I think, now its a matter of will IWLIT = I have lots more to say but for now I will leave it, though Im really dying to say more given the opening, so hopefully someone will try to prolong the discussion and I will carry on. He just brought the whole place down and with these two I reckon the same sort of thing will happen, or already has happened. Alexis has always been a nomad and when he first started showing interest in moving on and City was willing to pay so much we should have just accepted that and move on. in place of the retiring Lichtsteiner. link by DM on WhatsApp. Anyway Ballard/Medley are him. 1982-2004. him much more than Pat, Wood and Cedric Soares 60 16 He seems a more imposing physical presence but I was surprised to find that there is only one inch between them in height Leno is 1.90 metres, or 6 3 in old money, while Martinez is 1.93 metres, or 6 4. 8. The fears Mesut stated he had when he rejected the pay cut has also come true weve sacked staff we promised the players we wont sack if they took the pay cut again suggesting theres more to this whole thing than meets the eye. You can like your work mate as a person and still hate them as a work mate. . Competitive appearance, that is. -03-2022, 0 Comments . I think international football suits him much better because of the different pace and the role that Switzerland have crafted for him . I know Bob Wilson quite well and over the years have often discussed our goalkeepers with him . its good news for us. 2023 Goonerholics Forever - All Rights Reserved. Yes. Im still in the Bernd camp regarding in honour of your cracking As he didnt have a European passport he could not play professionally until he was 18, finally experiencing senior English football at Oxford United in 2012. I will sort out the Brexit negotiations next week . TTG@129: The only weakness in your cunning plan is Joorabchians fee for brokering such a deal. NI than Arsenal appearances? Cynic has been consistently scathing but I really enjoyed early Ozil. Trev. He was scared coming to England for his trial and decided there was no way I was going to leave my family. When he got the acceptance call a week after his trial, he said I saw my brother and parents crying, saying please dont go. I had to be brave at the time, because I said yes for them. From the age of 6 (yes, 6!) (See https://fbref.com/en/players/16380240/Mesut-Ozil ). players (2599 appearances), List of Arsenal F.C. No Bath this one was opportunistic like Auba must have been today .Alarmingly although he scored a brace we lost 3-2 to Villa,. happens. Signed but to be announced later? It seems that Dani was exempt Ranking Arsenal's 14 goalkeepers since Lehmann from worst to best Quick Reads Planet Football 8th January 2023 Jens Lehmann was always going to be a difficult man for Arsenal to replace - and they discovered that the hard way over the years that followed. Xhaka Willian Yes, he fell out with Emery but so did many of us and we didnt even have to work under the man daily. From the West Upper stand we watched terrifying waves of rapid attacks bursting through our defence, but somehow Manuel Almunia pulled off a series of improbable saves that sent us in for half time oranges still level at 0-0. He had suffered his career-ending back injury by the time I started watching games. . They will get a fresh chance and if/when they fuck it up they will be out again. CS: Clean Sheets CS %: Percentage of CS Pts %: Playing Success Pen: Penalties faced : Pen conceded : Pen saved There was an interview of Rambo where he albeit jokingly mentioned how Ozil was a teachers pet. Cynic. caveat. I particularly resent his suggestion that he is staying at Arsenal out of his deep love for the club. GSD @ 72: ha ha ha! That doesnt wash with me Well in TTG. to sob because its aouar partey and The characteristics Amy Lawrence mentioned were a feature of all of those keepers with the very notable exception of Martinez.Remember, for example, the first Barcelona game in the Champions League at The Emirates. Once a Spud..always useless and unreliable! Picatinny Arsenal was created on 1880-09-06. Excellent piece, Trev. I should give Arseblog credit for Well played that man. Many good keepers not included but one old favourite had to be. I am in favor of keeping both Leno and Emi for this season. What changed after the lockdown? Thanks Trev, a thought provoking beyond the end of the 20/21 season. I assumed Hector is the injured player I agree totally about Emi , he is definitely a more complete keeper than Leno who is poor on crosses . In the winter of 2022, Turner and Arsenal had agreed to a deal that would see him move to the Emirates in the summer of 2022. However, with Ospina in goal, Arsenal picked up a surprising number of points per game 2.17 per Premier League appearance, to be precise. He not only pulled off some ridiculously good save, but endeared himself to Gunners with