ferguson1 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Thank goodness. Just simply the best goalkeeper in the world. POTS so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Keeping us in the game again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Fantastic keeper. Best in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Best signing we have ever made ( or feels like it at times) . The sinking feeling of a player through one on one has gone these days as he will 90 percent of the time save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Been on another level these past few weeks. Superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 26 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26 Superb again tonight. You’re doing a pretty darn good job as sweeper keeper for me Emi! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Fair amount of talk at the moment about Allison being in the form of his life, best keeper in the world, best keeper in the PL To be fair there's an argument to be made cos as good as emi is with his hands and coming to claim the ball etc modern football is more about sweeper keeper and reading the line etc etc and Allison is better than emi at that.... You wot m8 He read the ball over the top like it was biff chip and kipper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 27 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27 Unreal last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Best keeper we’ve ever had. Easy. The guy is just absolutely epic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Amazes me that some people still don't think he's the best keeper in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 not too keen on the sweeper keeper role. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 This man. This is man is the key to finishing top four. Unreal. Simply the best money spent by NSWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GeordieVillan Posted January 27 Popular Post Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: not too keen on the sweeper keeper role. Jesus - imagine how good he would be if he was keen! 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 27 Popular Post Share Posted January 27 My eight year old son and I met him after the West Ham game and he was out for around thirty minutes. Signing, selfies, seems a really down to earth guy and he said hello to us and posed for a selfie. I agree, he must be the best around and probably one of the best Villa have ever had. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 He’s incredible… And I have no doubt that he would be the player we would miss the most, whose departure we would suffer and decline from the most and struggle to replace the most if he were ever to leave… hopefully that never happens (until he retires or ages)… he is a club icon… ingrained within it’s fabric…he really is Aston Villa through and through… Irreplaceable, essential… I haven’t seen one GK that we could sign and would want to join us that could possibly be comparable to him… I don’t see any keeper around with his level of “presence” either… What a player, what a signing… so glad he’s ours… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Another thing is… that there are only so many keepers around… and so many less of genuine quality and even less who are the “total package”… some may be good shot stoppers but weak in handling/claiming and even worse with their feet, for example… some may have all the key atttributes but lack the personality, determination and leadership qualities… and so on and so forth… There are many more defenders, midfielders and forwards out there that we could look at and try to replace some of our players with… Finding a comparable GK or one with the potential to be as good as Emi… it kind of seems like an impossible task… The best case scenario would probably be to have a talented understudy to learn from him and eventually succeed him… (maybe the next/future Argentinian number 1? ) and what an opportunity that would be for any young goalkeeper… to learn from the best… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daulmakan Posted January 28 Visiting Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Jas10 said: Finding a comparable GK or one with the potential to be as good as Emi… it kind of seems like an impossible task… I assure you, it is. In Argentina we've had plenty of ok and good keepers in the last few decades. It required Dibu to enable freaking MESSI to be able to win *something* with our national team... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Get scared whenever I see this thread bumped. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 23 hours ago, Daulmakan said: I assure you, it is. In Argentina we've had plenty of ok and good keepers in the last few decades. It required Dibu to enable freaking MESSI to be able to win *something* with our national team... Agreed… I have followed and admired Argentina and Argentinian players for years (mainly because I was obsessed with Serie A in the 90s)… you’ve always had incredible attackers and midfielders but were always let down a bit by lack of quality/top (central) defenders and never had anything approaching a world class GK until Emi came along… if not for him, Messi (as incredible as he is and has been) would not have won anything on the international stage…imo… I also think Argentina’s attacking options have reduced in number and quality over the years too… I was in love with the Argentina team at France 98 WC, for example. Batistuta will always be one of my favourite ever players but there was so much talent to choose from… Lopez, Crespo, Ortega, Aimar, Riquelme, Veron, Tevez… I don’t think Aguero ever did enough for the national team but what a player… I even liked Almeyda and his stunning long range goal for Lazio (what a team they were)… DM was he? - Can you see any young Arg keepers coming through with high potential? I’m sure Emi will be inspiring future/young GKs for many, many years… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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