Asmir Begovic

[illmatic 901]

Neither yesterday was the best GK of the world, neither today is the worst. How we enjoy the extremes not?

He is a good GK and a bad performance don't change it. The next will be better.

Come on Asmir!.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Have people never seen Begovic play before today? What an absurd reaction.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

:wub:

[Bacika 188]

You have seen one half and conclud he is the wors keeper we ever had....FFS... I have watched all of his games for NT (40) and lot of his Stoke games, and this 45 minutes won't change my opinion about his quality...we were shit as a team, and it is not like he could do much about goals.. just to remind all of you that everyone can conceed bunch of goals when he has shit team in front...

[borriske 330]

or maybe it was just one game and people shouldn't make long-term conclusions from it.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

[Stats 7,056]

Relax people, relax.

“He was very tired. When the goalkeepers are very tired the coordination is low, the agility doesn’t exist, and the speed of reaction doesn’t exist".

"Courtois made a mistake in the first half with the ball at his feet. Begovic in the second half was not sharp in his reactions but it’s a consequence of being tired from training.

“I’m so happy to have him and in the next game against PSG he will start. He will play the first half. There’s no problem, it’s just a process.” - Mourinho

Like, I can understand people annoyed about the result because we should have done better but the stick being given to Begovic is OTT. Poor game but some stating that this proves how good of a keeper he is etc and one or two 'apparently' Chelsea fans are laughing and mocking him. Give it a rest. He has proved season over season that he is a quality keeper and can make top reflex saves. More questions to should go out to the outfield players of why we allowed NY Red Bulls to score 4 when in reality we should not have given them all the chances for Begovic to be so highly criticised.

[cfcs most wanted 657]

Begovic was terrible.

Maybe stoke ultra defensive tactics made him look better

Or maybe our poor defense made him look terrible

[LAM09 6,751]

Or maybe our poor defense made him look terrible

Bit of both. He wasn't great, but the defence in front of him were awful.

[Tomo 21,733]

Begovic was terrible.

Maybe stoke ultra defensive tactics made him look better

Stoke aren't ultra defensive.

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

I only saw the highlights but IMO he wasn't entirely shite. More like extremely unlucky and lacking sharpness. The equalizer was entirely the fault of the backline playing useless 5m square passes when pressed and of course Terry's lack of concentration or anticipation. In situations like this you should either make an opening pass early on hoof it forward/make the goalie hoof it forward instead of waiting till the spaces get so tight that an error is more likely. When Begovic made the tackle in 8/10 situation the ball ricochets out of the danger area but he was unlucky that the attacker got a strong foot to the rebound. But Begovic had no other choice than storm out of goal there and go for the slide as it was a backpass.

For the 2nd and 3rd goal he was wihtout a chance because of our defence's horrible positioning. Terry is somehow screening Zouma, whilst Traore is at CB and not catching the attacker's run. Also for the 4th goal, Terry is in no man's land, Ramires takes his position and makes a horrible clearance. The shot is straight at Begovic but from short distance. On a good day he keeps that one out.

[Jase 43,479]

This thread has been quiet.

Begovic looked a tad better against PSG, making three very good saves in the first half.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Yep very solid last night, did a lot for his confidence.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

mate?

[Kezza 1,965]

mate?

. Yes yes, he done well!!

[LAM09 6,751]

Showed what he could do last night. His debut was just an off day and the defence weren't any help, either.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

:worship:

[iseah100 5,612]

He's gonna displace Tibo.