Asmir Begovic

[Tomo 21,733]

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.

[MefiX19 1,092]

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.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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. 

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

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?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

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.

[LAM09 6,786]

No reason for him not to keep his place against City.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Amateur hour in terms of commanding the box today.

[LAM09 6,786]

Didn't look good night. That mistake rounded it off

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

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.

[Tomo 21,733]

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.

[robsblubot 3,534]

that was some ridiculous goal keeping to be honest... no excuse to do that. Costed us a win against a big club, if not a team.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

He kept misjudging the flight of the ball all game till it cost us a goal at the end. Lol

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

People that are writing him off are idiots. Yes, he was absolutely terrible against Liverpool, but he's still a fine goalkeeper. As a back up goalkeeper, he is one of the best you can have. 

[Captain Ahmed 528]

14 minutes ago, MCM4PR3Z said:

People that are writing him off are idiots. Yes, he was absolutely terrible against Liverpool, but he's still a fine goalkeeper. As a back up goalkeeper, he is one of the best you can have. 

Idiots = people that are writing him off.

Not idiots= people that aren't writing him off.

What a logic....

 

[Socur Toxanarosa 145]

Same problem with Remy, plays a game every 3 months and people expect they to be in the form of their life.

[Tomo 21,733]

1 hour ago, Socur Toxanarosa said:

Same problem with Remy, plays a game every 3 months and people expect they to be in the form of their life.

He shares a problem with Remy and that is neither are good enough to be anything other than squad players.

They have both at various times filled in and did good jobs which gave some sort of false illusion to some that they were good enough to start regularly.

[Jase 43,479]

The way some of you here react to Begovic making mistakes is no different to when Courtois makes his. When one commits an error, people instantly crave for the other goalkeeper to return. So predictable. Sure, Courtois will probably be a great keeper down the road but on current form - even the most ardent Courtois supporters can't deny this - they are both pretty much the same. They both have had their good and bad moments this season and it's hard to have total trust on either of them and before people really start getting onto Begovic's back, maybe you should remember of the saves he pulled off yesterday, like the one against Sturridge. Could have easily conceded earlier if it hadn't been for him.

[Tomo 21,733]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

The way some of you here react to Begovic making mistakes is no different to when Courtois makes his. When one commits an error, people instantly crave for the other goalkeeper to return. So predictable. Sure, Courtois will probably be a great keeper down the road but on current form - even the most ardent Courtois supporters can't deny this - they are both pretty much the same. They both have had their good and bad moments this season and it's hard to have total trust on either of them and before people really start getting onto Begovic's back, maybe you should remember of the saves he pulled off yesterday, like the one against Sturridge. Could have easily conceded earlier if it hadn't been for him.

If we hypothetically had prime Ashley Cole here now, and he was having an not so great campaign after 5 world class years, would we be demanding he is dropped for an unproven Baba who is also hardly lighting up the world?

I alluded earlier that you can't really critisise Begovic for his mistakes pre se, purely because he wouldn't be second choice if he was world class and its not like he looks like he's sabotaging us like Turnbull was, the only reason I bring it up is because people think he's good enough to be number one, I remember kopping a lot of stick this time last year for saying Remy would never be better than a squad option, fast forward a year and nearly everyone now thinks that.

I think it's more down to the fact we literally had no squad depth between 2010-2012 because since then any reliable squad player fans have got giddy and started thinking they are good enough to start regularly, Begovic this year, Remy last year, Bertrand and Moses before that, even Schwarzer was being hailed as capable of seriously pushing Cech. I can't recall anyone being as desperate for the likes of Belletti and Kalou to turn into regulars.