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Let's see how comfortable he is behind this seasons version of Liverpool...?Quote:
Originally Posted by third policeman
Jokes aside, I hope he does well. Having 3 young keepers with potential is grand and all but they will inevitably go through a few rough patches so having one performing well when we need it is key.
He's definitely not having a shocker. Totally agree. He just looks a bit stiff, a bit uncomfortable, afraid of making a major mistake. I think you also raised a great point earlier about the defence in front of him being a messy unit. He is definitely good enough and I have a lot of belief that he will get there. I think he needs a game where he puts in a MOTM performance, i think that will get him believing in himself and loosening up.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Half the goals he's conceded have come in three games and most his games it's only been the one goal conceded. Think they brought in a whole new defence in the summer and at the weekend they had two lads in there who were less experienced than Bazunu. Watching a couple of games this season and the defence itself has often been let down by the midfield in front of them so not surprised they'd go for someone like Nathan Jones whose got Luton performing above expectations by being compacted, organised, and hard working.
I think that's twisting the maths of it though. You could just as easily say flip he's only kept one clean sheet in 14 games, which isn't great. Heck, to have shipped four three times already this season is ropey.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
Ultimately only three teams have conceded more, and it seems the stats are saying they're conceding more than they should. I think there's no getting away from those two stats.
And taken as read that he's improving and getting games, etc, etc
not watched a lot of southampton but his numbers look in or around par. thats not bad imo. obviously has a lot to deal with infront of him and that'll be the managers job to fix.
In fairness, a random punter on the internet saying "Not watched a lot of Southampton but his numbers look in or around par" isn't something I'd take over Opta stats (or whatever source the BBC used)...
eh? this is what im basing my comment on https://twitter.com/Jhdharrison1/sta...82728050221056Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
14/20 ranking all GK actions(not just prevented goals), -0.03 vs avg prem keeper i.e nearly at par. Seems good enough to me!
Fair enough, but that's quite different from your original post!
Wonder why the different to the MotD figures then?
Nathan Jones, ahead of Luton's 2016/17 season in League 2, released 12 players and signed 8. Before Stoke's 2019/20 season in the Championship, he brought in 10 new players. He was sacked after just 14 games, but said he had no regrets about moving from Luton to Stoke. (Wikipedia). Obviously a man of firm conviction in his own judgement and one can expect some significant changes in the next couple of months. Hopefully Bazunu's position will be safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Doubt he'll be given any meaningful funds to buy players and Southampton probably went with the cheapest option who'll work with the group of players available. Dyche would have been a much better defensive manager but would have wanted good wages and transfer funds. McCarthy could get in as I doubt Jones will want his keeper coming out far sweeping up.
Flat footed for Liverpool goal but brilliant save from Salah.
Southampton defence is properly dreadful. Fantastic save from Bazunu from Salah, probably caught out with Liverpool first, not a lot he could have done for their second.
He's on a hiding to nothing with this side though.
Southampton are a shambles but still think he’s in the right place,Ramsey had a couple of seasons in bad sides in the premier league and it did him no harm and he’s in a side top of the league now…..
He's earning his keep, the defense in front of him are terrible. He was caught badly for the Firmino opener though.
Weirdly - the 20 year old German: Bella-Kotchap is in the German squad for the World CupQuote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
That's really not good. No command of his area. He does seem low on confidence.
As soon as the ball popped back up in the air he seemed initially to chase it to his left before scrambling back, deceived by what his teammate was going to do. By that stage he was never going to be able to compete with the goal scorer who could get between Bazunu and the ball quite easily. As a keeper you'd really want to be attacking a ball like that with forward momentum but his first couple of steps meant he had no weight / momentum behind his jump. I'd be looking at his teammate too. Horrible sliced clearance.
First name Heinz?Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Ah here Stutts. That type of humour won’t cut the mustard with too many on here.
he's probably sauced.
Shocking mistake by Gavin, very soft goal from lallana header. He’s under pressure now
It's really not going well for Bazunu of late. Confidence is shot.
A solid near post catch, and a 50/50 that he came out aggressively and won. Solid response from Gavin. But that goal is unforgivable at this level
shocker. going through a real tough spell.
That is a right howler alright. The Lincoln goal was poor but with mitigating circumstances as Stutts noted. This one was all his own unfortunately.
2-0 now too
Probably not at fault for second goal. Southampton so so poor
looks like he was at fault for the 2nd one aswell? need to see a replay though. feel for him , hes going through an awful rut.
He'll likely be dropped now! It really is very unfortunate but he's young and we've seen keepers go through bad spells and recover numerous times.
Difficult one for him to deal with, didn’t get touch on it though but it was a great pull back, far enough away from the keeper
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Originally Posted by Jd2793
Hard to tell from this, but looks like he should be getting to that cross, if only to punch it away?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Really poor for first goal. Confidence is shot. Looks like he maybe thought of parrying it and then changed his mind in case it went to an attacker. Should have been a routine catch though.
Second: my immediate opinion was he should have got a bigger touch on it. The cross wasn’t that firmly hit. The slight touch he did get made his defender mi**** it.
I really feel for him. Southampton are brutal but this is the type of game where your keeper can be keeping you in it. He’s not.
Surely we can’t blame him for the 3rd as well?!?!
hopefully it means that we will see Moran and Ferguson
3rd was outrageous. no fault for that one thankfully.
A little spell on the sidelines might not be the worst for him now. Needs to study the last few weeks and figure out some adjustments.
How does being on the sideline and not playing help him? If Southampton think McCarthy is the answer then what’s the question?Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Southampton doing well 1-1 against Fulham, much better team in second half. Would be great for Gavin if they won.
Unfortunately he hasn’t looked too convincing again. Dropped a lame cross in first half, got lucky. Bizarrely mistimed his punch out in second half, should have been pretty easy to deal with and almost cost Southampton a goal. Similar to his mistiming for his error last game. Distribution poor, and playing deeper than usually indicating his low confidence. Hopefully team can get a result may help Gavin
Cruel blow for Southampton conceding late goal to likely lose. These are tough times for Gavin, character building hopefully!
Bizarre defending from Southampton again, largely centre halve’s fault but Bazunu at fault too. Peno conceded. Bad
Good save from Gavin though!