he's been brilliant for a while now, i think it was mangalas fault personally for not closing him down, as soon as hart makes a mistake he's suddenly crap for some reason ... kolarovs been awesome down the left this season
I don't think he has personally. He definitely had an improved year last season, but that isn't saying much given how poor he'd been prior to that for circa 2 years. All the same old weaknesses are there, in spite of the odd top draw, highlight material, reaction save.
You ever speak to neutrals it's Joe they highlight as the weak link.
Think too many people have blinkers with him personally.
He's a decent keeper, nothing more. IMO. I'll get a lot of flak for saying that, but that's my opinion.
There seems to be this forlorn hope among a lot of blues that people still expect him to go on and be amongst the top 5 goalkeepers in the world.
We've gone past that now, he's not a young lad anymore. He's at his peak now, and it isn't where we'd hoped it'd be 5 years ago.
Still a decent keeper, just don't think he's of the standard of the rest of the squad.
He's not a Courtois, or a De Gea. He's not a Cech.
His greatest strength is an instinctive reaction save, besides that the rest is fairly average.
I think if Guardiola does come in next summer he'd be the most vulnerable among the squad to losing his place, given the way Guardiola likes his keepers to play.
That's my cold, no sentiment assessment.
