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Weird timing for this topic, given Paulo's howler against Chelski
Hugo. There is not one aspect of goalkeeper where Gazzaniga is currently better, and I like Gazzaniga a lot.
Long is based on one match where he was invoked in two goals, which isn’t accounting for the fact that most of our players couldn’t do what Harry did in those circumstances. Short, never in a million years. What Hugo does may look awkward but he does it very successfully and usually when it wrong it’s becuse Jan and Toby have made poor decisions.Distribution of the ball, especially long kicks.
Long is based on one match where he was invoked in two goals, which isn’t accounting for the fact that most of our players couldn’t do what Harry did in those circumstances. Short, never in a million years. What Hugo does may look awkward but he does it very successfully and usually when it wrong it’s becuse Jan and Toby have made poor decisions.
Could you be more patronizing? My point was despite his leader attributes, he will be replaced once he starts to lose form and someone we have gets better than him. Hopefully it wont be for a few years but no one captain or not is irreplaceable.Ehmmm, you do know there are great reasons for why he is both our captain and the captain of the World Cup winning team, right? He just wasn't awarded those high honors just because.
I like Gazza, he's looking good and his quick thinking when releasing the ball is like a new weapon for us but, he's just not even close of being as good statistically as Hugo. Look how many goal keepers were looking amazingly great on a short sample, just too fade away soon after? Diego Lopez, Bravo, Ochoa and Ospina, just to name a few. I wouldn't be against Gazza playing the odd league game next season but, we all know that's not how Poch rolls.
Hugo. There is not one aspect of goalkeeper where Gazzaniga is currently better, and I like Gazzaniga a lot.
You are giving Hugo too much credit. There is no way that Hugo's distribution is better than Gazzaniga's.Long is based on one match where he was invoked in two goals, which isn’t accounting for the fact that most of our players couldn’t do what Harry did in those circumstances. Short, never in a million years. What Hugo does may look awkward but he does it very successfully and usually when it wrong it’s becuse Jan and Toby have made poor decisions.
Oh and the jury is out on him too IMO, lets see after a run of about 20 games or so in the PL before we start coming in our pants about him. Oh and oh.....Hugo lets that first goal in on Thursday night? Bedlam & calls for his head on a plate here on SC. Absolutely no doubt about it, that's how bad we are when we really get a taste for scaping
Anyone who seriously thinks we should drop Hugo for Gazza is out of his mind.
Goals conceded by Gazza: ok, not his fault
Goals concede by Lloris: 2 paragraphs of how he could have done better and comments about his distribution.
Its like having a mistress is it not, you like her so much that even if she had flatulence you compliment her for the quality of the sound and smell.
Could you be more patronizing? My point was despite his leader attributes, he will be replaced once he starts to lose form and someone we have gets better than him. Hopefully it wont be for a few years but no one captain or not is irreplaceable.
Is it time to delete this thread??
He doesn't make mistake after mistake. What actually happens is every goal we concede is forensically analysed and if there's even a faint whiff of blame to be attached, he will get it. Of course, he's made mistakes but nowhere near as bad as is made out on here, but we see that with all scapegoats on SC, it builds and builds and builds until there's a frenzy of hate because the poor scapegoat is so shit. Sissoko was one, Trippier is the latest and after him it'll be someone else. Fair criticism is one thing but the way this all works on here goes beyond that.The problem is that Loris is our captain and Frances' captain yet makes mistake after mistake. He isn't a great catcher of the ball and his foot distributon is questionable. He made an embarrassing fuck up in the World Cup Final which was disguised by the fact that France won it..