🇪🇸 Kepa Arrizabalaga

[Vesper 30,195]

Kepa replacement

2.06m tall

slightly stronger wrists too

he could probably toss the whole goal into the upper deck, lolol

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On 27-4-2020 at 1:06 PM, King Kante said:

The primary reason we cannot defend is because Kepa is either to scared to come off his line or is not good enough. A lot of Chelsea fans under rate TC because he wasn't a flashy shot stopper. However, he was great in the air which meant he cut off the danger before it happened. It is also not a coincidence to me that as soon as Kepa arrived we became the keystone cops at defending set pieces. It is because he does not control his area. 

Honestly, if you think that the second Arsenal goal was not saveable then I am not sure what you expectations of a GK are. That goal was a prime example of how Kepa also does not move his feet well enough and has a problem with his size/short arms. I agree that Emerson could've done better but he really shouldn't be beaten there. 

As I said before, can anyone actually say something Kepa does well? The only thing I can think of is that he can get up pretty quick after saving initial shots, other than that he is bang average/poor on: 

1) Commanding his area/coming for crosses. He is literally always stuck to his line at set pieces. 

2) Shot stopping - too many goals go right through him and his save percentages figures do not lie. 

3) Use of his feet - gets caught rooted to his spot too often. Also on long range shots he does not anticipate shots well enough.

To be honest, I am not going to argue too much about him as all his flaws are very clear and are fundermental aspects to GK'ing. If people do not see it yet, they will see it soon enough. 

TC is a douche. But in terms of reigning his goalkeeper area, he is one of the best goalkeepers ever. Crosses and indirect set pieces are useless against TC. He clears them all out before the danger can happen.

 

But he was not a flashy line jumper like DDG and Kepa indeed.

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On 10/06/2020 at 8:41 AM, SUNZ said:

 

Dubravka for me is possibly the most underrated GK in Europe. That boy has pretty much single handedly kept Newcastle in the league for the past two seasons. However, because he isn't flashy with his feet or does spectacular Hollywood saves he gets forgotten about. When TC went on strike he was the GK I wanted. 

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14 hours ago, King Kante said:

Dubravka for me is possibly the most underrated GK in Europe. That boy has pretty much single handedly kept Newcastle in the league for the past two seasons. However, because he isn't flashy with his feet or does spectacular Hollywood saves he gets forgotten about. When TC went on strike he was the GK I wanted. 

and I have been saying Guaita for backup (Uğurcan Çakır or Predrag Rajković as number 1) but Dúbravka is also high on my list

we would be so better off for the next 2 or 3 years with a combo of 2 of  those 4 those as our keepers (and a SHEDLOAD less cash too for them)

Kepa is becoming my number one fear

we can play really well and he can still fuck it up

he makes ridiculous errors

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On 16.6.2020 at 2:19 AM, Vesper said:

and I have been saying Guaita for backup (Uğurcan Çakır or Predrag Rajković as number 1) but Dúbravka is also high on my list

we would be so better off for the next 2 or 3 years with a combo of 2 of  those 4 those as our keepers (and a SHEDLOAD less cash too for them)

Kepa is becoming my number one fear

we can play really well and he can still fuck it up

he makes ridiculous errors

Dubravka is a Great Shot stopper and I have been a fan for ages but he is terrible with his feet. just look at those saves tho. Some are absolutely ridiculous. Saving from point blank range. Probably the best reflexes in the league. Imagine Kepa with Such a shit Defence in front of him
 

Guaita would be an awesome back up.

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12 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Dubravka is a Great Shot stopper and I have been a fan for ages but he is terrible with his feet. just look at those saves tho. Some are absolutely ridiculous. Saving from point blank range. Probably the best reflexes in the league. Imagine Kepa with Such a shit Defence in front of him
 

Guaita would be an awesome back up.

omg

that Dubravka video makes me want to slit my wrists after watching Kepa

with the NUFC defence Kepa would let in 70+ goals

 

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On 15/06/2020 at 1:48 AM, Vesper said:

Kepa replacement

2.06m tall

slightly stronger wrists too

he could probably toss the whole goal into the upper deck, lolol

He not that good at weightlifting, i was waiting for him to lift it over his head, just lifting it off the floor is a bit wimpish, i don't think he'll command the box

[SUNZ 155]

We could genuinely have any average goalkeeper replace Kepa and it would be an upgrade.

He's so bad his replacement doesn't even need to be world-class but rather just competent.

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3 minutes ago, SUNZ said:

We could genuinely have any average goalkeeper replace Kepa and it would be an upgrade.

He's so bad his replacement doesn't even need to be world-class but rather just competent.

I still cannot believe we gave him a SEVEN year contract at £150K PW base plus bonuses

it works out to around £140m over 7 years when transfer fees, wages, bonuses, add-ons, etc are factored in

what the fuckery

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1 minute ago, Vesper said:

I still cannot believe we gave him a SEVEN year contract at £150K PW base plus bonuses

it works out to around £140m over 7 years when transfer fees, wages, bonuses, add-ons, etc are factored in

what the fuckery

It is one of the worst transfers in the history of football. I can't think of many worse especially when you factor in fee, wages and length of contract.

