31 | Ederson - 2023/24

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Tricky_Trev said:
We’d be forced to go for a number 2 because we’d royally piss off Ortega otherwise. And instead of solving an under appreciated goalkeeper situation, we’d just be creating another.

And for the record, it’d be a significant downgrade. Ortega has been great, but people will realise what we’re missing when he’s our no.1. When our build up isn’t as reliable, when we face more shots without Ederson’s ability to prevent shots from even happening. Ortega saved the 1v1 but then he was also forced to make other saves that Ederson would have come out and nipped in the bud. Ortega was rooted to his line on 3 occasions. Over the course of a season, I’d be willing to bet that shot PREVENTION is better than shot stopping.

When you see the comments online, you understand why Ederson feels like this though. The disrespect is off the charts.
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Yeah, you can see that when Ortega never lost a game this season (with a starting team), and he played some of the toughest matches (Tottenham twice away, Liverpool away, Arsenal, adrid away...) and he barely received any goals.

Ederson is great, but to think we will downgrade when the overwhelming evidence shows we would not...

I remember some people saying we would notice how vital Ederson was when he was injured for 3-4 weeks this season, and we won all those games comfortably and playing well.
 
Didn’t Ortega say in an interview post West Ham match that he’s happy, he’s getting enough games?
I think both keepers have improved each other, Ederson is still the king of distribution, but Ortega has improved ( with the odd Cruyff turn here & there!) Ederson’s shot stopping has definitely improved the past 2 seasons. I don’t think Ortega would leave unless say B Munich wanted to make him No.1, & Ederson is still No.1 for me.
 
So strange, this. In his prime and (supposedly) ready to leave for Saudi.

Pure speculation but maybe his frustration at Spurs was because he knew/thought that would be his final game for us?

 
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He is intrinsic to how we play and very difficult to replace. Let's hope he stays, but nobody should feel that they are guaranteed their place and I would be surprised if that is the case.
 
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