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I am presuming an element of sarcasm there.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
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Originally Posted by Jolly Red Giant
Southampton letting in 3 goals yesterday ~ Bad Southampton defending rather than Bazunu being at fault.
3 goals against for Southampton in the last two games ~ ~ Their defending may well cost them an automatic promotion place.
Southampton were totally dominant in the first half yet barely contested the second.
Fantastic save from Bazunu at 1:35 here
I didn't see the first goal last night - some say it was originally a good save but others say he parried it straight to the attacker who scored. Didn't sound good anyway.
Second was a calamity. Bazunu played a short casual pass to his Josh Cullen equivalent who coughed up possession and Hull scored. The deep midfiedlder was heavily marked but still lost it badly. I assume Bazunu is under orders to play this way but it looked a bit reckless/casual to me. It was the type of daft goal they conceded lots of in the early part of the season.
He also playeda long loose pass that could have led to being chipped from 45 yards but the attacker mis-hit it.
He did make one smart stop at his near post at 1-0 down.
Twitter hated him last night!
Southampton seem to be able to pull out some bad performances ~ ~ Which you sometimes get with a bad defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Well there's your problem straight off - what the heck was he doing passing to a guy sat on the bench?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
First one wasn't his fault, he made a good save, they buried the rebound, same thing happened to Kelleher last week and he was getting praised.
Second one wasn't his fault either. He played it out short, like he's done hundreds of times this season, that's what he's told to do. The outfield player messed up and coughed up possession and Bazunu had no chance from there.
The goal is here at 0:20. I think it's unfair to compare it to the Kelleher parry. The Hull shot is from 20 yards, isn't a rocket of a shot and is at a nice height - I think you have to be trying to get that out of the danger zone if you're parrying. Obviously the defender has to be aware of the loose ball too and just stands there instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
The Kelleher one (7:15 here) is hit from 14 yards out with much more power and low (where it's harder for the keeper to get down to).
I think it's entirely reasonable to say Kelleher was unfortunate and Bazunu should really have done better.
Finding anger on Twitter is like finding wet in a riverQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
A third defeat in four for Southampton today, this time at home to Millwall. Second was a penalty, but the opener was a deep inswinging free Bazunu came for and was beaten to by the attacker, who had an empty net. Not great again unfortunately
Modern goalkeepers are not good at dealing with those type of situations - they assume that if there is any contact from the striker the ref will give a free out which, to be fair, they usually do.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
However, if you are a keeper and you are going to come for a ball like that you have to be 100% committed and you have to take striker and all to make sure you make contact with the ball and clear it.
Southampton have hit a blip and they need to steady the ship quickly or the season could get away from them.
How will Bazunu and Southampton fare tonight against the greatest team ever assembled, with buttons and washers, from the Liverpool creche and Super-Kel in goals.
The sycophancy towards Liverpool in the press since Sunday has been nauseating.
Baz dropped
Cup rotation.
In fairness, the three subs: Clark, McConnell and Danns had a collective 141 mins of professional football (between them) before playing in the final. To say it was impressive is an understatement...Quote:
Originally Posted by weldoninhio
Old bad jokeQuote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
exclamation mark is needed for the full effect :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Interesting to see that James Trafford, the young Burnley keeper, has suffered the same fate this season as Bazunu did last season, dropped from a struggling Premier league team for the run in. Trafford was dropped after 28 games (Bazunu made it to 32), having let in 62 goals and kept just two clean sheets (Bazunu 56 conceded, four clean sheets). Trafford's form was still considered good enough to get him an England senior call up last week.
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Originally Posted by Eirambler
Burnley fans have really felt Trafford should have been droped months ago. He has made some woeful errors and he has no presence . Interestingly lots of the complaints are about his poor ability on the ball which I would have thought woukd have been a strenght. As an aside fair play to man city they have sold bazuna, Trafford and muric in the last 2 years for about 40 million which is decent for 3 keepers from your academy/under 23 set up
Money going to money.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Looking around the Premier League there aren't many first choice keepers under 25. None that you'd say are nailed on first choice now that Trafford's been dropped. Verbruggen has been sharing the jersey with Steele at Brighton. It's a tough league for young keepers, as we saw with Bazunu last season. Someone like Luton have benefitted from going with an older head in goal compared to Burnley going with Trafford. In the end, despite many (including me) being critical of Kelleher for not going out and playing more at a younger age, if he moves on in the summer and gets a first choice place with another Premier League team off the back of this run with Liverpool, he'll still be one of the youngest first choice keepers in the league.
