VillaChris Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Something I was thinknig this week and probably Krul's performance last night reinforced it, has there ever been a better standard of keepers in the top division then we have now? Just think of some of the excellent ones playing for bottom half teams, we have one in Guzan and Begovic at Stoke obviously. I can think of very few poor keepers plying their trade. Ironically I'm not a fan of John Ruddy at all, I think he's one of the worst and yet some are saying he should be England number one. be interesting to where people put them in a list of 20. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Guuuuuzan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Pardew actually made a good point for once in the post match interview....Krul isn't even Dutch number one, that's Stekelenburg of Fulham. I'd certainly rate Krul as a better keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Guuuuuzan. I love Brad to bits, he makes very good saves and I think he's one of the best in the league at coming and claiming crosses. Certain top 10. Where he's just off the top ones is imo he's slow coming off his line. Again there was good analysis on MOTD2 on the Spurs game showing Lloris sprinting off his line to stop attacks and for the Newcastle goal Friedel was just that bit slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 think if had a top 5 id have in no order Guzan Krul Begovic Lloris De Gea they are ahead of the rest by a good distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I'd put Mignolet in that top bracket as well, he's been very solid this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 id agree with that zatman, think cech is good but lets a few daft ones in (and unsurprisingly gets away with it) and seeing as he's playing for a doing well Liverpool no doubt mignolet would undeservedly be in most other fans top 5 and boruc is having a great season so far but I do think joe hart should be the best keeper in the league, not sure if its billy big bollocks or really just down to confidence but he's not as good as he should be, his performances in the CL last season were superb, but he's so inconsistent and error prone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I'd have scezney in the top 3. Still only 23 he's grown as a keeper this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 think Cech is past it at the moment, still capable of great games but also likely to have errors(WBA goal a big example) and I expect Courtois to be No.1 when he returns. as for Mignolet he is a good shot stopper but absolute dreadful at set pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 think Cech is past it at the moment, still capable of great games but also likely to have errors(WBA goal a big example) and I expect Courtois to be No.1 when he returns. as for Mignolet he is a good shot stopper but absolute dreadful at set pieces As he was against us last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Top 5 in no order- De Gea Lloris Guzan Begovic Krul Not forgetting the likes of- Cech Mignolet Howard Hart Who are all very good themselves. Edited November 11, 2013 by Avfc96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Mingolet is middle of the road, weak on high balls from what I've seen of him. I actually really like Vorm at Swansea aswell although he's made a few errors this season. Only going to get better, I imagine Chelsea will loan Courtois to a premier league team next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetipton86 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 It would help if guzan learnt how to kick also slow at coming off his line, every gk in premier league is a good shot stopper some just have to do it more than others.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Top 3 keepers in the league in my opinion are Lloris, Begovic and Guzan, but the likes of Mingolet and Krul aren't that far behind. Personally don't think Hart, Cech and De Gea are all that people are making them out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Cech had one bad game in nearly 2 years for Chelsea and suddenly he is past it. What is this I am reading? He is still one of the best, if not the best goalkeeper in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Cech has been in decline for a couple of seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetipton86 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 How is guzan one of the best keepers in league can someone please tell me.. Would anyone not be happy if man city offered a straight swap with us for joe hart, never going to happen but the way people are talking brads a better keeper than hart, i know he was at the shit for a season but still better than guzan. I dont hate guzan but his distribution and sweeping is that of a league 2 gk.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I think fans have a tendency to overrate their own players but I do think Guzan is in the top 5 in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradarmstrong_ Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Can see Chelsea using Courtois as their number 1 next year especially if he comes back off a good world cup. Be mad to send him on loan again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 It would be interesting to see the opinions of another set of fans to see if Guzan is rated as highly by others as he is by us. There's no doubt he's a good keeper and the best we've had for a while but like joetipton86 said above, there is no way he's better than Joe Hart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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