🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois

[Amblève. 4,995]

15 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I've noticed this a lot of times this season and the fault cannot be entirely on Courtois. He must be under pressure from Conte to play in this way. Courtois in my opinion is a very good goalkeeper but he is not good with the ball at his feet, yet we seem to insist on playing out from the back. It's all fine and well when we're not being pressed as we recycle possession but when teams press high against us we still seem to do it and have got ourselves into trouble on multiple occasions this season.

It's ironic because City don't even try and play out from the back as much as us. They will coax a team to push up a little higher and Ederson will then launch it long over the top for Aguero, Sane, Sterling to chase. We never seem to mix it up.

The reason being that Ederson has far superior passing skills and range, awareness, and vision. He can hit those bullet passes like Hummels and Luiz. I remember when everybody was laughing at the sum City paid for Ederson one of the common selling points about Ederson that Benfica supporters mentioned was his long range passing and his goal kicks, often referencing this goal kick in particular.

[Superblue 6,372]

11 hours ago, Amblève. said:

The reason being that Ederson has far superior passing skills and range, awareness, and vision. He can hit those bullet passes like Hummels and Luiz. I remember when everybody was laughing at the sum City paid for Ederson one of the common selling points about Ederson that Benfica supporters mentioned was his long range passing and his goal kicks, often referencing this goal kick in particular.

I agree with this, he does have far superior passing skills and range.

But I would still rather Courtois mix it up a little. He will nearly always try to play it short and in recent games I'm pretty certain we get caught out or dispossessed in a dangerous area at least a couple of times a game, and it's cost us a few goals to boot. There are no excuses when Morata or Giroud are playing up front because we have a target man to send the ball up to.

I'm happy to try and keep possession and not simply gift it back to the opposition but it needs to be in a far more sensible way than what we are doing at the moment.

[Beigl 1,387]

13 hours ago, Tomo said:

De Gea fucks up a lot more than general opinion suggests, he's made many errors vs us alone in the past (including being easily beaten for Willian's recent goal at Old Trafford) and single handedly derailed Spain Euro 2016. I mean he's very good but he's helped by playing for such a shite defense that gives him the exposure to make up for his mistakes, i just can't subscribe to have a keeper who's average at best at commanding his area (even United fans are picking up on this) and makes silly mistakes often as the worlds best keeper (not saying Courtois is either).

For the supposed best thing since sliced bread there ain't half some embarrassing blunders in there and that's only last season (plus Euro 2016). De Gea actually reminds me of Cudicini (he's better but they share striking similarities), excellent shot stopper and in his element when facing shot after shot, but when we started building a top team where Cudicini only needed to be called upon once or twice a game, he looked lost and couldn't keep concentration. If/when DDG transfers to Real i will be very intreged to see how he copes with the transition.

Fair enough and I get your points, but I still believe that he is superior that Courtois, because even though both have their weaknesses De Gea is the one who truly elevates the team. Just think about where United would stand in the table if De Gea didn´t pull out world class saves left, right and centre. Courtois is in my opinion good when the team plays well like in 2014/15 or in our winning run in late 2016, but when our team struggles he simply doesn´t put us out of misery like Cech did for example numerous times. He was very bad in 2015/16 and even deservedly got dropped for Begovic mid season. 

He is a level below Ter Stegen, De Gea and Oblak which means he is still a good goalkeeper and on his day he is even great (unpopular opinion: his save vs Van Aanholt probably won us the league last season).

On the other hand we should still keep him, because the need of an upgrade at other positions like RWB for example is much more important. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Haha this fucker is going to end up staying here until end of contract and then leave for free with zero fucks given.

[the wes 7,212]

Liverpool want to sign £70m-rated Roma keeper Alisson, but Real Madrid are the favourites to sign the 25-year-old Brazilian. (Sunday Mirror)

Courtios has egg on his face now Real Madrid don't even want him sell this media mouth piece in the summer or let him rot on the bench next season 

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

On 3/15/2018 at 0:45 PM, Special Juan said:

A Belgian reporter ran up to him as he left the Camp Nou but he went through his legs.

ROFLMAO

Brilliant Mate

[Kendrick 339]

I really think Caballero should be the first gk for the rest of the season. We have nothing to lose tbh and Courtois deserves to sit on the bench for two and a half months. He clearly doesn't want to sign a new contract, I don't get why we should keep him in shape for his next club.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Jase 43,479]

58 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

 

[the wes 7,212]

 

Courtois loves to talk to the media at international breaks 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/691476/Chelsea-News-Thibaut-Courtois-BLASTS-Loius-van-Gaal-drops-MAJOR-hint-transfer?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+(Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed)

[the wes 7,212]

Thibaut Courtois says he will still be at Chelsea next year, even if he does not agree a new contract this summer.
 

https://talksport.com/football/chelsea-fc-transfer-news-thibaut-courtois-lifts-lid-speculation-surrounding-his-future#iTY7MelyOziQjOIj.99

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, the wes said:

Thibaut Courtois says he will still be at Chelsea next year, even if he does not agree a new contract this summer.
 

https://talksport.com/football/chelsea-fc-transfer-news-thibaut-courtois-lifts-lid-speculation-surrounding-his-future#iTY7MelyOziQjOIj.99

He will fuck us right in the ass, wont he? 

Promises about extending, but he will leave on free next summer.

Either he can leave this summer or extends. 

[the wes 7,212]

1 hour ago, BlueLyon said:

He will fuck us right in the ass, wont he? 

He seems like the type would do that mate we could end up having a sanchez situation in the summer 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

The board are experienced business men. They might be shit at sporting decisions but this is a situation i think they can handle. Last time Courtois was threatened with a year on the bench he gave in and signed a new contract and i think he will do so this time again.

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

On 3/26/2018 at 1:13 PM, BlueLyon said:

He will fuck us right in the ass, wont he? 

Promises about extending, but he will leave on free next summer.

Either he can leave this summer or extends. 

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the quote.  Nothing about extending. 

[Hamilton 2,120]

Didn’t he also said he want things cleared out before wc?

[the wes 7,212]

Real Madrid are interested in signing Roma's Brazil international goalkeeper Alisson, 25, this summer. (Marca - in Spanish)

[BlueLyon 9,359]

28 minutes ago, the wes said:

Real Madrid are interested in signing Roma's Brazil international goalkeeper Alisson, 25, this summer. (Marca - in Spanish)

Im actualy sold on Alisson. Looks to be top GK in the making, also available. 

Oblak would be best choice, but I think there is very very little chance to get him. 

If Tibo doesnt extend by the end of July, IMO we should sell his ass and get Alisson. 

It would be best possible scenario, Im tired of Tibo speculation, possibility of him leaving for free and on top, performance wise unreliable as hell. 

Fu@k I was defending nearly every player on this forum, from Eden when he was in shit form to Costa during china rumours, but I cant stand Tibo bullshit anymore. 

Probably the first time I actualy want undisputed starter to leave because of his character. 

Just get Alisson and we can build our future in peace.

Eden has same issue when talking to media, but he is at least talking on pitch too. Irreplacable. And good guy in every other part, bar media talk. 

[DDA 9,938]

6 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

Just get Alisson and we can build our future in peace.

I find it very hard to believe that we will actually get a player of this quality. I don't know why but I'm crippled by pessimism when speculating about future transfer dealings. It maybe something to do with our last few transfer windows.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

Seen somewhere hes proud to be a Chelsea player and still wants to win trophies here etc, well its about time he starts putting in performances and resigns in the summer then isnt it? Same as his mate Eden. Put up or shut up.