Guzan To Re-Sign

[pedro25]

I recall Guzan being poor against Blackburn in 3 games in that season, home and away in the league cup and home in the league, otherwise he has done fine.

[VillaAlways]

We won the away leg in the LC 0-1

[Hookeysmith]

The problem with International football and Shrek is that if he if off form red nose does not hestitate to drop him to the bench or worse - at National level any manager that dares drop him, no matter how much he stinks the place out, writes his own death warrant with the media.
And when he is dropped by red scum than he does not moan or complain - now i bet most of the other prima donnas would be on to their agents in quicktime

As for Given he is certainly in the top league when it comes to keepers, his lack of box  / area management is evident in most keepers nowadays and i am sure it is more to do with the flight of the modern balls than anything else.
I played at a very good level as a keeper and in the old days a good keeper predicts when the ball is kicked the flight of it into the area and once he goes for it he leaves the goal exposed (Last of the old style keepers to do this was David James  - and look at the bollocks he dropped when he got it wrong) with the new balls and the way they move in the air it is even more difficult so keepers now err on the side of caution and do not commit to crosses like they used to

[philthebar]

The problem with International football and Shrek is that if he if off form red nose does not hestitate to drop him to the bench or worse - at National level any manager that dares drop him, no matter how much he stinks the place out, writes his own death warrant with the media.
And when he is dropped by red scum than he does not moan or complain - now i bet most of the other prima donnas would be on to their agents in quicktime

As for Given he is certainly in the top league when it comes to keepers, his lack of box  / area management is evident in most keepers nowadays and i am sure it is more to do with the flight of the modern balls than anything else.
I played at a very good level as a keeper and in the old days a good keeper predicts when the ball is kicked the flight of it into the area and once he goes for it he leaves the goal exposed (Last of the old style keepers to do this was David James  - and look at the bollocks he dropped when he got it wrong) with the new balls and the way they move in the air it is even more difficult so keepers now err on the side of caution and do not commit to crosses like they used to

I too played at a relatively high level and I agree on the flight of the ball.  The other side of the coin though is that in my day we didn't have the gloves they wear nowadays.  Put some on recently for fun, I'm not sure how a keeper manages to drop a ball, it seems to stick to the gloves.

That's not a comment on the Given -v- Guzan discussion (I have had my say on that) just a general observation re goalkeeping.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Has the fucker re-signed yet?

[not3bad]

According to Wiki the announcement about his return was made on 4th June...

[Toronto Villa]

won't he just join the club when they head out to the US? No rush. I'm sure he'll be in the starting line up when they play against Chicago.

[DrGonzo]

"I've watched Brad and some of his games when he was in the team last year and he was excellent," said Lambert.

"I know he's always had the stigma of being the No.2 behind some really good goalkeepers here.

"But when you come back at the start of the season nobody knows what's going to happen and it depends on whoever does well.

"Brad played very well the time he was in and maybe he found himself a bit unlucky to be back out.

"The club needs two or three good goalkeepers."


Sounds like he has re-signed.

[hipkiss92]

I recall Guzan being poor against Blackburn in 3 games in that season, home and away in the league cup and home in the league, otherwise he has done fine.

Guzan wouldn't have played in the league that season as we still had Friedel and he hasn't missed a Premier League game since William the Conquerer was around

[Dave]

I recall Guzan being poor against Blackburn in 3 games in that season, home and away in the league cup and home in the league, otherwise he has done fine.

Guzan wouldn't have played in the league that season as we still had Friedel and he hasn't missed a Premier League game since William the Conquerer was around

It was the FA Cup game which we won 3-1 in which he was supposedly poor. In which he saved a penalty and we won comfortably.

[not3bad]

Sounds like he has re-signed.

No text message?  I suppose they'll send one out randomly when everyone's just assuming it's all done and dusted.

[villastikz]

Just to clarify, with people making claims about the Blackburn games, these are the games Guzan has been included in the squad against Blackburn.

09/10

26/09/09 - Prem Away  L 2-1 (unused sub)
02/01/10 - FAC Home  W 3-1 (started)
14/01/10 - CC Away    W 1-0 (started)
20/01/10 - CC Home    W 6-4 (started)
09/05/10 - Prem Home L 1-0 (unused sub)

10/11

22/09/10 - CC Home W  3-1 (started)

Brad started in our 4 wins over Blackburn, he didn't play in the 2 loses.

[pauliewalnuts]

He can still play poorly but the team wins.

[Dave]

He can still play poorly but the team wins.

True, but if people are quoting three games in which he played badly and in one he kept a clean sheet and in another he saved a penalty you have to wonder if their memory is fading a bit.

[pauliewalnuts]

He can still play poorly but the team wins.

True, but if people are quoting three games in which he played badly and in one he kept a clean sheet and in another he saved a penalty you have to wonder if their memory is fading a bit.

And in one he conceded four goals (by the same measure)