Szchesney, is he as good as we all thought?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Best we've had for ages. . .hoping to see him get better as I do the defence in front of him. . .kicking can be a bit sus at times (?)

[LDG]

Cracking keeper. Saved our arses numerous times this year.

Still has a lot to learn, but far rather someone who doesn't lose confidence and knows he's good, than someone who wears pink and walks a poodle lapdog.

[Master Splinter]

The error for the Hoolahan goal is the first he's made like that. If it becomes a regular thing, it will become worrying. But it's not so far.

He had a bad day all round against Holt F.C. Everyone has them. For a young keeper, he's only had a few. Hart is perhaps a better shot-stopper than him at the moment, but in every other aspect Szczesny is better. Hart is as flappy as every other overrated keeper in the air and is the king of pushing it back out into danger.

[Marc Overmars]

Compared to the shit we've had between the posts since Jens, Chesney is brilliant. No defending him for the poor game he had on Saturday but these things do happen to every keeper. No one is flawless and it's arguably the toughest position to play because even the slightest mistake can be punished with a goal.

Almunia and Fabianski had spells when they were literally making costly mistakes every other week. Now that was unacceptable and they were rightly panned for it, Chesney is nowhere near that bad.

[Coney]

Every keeper makes mistakes, every keeper throws the odd wobbler. Keeper mistakes are more likely to result in a goal simply because they are the final defence. Players in midfield making mistakes don't get blamed as much, ditto strikers. So the fact that he had a cockup against Norwich does not make him a pile of shit.

I think he has great potential and if he stays and continues to develop will be among the best keepers that we have ever had.

[Marc Overmars]

Chesney also has retards for a defence in front of him, unlike Hart.

[Kano]

decent keeper, still got a lot to work on as the shot stopping is the least you should expect from any keeper.

also needs to cut out the bullshit pussying around the penalty area. perhaps he needs to conceded a goal that way to wake up to the fact that he does not need to fuck around like that every game

[server too busy!]

Yeah but if we forget the error and look at the shots per save ratio only, does that not suggest he isn't that error prone but actually isn't that great at shot stopping.

[Letters]

Yeah but if we forget the error and look at the shots per save ratio only, does that not suggest he isn't that error prone but actually isn't that great at shot stopping.

No. I explained why in my first post.

[Kano]

Interesting stat but one which needs some examination. If our fairly mediocre defence is letting attackers get one on ones too often then you can't blame the 'keeper. On Saturday he made an error for the first goal, the 2nd was just bad luck and the 3rd was awful defending allowing a one on one.

that stat is more valid than asking "if" our defence is letting attackers get one on ones too often - that needs quantifying before you can suggest it as a comparison.