Tomo 21,751 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 18 minutes ago, BlueLion said: Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave soon. No way is he going to be first choice unless Courtois suffers another long-term injury, and he isn't going to get the free ride he thought when it comes to winning trophies. Not this season, but we will bounce back. What does worry me tho now Jose is gone is we might go back to not really caring about back ups, first time around Jose kept Carlo then brought Hilario (who was a lot better than given credit for) then when Carlo left and Hilario declined we had Turnbull as number two for years, then Jose returned and fixed that initially and brought in Schwarzer (although not brilliant better than Turnbull by a distance), then when Tibo came back he had Cech as back up and even Schwarzer as number 3, then when Cech wanted tl go for first team football in came Asmir. Jose always made sure his teams were well covered in goal with very good/decent back ups in Cudicini, Toldo, Cassilas, Schwarzer, Cech, Begovic and even decent expierenced number 3s like Hilario, Schwarzer after Tibo arrived and Amelia. I just hope our new manager values decent back ups in goal should Asmir leave for first team footy because we got lucky that Cech never had long lay offs when Turnbull was understudy, this season when Tibo went down we were conceding for fun even with Begovic in goal, imagine if we had Turnbull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 9 minutes ago, Tomo said: Not this season, but we will bounce back. What does worry me tho now Jose is gone is we might go back to not really caring about back ups, first time around Jose kept Carlo then brought Hilario (who was a lot better than given credit for) then when Carlo left and Hilario declined we had Turnbull as number two for years, then Jose returned and fixed that initially and brought in Schwarzer (although not brilliant better than Turnbull by a distance), then when Tibo came back he had Cech as back up and even Schwarzer as number 3, then when Cech wanted tl go for first team football in came Asmir. Jose always made sure his teams were well covered in goal with very good/decent back ups in Cudicini, Toldo, Cassilas, Schwarzer, Cech, Begovic and even decent expierenced number 3s like Hilario, Schwarzer after Tibo arrived and Amelia. I just hope our new manager values decent back ups in goal should Asmir leave for first team footy because we got lucky that Cech never had long lay offs when Turnbull was understudy, this season when Tibo went down we were conceding for fun even with Begovic in goal, imagine if we had Turnbull. Buying older goalkeepers as a back-up is a good policy. Amelia is a very good third-choice option, and Begovic is clearly the best second choice goalkeeper in world football after Claudio Bravo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 9 minutes ago, BlueLion said: Buying older goalkeepers as a back-up is a good policy. Amelia is a very good third-choice option, and Begovic is clearly the best second choice goalkeeper in world football after Claudio Bravo. What makes Amelia a very good third-choice option? Released by Milan in 2014 (hardly a positive sign for a back-up GK), went almost a year as a free agent, only to end up as a back-up at Serie B level (playing just one game). Also played at amateur level during that period as a free agent. It's one of the strangest signings ever and we've seen strange signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 17 hours ago, DYC. said: What makes Amelia a very good third-choice option? Released by Milan in 2014 (hardly a positive sign for a back-up GK), went almost a year as a free agent, only to end up as a back-up at Serie B level (playing just one game). Also played at amateur level during that period as a free agent. It's one of the strangest signings ever and we've seen strange signings. Â He's experienced and a cheap wage. Short-term option. Â Not to mention he is considerably better than Blackman, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 1 hour ago, BlueLion said: Â He's experienced and a cheap wage. Short-term option. Â Not to mention he is considerably better than Blackman, Hmm. You could find hundreds of GKs matching that description'. I think we'd be in for a shocker if he actually had to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 8 hours ago, DYC. said: Hmm. You could find hundreds of GKs matching that description'. I think we'd be in for a shocker if he actually had to play. True. But he was available at the time. He'll probably never, ever play for us (Magnus Headman, anyone?), but I'd feel better having him on the bench in the Parc des Princes if there was an injury to Thibaut or Asmir, as opposed to Blackman or Beeney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Should be starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,572 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Begovic is set to be handed an audition against Swansea to become Antonio Conte’s new No 1 as doubts over Courtois future linger. [Mail] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM4PR3Z 411 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Very bad game imo. Back to Courtois again I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,572 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Saved our ass today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 He's backup so you cant expect him to be amazing but I really hope we get Navas as part of the deal if Courtois leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 1 hour ago, MCM4PR3Z said: Very bad game imo. Back to Courtois again I guess. Bad? He was our best player alongside RLC Mikel (at CB) and Baba Imo He saved us so many times, yes he made couple of mistakes, but that was down to the lack of game time that Asmir should've got from January or February, but sadly, he didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Bad game? I didn't watch the first half so I can't be sure, but he was good in the second. Read the game well, his distribution was better than we've seen from Thibaut all season and he made a good save to keep us in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Fox_ 2,086 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 3 hours ago, MCM4PR3Z said: Very bad game imo. Back to Courtois again I guess. Funny how you've been the first to jump on his thread just to write this Biased much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 He had one stupid "Courtois moment", but other than that, very solid. Was like one of our typical performances at the start of the season... 1-0, but could have been 3/4-0 without Asmir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,061 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 No reason for him not to keep his place against City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Amateur hour in terms of commanding the box today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,061 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Didn't look good night. That mistake rounded it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Just now, LAM09 said: Didn't look good night. That mistake rounded it off He was flapping around all night. Every time a cross came in he was looking suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Can't expect the back up to be perfect, but I can't believe people want him to be number 1 if Courtois left or worse wanted Tibo dropped for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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