On 29/06/2023 at 13:53, WhiteWall said:

I actually think the whole department is poor from top to bottom. I am hoping that Slonina turns out to be part of the future and an improvement on what we have and i hope that Pochettino's team is an improvement behind the scenes.

I think the importance of an elite goalkeeper is often under-estimated. Would Man City have been treble winners if they had stuck with Claudio Bravo.

If Pochettino is happy to work with Kepa now, i bet he is still going to be walking a tightrope and if he is not maintaining the required standard i could then see us going in for a keeper in January. In fact part of me thinks all of this is bluster and i think we will sign another senior keeper in this window anyway.

Funny thing is last season Ederson was pretty average when they won the treble.

2 hours ago, smileysmiles said:

Kepa isn't good enough for a title-challenging team. He isn't consistent enough.

Not entirely true, he is consistent in letting in long rage shots.

43 minutes ago, dkw said:

Not entirely true, he is consistent in letting in long rage shots.

Doesn't w**k enough....weak wrists.

Kepa - not you....although some things go without saying. 

It'll take one screamer and/or a set piece into the box with Kepa failing to collect for Pochettino to start looking at the 2nd choice keeper. 

Something that needs to be sorted btw. 

I think we should give him one more shot this season. We have more pressing concerns, like midfield. We don't need to spunk 60m+ on another keeper, when let's be honest, there aren't any outstanding ones available right now, so we wouldn't be making much of an improvement anyway.

Just now, Zeta said:

I think we should give him one more shot this season. We have more pressing concerns, like midfield. We don't need to spunk 60m+ on another keeper, when let's be honest, there aren't any outstanding ones available right now, so we wouldn't be making much of an improvement anyway.

I agree, but I also agree to the notion the 2nd choice keeper should be of equal quality. 

40 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Doesn't w**k enough....weak wrists.

Kepa - not you....although some things go without saying. 

You really dont know me...

 

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Why didn't we just offer a straight swap with Inter for the useless fat c**t for Onana ?? seems simples to me ?????

obviously NOT talking about Kepa..

 

Edited July 13, 20233 yr by chelseablueboy

39 minutes ago, chelseablueboy said:

Why didn't we just offer a straight swap with Inter for the useless fat c**t for Onana ?? seems simples to me ?????

obviously NOT talking about Kepa..

 

They value Onana at around double what they value Lukaku at.

7 hours ago, Zeta said:

I think we should give him one more shot this season. We have more pressing concerns, like midfield. We don't need to spunk 60m+ on another keeper, when let's be honest, there aren't any outstanding ones available right now, so we wouldn't be making much of an improvement anyway.

If we give him one more shot this season, let's just hope it's not from 20 yards

TBF Kepa does have entertainment value. I like it when he tries to claim corners. Both frightens and amuses me at the same time. 

Pochettino made the mistake of sticking with Lloris at Spuds, it cost him silverware, he had the highest scoring partnership in prem history, but only Lloris in goal.

19 hours ago, coco said:

Pochettino made the mistake of sticking with Lloris at Spuds, it cost him silverware, he had the highest scoring partnership in prem history, but only Lloris in goal.

They better not get him as an extra goalie because he is free. 

Having Kepa AND Lloris fighting for the number 1 spot. Will have me pulling all my hairs out. 

54 minutes ago, Night-T said:

They better not get him as an extra goalie because he is free. 

Having Kepa AND Lloris fighting for the number 1 spot. Will have me pulling all my hairs out. 

Kepa has never been at the standard Lloris got to. He’s won the World Cup.

A crazy take - I would take De Gea for a couple years until Slonina is ready. Get rid of Kepa asap - horrendous goalkeeper.

10 minutes ago, I am a CPA said:

A crazy take - I would take De Gea for a couple years until Slonina is ready. Get rid of Kepa asap - horrendous goalkeeper.

Absolutely not for me, present day DDG is a lot worse than Kepa, infact even in his prime he was heavily overrated.

DDG gives away at least 5 howlers per season, i.e. last season West Ham away. He'd be world class if he had Buffon's mentality. Prefer Brighton's Sanchez any day of the week.

Edited July 15, 20233 yr by the special one

1 hour ago, the special one said:

DDG gives away at least 5 howlers per season, i.e. last season West Ham away. He'd be world class if he had Buffon's mentality. Prefer Brighton's Sanchez any day of the week.

Agree on DDG, but Robert Sanchez ? He had a lowly 64.8% save percentage last season and was 17th out of the 23 PL keepers who played 1200+ minutes. 

 

 

And Kepa gives up 10+ goals per season due to howlers and his t-rex arms.

We need a keeper for 2-3 years until Slonina is ready.

On 14/07/2023 at 10:25, coco said:

Pochettino made the mistake of sticking with Lloris at Spuds, it cost him silverware, he had the highest scoring partnership in prem history, but only Lloris in goal.

The only solace I have with this is that I do genuinely believe if Pochettino had it his way, we’d be bringing in Lautaro Martinez, Dybala & Dele Alli if not for our structure. I feel he’s a ‘bit’ similar to Klopp in regards to relationships, whereas someone like Pep is stone cold and totally ruthless. 

4 hours ago, I am a CPA said:

And Kepa gives up 10+ goals per season due to howlers and his t-rex arms.

We need a keeper for 2-3 years until Slonina is ready.

He's really not that bad, it looks like people still see Kepa from the time he was at his worst but that time has been a few years ago...

Kepa has been decent most of the time and proved to be even more stable than Mendy.

11 hours ago, Adamrb said:

Kepa has never been at the standard Lloris got to. He’s won the World Cup.

Yes he won the World Cup but while letting the most ridiculous goal in the final ever... But hey, France was 3 goals up so I guess Loloris was top level.

 

5 hours ago, I am a CPA said:

And Kepa gives up 10+ goals per season due to howlers and his t-rex arms.

We need a keeper for 2-3 years until Slonina is ready.

that's bullsh*t

he was one of our best players last season 

he's a very good keeper

21 hours ago, azpi28 said:

that's bullsh*t

he was one of our best players last season 

he's a very good keeper

that's bullsh*t    It's not

he was one of our best players last season    In a season where just about everyone bar Silva was sh*t

he's a very good keeper     He's really not. Very good keepers do not get beaten as often as Kepa - especially from shots outside the box

On 15/07/2023 at 12:13, Argo said:

Absolutely not for me, present day DDG is a lot worse than Kepa, infact even in his prime he was heavily overrated.

Also, his passing out of the box is terrible. He's probably even worse than Kepa from set pieces as well. I can't remember ever seeing De Gea try and collect a cross or punch it out. His best attribute is his shot stopping, but even then, a lot of the time it's for the cameras. I remember him saving a shot from Haaland in the FA Cup with his legs, but he could have just jumped on top of it.