We've got enough....

Larry Stranger said:
Interested to see who you're ideal #2 keeper would be. Who do you think is good enough, yet would come knowing they'd be behind Ederson?
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I know it's not easy, and I don't have anyone in mind, but I don't believe that Bravo, even as a number 2, cannot be improved on. Off the top of my head though the club over the road have a much better back up.
 
Cobwebcat said:
I know it's not easy, and I don't have anyone in mind, but I don't believe that Bravo, even as a number 2, cannot be improved on. Off the top of my head though the club over the road have a much better back up.
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Its true we did tragically miss out on big lee grant. Future star that one.
 
Cobwebcat said:
We haven't got enough and I'm not talking about a DM either.

Who thinks, if Ederson gets injured long term, that we win the league?

We need a capable back up keeper. Bravo hasn't come to terms with the physicality of the PL and has confidence issues still.

The difference between our first choice and our back up is by far the greatest in this position.

So keep your fingers crossed because we cope very well with the loss of any other player (Pep's system sees to that)
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Bravo is fine as a number 2 and you could say that to all the top teams if they lost there goalie for a long period.
 
waspish said:
Bravo is fine as a number 2 and you could say that to all the top teams if they lost there goalie for a long period.
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I'd like to agree but I think the same problems that got him demoted to number 2 are still there if was called upon. If we had a Romero to call on I don't think we would drop as many points.

I hope you are right it's just my take on how we could improve our squad which is difficult.

We would miss Fern but we would miss Ederson more.
 
Cobwebcat said:
I'd like to agree but I think the same problems that got him demoted to number 2 are still there if was called upon. If we had a Romero to call on I don't think we would drop as many points.
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We would because we wouldn't be able to play the same way the team has been trained to play.
 
Cobwebcat said:
I'd like to agree but I think the same problems that got him demoted to number 2 are still there if was called upon. If we had a Romero to call on I don't think we would drop as many points.
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Maybe but Bravo ain’t going anywhere this season so he be our number 2 and we did finish third that season with him as number 1 and you do remember that team that season think Pep did a miricle to get us third.
 
waspish said:
Maybe but Bravo ain’t going anywhere this season so he be our number 2 and we did finish third that season with him as number 1 and you do remember that team that season think Pep did a miricle to get us third.
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There were so many chances that we missed when we got 3rd too. If we had put away games we might have gotten higher. We have improved on our goal scoring. This would make Bravo in goal a lot more confident if we were winning games 3 or 4 goals up.

No matter who is the back up keeper they will not only be good with their feet, but know how to read the game with distribution as well. Against Liverpool the other day we were bad in the 2nd half partly because Hart under the slightest press will hoof it giving the ball straight back to the opposition. Yes ideally you want your keeper to make saves, but we should know by know that this is Pep and how he plays.
 
The thing is that in Pep's system the defenders and keeper will be exposed the most and subject to a lot of criticism when goals are let in. They are required to read the game and do a lot more. The keepers not only have to shot stop, but sweeper keep, and play the ball with their feet. De Gea for example. The reason he looks great with United is because he's concentrating mostly on stopping shots. With Spain he looked like shit because he doesn't know when to be a sweeper and goals against him were counter attacking goals and 1 on 1 situations similar to what Bravo faces with us. Bottom line is that it's not simple and also Ederson is really amazing.
 
Larry Stranger said:
The thing is that in Pep's system the defenders and keeper will be exposed the most and subject to a lot of criticism when goals are let in. They are required to read the game and do a lot more. The keepers not only have to shot stop, but sweeper keep, and play the ball with their feet. De Gea for example. The reason he looks great with United is because he's concentrating mostly on stopping shots. With Spain he looked like shit because he doesn't know when to be a sweeper and goals against him were counter attacking goals and 1 on 1 situations similar to what Bravo faces with us. Bottom line is that it's not simple and also Ederson is really amazing.
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Agree with all that but do you think that our defence look less confident with specifically Bravo behind them rather than the lack of Ederson.
 
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