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Offline old man villa fan

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #390 on: August 23, 2014, 03:59:13 PM »
He won us a point today with that save from Westwood's mistake.

You play goalkeepers to make saves, not let the ball in.  It was a reasonable save but not brilliant.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #391 on: August 23, 2014, 04:01:29 PM »
He won us a point today with that save from Westwood's mistake.

You play goalkeepers to make saves, not let the ball in.  It was a reasonable save but not brilliant.

Oh, so just because it is his job we shouldn't prise him for doing it well?  Silly us for being positive about something...

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #392 on: August 23, 2014, 04:05:31 PM »
He won us a point today with that save from Westwood's mistake.

You play goalkeepers to make saves, not let the ball in.  It was a reasonable save but not brilliant.

Oh, so just because it is his job we shouldn't prise him for doing it well?  Silly us for being positive about something...

Goalkeeper and the back four make up the defence and they all had good solid games.  What I was saying is that it wasn't a brilliant save that won us a point.  It was an overall hard working performance from most of the team that got the point.

By the way, grow up!

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #393 on: August 23, 2014, 04:38:16 PM »
He made a save and did it well by covering his angles and coming out to make it difficult for the profligate Newcastle back stick players. Yes, he did do it well and should be commended for it. But he also could be chided for an atrocious kick from the hands that went almost along the deck to half-way. if a Newcastle player had have got it before then we would ahve been in trouble. Its the good and the bad of Guzan that needs to be addressed personally.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #394 on: August 24, 2014, 08:01:39 PM »
He made a save and did it well by covering his angles and coming out to make it difficult for the profligate Newcastle back stick players. Yes, he did do it well and should be commended for it. But he also could be chided for an atrocious kick from the hands that went almost along the deck to half-way. if a Newcastle player had have got it before then we would ahve been in trouble. Its the good and the bad of Guzan that needs to be addressed personally.

Its not as if anyone here is claiming that he is flawless.  But you could certainly say that he has played a big part in keeping us up the last two seasons and therefore is one of our more important players.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #395 on: September 04, 2014, 12:19:06 PM »
Report on the Czech Republic v USA game

http://www.espnfc.us/team/united-states/660/blog/post/2018248/united-states-grades-from-the-win-vs-czech-republic

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G Brad Guzan, 6.5 - Wasn't asked to do anything spectacular, but was sharp in his decision-making and made the saves he was asked to make.

Brad was replaced at half time by Nick Rimando, who had more to do but apparently did it well.

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G Nick Rimando, 9 - Was sharp in all phases, but especially his shot stopping. Did well to deny Krejci from close range in the 60th minute as well as Darida five minutes later. Capped off his night by getting a piece of Kolar's effort.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #396 on: September 04, 2014, 12:28:00 PM »
With Everton having a dodgy start defenivsly maybe Guzan can claim that number one from Howard.

Its early days and he has not had that much to do at Villa, but has looked solid again the first three league games.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #397 on: September 04, 2014, 12:44:14 PM »
With Everton having a dodgy start defenivsly maybe Guzan can claim that number one from Howard.

Howard has withdrawn from international football for at least a year, so Brad's already US number one

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #398 on: September 04, 2014, 05:49:15 PM »
Are US in the Copa America next summer? I know they're hosting it in 2016 for some season but would be good to see Brad as number one for them in a major tournament.

I doubt Howard will be around for Russia 2018 so would imagine that's a realistic target for him aswell.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #399 on: December 14, 2014, 12:19:17 PM »
Guzan has been completely at fault for 2 of the last 3 goals we have conceded and needs to take a share of the responsibility for Burnley's equaliser. He threw one in against Everton not too long back. I like Brad as a keeper, with the exception being his use of the ball, but his form is a bit dicey at the moment.

Given by all accounts was superb on loan at Middlesboro last season. Given at his best though wouldnt be coming off his line as much as Guzan does.

Should we stick with Brad or give Shay another chance?

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #400 on: December 14, 2014, 12:30:37 PM »
Guzan has been completely at fault for 2 of the last 3 goals we have conceded and needs to take a share of the responsibility for Burnley's equaliser. He threw one in against Everton not too long back. I like Brad as a keeper, with the exception being his use of the ball, but his form is a bit dicey at the moment.

Given by all accounts was superb on loan at Middlesboro last season. Given at his best though wouldnt be coming off his line as much as Guzan does.

Should we stick with Brad or give Shay another chance?

Stick with Guzan and monitor his form which is not consistent in recent weeks.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #401 on: December 14, 2014, 12:32:36 PM »
Guzan has been completely at fault for 2 of the last 3 goals we have conceded and needs to take a share of the responsibility for Burnley's equaliser. He threw one in against Everton not too long back. I like Brad as a keeper, with the exception being his use of the ball, but his form is a bit dicey at the moment.

Given by all accounts was superb on loan at Middlesboro last season. Given at his best though wouldnt be coming off his line as much as Guzan does.

Should we stick with Brad or give Shay another chance?

Even the best goalkeepers make mistakes.  Yes Guzan has made a few in recent weeks but he has more than made up for them with very good saves at important times to win important points.  Looking at last week I don't think it was a mistake as the deflection totally caught him out.  So I don't know where you are getting this idea that he is costing us points idea from.

When we first signed Shay it looked a good move, but for whatever reason things have not worked out for him at Villa, and I  don't see him as a top class keeper anymore.  Guzan still has his best years ahead of him so it would be a huge step backwards and totally needless to bring Given back in.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #402 on: December 14, 2014, 02:22:23 PM »
Brad needs to up his game. It's ironic that when most of the rest of the team was playing poorly Brad was playing well - now the rest are improving Brad seems to have got a bit sloppy. I like him generally and he's a good GK, but he's making costly errors and that needs to be cut out of his game ASAP if he's going to become a top class keeper.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #403 on: December 14, 2014, 05:36:40 PM »
When we first signed Shay it looked a good move
Signing Shay Given on a five year deal never looked like a good move in any way, shape or form.

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Re: The Brad Guzan Appreciation thread.
« Reply #404 on: December 14, 2014, 05:40:25 PM »
I think we need a number 2 goalkeeper who's going to
put more pressure on Brad.

 


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