Desperate to get Ederson back in goal for this one. Bravo has done ok in the league cup and will have to play in the final now, but Ederson is clearly the superior player and I'd be so much happier going through this competition knowing that we're going to give ourselves the best chance we have of winning it.
Maybe I am wrong, but I if there is a man having some strict principles, it's Pep, no?
Bravo has played every single domestic cup match this season and I think
we can take it for granted that principle will stay including the final(s) at Wembley.
That's the way it is.
The cup keeper in every cup game last season was the keeper seen to be second choice for league games, perfectly fair. Caballero got to play in a lot more games than he'd probably expected to.Think he switched Caballero and Bravo around between the FA cup and league last season, starting with Willy in the cup and shifting to Bravo by the time the semi came around as the premier league had slipped away by that point. Doubly unfair/frustrating for Caballero as he was the keeper in form at that point too.
The cup keeper in every cup game last season was the keeper seen to be second choice for league games, perfectly fair. Caballero got to play in a lot more games than he'd probably expected to.
If we went with your idea then we would find it very difficult to retain a decent back up keeper. I'd rather use our system and be able to have the level of Bravo/Gunn as backup than have someone shit. I'm sure Caballero was more than happy with the league games.And that showed the policy up to be a total nonsense, because having earned his place as the first choice keeper he then found himself in the position of playing in meaningless games rather than in the one competition he'd helped guide us through and where still had any chance of winning anything. Bravo, through his inferior performances was "demoted" but found himself playing the games that mattered more. The stringent first choice in league, second choice in domestic cups idea is totally flawed in my opinion. I understand the need to give the second choice keeper games but i'd prefer a more flexible system where we see the second choice keeper getting the odd league game instead and retaining the option of playing your strongest keeper in a big cup game. The best keeper should be playing the biggest games on merit.
If we went with your idea then we would find it very difficult to retain a decent back up keeper. I'd rather use our system and be able to have the level of Bravo/Gunn as backup than have someone shit. I'm sure Caballero was more than happy with the league games.