1 hour ago, hawkster said:

I hope Poch doesn't revert and start Sanchez , I feel much more confident with Petrovic between the sticks even with all these

weird stats floating on here . Matchday get in .

The weirdest "stat" is that Petrovic has actually conceded more goals per game in the PL this season than Sanchez has, which is contrary to the eye test for sure !

I  want Petrovic to start today btw

 

 

It's a freak stat', we conceded 8 goals in 2 games where we were total sh*t. How many more did he save in those games.

On 02/03/2024 at 08:08, Gonoir Beniashile said:

Except it's the first time Pooch has rotated the keepers - so it's not usual. Pooch never gave Petrovic a sniff in any game until Sanchez was injured.

Petrovic hadn't played a single minute of Prem football before the injury, Sanchez was a seasoned Prem keeper. 

Its as much about managing personalities and egos as anything else. We don't want Sanchez kicking up a fuss behind the scenes, i think its evident Petrovic is our number one now. 

Far from good enough. Poor distribution and generally poor goalkeeping really.

Well had it been Sanchez yesterday we would have had pages of the poor choices he made on each goal.

Petro is a good back up, but not a number 1 that will win you titles.

Not even sure if GK is a pressing matter at this point. Petro is fine as things stand. 

Defence, midfield, and ST need sorting out first. I think if we improve on that and Petro still looks off, then we can think about bringing in another GK. 

I'd agree that, given our financial situation, a new goalkeeper can't be a priority. Especially as it looks like we will have three on the books when Kepa returns.

If we didn't have the finance issue and we were genuinely thinking of challenging to be say top three then I'd agree none of our options are good enough however we are a long way from that just now.

Ideally we ship two of them (Kepa and Sanchez) and stick with Petrovic and a cheap back up. Christ De Gea is strolling around attending squirrel kids parties just now.

1 hour ago, loz said:

I'd agree that, given our financial situation, a new goalkeeper can't be a priority. Especially as it looks like we will have three on the books when Kepa returns.

If we didn't have the finance issue and we were genuinely thinking of challenging to be say top three then I'd agree none of our options are good enough however we are a long way from that just now.

Ideally we ship two of them (Kepa and Sanchez) and stick with Petrovic and a cheap back up. Christ De Gea is strolling around attending squirrel kids parties just now.

If money was not an issue I would have Petro back to back up and either Martinez or Ortega be our number 1.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Not even sure if GK is a pressing matter at this point. Petro is fine as things stand. 

Defence, midfield, and ST need sorting out first. I think if we improve on that and Petro still looks off, then we can think about bringing in another GK. 

Striker

Left back

Goalkeeper 

 

In that order. 

If we can't get a quality keeper, keep as is. Petro can get better. 

2 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Striker

Left back

Goalkeeper 

 

In that order. 

If we can't get a quality keeper, keep as is. Petro can get better. 

I'd put a centre half before goalkeeper 

Not good enough

Tell that to 6 players who can't stop 3 of Sheffield.

16 mil down the drain.. rubbish and getting found out now.

And he's still better than Sanchez.

only at not passing the ball to the opposition. sanchexz pribably better shot stopper

Not exactly making a compelling case to keep Sanchez out of the team now ... albeit a supposedly fit again Sanchez has not made the match day squad for the last two games now LOL

Inferior Mendy vibes.

Starts very well, then goes down the toilet.

Don't panic @axman2526 Kepa will save this club next season!

1 hour ago, Luca Vialli said:

And he's still better than Sanchez.

In the popularity contest he's certainly ahead, but unfortunately not on any of the actual goalkeeping metrics that would be far more useful !

Right now he is a country mile below the numbers he was putting up in the MLS (he had a save percentage >80% there)

39 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

In the popularity contest he's certainly ahead, but unfortunately not on any of the actual goalkeeping metrics that would be far more useful !

Right now he is a country mile below the numbers he was putting up in the MLS (he had a save percentage >80% there)

Sanchez is far from the answer but on current form you could make a case for bringing him back.

10 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Sanchez is far from the answer but on current form you could make a case for bringing him back.

Yeah ... and with Kepa coming back next season, we will essentially have three number twos ... so to speak :-) 

19 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Sanchez is far from the answer but on current form you could make a case for bringing him back.

The problem is we play too much meaningless sh*t football passing around at the back to make it look like we're in control and Sanchez just doesn't have the speed of thought between touches. Everything is so slow with him that invites more pressure on. Petrovic is the other extreme just hoofing the ball upfield 

Who'd have thought getting a decent GK is this difficult 🤔Sanchez is not the answer, but Petrovic is in that danger zone with confidence, where one more big mistakes he'd turn into Kepa of that horror season. What happened to that young American GK we signed a few seasons ago? At this point, almost any option should be considered

He's had a really crap few weeks, has cost us at least 3 goals.

He is in danger of being dropped. With an expensive replacement on the bench, that the money men will want to protect their investment in, I would not be surprised to see Sanchez back. After his inexcusable mistakes the last 2 weeks, it would not be overly harsh and is probably the correct thing to do.