Szchesney, is he as good as we all thought?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Needs to work on his distribution and sometimes takes too many risks ala Barthez. However, he's a very good shot stopper and his command of the area is excellent. He deals very well with crosses into the box as well. His judgement in terms of coming out to clear the ball is on the whole good as well, as he demonstrated when Balotelli was in on goal against us at the Emirates.

There's work to do, but he's the least of our worries right now.

this.

[V-Pig]

Yes he is.

[fakeyank]

He has tremendous potential and is real a character and that is something we have missed since Lehmann. Is he the top 3 keeper in the league.. nah! He is probably top 5 behind Hart, Habsi, Cech and Given. Cech has not been at his best but he hasnt had lapses of concentration like Szcesny and his ball distribution is better.

We need better defensive organization in the club. We have individually some of the best defenders in the league- Kos, Verm, Sagna, Song yet we do not have the work rate or the organization to be at the top. I am hoping Steve Bould coming in will kick some sense into the stubborn head of AW that defense is something that needs top priority in the summer. Not going to hold my breath though.. we know how good AW is at fixing blaring problems in the team.

[selassie]

I like him. I think he's amongst the best in PL, not in top 3, but definitely top 5. He has flaws, mainly his distribution...but the potential is there for him to develop into a top class Goalkeeper, not sure about World Class.

As others have said he's our best since Jens, but to be fair we've had some absolute garbage since then.

[jelgoon]

I agree with you about Schez. I think he will be very good as has the self confidence that goalies need ( and which Almunia clearly doesnt have). I disagree with you though about our defence.I dont think Kos and Vermalen are as good as you make out. Vermalen makes quite a few mistakes and has gone down in my estmiateion quite a bit. If we are to win the title or the CL I think we need better defenders and certainly better cover.

He has tremendous potential and is real a character and that is something we have missed since Lehmann. Is he the top 3 keeper in the league.. nah! He is probably top 5 behind Hart, Habsi, Cech and Given. Cech has not been at his best but he hasnt had lapses of concentration like Szcesny and his ball distribution is better.

We need better defensive organization in the club. We have individually some of the best defenders in the league- Kos, Verm, Sagna, Song yet we do not have the work rate or the organization to be at the top. I am hoping Steve Bould coming in will kick some sense into the stubborn head of AW that defense is something that needs top priority in the summer. Not going to hold my breath though.. we know how good AW is at fixing blaring problems in the team.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I agree with you about Schez. I think he will be very good as has the self confidence that goalies need ( and which Almunia clearly doesnt have). I disagree with you though about our defence.I dont think Kos and Vermalen are as good as you make out. Vermalen makes quite a few mistakes and has gone down in my estmiateion quite a bit. If we are to win the title or the CL I think we need better defenders and certainly better cover.

I agree with you agreeing with fy and agree with your assessment of Vermaelen but not Koscielny.

[Cripps_orig]

ACH

Dearly beloved we are gathered here today for our wum ACH.

Died for being right?

In that case ive died loads of times

[Niall_Quinn]

Had that been Almunia in goal this season, he'd have been ripped to pieces by fans

But it wasn't Almunia was it? So what's your point?

[Cripps_orig]

But it wasn't Almunia was it? So what's your point?

That Sdjfskfjshdny gets a free pass no matter how bad he plays?

Would like to know why he does and Almunia didnt.

[Niall_Quinn]

That Sdjfskfjshdny gets a free pass no matter how bad he plays?

Would like to know why he does and Almunia didnt.

Why? What difference does it make? Almunia wasn't even playing!