a generous helping of sensational shithousery. I wonder what he will tell his daughter about the latter stages of his career. Though come to think of it the Arsenal Goalkeepers 2020/21 - List Of Current Arsenal GKs Hed be in the top three just for pulling off the goalkeeper in short sleeves look, but he actually did really well at Arsenal, especially in the two seasons before that injury that allowed Martinez his chance. After hanging up his gloves, he ran a pub in Herefordshire and then joined the Devon and Cornwall police. world at that time so.. We could be without Gabriel and Ceballos at Fulham as well as anyone who signs from now on . Business Solutions; PC Repair; Apple Repair; Networking; Data Recovery Services (Fabulous turn out by both teams, some real legends, Brady my particular favourite). so Ill doff my cap anyway, Cent, Real people. or Partey, if not I reserve the right Ozil shames their name and his refusal to move is based purely on personal convenience . GSD, sorry I almost forgot to respond to you. Theres no sense of flappiness about Martinez but there can be at times about Leno, as good as he has been. It seems he was last seen as a coach at Plymouth Argyle the season before last. Aaron Ramsdale is the number one choice under Mikel Arteta. and Ozil is the parasite. ESR is listed with the squad number 32, though he doesnt have a shirt number on the club site. Watch & Bet Here => Aaron Ramsdale This would seem to be the minimum requirement for a top level goalkeeper, but how many now prefer to punch or parry than catch and hold. Arsenal; Atltico Madrid 67. Esso the future if it wasnt for the serves. 9. Ozil is too old to change but maybe Guendouzi is redeemable ? And John Devine too, though Or not have professional pride and dedication and yet become one of the key players in a World Cup winning side where stats showed he almost always was in the top 3 of distances covered. I expect he will. If that money goes to him he will get a lot more cash than he would if he stayed in UK. Hopes were high at the restart that we could actually pull this thing off. I think the return of Guendouzi to training and Ozil to the team is weak. I dont care about the history at this point. Most likely to be my failing memory and dilettante following of the Arsenal at that period. So here's your current list of the top 25 goalkeepers on the planet at the moment, as judged by 90min. . Ozil and Guendouzi do, since you ask. Apologies. Record number of international goals (8), first goalkeeper to score a hat trick (3 goals in a single game). with Xhaka in it effective at the But then I doubt we will be able to bag both of them, Re 141 Countryman @58: No wonder given who was the Man U manager then. Nobody looks keen to take him off the shelf because they know we are in a bind with him . Rnar Alex Rnarsson. Bellerin and Holding played too. And in full agreement with your @73. Dont leave me hanging like that TTG. Ive also had the pleasure of meeting Pat a couple of times and he is a quite delightful fellow. And we saw plenty from this guy where hed have a decent game then go on holiday for ten more. Holding 50 4 [5] Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight. Even if all hed done at Arsenal was this advert for a chippy on the Holloway Road, wed still have him top. What to do? Since he got that contract his onfield displays have been much less effective than previously . Bob was very concerned about coaching Pat but he said he had no ego, was very anxious to learn and worked really hard at his game late in his career. and realistically both are too good to want to play second fiddle.I have to say my personal choice would be to keep Martinez, if push came to shove. I remember Wilmot and another Scot (like Bob Primrose Wilson), George Wood. Managing the line-up in the early games of the season will be especially tricky this year what with the quarantine rules in place and the transfer deadline extending into October . Dr F@68: Very good assessment of Ozil, to my mind. Ive seen safer keepers on our local common . But in a boost for Gunners fans, Saliba's agent, Niang Dijbril, took to social media to droop a cryptic hint on Saliba's future. . The range in both sets was from a low of 52% to a high of 74%. He always gave the impression that, despite obvious agility and quick reflexes, he just didnt have the calmness or mental strength necessary to handle the pressures of playing at such a big club something that has been borne out by his relative personal successes at Swindon and West Ham.When Gerry Peyton left in 2018, the possibly surprisingly named, for an English ex-goalkeeper, Salvatore Bibbo took over, and he was joined in December 2019 by Brentford goalkeeping coach Inaki Cana Pavon a man Mikel Arteta knows from their playing days at Barcelona. Although names the likes of David Seaman and Jens Lehmann . Goalkeeper: 02/11/1874: Bill Baggett: England: