Another goal where he could have done better, kinda the story of his career here. Obviously it’s mainly cucurella fault but Kepa will always let soft goals in , it’s never gonna change unfortunately. 

.GK covering himself in glory.

 

On 24/07/2023 at 22:13, Dubair said:

Madness that it seems he’s gonna survive this purge of players. Unfortunately he will cost us plenty of points this season. Mendy was a far better keeper. 

Yea mendy is miles better but most goalkeepers are

At this point I think you’re just trolling! A bit like our friend USATim but much less likeable!

1 hour ago, Mod said:

At this point I think you’re just trolling! A bit like our friend USATim but much less likeable!

I wonder how he is enjoying the Milan forums. I imagine things there are pretty rosey so far.

On 17/07/2023 at 13:40, azpi28 said:

 

Post-shot expected goals is expected goals based on how likely the goalkeeper is to save the shot. When the number of goals they have conceded is subtracted, we are left with the figures below. FBREF explains that positive numbers suggest better luck or an above-average ability to stop shots. We’ve included only those goalkeepers with eight or more appearances.

 

1) Alisson (Liverpool): +10.1
He has been comfortably Liverpool’s player of the season.

 

2) Bernd Leno (Fulham): +9.0
Leno was always too good to sit on Arsenal’s bench and the German has been a very astute purchase for Fulham.

 

3) Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea): +5.0
Think how much worse this season could have been without Kepa. There is a very strong argument that he is Chelsea’s player of the season.

 

4) David Raya (Brentford): +5.0
More saves than any other keeper in the Premier League. Is he an option for Manchester United?

 

5) Jordan Pickford (Everton): +3.0
Has been largely excellent for an oft-rotten Everton side this season, including in that 1-0 win on the final day.

 

6) Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa): +2.6
Not quite as good as he thinks he is, but he will surely take some pleasure from being so far ahead of Aaron Ramsdale here.

 

7) Neto (Bournemouth): +1.7
Has done an excellent job to help keep the Cherries in the Premier League.

 

😎 Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace): +1.0
Conceded only 10 goals in nine games as Palace have survived with some ease under Roy Hodgson. Earned his England recall.

 

9) Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace): +0.4
Just about in the green and now facing a battle to wrench the gloves from the impressive Sam Johnstone.

 

10) Nick Pope (Newcastle): +0.3
Pope was one of the signings of the summer for only £10million from Burnley.

 

11) David de Gea (Manchester United): -0.7
The Golden Glove winner. Which absolutely proves that clean sheets are not an accurate measure of goalkeeper greatness.

 

12) Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham): -1.1
Pretty much exactly the same season as last from the predictable Pole.

 

13) Jason Steele (Brighton): -1.5
After a strong start upon taking over from Robert Sanchez, Steele has struggled to keep pace with the better keepers.

 

14) Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal): -2.0
Actually ended 21/22 in the green so this was something of a fall from grace for a keeper who did not stand firm in the run-in.

 

15) Daniel Iversen (Leicester City): -2.1
Better than Danny Ward. But that was a low, low bar.

 

16) Edouard Mendy (Chelsea): -2.1
Brought back into the team v Nottingham Forest and he was pretty rotten, making exactly zero saves. Will surely leave this summer.

 

17) Fraser Forster (Tottenham): -2.7
Made literally zero saves at Liverpool. Zero. They lost 4-3. He didn’t fare much better at Villa. And then he was awful v Brentford.

 

18) Keylor Navas (Nottingham Forest): -2.7
Finally another clean sheet v Arsenal, though they did not test him too severely.

 

19) Robert Sanchez (Brighton): -2.8
Spanish Bob forced his way into the national team reckoning with his form after becoming the Brighton No.1, but has he really maintained those levels? He lost his Brighton place to Steele and it’s hard to argue that it’s harsh.

 

20=) Hugo Lloris (Tottenham): -4.1
After 145 caps, for the first time in almost 15 years, France have to think about a future without their No.1. That day is surely coming for Spurs too, even if the 36-year-old has a couple of years remaining on his deal.

