Blues Again Pursuing Spanish Gk, Iker Casillas
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For the life of me I cannot understand this. Just why? Seems as if club management is not concerned about talent/skill but would rather attract a more publicly known figure to the team, probably with one thing in mind, sales. Makes no sense.
You realize Saunders goals against average was 1.73 last year right?
Everyone focuses on how many saves he made but he's at the bottom in goals allowed. Only 4 other keepers who played 10+ games have a worse average of goals allowed.
Saunders is by no means a world class talent and if we can get a player who could be better, and at the same age, why not?
Your reply loses all credibility from the start. Are you seriously using GAA to judge a keeper in soccer? Really? That's a new one.
Yes, do you have a better metric for measuring goal keepers abilities?
I heard a really interesting interview on the Planet Futbol podcast last week with a leading soccer stats/analytics guy. He made the point that goalkeeping is one of the most important positions on the pitch and one of the hardest to evaluate. He said a top goalie can be worth 10 extra points over the course of a club season, but it's very hard to use stats to figure out who those guys are.
That's a long winded way of saying if he's an upgrade over Saunders, and I think that's true - even if he struggled at Real - then he can be a valuable addition for us.
That's a long winded way of saying if he's an upgrade over Saunders, and I think that's true - even if he struggled at Real - then he can be a valuable addition for us.
are they making kreis whore himself out to garber for redemption of our horrid season last year? I dont get where we are getting all this extra salary room here and international spots.
Of course now we'll have to magically find what, our 13th international slot?
Seems more daunting than signing him.
Seems more daunting than signing him.
I don't like bringing in a 35 year old player regardless of position. Iker was a great goalie but his skills have really diminished over the last couple of years and I think there are probably better options if they want to replace Saunders.
2 In'tl spots on keeper would be a radical departure from the common wisdom of MLS roster construction.
My humble prediction:
not upgrading from Saunders is going to give us some pain this season.
My humble prediction:
not upgrading from Saunders is going to give us some pain this season.
Saunders is not a good goalkeeper. His distribution is horrendous and we need to upgrade. I'm at worst intrigued by this rumor.
Makes the most sense. Loaning Johansen somewhere he will actually play would free up a spot.
I wonder if MLS "coincidentally" decides to increase international spots soon. We did dilute the pool with two expansion teams.
There are plenty of available local goalkeepers i.e. Zach Macmath lol poor guy. And many other we can get for fairly cheap. So he would have to come very cheap.
Most likely, last year it was reported that Real Madrid are still paying a big chunk of his salary.
Couple that with the fact that NYC appeals to him and his gf (she's a Spanish language reporter) and you can see him taking a pay cut.
I think you guys are being too harsh on Saunders, idk if we were watching the same games but he kept us in certain games. Yea you can throw GAA but considering how beyond terrible our back line was, most of those goals would've not even been attempted. We are solid at GK.
Saunders has the potential to be a great GK and an amazing leader. The reason he allowed so many goals was because the back 4 allowed the offense to take so many shots! And in fact Saunders saved at least half of thoes shots. Not to mention Saunders is the only one who thanks the fans after EVERY game. I would disgrace NYCFC if they bring in yet another old superstar.
What? You have the opportunity to bring in Spain's #1 Keeper and you turn that down??
Some of you people are looney
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