18 Jul 2018 21:11:25
So it looks like we are signing Allisson I haven't really seen him play, I was wondering if anybody who has seen him play think that he is much of an upgrade on our current goalkeeping options?

Thanks.

1.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 21:23:33
He’s probably one of the best keepers in the world.

We all love stats here so here’s some:

Pass accuracy: Alisson 79% karius 67% Migs 69%

League shots saved: Alisson 79% karius 69% Migs 59%

Clean sheets in league: Alisson 17 in 37, karius 10 in 19 Migs 7 in 19

I think he will tighten up the defence and make it a lot less error prone and less likely to concede silly late goals, especially as the signing of Fabinho gives the defence more protection and the signing of Shaqiri gives us an option to bring on up front to keep the opposition pinned back.

2.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 21:24:08
He's a HUGE upgrade mate, the lad is probably in the top 5 of best goalkeepers out there, in my opinion he is anyway.

3.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 21:39:27
I see him as a slightly better and obviously much bigger version of Reina. Great distibution for counter attacks, good sweeping, great reflexes and most importantly confidence.

4.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 21:52:04
i Wouldn’t say top 5 as I think De Gea, Courtois, Ter Stegen, Neuer and Oblak are better. Potentially Buffon and Lloris are ahead but he’s in the mix with them three for 6th spot. Very good keeper, only concern I have is that he seems to parry the ball into the ‘danger’ area after making a save, but that might be down to coaching. But he is a massive upgrade on what we currently have!

{Ed025's Note - nice to hear that your backing your players 100% leon.. :)

5.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 22:00:10
Typical.

6.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 22:05:50
Beard is definitely in the top 5 👍.

7.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 22:45:26
If He doesn't roll the ball to Benzema in Champions League finals. Then he's an upgrade on what we have.

8.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 22:55:57
Leon have you actually watched him, there was not many times last season that he parriesd the ball into the danger area at all. I think A stat I read on him that his errors leading to goals is nil. If he was putting it back into danger surely that would be higher.

He is on par with deGea (If not better) for shot stopping and not far behind Neuer for his sweeping abilities. So I would say top 3 in the world and of he continues on this path will be number 1 by a country mile.

There is a swagger about him, so calm and composed and can read the game superbly. He will be like having a 12th man on the field, one hell of a brick wall and an excellent sweeper.

I really feel for Karius but so pleased with this purchase, this window has seen the fine tuning in the areas that cost us dearly the last couple of seasons. This elusive league may be finally within reach.

9.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 23:03:38
Great post Andy.

10.) 18 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 23:17:59
I never said that him parrying the ball led to goals as the ball was dealt with but from what I’ve seen he does tend to parry the ball into that area. I aren’t for one minute saying he’s a bad goalkeeper at all as he is truly a world class goalkeeper. Personally I think he is best keeper in the world with the ball at his feet which suits us down to the ground so him signing is all good with me.

11.) 19 Jul 2018
19 Jul 2018 01:03:14
OP i’d Bloody well hope that he’s an upgrade at almost £70m!

12.) 19 Jul 2018
19 Jul 2018 08:35:10
Stats shmats. stats above show his clean sheet as a % is lower than what he have from karius right now. JS.