Thibaut Courtois

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Kristof Terreur ‏@HLNinEngeland

Thibaut Courtois (22) made his full debut exactly six years ago. Since then: 262 games, 118 clean-sheets, 6 trophies.

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Thibaut first year as a pro (aged 16)

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Lollichon about Courtois:

"That Courtois would become the number one goalkeeper of Chelsea at a certain moment is no surprise at all. The first time I've seen Courtois, when he played at Genk, I could see that he had the talent to become a very good goalkeeper. You didn't have to be a wizard to see that. He showed a lot of maturity at such a young age, at Genk but especially at Atlético. His evolution even surprised me, first we had the intention of loaning him to another PL team, but eventually he came instantly to Chelsea."

"Since December 2013 he has evolved even more. He had to learn to estimate the space in the back of his defence more correctly, so he could be more available for a backward pass. I told him, if you come to Chelsea, you need to take an extra step in your evolution. He has done that very quickly. That was the thing that stroke us the most, that his adjustment time was a lot shorter than we expected."

[BlueLion. 21,491]

As much as I'm growing to love TBO, I hope we can wrap the title up soon to give Lord Petr a shot at the PL clean sheets record

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As much as I'm growing to love TBO, I hope we can wrap the title up soon to give Lord Petr a shot at the PL clean sheets record

I hope we become champion asap too. So we can see Cech, Musonda, Boga, Cheek, Solanke getting time. Although you never know with Mou and youth players

[Tomo 21,733]

As much as I'm growing to love TBO, I hope we can wrap the title up soon to give Lord Petr a shot at the PL clean sheets record

How many does he need?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

How many does he need?

Four It ain't gonna happen, sadly.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Four It ain't gonna happen, sadly.

One week loan next season?

[Thendo 1,088]

Never worried about oposition corners when Tibo is in goal. King in the air!

Agree with the above tho, shame Cech probably wont get his record.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Guy has no fucking clue how to play the ball with his feet, does he? Neuer and even De Gea are Ronaldinho compared to him in that regard.

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Guy has no fucking clue how to play the ball with his feet, does he? Neuer and even De Gea are Ronaldinho compared to him in that regard.

If you see DDG play the last 2 months, I'm very glad we have Thibaut. Weak game again today by him. Neuer also has had some bad games the last months. Courtois is the best goalkeeper at this very moment for sure.

[Amblève. 4,995]

If you see DDG play the last 2 months, I'm very glad we have Thibaut. Weak game again today by him. Neuer also has had some bad games the last months. Courtois is the best goalkeeper at this very moment for sure.

Is Courtois fucking Kim Jong-un? Can't I criticize anything about him without having people on my back about things that nothing to do with what I said?

[bluesman2610 1,341]

If you are talking about the mis-kick when he put it out of bounds to be safe that was not on Thibaut but JT even JT apologized for putting him in that position

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He looked in complete control with his feet yesterday, no idea why anyone is complaining. There was one breakdown in communication between him and Ivo that nearly sent me into cardiac arrest, but other than that he was quite sensible with what he did.

My gripe was that ridiculous slap straight to the feet of Mertesacker, there was no way on this earth he was going to get through that crowd of players. Joe Hart did that twice on Saturday and it gave Villa two goals, which I absolutely slaughtered him for. Mertesacker should have hit the target at least. Lucky escape.

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

Guy has no fucking clue how to play the ball with his feet, does he? Neuer and even De Gea are Ronaldinho compared to him in that regard.

Hopefully he improves that part of his game in the coming years..

As for the De Gea comparison to Ronaldinho...I just don't see it at all

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Is he injured? How come?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Is he injured? How come?

I think it's the hip injury he got against Arsenal when he fell awkwardly after being fouled from a corner. I thought he might actually be replaced when that happened because it looked like a painful fall but he stayed on.

[Oscar 441]

Guy has no fucking clue how to play the ball with his feet, does he? Neuer and even De Gea are Ronaldinho compared to him in that regard.

I think it's primarily due to his height...

Thibo is a giant. So, I think we just have to take that portion of his game into improving, but not being anywhere close to either the sweeper keeper or de gea.