Who is the best City goalkeeper in history?

[Alec-mcfc]

oh nicky weaver, what a keeper, what a save.

 

[Daz_Blue]

Paul Cooper in the 5-1 Derby :)

 

[blueparrot]

Or the save against Leeds where he dived one way and completely twisted his body 180 degrees and got one hand to a header. I have seen the save back on YouTube and i have to be honest it was bugger all like I described but that's definitely the recollection I had in my head and it's still the best save I have ever seen even if it wasn't quite as good as my memory remembers it

Corrigan had a couple of very dodgy seasons in him and Hart has a few howlers in his back catalogue. Never saw Swift or Trautmann they may well have some back in the day too, so can't say but from what I have read it seems it would be one of the 2 older ones. Modern goalies need more all round skills to can see Ederson getting up there on initial impressions.

 

[citizenyank76]

Lev Yashin said Trautmann was the best GK after himself. So I will go with that opinion.

 

[Born in Moss Side]

Bert, Joe, Tony, Nicky . Only saw Swift for a few games and was only 6 years old at the time (now 74 ).

 

[hmblue]

Bert Trautmann by a 100 miles at least.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

I think all you can do is judge them against contemporaries, and if you haven't seen them play, go by reputation. Swift and Bert were each widely rated throughout English football as the best in the game in their era, and by a mile as well. Would you say that's the case with any of our later keepers? I don't really think so, though it's harder these days as the competition comes from some of the best goalkeepers from all round the world as opposed to just Britain and Ireland.

Ederson does look very good so far, though. Hope he lives up to this promise as he appears to have everything needed to be a really top 'keeper in this era.

Think it's hard to disagree with this.

TC in my lifetime. Though big soft spot for 'Super' Cooper because of 23/09/89.

 

[BLS]

For me it's a photo finish between Bert and Frank,think big Joe and Joe 2 would be pretty close as well for 3rd and 4th spot

 

[BillCarlisle]

In my lifetime Bert - no question, and by a long way. Swift was before my time but my Dad always said he couldn't pick between the two.
After Bert I would go with Big Joe, followed by Hart.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

David James