9 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Apparently Enzo wants Sanchez to be our ball playing goalkeeper in the style of Ederson from the start of the season if those Chelsea YouTubers are to be believed!! 

Mind you, who believes anything they say ??!!!!

If he really did have that in mind, our nerves are going to be in pieces after a few minutes!

 

Yeah  the good news is he will still have time to go into the market before the window closes when he realises the mistake he's made. I like Sanchez as a shot stopper but he's just not that guy.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Maresca goes back to Leicester for his keeper before the close. Think he needs at least Kepa to go and maybe  one other to do it, but if, say we sold Kepa and loaned out Petrovic,  I could see him go for Hermansson

4 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Bonus for Enzo I suppose for the amount of first team players available on week 1. 

 

Okay …….

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Apparently Enzo wants Sanchez to be our ball playing goalkeeper in the style of Ederson from the start of the season if those Chelsea YouTubers are to be believed!! 

Mind you, who believes anything they say ??!!!!

If he really did have that in mind, our nerves are going to be in pieces after a few minutes!

 

Mate, I don't think I could cope!

I was in bad shape every time he played for us...even his facial expression is one of emptiness. Lol

1 hour ago, Simplymo said:

Mate, I don't think I could cope!

I was in bad shape every time he played for us...even his facial expression is one of emptiness. Lol

Can you imagine Sanchez, Disasi and Badiashile trying to play out from the back at the edge of our box? 

2 hours ago, Simplymo said:

Mate, I don't think I could cope!

I was in bad shape every time he played for us...even his facial expression is one of emptiness. Lol

Most gormless footballer since Ziyech

Edited July 9, 20242 yr by Gordon Bennett

If we keep buying children for the midfield and we go into the season with Sanchez, Kepa and Petrovic, we’re f**ked. Unless the plan is to play Kellyman or Dewsbury-Hall as a ball playing keeper .

1 hour ago, yaz said:

Can you imagine Sanchez, Disasi and Badiashile trying to play out from the back at the edge of our box? 

No!

My heart couldn't take it!

33 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Most gormless footballer since Ziyech

But ziyech had a neutral, expressionless face. Rollercoster, humping his Mrs, playing football. Same expressionless face. But there's something in his head.

But this fker sanchez has emptiness, a void of absolutely nothing there type expression, empty.

I have also noticed a shock version for sanchez too...same as above, still empty,  but with raised eyebrows. Lol

8 minutes ago, RMH said:

If we keep buying children for the midfield and we go into the season with Sanchez, Kepa and Petrovic, we’re f**ked. Unless the plan is to play Kellyman or Dewsbury-Hall as a ball playing keeper .

I liked how vocal tosin was in the vid. Maybe he will get them going, connect them somehow.

2 minutes ago, Simplymo said:

No!

My heart couldn't take it!

But ziyech had a neutral, expressionless face. Rollercoster, humping his Mrs, playing football. Same expressionless face. But there's something in his head.

But this fker sanchez has emptiness, a void of absolutely nothing there type expression, empty.

I have also noticed a shock version for sanchez too...same as above, still empty,  but with raised eyebrows. Lol

This is the one that sticks in my mind - when he made a full length flying save and still had zero expression. 😂

23 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

This is the one that sticks in my mind - when he made a full length flying save and still had zero expression. 😂

See...thats what I mean. Zoom in on his head/eyes, i can imagine a black hole inside. A dark void of absolutely nothing!

*what's he even looking at...there's nothing behind his eyes!

Edited July 9, 20242 yr by Simplymo

Petrovich is my number 1. And at least with kepa we know his limitations, sanchez just scares the fk out of me.

 

I just hope Maresca sees it sooner than later, he's got an army of players to go through and see who he wants in the squad, loan, etc and still more to come.

The gk is easily just assigned to one of the other coaches to work with...so I just hope it ain't too late before Maresca sees it.

Edited July 9, 20242 yr by Simplymo
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1 hour ago, Simplymo said:

Petrovich is my number 1. And at least with kepa we know his limitations, sanchez just scares the fk out of me.

 

I just hope Maresca sees it sooner than later, he's got an army of players to go through and see who he wants in the squad, loan, etc and still more to come.

The gk is easily just assigned to one of the other coaches to work with...so I just hope it ain't too late before Maresca sees it.

I'm too old fashioned mate, I just want the keeper to launch it!

46 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

I'm too old fashioned mate, I just want the keeper to launch it!