 

20=) Dean Henderson (Nottingham Forest): -4.1
“I didn’t really want the manager to see me in training because I knew he’d probably want to keep me,” said Henderson about United boss Erik ten Hag. The Forest loanee presumably hopes he doesn’t see his stats too.

 

22) Ederson (Manchester City): -4.7
Ederson remains the ideal goalkeeper for Manchester City but still some way from being the perfect goalkeeper. City play a high line, like Liverpool, but Ederson is rather more rash than his compatriot Alisson when it comes to dealing with one-versus-ones.

 

23) Danny Ward (Leicester): -5.5
Eventually dropped.

 

24) Jose Sa (Wolves): -5.8
The leader in this metric last season has had a mare. An absolute mare.

 

25) Mark Travers (Bournemouth): -6.0
Redeemed himself somewhat when forced back between the sticks on the final day but there’s no doubt that Bournemouth would have been down if Travers had remained in goal.

 

26) Illan Meslier (Leeds): -12.4
Leeds fans love Meslier, and plenty of other clubs are apparently watching the young Frenchman, but his numbers are dire. Last season, he finished with a PSxG of -16.2, and though his defence has been wretched, his recent form has been beyond awful. Not happy about being dropped, according to Sam Allardyce, but he could hardly argue.

 

27) Gavin Bazunu (Southampton): -16.6
Maybe the Southampton goal is no place for a youngster this season. Bazunu was superb for Portsmouth in League One last year but the step up to the Premier League has been a big one for the Republic of Ireland stopper.

Rory Jennings is a retard

bottom 5 lol

Let's face it, any shot from outside the box has a decent chance of going in

16 hours ago, azpi28 said:

Rory Jennings is a retard

bottom 5 lol

Hate that he is treated as the voice of Chelsea. 

12 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Hate that he is treated as the voice of Chelsea. 

exactly, very annoying 

he always has these clickbait type of titles. He just has horrendous takes just for attention

i only sometimes watch Chelsea SW6. I don't like the channels with the slick production values. I like that the guy is just holding the phone and sharing his thoughts 

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54 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

 

54 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Hate that he is treated as the voice of Chelsea. 

Well he’s talking sense tho I put kepa in bottom 3 he’s a poor goalkeeper get rid

1 hour ago, azpi28 said:

I only sometimes watch Chelsea SW6. I don't like the channels with the slick production values. I like that the guy is just holding the phone and sharing his thoughts 

What’s that YouTube cast where Chelsea fans just get angry and shout at each other for a few hours everyday? It’s like our match chat but with audio! 

There were some rumours I read that we were interested in Anatoly Trubin to come in as competition with Kepa. This Trubin fella does look pretty decent actually and could put pressure on Kepa for the Jersey.

Arsenal in talks with Raya despite having Ramsdale. Talk about meaning business! 

Really wanted us to go for Raya.

I know I’ve said this a few times but what is actually going on with us?

Season two weeks away and first team has huge holes at GK, CM and at least one more forward.

Yet we’re spending our time buying another 50m on kids to loan to our French sister club. 

Every other top team has improved their first 11 but us, we are weaker after all the sales.
 

Our owners can’t seriously expect us to be getting top 4 now? Maybe they don’t really care about on-pitch success, just a big money player farming operation. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for finding young talent etc. but not completely at the expense of the next season in front of us. How is this our main focus this close to the season? 

Clearly all these signings are not going to work, or even be able to be intergrated any time soon. All feels so off to me.
 

 

29 minutes ago, Adamrb said:

Arsenal in talks with Raya despite having Ramsdale. Talk about meaning business! 

Really wanted us to go for Raya.

I know I’ve said this a few times but what is actually going on with us?

Season two weeks away and first team has huge holes at GK, CM and at least one more forward.

Yet we’re spending our time buying another 50m on kids to loan to our French sister club. 

Every other top team has improved their first 11 but us, we are weaker after all the sales.
 

Our owners can’t seriously expect us to be getting top 4 now? Maybe they don’t really care about on-pitch success, just a big money player farming operation. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for finding young talent etc. but not completely at the expense of the next season in front of us. How is this our main focus this close to the season? 

