12 Mar 2015 07:05:02
Gday Eds,
So you said the club are now looking for a number 2 GK instead of a number 1, but also that Ryan isn't considered good enough.
But, is he not good enough & young enough to be a number 2 with the potential to be number 1? A high quality number 2 is required, we don't need another Cavalieri.
Would Ryan not sign as that?

Thank youuuuuu

{Ed001's Note - For starters, I didn't say that at all, I said they were looking for someone to push for the number 1 place, not be a number 2. From what I am told, and from what I have seen with my own eyes for that matter, he is simply not judged as good enough. He wants to be a number 1 anyway, though I fail to see any chance of him making it at a top end European club.}


1.) 12 Mar 2015
12 Mar 2015 08:22:37
My sincere apologies, I thought you had said that, but now I can't even find the comment where I thought I'd read that.
So who would actually be good enough that we could get?
(Not Ochoa, Romero or Ruddy obviously)
Cech if we could get him. Is Handanovic actually possible?

{Ed001's Note - Zieler would be a good option in my opinion. Handanovic is possible but I haven't seen a lot of him to give any opinion on him.}


2.) 12 Mar 2015
12 Mar 2015 11:26:06
Ed001, i'm not so sure myself that Matt Ryan is good enough either, as far as Australian keeper's go I think Mitch Langerak, Dortmund's number two, is better than Ryan myself, though for some reason Ryan seems to have a grip on the Australian team's number 1 spot. In your opinion, what do you see as Ryan's deficiencies that make him not so good in your eyes from what you know and have seen? thanks in advance.

{Ed001's Note - for one he is far more interested in doing flashy things, the saves for the camera etc, rather than getting the basics right. He doesn't command his box well, he flaps a bit at crosses, doesn't organise the defence, doesn't position himself particularly well and is a pure shotstopper. That's fine, but his shotstopping tends to involve a lot of pushing the ball back into dangerous areas as well. If he could organise the defence well, even this tendency would be largely nullified by having defenders in place to block or clear, but he simply doesn't organise the defence well at all.

Though it must be said, to be fair to the lad, there are very few keepers that organise their defences well any more. I think the overspecialisation in coaching, which concentrates purely on just working with a keeper one on one, has left little room for teaching them about how to set up a defence. It is a shame, as a good keeper who can organise their defence well can become a great keeper, such as Shilton. That is why he was able to play on for so long, he could organise the defence to cover his weak points.

Ryan is excellent with his distribution, which is a major plus if you want to make quick counters, or just to play possession football, but he needs to learn to put the ball to safety. He needs to learn to organise the defence. He also needs to learn to position himself better and improve his decision making. He also needs to learn how to cope with crosses, especially when under pressure.}


3.) 12 Mar 2015
12 Mar 2015 12:54:58
Ed I agree with majority of your assessment of Matt Ryan but he has improved a fair bit this term with positioning and dominance in the box. Also he does seem to come out and collect crosses better than last term but then again he plays in a very poor league and wasn't really spectacular for Australia a month or two ago.