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Offline villadelph

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #855 on: July 28, 2016, 03:34:54 AM »
Did well for a good bit, but couldn't stand to see his face in the shirt anymore. Too bad I'm an american.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #856 on: July 28, 2016, 05:10:32 AM »
Good luck Brad in the future.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #857 on: July 28, 2016, 06:06:37 AM »
All the best Brad.

He was brilliant for a couple of years, him and Benteke are the reasons we stayed up longer than we did. Probably for the best for us and him.

Yep the 1st 18 months under Lambert he was as big a reason as Benteke that we stayed up.

Aye well said. Thanks for the good Brad. A change is best for everyone.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #858 on: July 28, 2016, 07:05:50 AM »
All the best Brad.

He was brilliant for a couple of years, him and Benteke are the reasons we stayed up longer than we did. Probably for the best for us and him.

Yep the 1st 18 months under Lambert he was as big a reason as Benteke that we stayed up.

Agree totally. Like a lot of players last season, he just lost confidence. Good luck to him.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #859 on: July 28, 2016, 08:00:45 AM »
A top, top shot stopper, unfortunately he went very stale over last 2 years - not sure he'll ever sort out his positioning issues or his horrendous kicking.  Ironically I think he actually improved his claiming & catching of crosses but he became an accident waiting to happen.

Shame that the stupid over blown incident at Wycombe has led to him being lumped in with the cowards & frauds Richards / Lescott / Gabby & Bacuna. 

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #860 on: July 28, 2016, 08:54:45 AM »
Good riddance, dreadful keeper.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #861 on: July 28, 2016, 09:02:27 AM »
Not one of the worst we've ever had and not one of the best either.  I just hope the new keeper is an improvement.  Did we get a fee for him?

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #862 on: July 28, 2016, 09:17:09 AM »
Good riddance, dreadful keeper.

That's my opinion too.  I played a bit in goal during my time and bloody hell some of the errors he made I can never remember making. 

TBF, I wasn't much cop either.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #863 on: July 28, 2016, 09:28:04 AM »
Why are you waving goodbye to someone who hasn't left us?

Offline RussellC

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #864 on: July 28, 2016, 10:34:42 AM »
A top, top shot stopper, unfortunately he went very stale over last 2 years - not sure he'll ever sort out his positioning issues or his horrendous kicking.  Ironically I think he actually improved his claiming & catching of crosses but he became an accident waiting to happen.

Shame that the stupid over blown incident at Wycombe has led to him being lumped in with the cowards & frauds Richards / Lescott / Gabby & Bacuna. 

I agree that it's unfair to lump him in with those players. I don't doubt for a second that he ever took being at villa as lightly as those others.

However, I would disagree about his pedigree as a shot-stopper. I don't think I've ever known a keeper to be so frequently beaten by free-kicks through failure to move the feet quickly enough. Shay Given was a much better shot-stopper in my mind.

Added to that that his communicating, distribution and decision-making were all terrible, and he didn't seem to be able to handle any kind of pressure I'm glad to see the back of him. Sadly he's one of many players in our squad who has become a habitual loser over the past few seasons.

Offline aj2k77

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #865 on: July 28, 2016, 10:46:53 AM »
Beaten at his near post routinely over the last 2 years. Glad he's gone.

Offline Bottom Right 89

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #866 on: July 28, 2016, 10:49:06 AM »
Has he gone yet?

Gave us 7 years of distinction, 1 year of stinkin out the Holte end goal.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #867 on: July 28, 2016, 03:05:03 PM »
Thanks for the first couple of years with Lambert. The loss of belief towards the end was palpable.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #868 on: July 28, 2016, 03:19:22 PM »
Early this morning it was reported he had signed.That was incorrect he is at having the medical right now  according to  SSN.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.
« Reply #869 on: July 28, 2016, 05:04:52 PM »
Taken from Oneboro forum...

"His flaw is the fact that all he is is a shot stopper. He's bad at coming for crosses, can't communicate, can't organise, has horrendous distribution.

I'd honestly rather just stick a pigeon in goal."

Not too keen on him I'd say

 


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