🇪🇸 Kepa Arrizabalaga

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Just now, Jason said:

lol I'm not saying he's shit. Just find it frustrating. 

Do you think Origi's and Salah's penalties were struck too well for him to save or he should have saved at least one of them? 

Going to be brutally honest and assess it from "a keeper's point of view". 

Origi's was unlucky. He expected a high shot which is why he dived over the ball. It's a case of percentages, and if you look at Origi's body shape it does look as if he is going to go high, across the goalkeeper towards the top half of the net. I can understand why he therefore dived higher, so it's an unfortunate one. If he'd have gone lower and Origi went higher, we'd all be complaining he didn't jump far enough. So - ultimately - no blame attached there. 

Salah's was saveable. The position of the shot was telegraped, it was very clear which way he was going to go; he also got a very good hand onto the ball. I'm going to be hypercritical and say that I'd expect a goalkeeper as good as him to save that one. 

So, bottom line - he should have saved the pen, but we can't be too critical because we wouldn't have gotten to penalties without him tonight. He was superb yet again. 

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2 minutes ago, BlueLion. said:

Going to be brutally honest and assess it from "a keeper's point of view". 

Origi's was unlucky. He expected a high shot which is why he dived over the ball. It's a case of percentages, and if you look at Origi's body shape it does look as if he is going to go high, across the goalkeeper towards the top half of the net. I can understand why he therefore dived higher, so it's an unfortunate one. If he'd have gone lower and Origi went higher, we'd all be complaining he didn't jump far enough. So - ultimately - no blame attached there. 

Salah's was saveable. The position of the shot was telegraped, it was very clear which way he was going to go; he also got a very good hand onto the ball. I'm going to be hypercritical and say that I'd expect a goalkeeper as good as him to save that one. 

So, bottom line - he should have saved the pen, but we can't be too critical because we wouldn't have gotten to penalties without him tonight. He was superb yet again. 

Fair assessments. What about the one against City in the League Cup final? Can't remember who it was but he also allowed one to squeeze past his hand. A tad worried it might become a thing going forward. I mean, he actually has a decent record of guessing the correct side in penalty situations (can't save them all obviously) but it's kinda wasteful if you do that and not save a number of the penalties. 

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1 minute ago, Jason said:

Fair assessments. What about the one against City in the League Cup final? Can't remember who it was but he also allowed one to squeeze past his hand. A tad worried it might become a thing going forward. I mean, he actually has a decent record of guessing the correct side in penalty situations (can't save them all obviously) but it's kinda wasteful if you do that and not save a number of the penalties. 

Not trying to sound like Courtois and commenting on goalkeeper's height right now, but I do think that has an element to it. He reads the penalties superbly, you can see he studies the body language of the players in their stance and run-up. I don't think it'll be an issue going forward in the long-term. Remember Cech went four years without saving a penalty in open play between 2005 and 2009 (someone with a better memory than me might dispute this), and he didn't do so bad in big games in the end, did he?  

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Just now, BlueLion. said:

Not trying to sound like Courtois and commenting on goalkeeper's height right now, but I do think that has an element to it. He reads the penalties superbly, you can see he studies the body language of the players in their stance and run-up. I don't think it'll be an issue going forward in the long-term. Remember Cech went four years without saving a penalty in open play between 2005 and 2009 (someone with a better memory than me might dispute this), and he didn't do so bad in big games in the end, did he?  

Your sensible posts are so not needed right now! 

[BlueLion. 21,491]

On 14/08/2019 at 11:25 PM, Jason said:

Your sensible posts are so not needed right now! 

Sorry. 

 

KEPA IS SHIT BRING BACK CECH

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On 16/08/2019 at 4:09 PM, BlueLion. said:

Sorry. 

 

KEPA IS SHIT BRING BACK CECH

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[BlueLion. 21,491]

Mr Sweeper Keeper saved our lives in the last minute, to make amends for his poor clearance in the first half.

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5 minutes ago, BlueLion. said:

Mr Sweeper Keeper saved our lives in the last minute, to make amends for his poor clearance in the first half.

What a sliding tackle that was!

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4 minutes ago, Robchels said:

What a sliding tackle that was!

It was fantastic, I was half expecting him to miss the ball and get a red to compound our misery. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

5 hours ago, BlueLion. said:

It was fantastic, I was half expecting him to miss the ball and get a red to compound our misery. 

I was expecting kungfu clearance and then the ball bouncing back into Leicester goal. 

Turned out into casual clearance and then nothing.

Dissapointed.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

I dont think there is a better GK except maybe Ederson in terms of distribution in the PL. Long pass, short pass, left foot, right foot... he is very good. 

Shot stopping is also very good, obviously. Does anybody else think hes maybe put a bit more muscle mass on this season. Or am I blind.

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12 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

I dont think there is a better GK except maybe Ederson in terms of distribution in the PL. Long pass, short pass, left foot, right foot... he is very good. 

Shot stopping is also very good, obviously. Does anybody else think hes maybe put a bit more muscle mass on this season. Or am I blind.

You're blind. 

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[MoroccanBlue 5,383]

Is he still Spain’s #1?

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4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Is he still Spain’s #1?

The current Spain coach said last month Kepa and De Gea could share the starting spot. Otherwise, Kepa has started the last 3 Spain matches. 

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Made that stunning save to help Spain see out a narrow 2-1 win in Romania.

Has also started 5 of the last 6 games for Spain, including the last 4.

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8 minutes ago, Jason said:

Made that stunning save to help Spain see out a narrow 2-1 win in Romania.

Has also started the last four games for Spain.

[NikkiCFC 8,331]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Has also started four of the last five games for Spain, including the last four.

Why didn't you just say the last four then? 

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53 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Why didn't you just say the last four then? 

It should have been 'he's started 5 of the last 6 matches'. I counted wrongly.  

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Have to say I don't think he's very good has been riddled with mistakes this season he's got no presence either and has flimsy wrists and he looks like Dutch from The Shield.