Thibaut Courtois

[silviupastean 135]

There is no reason to be either, it just means the club don't care about winning the Super Cup.

maybe they don't, but i sure as hell would like that supercup, club world cup and c shield please. the more, the merrier

[Kinol 337]

He should not have been allowed to play, but it's such a big game that i can understand letting him do so.

How many times in his football career will he get a chance to play in a Super cup? and also the fact that he played a big part in helping Atletico get there.

I think that not letting him play would be to bad for his morale and his thoughs about this club. I think we made the right decision.

[zolayes 14,489]

Yeah, lets send him somewhere where he wont play and somewhere he is not happy. That will be fantastic for his development... I think we should be happy that he is doing fine in Madrid. And im sure that when the time comes he will be glad to take another step up to one of the best clubs in the world.

Real Madrid , Barcelona or PSG ??

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

i have some concerns about him liking Spain too much and trying to force a move there in the future but it`s more to do with if Barcelona or Real become strongly interested in him.

the only concern i have over him wanting to stay and force a move to Athletico is if in the next year they get serious financial investment,to the extent where they could seriously challenge Barcelona and Real for the title and become contenders in the CL. he had a successful first year with them but i don`t see it getting any better for them without that serious injection of cash to improve the overall talent level of their squad. at some point he will realize this and want to challenge for the big trophies like we do every year.

i hope this season is his last in Spain just incase any of those worse case scenarios come true...i don`t think it matters half as much as it does with outfield players what level of competition a keeper plays at when on loan. he has already played in infront of big crowds and shown he can handle it.

[diskoviolente 425]

If there just was a way to nurture understudy goalkeepers into starting positions without risking anything in the season or stoping the development. The problem with goalkeepers is that if they are rested too much they sort of have to regain their sharpness as well. De Gea/Lindegaard at United last season was a prime example.

Hopefully Courtois joins Chelsea and Petr Cech next season and somehow gets some playing time.

[Nic! 301]

Well, the plan ideally was two year foreign loan, one year PL loan. Then get the number 1 position at Chelsea.

[diskoviolente 425]

Well, the plan ideally was two year foreign loan, one year PL loan. Then get the number 1 position at Chelsea.

So Cech is done in 2 years ?

[Nic! 301]

Well, I didn't say that. I said the plan 'ideally' was to replace Cech in 2014-2015 yes.

[HRiver 1,512]

Cech is 30. He can still be our no.1 goalkeeper for at least 5 more years, imo.

[diskoviolente 425]

Yes, to be honest I hope he retires with us. Obviously a risky whish, given the problems that United have replacing Van der Sar, but I think Big Pete is very important to the team when the likes of Terry and Lampard get less and less action time.

As I said, there must be a way to blood Thibaut into the position of taking over from Cech one day without pushing Cech out of the team.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Cech is 30. He can still be our no.1 goalkeeper for at least 5 more years, imo.

Not too sure about that. Cech, unfortunately, had a lot more injuries than the average keeper.

[zolayes 14,489]

we play 60+ games a year ...split them 35 25..

[Hostedenis 556]

Courtois played 90 minutes with the national Belgian squad today, against the Netherlands. Although he conceded 2 goals, I believe he played a great game (Belgium won, 4-2, to Holland). You can watch the goals he conceded here:

Courtois played 90 minutes with the national Belgian squad today, against the Netherlands. Although he conceded 2 goals, I believe he played a great game (Belgium won, 4-2, to Holland). You can watch the goals he conceded here:

http://www.sporza.be...etbal/1.1403422

Not really balls he could do anything about, these goals are more the fault of the defenders. Courtois did some very nice saves!

[Hamilton 2,120]

Good game indeed, not a chance on the goals, some good saves..

[Atholy 1,293]

Full highlights of the Belgium - Holland game: 4-2

two great saves by Courtois from 0.23min. There's nothing he could do about the 2 goals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUCR1YRn-sY