Lol, sanchez is sh*t at that too. I recall it always leading to a thrown in by the other team.  🤣 

I think it is pretty simple with keepers.. the keeper who plays is the keeper that can comfortably play out from the back. Sanchez has much more balls to do so as he doesn't fear the consequences as much as Petrovic. Petrovic basically took Sanchez' place being much safer with the distribution but Pochettino wasn't adamant keeper needing to be the 5th in the defensive line, Maresca is.

Sanchez is basically the David Luiz building from the back. Prone to massive errors but still doing it as he feels it is the way to play football. 

What is interesting to see is whether Maresca outlives one of Sanchez and Petrovic. We are not linked with keepers probably because he wants to see in the pre-season whether either one can cut it. I fear we will buy some weird keeper end of the window. 

9 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

You can see how Spain have added pace to their possession based football, hopefully that's what we might be looking at .

After 2 years of not having a real defined way of playing, hopefully now we will adapt and embrace a definite , tactical way of playing . without too many team changes between games and a less injury blighted season.

Adding pace to possesion style is easy.The hard part is who doing the pacy stuff, how you cope with it and are you comfortable with it. Even Pep has Haaland or a while ago sane n sterling doing the pacy stuff. 

 

Edited July 10, 20242 yr by Bob stark

20 hours ago, ozboy said:

A good coach will adapt the system to the squad. I’m sure there is a faster version of what maresca used at Leicester, perhaps keeping the ball deep and then breaking quickly, perhaps trying a fast break on the turnover and reverting to possession when it doesn’t work. If you have fast players you have to use them. Speed is an incredible advantage used well. 

I agree with you but I think Maresca is going to stick to his style come hell or high water. He went on record multiple times last season and confirmed he would not change his style for anything and that if the fans are unhappy about that its their problem.

For better or worse I think we'll look completely different this season compared to last. With Pochettino there was a lot of back and forth action and few sides sat deep against us but this season I expect us to dominate the ball to a greater degree but at the same time face a lot of teams that will be happy for us to have it while sitting deep and looking to counter. So we'll be a slower side and I would expect plenty of groans from supporters but hopefully a side thats better at controlling games and putting our opponents away.

 

Like it or not I don’t believe in we are getting a new keeper this season so whoever can play our from the back the best will get the nod.

If Sanchez could use his feet, he would be almost world class keeper. He’s a very good keeper but he cannot use his feet. It scares us all. 
 

Maresca will find out the hard way unfortunately 

Edited July 10, 20242 yr by JM7

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

If Sanchez could use his feet, he would be almost world class keeper. He’s a very good keeper but he cannot use his feet. It scares us all. 
 

Maresca will find out the hard way unfortunately 

Isn't that American goalie we signed last year coming back? He might  be an option. Or perhaps still too young and inexperienced?

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

If Sanchez could use his feet, he would be almost world class keeper. He’s a very good keeper but he cannot use his feet. It scares us all. 
 

Maresca will find out the hard way unfortunately 

Did he not see the home game against Arsenal last season? cruising at 2-0 and then Sanchez decides to pass the ball straight to Rice

 

7 hours ago, POCH OUT said:

Did he not see the home game against Arsenal last season? cruising at 2-0 and then Sanchez decides to pass the ball straight to Rice

 

I still haven't forgiven him for that performance. He was determined to f**k up all game. He was at fault for both of Arsenal's goals and if we had literally any other keeper in goal that day, we would have won 2-0 comfortably.

I don't think Sanchez' feet is the problem, it is the head. He made so weird choices last season with the passes. He basically just chose the worst player to pass to and many times also. 

I am not downplaying his footballing ability or the lack of it. He isn't silky passer either. And maybe awareness is not his best asset either. 

Petrovic looks like Cahill playing from the back. Absolutely petrified he makes a mistake. You can't have that. You need that David Luiz confidence that Sanchez has but intelligence to go along with that. 

Anyway neither of the keepers is fitting for Maresca. If pre-season shows just that we are going to buy someone. And it will most probably be the guy he had at Leicester as it is late in the window and he is available. 

That Dutch keeper could be lured..just not sure where he plays at... maybe we should throw some money at his club. 🤣

1 hour ago, evissy said:

 

That Dutch keeper could be lured..just not sure where he plays at... maybe we should throw some money at his club. 🤣

Well, we've never done business with Brighton before, so who knows what a bargain Verbruggen would be 

41 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Well, we've never done business with Brighton before, so who knows what a bargain Verbruggen would be 

Bright on... What is that? Some sort of light switch shop? Never heard of it...

4 hours ago, evissy said:

Bright on... What is that? Some sort of light switch shop? Never heard of it...

Delightful club, very reasonable, you'll love them!