Kepa Arrizabalaga

[cosmicway 1,323]

This debate cannot become Courtois fans versus Kepa fans.
Courtois was overall better because of his height but he too was a flop all things considered.
He was also lucky to be our goalie in two league winning seasons.
In the post Czech era I think Begovitch was better, but now we are in search of a keeper.

[whats happening 1,525]

56 minutes ago, Kajo said:

His confidence is gone, unfortunately. 

and now go back to when he refused to get subbed where he had too much (?) confidence in himself...should have been punished more harshly after that incident.

feel bad for him, losing confidence is a rough thing, especially for keepers.

[Special Juan 27,421]

He's fortunate in all honesty that he was given a second chance after acting like a cunt in the cup final against City.

For me his performances this season have seen him cut his own throat in all honesty.

He will be gone.

[Styl1994 188]

Arrizabalaga is prime example of why you don’t panic buy and to a lesser existent Drinkwater and Zappercosta the cost of those three combined you could have Mbappe or Van Djik and Allison wow just wow.

[Fernando 6,453]

1 hour ago, turgi said:

Considering the fee and his wage, he is probably the biggest flop in the history.

I thought so as well. 

But I think he still can have a resale value and all that stuff. 

Torres to me continues to be the biggest flop because of the money at that time. For inflation it would be higher and what we had to go through to try to get the best out of him.......

No one will ever come close to Torres! 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

Death threats are unacceptable!

[Tomo 21,733]

https://mobile.twitter.com/AydenMalek/status/1286123653747310593

We're actually allowing less shots than some of the Chelsea teams of old (under Cech and Courtois) did.

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

GK + LB probably the priority for Lampard 

[Puliiszola 519]

26 minutes ago, Tomo said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AydenMalek/status/1286123653747310593

We're actually allowing less shots than some of the Chelsea teams of old (under Cech and Courtois) did.

Shocking. Need to take a massive loss on him and move on

[King Kante 1,474]

I am not having any more of this nonsense about Kepa. The guy is 100% dog sh*t. No if, no buts. Dog sh*t. 

Yet again, we are having people say that all of the goals yesterday were not possible to save. At least two were for a decent level GK. The freekick goes in because of a combination of sh*t positioning, no anticipation and a lack of effort. I mean where exactly was he expecting him to put it? If TAA had put it in the corner like KdB then of course, no way to save it. That one went in about 0.5 meter from the post and half way up the goal. As for the 5th yet again, he gets a hand to something and yet again like the wimpy kid you put in goal when you're 10 years old because he is so crap, his wrist give way like a rent boys arse and in it goes. On the first, we yet again see the problem of having a funsized GK with t-rex arms (although this is not really his fault as he cannot do anything about it.) Then there is the constantly standing on his line like some sort of closet gimp on every single god damn ball into the box, looking like he is petrified of taking a knock.

Then lets get to the stats. He is minus 13 goals on an average (note average, not good/great) GK in the league; he has saved 5 out of 18 shots on target since the restart (of those 5 at least two were ones that just rolled to him); his save percentage is now about 52% across a whole fricking season; in one on one's his save rate is about 25% were an average (note average) GK's is 50%. His statistics place him somewhere between 145-152 out of 154 GK's in Europe. He has made something like 57 saves all season (again this includes ones that just roll/flick up at him); he has faced the third least amount of shots in the league.

Kepa is by far and away the worst waste of money buy ever. It is not even close. People mention Torres but he was a grafter and did a lot of work off the ball, Kepa essentially needs his defense to bail him out because if a shot goes in, it is virtually 50/50 whether he will save it which is utterly pathetic. 

He needs to never be seen in a Chelsea shirt again as you cannot carry a GK like you can a Bakayoko.  

 

[Nero 1,838]

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

I think even his biggest defenders, like myself, have finally realised he is not good enough. 

[Special Juan 27,421]

4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

I think even his biggest defenders

Careful Kepa might blame you

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

I actually feel sorry for him. Having your defenders shouting at you to claim a ball a keeper should get but he seems to have no fucking clue what to do.

Must be shit knowing how bad his stats are.

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[Pulisicismydaddy 91]

For all the criticism and displays lately, I don't think he is that bad as a goalkeeper, I think the price tag has put to much pressure on his shoulders, you can clearly see he is scared by the week, he also seems to have a weak mentality like Morata, unfortunately I don't think he will get over it and might need to go back in Spain to start fresh again.

[King Kante 1,474]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bamford said:

Thing with those stats is that they were before his Sheff Utd I believe, since then he has conceded 8 goals from 11 shots. Further, if you go to top 8 leagues it is sub 145 out of 152. 

[Rapkun 668]

People are saying he's in a bad form because of reasons related to his private life or whatever and that he's regressed this season, and whilst that is true to some extent. I don't think he was anything special last season either, made some good saves in the Europa but that was it.

As much as people disliked him, going from Courtois to Kepa is as big a downgrade as it gets. Kepa has lowered the bar so much that fans believe every shot against him is a worldie and unstoppable, while easy saves you take for granted are deemed very good saves now. He's not even good with his feet, bad decisions and hoofs it when under pressure.

Despite everything, I have nothing against him. He's a bad goalkeeper but it's our fault we signed him and offered him those wages. Sarri in particular is to blame because he was his choice, but how our board allowed it is beyond me. His numbers even at Bilbao were not spectacular. Decent but nothing that would suggest "world class potential". And as if it wan't enough, they decided that offering him the longest running contract at the club was a good idea.

[King Kante 1,474]

8 minutes ago, Rapkun said:

People are saying he's in a bad form because of reasons related to his private life or whatever and that he's regressed this season, and whilst that is true to some extent. I don't think he was anything special last season either, made some good saves in the Europa but that was it.

As much as people disliked him, going from Courtois to Kepa is as big a downgrade as it gets. Kepa has lowered the bar so much that fans believe every shot against him is a worldie and unstoppable, while easy saves you take for granted are deemed very good saves now. He's not even good with his feet, bad decisions and hoofs it when under pressure.

Despite everything, I have nothing against him. He's a bad goalkeeper but it's our fault we signed him and offered him those wages. Sarri in particular is to blame because he was his choice, but how our board allowed it is beyond me. His numbers even at Bilbao were not spectacular. Decent but nothing that would suggest "world class potential". And as if it wan't enough, they decided that offering him the longest running contract at the club was a good idea.

Yeah, you are right. The amount of times I had to tell a certain breed of Kepa supporter that the save against Watford wasn't akin to Banks v Brazil was unbelievable. Honestly, this whole Kepa situation has made me realise how stubborn people can be. All the evidence there is on him clearly shows a poor GK, however because people previously said he was good/great they feel the need to defend the indefensible.