Szchesney, is he as good as we all thought?

[Niall_Quinn]

Just highlighting the hypocrisy of GW

Tis all.

Almunia has a shit season and hrs vilified and rightly so

SHdsfhsdkfjdshny has one and hes called the best in the league

Almunia wasn't vilified at all this season! Not sure where you are going with this, the guy's our reserve keeper. He hasn't played a game all year that I can remember, unless you know something the rest of us don't.

[Cripps_orig]

Almunia wasn't vilified at all this season! Not sure where you are going with this, the guy's our reserve keeper. He hasn't played a game all year that I can remember, unless you know something the rest of us don't.

You seem confused

Skhdkdsfhny has conceded more this season than Almunia has in any season when he was number one

What did you think i meant?

[Xhaka Can’t]

I don't think anyone gets a free pass - views tend to be built over a period of time.

There were periods where people here and fans in general wanted Almunia in goal - even the now it seems legendary Jens was subject to bucketloads of abuse and Almunia was brought in. Initially he was ok - never spectacular. Then he started and continued to cost the team matches - matches which we otherwise completely dominated.

Almunia should have been the finished article - a senior player, but he did not have the ability/mentality to be the keeper we needed and most could see that there was no future with him.

There is the potential for a long and fruitful future with Schezsny.

[Niall_Quinn]

You seem confused

Skhdkdsfhny has conceded more this season than Almunia has in any season when he was number one

What did you think i meant?

You're back-peddling now and changing your argument.

[Coney]

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

Would like to know why he does and Almunia didnt.

He doesn't. As mentioned in more than one thread, the defence in front has not been good this season so you can't do things like simply compare the number of goals we let in, because the defence as a whole has to be considered, plus it depends on the nature of the goals. If the defence keep letting strikers get plenty of space and/or a clean run on goal, no keeper is going to be able to stop lots of goals being scored.

However, Szczesny is going to be a truly great keeper for the Arsenal if he stays. Of that, I am convinced.

[Kano]

He doesn't. As mentioned in more than one thread, the defence in front has not been good this season so you can't do things like simply compare the number of goals we let in, because the defence as a whole has to be considered, plus it depends on the nature of the goals. If the defence keep letting strikers get plenty of space and/or a clean run on goal, no keeper is going to be able to stop lots of goals being scored.

i would say the state of the defence was just as bad, if not worse a year or more ago.

said purely in the interests of the debate of course...

[Letters]

We look better from set pieces with Chez in goal and I don't remember many glaring mistakes in terms of goals conceded.
Just generally from watching him week in week out I feel like he's a better keeper than Almunia.

[Marc Overmars]

Almunia was a shocking keeper.

Mistakes can happen, no one is flawless. It got to the point though where this fraud was making a fatal error at least twice a month. He must have cost us at least 10 points over the course of 2009-2011.

You feel Chesney will dust himself off and get back on the wagon right away because he's made of much stronger stuff than Almunia. That's the difference.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ches doesn't catch the ball and throw it in his own net - that's a definite plus.