BlueDeadHead
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I think there is definitely some truth in what you have said! We have been poor defensively this year which wouldn't help any keeper. Pep knew what we had wasn't good enough and decided to replace at the beginning of the season. Pep brought Bravo in who has had no protection off our back 3/4 this has led to a loss of confidence where he then starts to make errors and is then replaced. (A combination of factors has gone against him really) Willy has done ok but everyone's knows he is a stop gap. Like you said next season you would hope we will improve defensively, I think it would help to have an imposing frame behind the back 4 that fills the goal. Bravo and Willy seem to make the goal look massive!
I don't think the size of the keeper will matter. Right now we have a very young Pep attack. We have some elements of a Pep midfield. We have no semblance of a Pep defense. And we have a perfect Pep keeper on the bench. All four pieces need to work together to succeed. We haven't seen that at all this season. If the attack (or Aguero specifically) doesn't press they are putting the midfield under pressure. If the midfield doesn't control possession and win the ball back nearly every time we lose it they will put the defense under pressure. The defense has to be able to play the ball out. The keeper is a key part of that but if he is working with Clichy and Ottamendi and Zabs he is going to fail.
I fully expect Ederson to look amazing next season because the 10 players in front of him will know what the fuck they are doing. That said, Bravo would do as good a job next season. I expect it is too late for him now thanks to the warm welcome our so called fans have given him.
Bottom line is the Keeper situation will resolve itself when Zabs, Clichy, Navas, Toure, Sagna, Fernando, Kompany and Ottamendi leave.