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He not that good at weightlifting, i was waiting for him to lift it over his head, just lifting it off the floor is a bit wimpish, i don't think he'll command the box[emoji185]

Wimpish [emoji23]

Deadlift is THE test of strength

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23 hours ago, Supermonkey92 said:

Wimpish

Deadlift is THE test of strength

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Wossat?

Lifting the dead, dead easy

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On 6/18/2020 at 10:24 AM, SUNZ said:

It is one of the worst transfers in the history of football. I can't think of many worse especially when you factor in fee, wages and length of contract.

Ridiculous statement. I have faith in him. Reminds me of DDG when he started. He will improve. He had a good first season. Not an immediate priority for me. However certainly not as drastic as you make out.

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Yeah I wont grab his throat this moment of time either, I still have hope he will come good, but he has to grab the opportunity now as FL has shown he aint fucking around.

[King Kante 1,643]

6 hours ago, Stats said:

Ridiculous statement. I have faith in him. Reminds me of DDG when he started. He will improve. He had a good first season. Not an immediate priority for me. However certainly not as drastic as you make out.

Problem is DDG showed some good qualities when he first came. What attributes does Kepa have that anyone can say 'see, he does that well, keep the faith'. Only thing I can think of is his ability to spring back up after hitting the ground. Everything else is awful. 

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On 6/19/2020 at 6:45 PM, King Kante said:

Problem is DDG showed some good qualities when he first came. What attributes does Kepa have that anyone can say 'see, he does that well, keep the faith'. Only thing I can think of is his ability to spring back up after hitting the ground. Everything else is awful. 

So did Kepa. He has the same attributes as DDG. Are people actually forgetting some of the top saves Kepa made? Of course he has showed qualities. There is a reason he dislodged DDG as the Spain no.1 keeper. I think you have forgotten because Kepa certainly made some top saves albeit made errors also, hence why I say it is not an urgent position we need to upgrade.

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7 hours ago, Stats said:

So did Kepa. He has the same attributes as Kepa. Are people actually forgetting some of the top saves Kepa made? Of course he has showed qualities. There is a reason he dislodged DDG as the Spain no.1 keeper. I think you have forgotten because Kepa certainly made some top saves albeit made errors also, hence why I say it is not an urgent position we need to upgrade.

staggeringly disagree, and I was a big Kepa defender

we need to bring in a lower cost decent backup/potential starter for if/when Kepa furthers his collapse

if we roll with just Kepa and soon 39yo Willy, we are 90% likely going to get FUCKED hard

Kepa has regressed and/or never developed

his arm play is pure shit

shorts as fuck arms and weak as fuck wrists/arm strength

he is looking like a 140m quid disasterbuy atm

 

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11 hours ago, Vesper said:

staggeringly disagree, and I was a big Kepa defender

we need to bring in a lower cost decent backup/potential starter for if/when Kepa furthers his collapse

if we roll with just Kepa and soon 39yo Willy, we are 90% likely going to get FUCKED hard

Kepa has regressed and/or never developed

his arm play is pure shit

shorts as fuck arms and weak as fuck wrists/arm strength

he is looking like a 140m quid disasterbuy atm

 

I never understood why we had to splash out this much cash on a keeper anyway when there are always tons of decent keepers available in the cheap. Unlike for most other positions keepers usually don’t appreciate that much in value as there are always more great keepers as spots in tops clubs. We could have easily gotten Gulacsi or Leno or some other more than solid dude for a third of that money. Heck now I would have even taken Butland over Kepa

[King Kante 1,643]

23 hours ago, Stats said:

So did Kepa. He has the same attributes as Kepa. Are people actually forgetting some of the top saves Kepa made? Of course he has showed qualities. There is a reason he dislodged DDG as the Spain no.1 keeper. I think you have forgotten because Kepa certainly made some top saves albeit made errors also, hence why I say it is not an urgent position we need to upgrade.

Please send me the links of these amazing saves Kepa made. I grant he has had one or two very good ones (but no more than an average PL GK) but this is also stacked against absolutely awful awful play for a GK. There are also no stats for the past three years that show him to be decent in any area other than his last at Athletic where his ball collection was good. Further, for the past three years he has an a negative xG record i.e. conceeding more than he should. His save percentage is around 57% that includes the balls that loop up/roll to him so really he is about 50% on anything that can be counted as a proper shot. Lastly he is one of the smallest (if not smallest) GK in the league and has weak t-rex arms. If he was an amazing shot stopper it wouldn't matter but when his save percentage is so low it is a real problem. 

People talk about Baka and Drinky being bad buys but Kepa for me is the worst as, not only did he cost so much money and is tied to us for another 5 years as one of the best paid GK's in the league, he has also been directly responsible for a serious amount of dropped points - Newcastle away, B'mouth home, Le Arse away, Everton away, Valencia away and those are just what I can think of off the top of my head.