Gavin Bazunu G Stoke City(loan from Southampthon) b.2002

[rebelmusic]

Looking very possible that this could happen so I hope he literally grabs this by the balls

[pineapple stu]

People need to recognise what Bazunu has been through - what looked like a very good decision to join Southampton turned into a disaster - relegation from the PL when Southampton couldn't defend (and he still conceded fewer goals than Ramsdale)

This sort of stat is exactly why PSxG is a better metric of keepers. Southampton last year conceded 86 goals compared to 73 in Bazunu's year. But they also faced 245 shots on target compared to 150. Of course they were going to concede more goals - that's hardly a reflection on the keepers. (Bazunu's season actually saw him playing behind one of the tightest defences in that regard).

But drill down into the PSxG stat, which takes out all the noise and just looks at how they performed against what they faced, and you can see Ramsdale at -2.5 and Bazunu at a record-breaking -16.9. Ramsdale would have kept Southampton up in 2022/23. Let's not go in anay way pretending Ramsdale performed worse than Bazunu in those two seasons.

Looking very possible that this could happen so I hope he literally grabs this by the balls

One of the most egregious uses of the word "literally" I think I've ever seen!

[tetsujin1979]

That's a stretch, Southampton were terrible that season. One player wouldn't have made a difference.

[pineapple stu]

Give them back 15 goals and it's a lot of points. And that's before you get to the momentum factor a few positive results generate.

But maybe I should have said he "could" rather than "would" have kept them up in fairness.

[pixiehead]

Confirmed
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026...to-stoke-city/
Walters pulling the strings.

Best of luck Gavin.

[Jolly Red Giant]

Ramsdale would have kept Southampton up in 2022/23.

Nobody would have kept Southampton up that season - they were dead and buried by November

Let's not go in anay way pretending Ramsdale performed worse than Bazunu in those two seasons.

Who ever made that claim?

This was a demonstration of lies, damned lies and statistics - at the end of the day you can get stats to say whatever you want them to say (and I say that as someone with training in statistics - the reason why I have a healthy disregard for them)

[Jolly Red Giant]

Confirmed
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026...to-stoke-city/
Walters pulling the strings.

Best of luck Gavin.

Yes indeed - hopefully he can push on from here.

[Kingdom]

Ramsdale would have kept Southampton up in 2022/23.

Would you stop, that's absolute nonsense. A cantilever beam wouldn't have kept Southampton up, nevermind Aaron Ramsdale.