Bazunu is a better goalkeeper than Trafford - Burnley played twice as much for Trafford purely because he is English.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
It was the primary reason why the agents and the clubs put pressure on Rice and Grealish to switch international affiliation.
quite poor from bazunu for that ipswich 2nd.
Mixed bag from him today. Distribution has been very good, not a lot he could do about the first, maybe could have got a hand to the second, but it was hit early and went through the defender's legs which didn't help. James Bree - who I think might be Irish qualified (but isn't good enough anyway) has been the main cause of Southampton's issues today. Was very poor for the first and then got sent off later on.
Spot on. Distribution was excellent. Third goal similar to the second, not much he could really have done as he wouldn’t have been expecting the shot and possibly unsighted. Thought the first was just a great hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
his distribution never seems off the boil infairness but his shot stopping is again the big issue. if they go up i'd be surprised if they stick with him after this seasons showing. these are the big games when you need your keeper to keep you in the game. saints fans losing patience it seems.
Southampton paid £12m for Bazunu, Burnley paid £19m for TraffordQuote:
Originally Posted by Jolly Red Giant
Trafford won the U21 UEFA championship last summer, Arnau Tenas, the other goalkeeper from the final, is valued at 5m by transfermarkt
The keepers from the previous final, Finn Dahmen and Diogo Costa, are valued at £5m and £45m, respectively, so £19m for Trafford isn't unexpected
I think the first goal says a lot about Southampton's defending ~ Opposition midfielder with all the time in the world to pick out a player. with that player having plenty of time to control the ball, and decide to let fly with a blaster ~ ~ A question would be ,did the opposition plan ( given the opportunity ) to let fire at Bazunu's goal at every possible chance ? Do the opposition target Bazunu for what they consider to be a weakness of his ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2w1iZ1FmPg
defending for the 3rd was woeful too but it seems to go in in slow motion. again i think when you are challenging for honours , you need your keeper to be saving 2 and/or 3. its what all the good ones do. hopefully time will be a healer for GB and he learns from this in a couple of years, hes still v young. I think this summer will be a rough one for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
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Originally Posted by seanfhear
It's probably an indictable offence here to even ponder Bazunu blame for goals two and three. But surely he should have saved at least one of them. Too often it's difficult to see an EPL player there. Sometimes it's challenging even to see a Championship player there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
I would like to see an analysis of Bazunu's reaction times, compared to other Championship keepers.
If Southampton get to the playoff final, it's hard to see them overcoming Leicester, Leeds or Ipswich. Might be no bad thing for Bazunu to spend another season in the second tier.
the issue is next season i dont think he'll have a clear run at no.1 if they dont go up. the manager is definitely running out of patience with him and the fans likewise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
I think if they go up they'll definitely sign an experienced keeper like Bournemouth did with Neto. Lumley and McCarthy are alright championship keepers and should be nothing more than third choice at PL level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
So it seems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
https://www.southamptonfc.news/opini...pton-position/
https://www.southamptonfc.news/opini...underland-gem/
I see whoscored.com currently list his weaknesses as catching crosses, saving close range shots, and saving long shots. It's not a great look. (His strength is given as long passing)
I think if Kelleher can get a move in the summer and play regularly to the standard he's been playing lately, the debate about our number 1 is probably over for the foreseeable future. (And of course Bazunu is three years younger and has plenty of time to catch up)
Magazine 442 has an interesting feature in its current edition. It’s headed The 50 Top Football League Players - as voted by fans. Four Irish players get a nod but not a word for Bazunu or myriad other Irish EFA battlers.
It’s no surprise goal-machine Sammie Szmodics is well rated at No.5. And rising star Finn Azaz is well respected at an impressive 26 just above, wait for it, that “nothing player” Will Keane at 28.
The top four are Kieran Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), Crysencio Summerville (Leeds), Jack Clarke (Sunderland) and Adam Armstrong (Southampton).
Some Bazunu fans may be alarmed that perennial squad filler Max O’Leary is rated 40 and is the only goalkeeper in the list.
As everyone say without jest
He's a great keeper, but let's in to many goals