Thibaut Courtois

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Do you remember Seaman in the latter stages of his career? He was all over the place and conceding corner goals against Macedonia.

VDS is the only example in recent times that stayed to a high level till he was 40, for one VDS there are hundreds of Cassilas and Givens.

Later stages not at 32.

[Peppi85 110]

a lil teaser

[Nero 1,838]

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Didn't he say the exact opposite yesterday?

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Cech at Courtois' age was miles better.

Where? In Football Manager? He was just about getting recognition outside the Czech Republic and France at that time. Courtois has a Spanish Title, Cup and two European Finals under his belt. Do you realize how insane it is they won the league competing with Barca and Real?

I'm not saying Cech wasn't as good. He might have been even better, who knows? But saying he was "miles better" is an emotional statement you could never prove.

[Stingray 9,441]

Ok. This is it Thibault. Let's show the world why everyone thinks you re the golden boy. To displace a monument like Cech, at least you need to be very awesome in your climb towards greatness.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I'm very happy that he's coming into the team with general support and acceptance of the decision from the fans.

Yesterday, Petr was asked about his debut for us and he said he remembered everyone chanting "Carlo, Carlo" and that no one wanted him in the team.

That must have added immense pressure. I'm glad Thibaut has strong support from the fans already.

[Stingray 9,441]

I'm very happy that he's coming into the team with general support and acceptance of the decision from the fans.

Yesterday, Petr was asked about his debut for us and he said he remembered everyone chanting "Carlo, Carlo" and that no one wanted him in the team.

That must have added immense pressure. I'm glad Thibaut has strong support from the fans already.

Lets all hope he does well and we win.

[Myself 793]

If he really is going to be our no. 1, we HAVE to get a new contract tied down sooner rather than later.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Can't see the match. Could he have done better with the goal?

[stroey 2,525]

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/chelsea/story/1991571/thibaut-courtois-selection-is-about-the-future-of-chelsea-says-jose-mourinho

Thibaut is the future of chelsea

[Fernando 6,464]

If he really is going to be our no. 1, we HAVE to get a new contract tied down sooner rather than later.

N doubt about it. If he doesn't sign an extension by the end of the year then something not right.

[manpe 10,861]

Solid debut. Didn't notice any mistakes except for a few miskicks. Overall had one excellent save and dealt with every ball in the box comfortably.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Great debut. One world-class save, but how many times did he just come for the ball and claim it?

Looked solid, caught the ball fantastically but needs to improve his kicking especially to the right-flank.

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

You are the idiot and the stupid one here. If you are not able to discuss intelligently then shut up. What's with the insults? I'm having a conversation with intelligent people who can also agree to disagree. Who let you sign on here anyways? No one invited you into it.

Just stop. Your favorite player is Cech. You claim that Courtois hasn't earned a right to play even though he played. Shhhhhhhhhhht.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Great debut. One world-class save, but how many times did he just come for the ball and claim it?

Looked solid, caught the ball fantastically but needs to improve his kicking especially to the right-flank.

Yeah, his kicking off the deck was poor tonight, but it was a very greasy surface so let's give him the benefit of the doubt. His distribution is usually quite decent, not as good as Cech's, mind, but good nonetheless.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Reminded me of our game at the Calderon. We defended all game, so i was excited when we got some corners to try and steal a goal.

But he just came out and caught everything effortlessly.

[Barbara 15,149]

Great debut. One world-class save, but how many times did he just come for the ball and claim it?

Looked solid, caught the ball fantastically but needs to improve his kicking especially to the right-flank.

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Indeed. He was very firm and confident when intercepting balls in the air from their corners.