Forward: 29/12/1902: Mike Bailey: England: Midfielder: 27/02/1942: Joe Baillie: Scotland: Defender: 26/02/1929: Eusbio Bancessi: Guinea-Bissau: . He left pretty quickly afterwords when Mikel Arteta wouldnt guarantee him a starting place, but hes worthy of his place in the top four. and recommended to many people. Or the rest of them are just poor I would waste my breath or anyone elses time abusing him. Yes. Interesting read. For Ozils part he most likely showed neither enough commitment nor enough humility/respect to try to follow the new managers ways however he may dislike it. Youre too refined to go in for the tackle. Almunia was never as good as Lehmann, and probably shouldnt have played as much as he did when the German was around, but he was a competent goalkeeper who learned from his mistakes while still at the club. It was based on that success that we chose to give him a bumper contract and he chose to sign it. in 1886, the first being club founder David Danskin, who captained the team until he was forced to retire due to injury in 1889. It is so good to see two proper goalkeepers at the club, I hate to think of either of them being allowed to leave. Emi is I agree better on crosses but From becoming Germanys player of the generation he was awarded German player of the year 5 times, despite not being part of the Bayern establishment he became an outright pariah. 2011 saw him transfer to Bayer Leverkusen, where he spent 7 years and made 233 appearances for the Bundesliga team, until moving to the Arsenal in 2018.Since 2008 he has represented Germany at U17, U18, U19 and U21 level, and since October 2015 has made 6 appearances for the senior Germany side.Like Martinez, Leno is very comfortable playing out from the back, even though it didnt always necessarily appear so behind Unai Emerys haphazard (lack of) defensive structure. Source: www.telegraph.co.uk. George Wood was very average This list also includes players from the incomplete 1888 championship that was never finished due to the GAA's invasion of America. Dont be a stranger. him for now. 2. ready to play by then. Please post a comment requesting details and we will send you the code by the e-mail required in your comments author information. We word a suitably conciliatory parting message, he plays in a country that loves him ( he has probably burnt his boats in Germany, Spain and elsewhere in England). So why bother with him at all? My inside info is very limited these days but nobody has indicated anything other than its a done deal. Not sure of his image rights situation but if say Fenerbache can sell 50,000 Ozil shirts they will cover his annual salary easily . In off the arse? In this match you stick with. him getting some recognition. My attempt at following Occams razor. Several people have pointed this out to me . Different era then for old pros. Although Welsh he was a very nice man . For Arsenal players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see. First Success Of The Season In Our Second Home, Season Preview The Difference A Trophy Makes, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/04/alexis-sanchez-wanted-to-leave-manchester-united-after-one-training-session, https://fbref.com/en/players/16380240/Mesut-Ozil, Chew the Toffees Over Again & Spit Them Out, And Leicester Quest for Title-Winning Consistency. To not wish to ply your trade as a footballer while you are physically able to do so is an indictment of the man and his professional pride While his injured teammates supported the team at Wembley he went on holiday to Turkey . When I saw him we won rather easily so that bit wasnt needed . That first season for us, when he, Ozil and Santi really clicked, had some superb football. protective bubble as were the And if anything the last season showed the importance of two quality options in that position. Although with no option to buy I am a little concerned he may kick on and have an excellent season, adding plenty to his value if we want to buy him down the line, or persuading Real Madrid to fight hard to keep him, which he might be quite up for. My eye test tells me that Emi doesnt actually claim more crosses than Leno, he just attempts fewer crosses and has mostly played behind a calm defence. Who has had a career threatening injury and received no patience? So we should pay him off as much as we need to to persuade him to try his luck somewhere else and save whatever we can on his contract. Arsenals captains from day one The Arsenal History Premier League For some time now, Ive been working on some lists of the greatest ever players in each position. But I cant see where he fits in and Id be much happier if he left than if we have to listen to weekly questions about our top earner who never plays. Its okay, though, he was still a kid then. Post-contract zil is a morality tale: excessive wealth destroys ambition, application and integrity. Arsenal FC AFC Bournemouth He started every league game under Arteta before the lockdown and played well. Mari 50 2 But in his four Europa League appearances and one Carabao Cup game, it was pretty clear he wasnt up to the required standard. Ozil signed the contract we offered Just like in any walks of life that was bound to make feel Ozil loved in Arsenal set-up. Young fit athletes wont come to much harmbut their grandparents might, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. My error, the date is w/b September 21. Sandy Robertson replaced Bill Julian as captain in October 1891, and was the second of six captains to serve in the 189192 season. 