Paulo Gazzaniga

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Is Gazziniga good enough to replace Lloris as 1st choice keeper?

  • yes

    Votes: 62 42.8%

  • no

    Votes: 83 57.2%
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Talking of 3rd choice 'keepers.
Which ones were you brought up on?
I can remember the likes of Terry Lee and Ian Cranstone in the reserves.
Seems like an age ago.
 
Borks said:
I’ve never seen a keeper a slow off his line as Gazza. Even when defenders are shielding the ball for him to come and collect he doesn’t seem to move until the last minute. I know Hugo makes mistakes at times but I’d much rather a proactive keeper than one that just invites pressure.
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There's a theory that it's quite deliberate.

I was reading a report last year that showed all the top 'keepers in the world shown that they are going back toward their own line (and in typical fashion, I can't remember who wrote it to track it down to post it on here, sorry). The theory is that since XG stats have been made available they now have data to show them where to big % chances are coming from and that this has led to 'keepers no longer coming off their line and choosing to stay on it.
 
Borks said:
Fair enough but I can't help feeling like with the % of 1v1's a striker is going to score when a keeper is on his line surely can't be lower than the XG of coming out to try and put the striker off or get to the ball first. In Hugo's early days at Spurs he was famed for how quick he was off his line and while there will obviously be times where he gets caught out, I think it's only the perception of these times as a being a GK error that would prevent a keeper from playing that way.

Few blame keepers when they stay on their line but if they're conceding loads more as a result then what good is that to the team?
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The report (which I still can't find) showed that the save percentages of 'keepers who stayed on or closer to their line went up! It's why they were doing it.

Lloris's numbers were the greatest improved, he was the 'keeper that had dropped back the furthest and his save percentages went up too! (granted of most ' keepers' bar Neuer he was one of the most advanced behind a very high back-line).

It's not saying that a 'keeper shouldn't come off his line when a 1v1 is presented. The consensus is that 'keepers are remaining on their lines more and are saving more as a result. It depends where that 1v1 is e.g on the edge of the box etc. (if it was the XG would be not as high as if it was 6yrds out). The entire point of the report was that the trend is for keepers is they are not moving off their lines as much as previously and that's a recent thing over the last 4-5 yrs.
 
I suspect a fit Vorm would have already replaced Gazza. To be absolutely blunt, he’s a likeable guy, but his long range distribution is the only area where he shades anything above Vorm and Vorm is pony.
 
StripiestPilot said:
So is Gazza, that fuckup against Chelsea was horrendous, likewise that awful Rashford shot that he let go through his hand. He has let many saveable shots go in.

Hugo is capable of extraordinary mistakes and extraordinary saves, Gazza is only capable of the former. He’s fine for playing the odd cup game and that’s what he was signed for, it’s normal that he is not really good enough to be in the first XI.
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Hugo isn't good enough either.

Really hoped we could have got Nubel, but hey, as one door closes....Christian Fruechtl now could be an option.
 
StripiestPilot said:
As time goes by Gazzaniga’s lack of quality has become obvious. Most of the big saves have been nothing special, he has made many horrible errors and let limp shots go through him.

I am missing Hugo now and I think the players are as well. He obviously makes errors as well but he is capable of the extraordinary where Gazza just isn’t. A decent second keeper but nothing more.
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not even decent Imho, happy with him as 3rd choice
 
It was tanganga fault the goal doesn't it ? Let the guy shot and block the view on right side ( I know his the second coming don't kill me )
Gazza distribution are great and he's pretty solid ..
Just try to remember how Lori's distribution his..
 
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