Thibaut Courtois

[Azpinator 2,325]

[sutro 1,026]

When did this myth of Cech flapping at crosses begin lol? And when was he dropped for Schwarzer da fak?

Cech at Courtois' age was miles better. At 32 it's much closer though, the only major difference between the two is people will favour Courtois because he's the younger more exciting player at the moment.

It's why you keep hearing the "he's never been the same since the head injury" line time after time despite the fact he was far and away the best keeper in the World as early as 2012.

Look i understand that some people wanne defend a true Chelsea legend like Cech and rightfully so, but saying that Cech was miles better than courtois when he had the same age is not true , i would even say that Courtois is better because of the experience he have right now compared to a 22 year old Cech.

[Weckerz 3,781]

Got a feeling the keeper's threads are gonna get quite toxic this season, shame

[zolayes 14,489]

Got a feeling the keeper's threads are gonna get quite toxic this season, shame

agree ..think I will ignore them till things get settled.

think I will start a new thread " Is Lampard still better than Gerrard?"

[TheIceMan 596]

Got a feeling the keeper's threads are gonna get quite toxic this season, shame

expecting perfomance mode this evening around 20:00 Uk time!

[mannyfreshh 164]

Easy fix, play petr first half. Play thibaut 2nd half. Problem solved

[kellzfresh 7,229]

It's official, skysports news. Courtois starts

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Imagine the reaction if he makes a mistake....

[sutro 1,026]

expecting perfomance mode this evening around 20:00 Uk time!

im expecting it 1 hour earlier when we know the starting 11

[Term-X 7,891]

Easy fix, play petr first half. Play thibaut 2nd half. Problem solved

Yea, because that would be sustainable, wouldn't it.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Imagine the reaction if he makes a mistake....

I imagine people would just say he's young but clearly talented and to stick by him because he'll come good in the end.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Starting Courtois is very important, because it shows our other loaned players that if you're good enough, you play for Chelsea. They will put in extra 10% effort to be acknowledged and get the shirt.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Courtois is the right decision. He's earned it. Yeah he doesn't have PL experience but he's gotten 3 years of experience in Spain and Europe now. Enough experience imo to not question it anymore. Cech on the other hand has to find a new club, doesn't make sense to keep him around or for him to stick around. He's still got a lot of years left at the top.

[DanishBlue 426]

None of our players out on loan are on Courtois' level though, but it is no doubt a nice message to send to the players.

[Myself 793]

wooohoo fuck yes

Don't get me wrong I love me some big pete

[TomCFC 356]

Good luck, Thibaut. Start of a new era.

[DavidEU 2,023]

Going from starting the 13/14 season with one of the best goalkeepers in the world, to starting the 14/15 season with (another) one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Us Chelsea fans are ridiculously lucky nowadays!

[LukakutoStamford 779]

I get why people get upset. I went through this same thing as a SF 49ers fan when they had to decide between Joe Montana and Steve Young. Montana still had some left in the tank but the reality was he had 3 years whereas Steve had 10-12 more years left.

The problem is that if you keep Cech and get rid of Courtois is that you have 5 years of Cech who will be declining albeit at an unknown rate. Then you still have to find a replacement. Sure good goalies are easy to find but it's quite difficult to find a top 5 GK in the world let alone a GK who has world #1 potential.

By choosing Courtois it's likely you are solving any GK questions for 10 years barring injury which allows you to focus on other issues and allows to look for Courtois's potential replacement.

However you rate the two GKs there isn't enough of a difference to overwhelm the good business aspect of the choice. Sure it stinks to have to lose Petr but his replacement is youth extremely talented and has Europa Experience, Champions League experience, La Liga experience, international experience and World Cup experience. Sure he doesn't have PL experience but it's not like he's coming straight from the Belgian league or MLS. He's used to dealing with world class players. He owns Messi at the moment as well.