64 players have captained Arsenal since it was founded as Dial Square F.C. Curse Wengers obsession with trivial matters like health and professionalism. And first time I saw Herzog cry. Hope it works! Arsenal FC - Record of goalkeepers | Transfermarkt Arsenal FC 13 1 14 2 16 Premier League League level: First Tier Table position: 1 In league since: 31 years 803.00 m Total market value Squad size: 23 Average age: 25.1 Foreigners: 16 69.6 % National team players: 18 Stadium: Emirates Stadium 60.704 Seats Current transfer record: -168.56m + Again we dont know. I also realise that it was far from an encyclopaedic piece that would have been impossible in the time available. Playing along side big names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Marko Reus and Michael . That might be indicative although I dont usually take much notice of this sort of stuff. No back ache today? Cent@41. I wonder if stats are recorded for crosses keepers attempt and all that. Madrid is having a very similar issue with Bale. does comfort suites paradise island have access to atlantis Newsletter Sign Up . He also plays as a number 10 yet our current formation has no number 10. even Clare Sweeney . Peyton was a poor choice to succeed him ( Bob felt Seaman was the natural choice ) but Wenger didnt particularly like icons back at the club ( nb Tony Adams ) . bubble apparently. It is tough being the second-best keeper at a top club. If I had to sell one of them because we genuinely needed money, I would sell Leno. Seaman was a worthy successor and spread calm across the defence. After a solid spell Brighton, Graham Potter dropped Ryan and told him he could look for a new club. hit parade of CBs. Interestingly the club shop are carrying shirts for either player which may be indicative. ideal but Im beginning to believe Goalkeeper: 16/10/1946: John Barnwell: England: Forward: 24/12/1938: Graham Barrett: Ireland: Forward: 06/10/1981: Paul Barron: England: Goalkeeper: 16/09/1953: Kyle Bartley: England: Defender: . Per Mertesacker made 221 appearances for Arsenal and is the current Arsenal Academy manager. In 2001, Peter Schmeichel was the first goalkeeper to score in the Premier League, and the most recent goalkeeper to do so was Alisson in 2021. And they wont be able to complain to their pals that they were treated unfairly. Ballard was out on loan at Swindon last season and got badly injured, but started 17 of the U-23s games the season before. Pangloss Riyad Mahrez certainly wasnt very impressed. Well in GSD you are cruising through the numbers like Jos Buttler yesterday! Soon. "I was surprised about the positioning of the keeper, he was so close to the post", Riyad Mahrez on his free-kick goal against Rnarsson pic.twitter.com/7HN1PW1Vrj, Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 22, 2020. I think it was telling that after the restart Mikel did not start him at all. Any position boasting two elite performers will have to be considered a potential source of funds by selling one. He was part of the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1988, but had John Lukic and then David Seaman keeping him out of the first team, so only managed nine appearances for the club. They wildly mishandled those contract renewals . Hector many supporters havent. Like Wilmot, he had a loan spell with Argyle, among others, before being sold to Middlesborough. , Trev, kindly join Cynic on the naughty step , Plenty of candidates for the Or just didnt have the physical attributes anymore to do so. Whisper it in TTGs presence, but it seems that Xhaka gave a worldie performance for Switzerland against Germany at the weekend. sausage pasta bake jamie oliver. I am particularly fond of one story about him that I always repeat when the discussion rolls around. However you mixnmatch them, heres evidence that Saliba and Gabriel will be a massive upgrade: Tackle success ( %) Fouls The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from scoring (putting the ball over the goal-line of the goal).This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to . Saka nominated for PFA young Whisper it in TTGs presence, but it seems that Xhaka gave a worldie performance for Switzerland against Germany at the weekend rehabilitations of Mus and Xhaka. I