Kepa Arrizabalaga

[Vesper 28,769]

5 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said:

to think we got Cech and Courtois for a combined fee of 15 million pounds, it baffles me how the club panicked in to paying 70 million pounds for Kepa, that is a sackable offense.

 it's all mostly on Marina and our shit scouts

she was convinced Cuntois would renew

when it has CLEAR he was not

so in 2017 we turned down huge money from Real (they would have went up to 100m or so euros (£85-90m), I am convinced of that)

and fucked off my number one cheap target with massive (and I was once again proved to be damn right) upside (Alisson when he was the part time Roma keeper) or Oblak (his release clause was only around 60 m euros then, it went up to close to 100m pounds the next year, see below) or or Gianluigi Donnarumma (who was already starting games at 17 and 18 years of age then, and AC Milan were cash strapped)

then the next season, 2018, we sold Cuntois for peanuts to Real

put all the eggs in the Oblak basket (as Pool snatched up Alisson early), whose release clause had went up massively from 2017, but even though we matched it, he said nope, I am staying at Atleti

so we panic bought Kepa for CRAZY money (£140m or so with fees, add-ons, bonuses, and salary)

[Tomo 21,733]

The most damming thing is is this is suppose to be the form of his life.

[Vesper 28,769]

11 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

We need a new number 1...

Atletico is cash strapped (especially if we do not buy Felix)

so Oblak may well be available for a decent price (way below is crazy 120m euro release clause)

or we can try for Giorgi Mamardashvili, who has an £88m release clause, BUT Valencia are super fucked money-wise and may well make a deal

those are by far my two main targets

plus we have Slonina

 

[LAM09 6,744]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Atletico is cash strapped (especially if we do not buy Felix)

so Oblak may well be available for a decent price (way below is crazy 120m euro release clause)

or we can try for Giorgi Mamardashvili, who has an £88m release clause, BUT Valencia are super fucked money-wise and may well make a deal

those are by far my two main targets

plus we have Slonina

 

I still feel like Maignan is probably the best all-around option.

[lucio 5,418]

Can you give away a player under contract for free? No way anyone is parting with a penny for either him or Lukaku 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,157]

Wouldn't mind Oblak coming here, due to his age he won't be blocking Slonina's path to the first team.

[King Kante 1,474]

Got to get Mendy back in the goal. Kepa is too small and weak and teams are waking up to this again. Mendy has his limitations but those limitations are not as problematic as Kepa's. 

[Fulham Broadway 16,831]

26 minutes ago, Tomislava10Barisic said:

Kepa unlucky fucked up against Everton He could have the Ball with the Hand and we would win 2:1 so is 2:2!!!! 😞 

Fixed for you

[Vesper 28,769]

15 hours ago, LAM09 said:

I still feel like Maignan is probably the best all-around option.

I could live with that

[Blue Armour 4,278]

3 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Fixed for you

It was a battle of two T-Rex armed keepers. A fitting draw as a result. 

Edited March 19, 2023 by Blue Armour

[Mário César 975]

maybe give mendy a chance?

[LAM09 6,744]

1 hour ago, Mário César said:

maybe give mendy a chance?

Do we need flashbacks of RM last year?

[Tomo 21,733]

39 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Do we need flashbacks of RM last year?

When neither keeper are performing that great I'd rather go for the one that atleast has a body of world class work in the bank.

[Mário César 975]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

Do we need flashbacks of RM last year?

Kepa also did a lot of mistakes....

we won a ucl with mendy and he performed very well. there is no possible comparison...

with kepa there is a disaster expecte to be happen

Edited March 19, 2023 by Mário César

[LAM09 6,744]

47 minutes ago, Tomo said:

When neither keeper are performing that great I'd rather go for the one that atleast has a body of world class work in the bank.

It's a sad predicament we're in. I'd hoped Slonina would at least be in the matchday squads with Mendy being out. No idea what is planned for him at this point.

19 minutes ago, Mário César said:

Kepa also did a lot of mistakes....

we won a ucl with mendy and he performed very well. there is no possible comparison...

with kepa there is a disaster expecte to be happen

Mendy is far from the GK that lifted the CL. He ultimately got us knocked out last year. 

We need shot of both, tbh.

[King Kante 1,474]

14 hours ago, LAM09 said:

It's a sad predicament we're in. I'd hoped Slonina would at least be in the matchday squads with Mendy being out. No idea what is planned for him at this point.

Mendy is far from the GK that lifted the CL. He ultimately got us knocked out last year. 

We need shot of both, tbh.

Mendy isn't great with his feet. However, with a 343 formation the need to play back to the GK is a lot more limited than in a back 4, especially if you know the GK is vulnerable with the ball at his feet. 

I agree that either are the answer, but going forward this season Mendy needs to come back. Yes, Memdy does make mistakes but his mistakes can be mitigated against a lot more than Kepa's. Since the turn of the year Kepa has: 

Got lost at sea for Fulham's second when away. 

Like a coward, refused to collect a ball across the ground against City, in case he got clattered. 

Yet again, palmed one in against Everton. 

I think I have also forgotten another one. 

However, this is also before we get to the fact that he is woeful at saving shots travelling to his top corner from distance. Fortunately, teams haven't been doing this much recently but we certainly cannot afford Real start doing that in the QF. 

[LAM09 6,744]

9 hours ago, King Kante said:

Mendy isn't great with his feet. However, with a 343 formation the need to play back to the GK is a lot more limited than in a back 4, especially if you know the GK is vulnerable with the ball at his feet. 

I agree that either are the answer, but going forward this season Mendy needs to come back. Yes, Memdy does make mistakes but his mistakes can be mitigated against a lot more than Kepa's. Since the turn of the year Kepa has: 

Got lost at sea for Fulham's second when away. 

Like a coward, refused to collect a ball across the ground against City, in case he got clattered. 

Yet again, palmed one in against Everton. 

I think I have also forgotten another one. 

However, this is also before we get to the fact that he is woeful at saving shots travelling to his top corner from distance. Fortunately, teams haven't been doing this much recently but we certainly cannot afford Real start doing that in the QF. 

Potter has a habit of changing formations on a regular basis, so the formation argument could well be irrelevant should he stay on.

It's the lesser of two evils at this point. 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

Some interesting stats:

Courtois 154 games for Chelsea 58 cleen sheets. 

Kepa 151 games 58 cleen sheets.