but there's always a small section in the fanbase who would find a way to criticise even Cech's performance in Munich.

And no not every goal is blamed on him, some goals it's (rightly) pointed out he could do better and almost everytime i point any out it feels like I'm suddenly swarmed with multiple people unleashing their inner Harvey Specter, especially on reddit.

And I agree with your last part, I have no problem with him as a character (unlike some other underwhelming record signings) but I've not known someone get this much protection from critisism since Torres.

2 hours ago, Is good blues said:

If he’s not good enough to win league no point having him then he’s not above average PL goalkeeper in the bottom 3 don’t think another PL club would take him on a free he problay be okay in Spanish league a lot of goals are his fault he is one of the worst goalkeepers we have had taking the fee in to account Kevin Hitchcock was the other bad goalkeeper 

he is much better than Ederson (stats wise) and he won the league

The Kepa detractors are clearly not paying enough attention in pre-season.

If they were, they'd be all over the "fact" that Kepa was the only one of the five goalkeepers we took to the USA to concede any goals 

11 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

he is much better than Ederson (stats wise) and he won the league

Stats mean nothing you change them to suit yourself just watch kepa with your eyes so you think Emerson would rather be top of stats rankings or them medals in his pocket 

Pass.

 

 

1 hour ago, reparto corse said:

If you use this logic almost the entire squad would have to be replaced.

It has.

Edited August 3, 20232 yr by Kev56

54 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

It has.

And I'm sure they'll do it again if it becomes necessary !

Good deal for Brighton if the last year is anything to judge from. But if Rob reaches his full potential, which is exceptional, it is a clever, bargain move for you boys.

27 minutes ago, SwedishEntity said:

But if Rob reaches his full potential, which is exceptional, it is a clever, bargain move for you boys.

Are you a Brighton fan? You might've said before, but have forgotten!

26 minutes ago, Mod said:

Are you a Brighton fan? You might've said before, but have forgotten!

Yes. A Graham Potter-stalking Brighton fan.

That seems a very high price for a keeper that was dropped by Brighton and Spanish squad

6 hours ago, reparto corse said:

If you use this logic almost the entire squad would have to be replaced.

But we’ve literally just done that. 

6 hours ago, KokeFran96 said:

 

 

since 2018

bet if you take out that awful season he had he will be PL average