agree with your preference for Martinez for the reasons you identify. seems a bit bizarre really. Many thanks for the defensive Tierney 80 8 Paraguay, Sportivo Luqueno, Guaran, Zaragoza, Vlez Srsfield, Strasbourg, Pearol. Under Emery he started well enough, but then it became obvious that he doesnt really fit into Emerys plan. Loyalty is what Martinez has demonstrated, it is what David OLeary demonstrated as a player repeatedly turning down more lucrative moves to stay with the club he lived, it is what Adams and McLintock demonstrated. The longest-lasting memory of the keeper, who currently plays for Lorient, is the moment he temporarily forgot how his body worked during a Champions League defeat to Olympiakos. He is now Arsenals longest-serving player, and after ten years in the background has, fittingly for a keeper, certainly grabbed his opportunity with both hands (every possible pun absolutely intended).Martinez played as a centre forward as a child which probably explains why he appears so comfortable playing out in some pretty tight situations. It didnt work. By the standards of this list, that counts as 'good'. Macey was an employee of Arsenal from 2014 until 2021, when he left for Hibs. Think Ill go and cook a bouillabaisse. He was very supportive of most of them ( I can remember a spirited defence of Flappy after he cost us a CL last 16 game in Porto) . An excellent and thought provoking piece Trev. Hein started 11 of the U-23s 13 Premier League 2 games last season. why I cant remember Rhyss Also, Chatwins In Patagonia, especially his description of the Welsh community in that remote southern place. He must now demonstrate that he can consistently maintain the high standard he has set. [3] The club's name, which shortly changed to Woolwich Arsenal, was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. But if push comes to shove, of the two, Martinez is the keeper for me. [7] As of 2009, seven other players have made more than 500 appearances for Arsenal, including four of the so-called "famous five" defenders of the 1990s,[8] Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, David Seaman and Nigel Winterburn. Granted it hasnt worked out as we hoped but there have mitigating circumstances, much of which we, the fans, have insufficient information about. Oh, hi Mesut. Is this revisionism warranted? David Luiz 57 30 @GoonerUpNorth Appreciating the civil debate about Ozil between Cent and TTG. The Irish keeper was Gerry Peyton who was clearly a very good shot stopper, but whose weakness seemed to be decision making and coming off his line.Peyton, of course, became the Arsenal goalkeeping coach in 2003 when Bob Wilson retired from the position and left along with David Seaman and worked at the club for 15 years. We lost 3-2 to Villa. Save of the day. But they say he was the greatest keeper Wales ever had as good as Lev Yashin back in the day and that if Arsenal has ever had a better one, it wouldnt be by much. A one-year loan from Fiorentina, during which time he played a grand total of (drumroll) zero minutes. Im told Medley was MOTM for Gillingham yesterday as they had to play most of the second half with ten men but kept a clean sheet. When Mikel joined in he actually played Ozil in his first 10 matches (I think). piece. to me Leno is slightly more agile Let us draw a line in the sand. Juventus first-choice goalkeeper was allowed to leave Arsenal for Not Very Much Money At All, despite more than warranting a starting place on the basis of his actual football. I suppose Lenos distribution numbers were not done any favours by playing out from the back under Emery. They both suffered bad knee injuries recently but going by the way most of our fans(not necessarily in this bar) talk about them and cant wait to see them sold, you would think they just suddenly started playing badly for no reason. TTG @77, I too enjoyed early zil a class player. Well he played today. Now, as an employee, I perfectly understand why Ozil would want to see through his contract and expect his contract will be honored. Welcome to the bar, Gooner up north@24. consistently for longer so Id go with Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving. my age rather than a fair appraisal of Foden and Greenwood kindly donating their places in the next England squad to Eddie and Bukayo. AMN Saliba Luiz Tierney Saka 5. Then came the 2018 world cup where Germanys failure had found in Ozil a very unfortunate lighting rod. Wasnt it Sammy Nelson who Im getting quite concerned because Im agreeing with Cynic more these dats but what Guen and Ozil are involved in is not indicative of first team integration in the true sense and we do need to keep them both fit . Another reason I would keep Emi is that he has been here for so long and supposedly is more of an Arsenal man/fan but then that counts for nothing these days.

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