Thibaut Courtois

[lionsden 4,689]

woah woah woah calm down. 2 or 3 bad games in a row? He made one mistake against City (and that was the only mistake he made all game) and few today. No need to over exaggerate and suggest we drop him which I think you're hinting at.

also i like how this thread only has traffic when he performs poorly.

"Two or three bad games in a row away" I have bolded the key word for you

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Just hope he doesn't do a Hart at one point after Cech left...due to too comfortable. Even Bayern had to bring in Reina to at least make it looks like Neuer has to be on his toe at all time.

[Myself 793]

"Two or three bad games in a row away" I have bolded the key word for you

whoops, misread your sentence. my bad.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

It worried me a little bit, he seems cannot catch the ball in several occasions, and decided to punch it instead, including the easy one. Is he lost his confidence, because of fingers injury? Better play Cech, if it's the case, until he is ready.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Well whether he catches or punches is irrelevant, though catching is always preferential. You just want your goalkeeper to be positive and commanding. He's been anything but that. But give the kid a break. Maybe, if anything, he's becoming a little bit too cavalier in his aerial approach. We all know how good he is in the air. Just uncharacteristic of him not to be plucking balls out of the sky left, right and centre.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

Why be worried, lol. No one is as strong in the air as Courtois. They call something like that a bad game. Maybe he was a bit off because the Man City goal was partially his fault. He wants to be perfect, and for me he is certainly the goalkeeper with the least amount of mistakes in the world. In that case he needs to regain his little bit lack of confidence, and putting him on the bench is the worst option then. Ofcourse, it can't take too long, certainly when you have Cech on the bench. I agree with that.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Why be worried, lol. No one is as strong in the air as Courtois. They call something like that a bad game. Maybe he was a bit off because the Man City goal was partially his fault. He wants to be perfect, and for me he is certainly the goalkeeper with the least amount of mistakes in the world. In that case he needs to regain his little bit lack of confidence, and putting him on the bench is the worst option then. Ofcourse, it can't take too long, certainly when you have Cech on the bench. I agree with that.

Agreed, if he is short on any confidence because he feels culpable for the City equaliser, benching him would shatter what confidence he has remaining.

[SykikJV 146]

It worried me a little bit, he seems cannot catch the ball in several occasions, and decided to punch it instead, including the easy one. Is he lost his confidence, because of fingers injury? Better play Cech, if it's the case, until he is ready.

Said in a post-match interview that Agbonlahor was trying everthing to prevent Courtois from rushing out to catch the ball. Agbonlahor even tried to stand on Courtois' foot in the beginning of the game when Villa crossed the ball. Maybe he lost his focus a bit and was focussing too much on Agbonlahor after that. It's something he'll have to cope with in the Premier League.

No reason to drop him at the moment, if he doesn't make a big error in the next game, he'll be fine.

[TheOneChan95 225]

I think it seems like he is trying to do too much rather than playing his natural game. But I think he will be back to his best soon

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Rumors from shit sources that Jose might be interested in Courtois-Varane swap in the summer if Real come calling. It is probably bs but if that was to ever happen I want immediate sack for Jose.

Courtois MUST stay here until we let him go on our term.

[Oscar 441]

Thibo's fine.

Fantastic player and maybe future captain.

[Jase 43,479]

Some of you lots here get worried so easily.

[Pizy 18,368]

0% chance he leaves.

[Jase 43,479]

Rumors from shit sources that Jose might be interested in Courtois-Varane swap in the summer if Real come calling. It is probably bs but if that was to ever happen I want immediate sack for Jose.

Courtois MUST stay here until we let him go on our term.

Think Mourinho is smart enough to keep Courtois, even if he wants Varane at the club.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Mikel-Varane swap

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I wasn't able to read anything before the match, is he injured? And if so, what's his injury?

[Atholy 1,293]

No news on him being injured.

Must be Jose that wanted to protect him (which wasn't really necessary IMO).

But in the end Petr really saved us 2 times today!

Still you shouldn't play mind games with your GK I think... always dangerous.

[Henrique 9,133]

No news on him being injured.

Must be Jose that wanted to protect him (which wasn't really necessary IMO).

But in the end Petr really saved us 2 times today!

Still you shouldn't play mind games with your GK I think... always dangerous.

Or perhaps he was dropped after two poor performances in a row.