Thibaut Courtois

[Essien19 1,415]

Yeah. and people were saying he is the second best keeper after Neuer. My arse...

During his time at Atletico one could say that.

He has regressed a bit, but it's not the end of the world, he's playing ok at the moment, imo.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Courtois is one of the top keepers in the world at 23 years old (I think?), stop with this hes regressed talk, its such bullshit. He cannot save everything every game every week and the whole squad this year has been incredibly poor for half of the season. 

Just now, King11Didier said:

Yeah. and people were saying he is the second best keeper after Neuer. My arse...

He probably is. He is probably just as good as Neuer actually, I think Neuer's slightly over glorified because hes somehow been reinvented into some sort of sweeper keeper/footballing god looking at what people say about him. The same with De Gea, he has one really outstanding season for United and hes automatically the best keeper in the world? Bullshit.

Courtois had 3 outstanding years at Atletico which was made even more impressive considering he had just come straight out the Belgian league with Genk where he was also very key to their title win at 18 years old. Also last year for us he was important, a lot of people were slightly concerned because of Cech being on the bench but Courtois was rightfully in the team and didn't disappoint with his performances (especially for dealing with crosses which I feel he is better at dealing at than Cech). Every team in Europe would take Courtois in a heart beat but yet here we are saying hes regressed and should play Begovic more etc and not as good as everyone once said... crazy times. I bet if we went to sell him a Real Madrid or Barcelona would be the first clubs to be interested. 

[CHOULO19 24,332]

9 hours ago, Tomo said:

If Cechs Chelsea career was reversed it would have took him years to endeer himself to the fans, when Petr was confirmed to start vs United the knifes were out, so many up in arms about Cudicini being dropped.

Cech needed a super season to win over a fan base still loyal to Carlo, unfortunately Courtois will need a similar super season to gain similar acceptance.

Two things about that comparison:

1- Cudiccini's career and what he did for the club is not even on the same planet as Cech's (and I adore Carlo, but that's just a fact).

2- Till now, Thibaut at the level that Petr was at in 2004.

I get why the comparison is 'tempting' but it really doesn't logically stand. 

[Last Sicarius 610]

He couldn't save all shots, moreover when our defensive is so poor. No matter what we should try to do everything to grow his confident, rip with defensive and pray that he doesnt get any injures. Moaning cant help at all.

He is still top and we should build 'new' team from him as a skeleton with Azpi, Baba, Christensen, Traore and even with Hazard.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Media is also on him now, saying he's unhappy here. PSG and real keeping an eye on him.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

He's good, but he just needs to stop conceding at the near post too frequently. He needs to go down instead of opening his legs for an easy shot between them. 

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

1 hour ago, kellzfresh said:

He needs to go down instead of opening his legs for an easy shot between them. 

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

6 hours ago, Hamilton said:

Media is also on him now, saying he's unhappy here. PSG and real keeping an eye on him.

Tbf i doubt anyone is happy in this footballing purgatory.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

10 hours ago, CHOULO19 said:

Two things about that comparison:

1- Cudiccini's career and what he did for the club is not even on the same planet as Cech's (and I adore Carlo, but that's just a fact).

2- Till now, Thibaut at the level that Petr was at in 2004.

I get why the comparison is 'tempting' but it really doesn't logically stand. 

Yeah but I think the overall point of his post is prevalent. The fact is, Courtois is stepping into enormous shoes right now and it's putting fans in an uneasy place. Especially when Pete is just local in a much better place in the table. 

De Gea came under scrutiny, rightly so, in his first season at Old Trafford and now fans adore him - even if he is endearing himself to Real Madrid.

He's not a finished article yet and under strained times innocent mistakes can get blown out of proportion. 

[CHOULO19 24,332]

7 hours ago, LDN Blue said:

Yeah but I think the overall point of his post is prevalent. The fact is, Courtois is stepping into enormous shoes right now and it's putting fans in an uneasy place. Especially when Pete is just local in a much better place in the table. 

De Gea came under scrutiny, rightly so, in his first season at Old Trafford and now fans adore him - even if he is endearing himself to Real Madrid.

He's not a finished article yet and under strained times innocent mistakes can get blown out of proportion. 

Thibaut was stepping into enormous shoes last season and very few had many issues with the decision. In fact, most wanted him to replace Petr even in the season before that.

He isn't get stick because he's replaced Cech, he's getting stick from the fans because he's let in a soft goal in almost every single match since his return from injury. 

So the criticism can't be dismissed as fans nostalgia for Cech. He HAS been poor lately and the criticism is valid and deserved. 

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22 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

Thibaut was stepping into enormous shoes last season and very few had many issues with the decision. In fact, most wanted him to replace Petr even in the season before that.

He isn't get stick because he's replaced Cech, he's getting stick from the fans because he's let in a soft goal in almost every single match since his return from injury. 

So the criticism can't be dismissed as fans nostalgia for Cech. He HAS been poor lately and the criticism is valid and deserved. 

This.

Someone on the previous page said people are saying he has "regressed". Nobody is saying that. However, his performances are dire at the minute, though in fairness nobody else is exactly coming to the fore. He is young and needs time to develop and settle - replacing Cech, who was more of an institution than a goalkeeper, was always going to be difficult. 

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Courtois isn’t entirely happy with life at #Chelsea and would consider a move to Real Madrid, despite his Atlético links. [El Confidencial]

The transfer would please Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, who is keen to get one over his fierce rivals Atlético. [El Confidencial]

It seems almost impossible that #Chelsea will agree to sell Courtois, after letting Cech go to ensure his 1st team status. [El Confidencial]

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Lol these stories.. Planted so obviously and clearly from baseless sources. It's open season at Chelsea, and first-team quality player will be 'rumoured' to be unhappy lmao.

Courtois is tied for another year isn't he?

[lucio 5,418]

if he were to leave, which I doubt. Who couldwe bring in to compete with Begovic? leno?

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Butland

[Atholy 1,293]

On 14-3-2016 at 8:56 AM, CHOULO19 said:

Thibaut was stepping into enormous shoes last season and very few had many issues with the decision. In fact, most wanted him to replace Petr even in the season before that.

He isn't get stick because he's replaced Cech, he's getting stick from the fans because he's let in a soft goal in almost every single match since his return from injury. 

So the criticism can't be dismissed as fans nostalgia for Cech. He HAS been poor lately and the criticism is valid and deserved. 

I totally agree! Massive difference with his clean sheet record in Spain.

However... the defense he has in front of him would bring any goalkeeper to tears. The Lukaku run this weekend sums it all up. You should watch this again in Slo Mo!

I play amateur league football (like to lowest of the lowest) and seeing this goal reminds me of my weekends :)!!

 

[LondonsFinest 692]

On his mistakes, as DJ Khaled would say:

 Another one.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Another near post goal. I'm beginning to sound like a broken record