I'm not sure if this needs a new thread, but his problems with distribution have really reached a farcical level now, have they not? It wasn't just the second goal either - he'd already made a couple of poor kicks and put the fullbacks into awkward positions prior to that; and his kicking at Bournemouth wasn't good either. If GK distribution is important to how Sherwood wants to play, he can't persist with Guzan despite his other qualities; if distribution isn't that big a deal, he should basically be told to belt it upfield every single time.It's a shame because I thought he commanded his box well and looked secure the couple of times he was faced with a shot he could actually save.
Has he started for us? Has he now moved down the pecking order?
In terms of ability, Guzan is a very good goal-keeper. His downfall, in my opinion, is in his decision making and that is a huge flaw and what separates him for the likes of Friedel and even (in his prime) Given. The mistake on Saturday was unarguably Amavi's But you have to question why he even had the ball in that area of the pitch, at that time of the game. The fact that it was Scott Dann who dispossessed him shows how out of position Palace were and it’s nonsensical that Guzan didn’t play an early ball up-field to capitalise. I’ve heard people say that “all Amavi had to do was put his foot through it” but that’s exactly why he shouldn’t have had the ball in the first place. If that was his only option then Guzan’s just passed the buck to him.I said the same about his error at Man City last season. Although it was a mis-kick that lead to the goal, if you watch the couple of minutes prior to it, Guzan had tried to play out from the back a couple of times and had just been given the ball back as there was no clear route away from goal and Aguero was loitering with intent. Why he was even trying to play out to the full-back again was utterly beyond me.I’ve said it all summer and maintain that we need an upgrade, asap.
reading the last couple of pages of this thread you would have thought Guzan had picked the ball up and thrown it into his own net, when in reality he threw the ball out to another players feet, admittedly Amavi was soon pressured but here's the thing defenders from time to time are going to be put in tricky situations preferably not by their own players, but it happens, and will have to deal with it,so the rest of the game what did he do wrong ? he made a string of good to reasonable saves, well that's what he's there to do but plenty of goalkeepers don't, caught a few of his line, didn't drop the ball, had a good to reasonable match overall, he put the ball into touch once wow wee, lets all lose sleep over thatgoalkeepers will not have perfect games, the fella everyone was going on about Begovic made a Guzan man city type error in his debut game in pre season, so it happenes to the best, look at Chech at Arsenal not a great startI'm in no way absolving Guzan for his Man City blooper which was massive, and he was dropped for it, and the lesser keeper Given came in and all to soon we were calling for Guzan to returnGuzan is now the scapegoat, he didn't make the actual mistake on Saturday but never the less gets the blame for it because oh the player that made the mistake is the new crowd favouritein three games we have let in 3 goals, its not horrendous, and all in all he has kept well, if he goes on a spree of really shit goalkeeping then I will add my name for the call for him to be replaced but Saturdays performance wasn't anything like as bad as people are sayingI know people have made there minds up on Guzan and that's fair enough I've done the same with certain other players, but it still doesn't mean they are right, in my view they are bang wrong, Guzan will save us points this season far more than he costs us, and has been doing for the last 3/4 seasons