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Champions League 16/17

Segway

Schmeichel just did a Buffon. Leicester lucky to be winning tonight at home against a Danish side. Quite incredible.

Klaus

Schmeichel is a player, isn't he? I thought last season was going to be a one-off for him, but he has just kept on trucking. I think we should take a long look at him next summer.

Clrnc

Segway wrote:
Schmeichel just did a Buffon. Leicester lucky to be winning tonight at home against a Danish side. Quite incredible.

That was one hell of a save.

Leicester really putting all their energy into their UCL campaign.

Sicario

Klaus wrote:
Schmeichel is a player, isn't he? I thought last season was going to be a one-off for him, but he has just kept on trucking. I think we should take a long look at him next summer.

He's good but I don't think he's that good.

How's Sczesney doing over at Roma?

banduan

Segway wrote:
Schmeichel just did a Buffon. Leicester lucky to be winning tonight at home against a Danish side. Quite incredible.

tbh they shoulda won 2-0. Perfectly good goal ruled offside. They still have huge problems at corners it's bizarre. Losing Kante shouldn't cause that to happen.

Jed

You want Juve to win the CL just so that Buffon will have it in on his CV.

Legendary goalkeeper.

Segway

banduan wrote:
Segway wrote:
Schmeichel just did a Buffon. Leicester lucky to be winning tonight at home against a Danish side. Quite incredible.

tbh they shoulda won 2-0. Perfectly good goal ruled offside. They still have huge problems at corners it's bizarre. Losing Kante shouldn't cause that to happen.

Yep but Copenhagen dominated for 75 % of the match and had big chances to score. Drinkwater is a great midfielder, very underrated, but Andy King is not near good enough for an English Champions League side. They're suffering hugely because they couldn't find a better replacement to Kante than King.

It also looks like port routine has got the better of Vardy this season. I think we dodged a bullet on that one.

Segway

Klaus wrote:
Schmeichel is a player, isn't he? I thought last season was going to be a one-off for him, but he has just kept on trucking. I think we should take a long look at him next summer.

He has great reflexes and is a very brave keeper. Looking at how much he's improved over the last 5 years you can only be impressed. His distribution is pretty bad though but he's improving in that aspect of the game aswell.

Ricky1985

banduan wrote:
Segway wrote:
Schmeichel just did a Buffon. Leicester lucky to be winning tonight at home against a Danish side. Quite incredible.

tbh they shoulda won 2-0. Perfectly good goal ruled offside. They still have huge problems at corners it's bizarre. Losing Kante shouldn't cause that to happen.

With Kantè there, they conceded the most goals of anyone from corners in the Premier League last season.

Ricky1985

Sicario wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Schmeichel is a player, isn't he? I thought last season was going to be a one-off for him, but he has just kept on trucking. I think we should take a long look at him next summer.

He's good but I don't think he's that good.

How's Sczesney doing over at Roma?

Schmeichel has been a bit shit this season too.

Personally think he, like nearly all other keepers that get raved about, is a good shot stopper with average to poor ability in the other key areas of goalkeeping.

Tactics

Don't think he's a top keeper but I think Segway and Ricky1985 are underrating Schmeichel's distribution, it's outstanding IMO. Even his long throws are always on point

Rex

Yeah, without particularly having studied him, I am usually impressed with his distribution in Leicester games I watch.

Ricky1985

Yep, would agree he's also a pretty good distributor.

It's the commanding of his box and general decision making that I think are very average. He's like a slightly poorer version of De Gea.

Bold Tone

How does he compare to our very own Martinez who has good height, agility and distribution although i'm not sure about his tendency to punch the ball back into the danger area.

Segway

Tactics wrote:
Don't think he's a top keeper but I think Segway and Ricky1985 are underrating Schmeichel's distribution, it's outstanding IMO. Even his long throws are always on point

His throws are very good but his distribution with his feet is poor compared to other top keepers. He's improving in that area though.

flobaba

Can't be much worse than Cech's.

USArsenal

ugh... yeah, Cech's kicking (especially from the ground) is crap...

Irishgunner

Segway wrote:
banduan wrote:
tbh they shoulda won 2-0. Perfectly good goal ruled offside. They still have huge problems at corners it's bizarre. Losing Kante shouldn't cause that to happen.

They're suffering hugely because they couldn't find a better replacement to Kante than King.

Don't think King is Kanté's replacement, he seems to have the same kind of utility role as last season. Amartey and Mendy are replacing Kanté.

Clrnc

USArsenal wrote:
ugh... yeah, Cech's kicking (especially from the ground) is crap...

It was obvious the moment we signed him. Makes me appreciate Szczesny's kicking a little.

Coombs

Bravo 😆

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