Clearly all these signings are not going to work, or even be able to be intergrated any time soon. All feels so off to me.
 

 

Ramsdale is rubbish, I expected it to not be another year until the general population caught up but looks like that moments has come early.

1 hour ago, Argo said:

Ramsdale is rubbish, I expected it to not be another year until the general population caught up but looks like that moments has come early.

He's really not rubbish - would take him any day over Kepa.

56 minutes ago, Nibs said:

He's really not rubbish - would take him any day over Kepa.

Funnily enough I remember thinking when we played Sheffield United in 2020 "so this is what it's like to face Kepa".

He's got good distribution but overall is nowhere near the level of a top keeper. He also tries to make things look spectacular when all was needed was a simple action, case in point look at West Hams equaliser vs them last season, he turned a pretty straight forward catch/parry into a Kepa lite goal concession to try and look good for the cameras.

5 minutes ago, Argo said:

Funnily enough I remember thinking when we played Sheffield United in 2020 "so this is what it's like to face Kepa".

He's got good distribution but overall is nowhere near the level of a top keeper. He also tries to make things look spectacular when all was needed was a simple action, case in point look at West Hams equaliser vs them last season, he turned a pretty straight forward catch/parry into a Kepa lite goal concession to try and look good for the cameras.

Think there is a shortage of real top keepers now. When I was a kid you had Clemence, Shilton, Corrigan, Jennings and in the PL era we have had Schmeichel, Seaman, Cech, Courtois. Now there are very few keepers who stand out and the modern coach has this obsession of "ball-playing" keepers with great distribution.

All keepers have mistakes in them and make the odd howler but I'll wager a bet that Ramsdale (and Pickford for that matter who wouldn't have minded us signing) will let a lot fewer soft goals in than Kepa.

On 29/07/2023 at 18:09, azpi28 said:

exactly, very annoying 

he always has these clickbait type of titles. He just has horrendous takes just for attention

i only sometimes watch Chelsea SW6. I don't like the channels with the slick production values. I like that the guy is just holding the phone and sharing his thoughts 

Chelsea SW6 is proper old school, , and the guy isn't an attention seeker.

3 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Think there is a shortage of real top keepers now. When I was a kid you had Clemence, Shilton, Corrigan, Jennings and in the PL era we have had Schmeichel, Seaman, Cech, Courtois. Now there are very few keepers who stand out and the modern coach has this obsession of "ball-playing" keepers with great distribution.

All keepers have mistakes in them and make the odd howler but I'll wager a bet that Ramsdale (and Pickford for that matter who wouldn't have minded us signing) will let a lot fewer soft goals in than Kepa.

Remember when Jennings used to catch crosses one handed, Kepa struggles punching under no pressure. 

1 hour ago, Nibs said:

He's really not rubbish - would take him any day over Kepa.

I think Kepa is still the most expensive keeper ever.

We love to break records !

 

23 minutes ago, Argo said:

Funnily enough I remember thinking when we played Sheffield United in 2020 "so this is what it's like to face Kepa".

He's got good distribution but overall is nowhere near the level of a top keeper. He also tries to make things look spectacular when all was needed was a simple action, case in point look at West Hams equaliser vs them last season, he turned a pretty straight forward catch/parry into a Kepa lite goal concession to try and look good for the cameras.

Well said and very true

9 minutes ago, charierre said:

9 minutes ago, charierre said:

Remember when Jennings used to catch crosses one handed, Kepa struggles punching under no pressure. 

Yea I remember watching Jennings they said he hands like shovels and they didn’t ave the protection like now and our own the cat who didn’t wear gloves great goalkeeper 

47 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Chelsea SW6 is proper old school, , and the guy isn't an attention seeker.

that's what i like about him. He is just doing it because he is passionate about chelsea not as his "job" like some of the youtubers

Some very good sources saying you're chasing Robert Sanchez.

Boehly appears to think it is a lot of fun negotiating with Tony Bloom. Bit of a masochist would be my guess.