by Santa » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:49 am
My 2¢ worth...Simon is no doubt a good keeper but he is definitely not a 'good enough' keeper if our ambition is to challenge for the title. His distribution to get us on a count attack is pretty poor, deals with a cross like a dracula (that's my nickname for him...Simon Dracula because his feet jelly whenever he sees a cross), don't communicate well, cannot command the penalty area like any top class keeper should and worst of all, his decision making is often poor so if Brendan's game plan is for our keeper to function like a sweeper, then we are screwed. To say he is good at shot stopping is akin to saying an outfield player kicks a ball well...just not enough to compensate for his other major weaknesses.
I have always admired Asmir Begović from the beginning and wondered why Simon was chosen instead, giving him the benefit of doubt thinking I might have missed something. I can see now Asmir have a lot more quality than Simon if nothing but he is more reliable? Too late going for Asmir now as he has easily doubled his value and chased by many top teams. Time for Brendan to earn his pay cheque then...?
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