Nope.
I can't even recall whether he has chosen right way at least once
Edit: actually found stat he went right way 3 times. For 15 attempts
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Player Guglielmo Vicario
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I can't even recall whether he has chosen right way at least once
Edit: actually found stat he went right way 3 times. For 15 attempts
Think just changing the keeper will feel like a bit of a fresh start. He just causes nervousness throughout the team and stadium. His shot stopping isnāt even good. Always at full stretch but never gets near anything. Second worst in the league at letting in goals/expected to save.
The third goal sums him up. He hesitated
Vicario is so glued to his line that he actually forces the whole team deeper.
Vicario hasEven Copilot thinks Kinsky should start over Vicario especially since he has conceded two goals in each of the last 8 premier league games.
Has he ever gone the right way...
Bit like Lemmens at Man U... not sure he's that good but he isn't called Onana or Bayindir.
This guy needed replacing in 2024. Its genuinely embarrassing hes still starting for us.
All he ever does is make the backline uncomfortable through his nervousness and shocking passing.
All he ever does is make the backline uncomfortable through his nervousness and shocking passing.
heās trying to make every save extravagant to prove something. He canāt just make a normal save now aa everything else in his game is shot. Just gives encouragement to the other team. Play Kinsky against Athletico and Iād definitely play him against Liverpool as Vicario at Anfield will be a disaster.
The history of ENICās Tottenham.
Heās a player many of us could see wasnāt good enough, but because he wasnāt seen as āa priority positionā to replace and, crucially, because it would be somewhat costly to bring in another first choice goalkeeper so soon, we muddle on with him and persist with mediocrity.
Look at how Woolwich handled Ramsdale in comparison. Arteta gave him one season, he wasnāt terrible, but he immediately saw he wasnāt good enough long term, and without hesitation they went out and got a better goalkeeper.
Different mentality, different mindset, different ambition.
Going to get put under pressure with the ball at his feet as well and I can see him making a meal out of a standard shot to look like heās making a great save and pushing it out to Salah or someoneJust imagine what Van Dijk will be doing to him at set pieces
Add in penalty shoot outs and heās dived the right way 4 times. Fucking clown of a keeper. Heās the only keeper that can make big Fraser Forster look good at penalties. Hopeless keeper and takes fuck all responsibility and heāll be another one gone next season. Canāt wait.Nope.
I can't even recall whether he has chosen right way at least once
Edit: actually found stat he went right way 3 times. For 15 attempts
They got Raya at the end of the summer 23 at a reduced price because we and United had given up and signed other players. To get Raya ahead of Woolwich we would have needed to have paid the full Ā£40m Brentford were asking which was never going to happen under ENIC when there was a player available for less than half that price.
Woolwich were in a stronger position to wait because they already had Ramsdale while both we and United needed new keepers as a matter of urgency. The choice was to either pay over the odds to get Raya early or get a player who wasn't as good but available for less money. Vicario overawed initially with his shot-stopping reflexes but as the 23/24 season progressed it became increasingly clear why we were able to get him for Ā£16.5m.
In hindsight, Ā£40m for Raya was a deal worth doing. The Ā£16.5m we spent on Vicario has proved to be a false economy that may cost us our place in the Premier League.
I donāt rate Vicario but I havenāt wanted Kinsky in goal simply because heās not a good shot stopper. At this point Vicario is not excelling in the one part of his game that isnāt horrific. Chuck Kinsky in against Atleti and see how he does, at least we wonāt lose the ball as much.
The fact that we werenāt willing to pay top dollar for a new goalkeeper that summer is a scandal in itself. We were trying to replace Lloris - a club legend, captain, a mainstay in the side for the previous decade.
A serious club would have gone out and got their first choice target to replace such a major player in the squad. But Spurs? Oh no no.
As with seemingly every fucking decision made at this club, we gave āDonā Fabio a shout, who said āI know a guy.ā
And that guy was Vicario. Was he any good? Not really. Did he suit the way Ange wanted to play? Couldnāt have been further from it. But, was he cheap? YES.
United are a moot point in the conversation as well. They went for Onana, who was their first choice target and cost more than Raya.
Sums up the majority of our transfer business under ENIC. Spending hundreds of millions on loads of bargain players instead of paying top money for fewer proper players.
Long term it has sunk us because our squad is just a collection of average or below average bodies.
Heāll probably cry like Gomes did when Delap was peppering him with long throws!Just imagine what Van Dijk will be doing to him at set pieces
No one rates him.
He's just, unfortunately, our best keeper.