Thibaut Courtois

[Finniemc 7]

Not all Atletico supporters are entirely satisfied with him. Doubts are especially expressed about his agility, as many believe he is rather slow and about his reflexes. Maybe the disappointment is fueled a lot by the recent defeat against Real, but still, it is not impossible that reports on Courtois have been a bit too positive.

Colchonera thread on Courtois

Are you surprised? he's an on-loan goalkeeper that is keeping two young Spanish goalkeepers out of the starting line-up.

Everybody expected that Joel and Asenjo would be battling for it and then this lanky Belgian teenager, who's younger than the other two, comes over on loan and quickly established himself as the first choice.

Ofcourse some people are going to complain about him.

[Jack Uzzi 54]

Are you surprised? he's an on-loan goalkeeper that is keeping two young Spanish goalkeepers out of the starting line-up.

Everybody expected that Joel and Asenjo would be battling for it and then this lanky Belgian teenager, who's younger than the other two, comes over on loan and quickly established himself as the first choice.

Ofcourse some people are going to complain about him.

Of course that plays a role.

However, I read once that the loan agreement stipulated that Courtois had to play at least 75% (or so) of the season. Not sure if that's true, but it's not impossible.

He did have a very good season, establishing himself as a first choice at Atletico. But the fact that he's not really fast is true I think and overall it remains to be seen how he will evolve. He really seems like a copy of Van der Sar in many ways, so yes, reasons enough to be optimistic.

[Jase 43,479]

BIg game for Courtois tonight in the Europa League SF against Valencia. Good luck to him. Would be great for him to win a European trophy.

[English Freak 456]

BIg game for Courtois tonight in the Europa League SF against Valencia. Good luck to him. Would be great for him to win a European trophy.

4-2 win for Atletico. Courtois is 90 minutes away from the Europa League final. We should of signed Falcao, whatta player.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Reports over here say that Courtois got the approval to stay another year at Atletico..

[Melanicus 5,208]

That makes sense. And than 1 year loan at some English club.

[Kez 2,727]

Through to the europa league final

[Jase 43,479]

Congratulations. Will be a good experience for the lad. Hope we all will be celebrating...

[TomCFC 357]

I prefer Athletic, but the final should be invaluable in terms of experience for Courtois.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I want Bilbao to win because they are the team I have started looking out for in Spain, but I'd love Madrid to win it because of Courtois...

Either way it will be interesting to see one of my favourite attacking sides going up against our future goalkeeping genius.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Battle of the strikers, Falcao v. Llorente!

I think Madrid will win it because of their attacking power, Diego, Turan, Adrian, Falcao. They do have an exploitable defence though, even with Courtois between the posts. Bilbao have a better structure though, so they will of course be more disciplined. They also have home advantage because Real Madrid decided to get spiteful and refused to allow the final to be played the Bernabau. So now it's to be played at Athletic's home ground.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

^^

I actually think that Madrid will it because their defense is much better. I have watched a few of their matches this season and at times they have been able to completely nullify the opponents attacks. In one match, their oppsosition only managed a single shot on goal all game!

[Spike 12,049]

What would be more beneficial?

Winning or losing the Europa League?

[Hysteria 159]

I love Bilbao and i really like Llorente...but also want Courtouis to win it.

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

Going to be a great experience for Thibaut to be involved in a European final, its just a pity I think Bilbao will win. They are much more structured and disciplined than Atletico and they have an awesome front free in Muniain, Llorente and Susaeta. Atletico haven't got a bad front line either in Turan Falcao and Adrian but still I think Bilbao's pressing and the way they use the ball will give them a huge advantage. Should be great to see though!