2014/2015 Goalkeeper

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Not to accuse you or anything op but I find the timing of this thread very convenient.

Maybe we should wait untill Courtois and his father talk to the press again.....

[CHOULO19 24,332]

How many of these would Cech have pulled off ?

If your answer is anything but "100%", then we should bring back Courtois.

That's a rather silly notion. By that logic you can ask, how many penalties has Thibaut saved in a CL final, and if your answer is less than 3 then we should keep Petr.

Obviously neither are a good way to decide.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Looks like a pretty universal consensus

Well that is to be expected when Petr just had a pretty bad performance as is the result of the poll of this thread. Think it would have been a whole lot different if it had been opened after the Arsenal game when Petr had that amazing save right before our first goal or after Athletico's match against Madrid in the cup when Thibaut had a pretty poor performance.

[De_ChrapQaa 192]

I really think Thibaut is ready to be here(i voted him), we can't miss such an opportunity, but if there's even smallest chance he will accept new contract and go on one last year loan, that is best option i think, i want cech to break the clean sheet record

[Tomo 21,751]

The key to a succesful and stable club is continual evolution, replace before they "need" replacing, if that makes sense.

We waited until Anelka and Malouda needed replacing instead off acting in advance, and look what happened there.

[LukakutoStamford 779]

It's always tough to decide when it's time to replace a legend. It's quite difficult to discern goalkeepers but like most discussions it comes down to performances in big games and recently Courtois has been unbelievable in Big games. He basically stole the Copa del Rey last year, and he's put Atletico in great position to win the Quarterfinal Champions League tie v. Barcelona. The PSG performance by Cech was shambolic and hd he had a decent performance we'd all be talking about having an excellent chance to advance based on a 1-1 first leg instead of talking about our 18% mathematical chance of winning the tie from 3-1 down.

The differnence is that Courtois and Cech are heading in opposite directions and Courtois can steal more games than Cech can at the moment. Cech will certain be serviceable at a high level for several years, but why take that when you can get a top 5 GK in the world (some may say top 3) who's still a baby at 21 and still has so much more room to develop

[Sidzeret 2,257]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2596257/PETR-CECH-EXCLUSIVE-Im-No-1-Chelsea-Courtois-does-NOT-scare-me.html

He is not going down without a fight. I wouldn't be surprised if Courtois can't find the No.1 shirt.

[yuvala 2,167]

That's a rather silly notion. By that logic you can ask, how many penalties has Thibaut saved in a CL final, and if your answer is less than 3 then we should keep Petr.

Obviously neither are a good way to decide.

Sorry but I really dont think your comparison is a good one.

If there were many saves from Cech this season that I could say "Courtois wouldn't have saved that", then Cech would have a strong case for staying.

But that's not really the case.. Cech is a legend and I love him but if we really want to be professional about this, Courtois must be given a shot.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Sorry but I really dont think your comparison is a good one.

If there were many saves from Cech this season that I could say "Courtois wouldn't have saved that", then Cech would have a strong case for staying.

But that's not really the case.. Cech is a legend and I love him but if we really want to be professional about this, Courtois must be given a shot.

That is exactly the point, the comparison is not a good one, not at all. That's not how you compare keepers.

Rewatch the super cup for the best goal-keeping performance in Europe this season and then watch our last game to see an average error prone keeper. You'll find similar cases with Thibaut.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I'll let Mourinho handle it, he will figure out what to do...

[Strike 7,474]

timing of this thread gives courtois the big margin

[Jambo 231]

If you watch some of his performances though he is starting to climb to an incredible peak. Cech has reached and passed his.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We all have to realise Cech is a phenomenal keeper. However we can't let sentiment disguise the fact that he's made a number of high profile howlers this season, or at least a greater number than he or any keeper usually would. His form has dipped before and he has always come back stronger, and I fully expect him to do the same once more here. However, rather than oscillating between good and sub-par like Cech, Courtois is going from strength to strength to strength. Even I, one of Cech's biggest fans, thinks it is stupid to keep a 32 year old whose form isn't great (is Cech suffering a crisis of confidence? I see no conviction in what he does...) when waiting in the wings you have an absolute freak of a 21 year old who is probably already almost as good as Cech is! The way we have to see it is Cech would be able to keep goal for us for another 2-3 years. We'd get the best out of 10 years with Courtois and it won't cost a penny.

[Henrique 9,133]

We should sell Curtois to cash in. Peter Cech still has more 6 years as a top GK, or even more. We can easily see him playing until his 38.

In 6 years we will have more good young GKs around.

GK is a very sensitive position, and is the most difficult one to replace. Sometimes he has his flaws, but at the end of the day you just realize he is one the best GK of the last decade.

90% of people that voted want Curtois to be our 1st GK next season. Fools.

[The only place to be 11,313]

GK is a very sensitive position, and is the most difficult one to replace.

Which is weird because

In 6 years we will have more good young GKs around.

which suggests that it wouldn't be a difficult one to replace.