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Give Some Time For The Keeper!

Thursday, 17 July 08, 12:31 PM · Comments(58)

In football the strikers and midfielders of the game are most remembered.....And it makes us forget about the great Goal Keepers of the game....The players with the most pressure on the pitch are the players who get the least rememberance....So who is the greatest keeper of all time?.....Who is the great keeper at the moment?....Who really stops the ball from going in the back of the net?.....Lav Yashin?....Gigi Buffon?....Anyone....Tell me all....

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Tags: FIFA, UEFA, CONCACAF, The FA, CONMEBOL, AFC, CAF, OCEANIA, Gianluigi Buffon, Dida, Edwin van der Sar, Jose Santiago Canizares, Iker Casillas, Jose Reina, Grégory Coupet, Petr Cech, Heurelho Gomes

Topics: FIFA, UEFA, CONCACAF, The FA, CONMEBOL, AFC, CAF, OCEANIA, Gianluigi Buffon, Dida, Edwin van der Sar, Jose Santiago Canizares, Iker Casillas, Jose Reina, Grégory Coupet, Petr Cech, Heurelho Gomes

Posted by RoundTheCorner | Comments (58)

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Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 19.01BST | Jul 17, 2008

Iker Casillas proved what a class player he is, in the Euro's! Obviously Buffon has been one of the best keepers of the modern era, but the best of all time for me is Peter Schmeichel, "The Great Dane" was certainly the best i have seen in the PL. The best GK on current form in England is David James imo, and i never thought i'd say that! It just goes to show how quickly things can change in Football...

Rivaldinho Wrote: | 19.08BST | Jul 17, 2008

Casillas
Buffon
Given
Canizares

Since his head injury, Cech has never been the same. He no longer has that bravery that was right on the border of stupidity. He looks nervous these days.

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 19.15BST | Jul 17, 2008

Yeh Fads i have to agree Casillas was a class act during the Euros and is now a serious competitor for the Balon Dor...Peter Schmeichel...Wat a keeper...all i have to say!

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 19.16BST | Jul 17, 2008

Rivaldinho....I agree Cech hasn't been himself since that knock on the head...he's been dropping alot of crosses...Given is a great keeper who defiently doesn't get enough praise!

Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 19.33BST | Jul 17, 2008

Given is good but his Achilles heal is his size, having said that Casillas ain't that big either! Agree about Cech although understand it is only human, after such a horrific injury... It's bound to play on his mind?

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 19.40BST | Jul 17, 2008

Pat Jennings...Hands bigger than the ball!

Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 19.43BST | Jul 17, 2008

Dino Zoff the original Buffon.

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cheyenne Wrote: | 20.11BST | Jul 17, 2008

the best keeper I ever seen was peter scmichael he was bigger than the goal. the next 6 best keepers were the ones that kept out bristol rovers, but then that wasnt hard ever seen them play ha ha

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 20.21BST | Jul 17, 2008

Lool..Here it goes again lol

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 21.20BST | Jul 17, 2008

Buffon is the best keeper ever!!!

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 21.23BST | Jul 17, 2008

Anyone disagree!?!

Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 21.44BST | Jul 17, 2008

Like i said b4 Peter Schmeichel, "The Great Dane" was/is No1

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 21.47BST | Jul 17, 2008

Nah it's buffon and always will be!!!

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 21.48BST | Jul 17, 2008

Nope...it's Lev Yashin!...Lol...Has anyone heard of him?!?

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 21.54BST | Jul 17, 2008

Possibly the best keeper ever to have lived...apparantly!

Alleagues Wrote: | 21.55BST | Jul 17, 2008

Casillas is the best @ the moment not only has he proved it, he has also put himself in a great position to win the world player of the year. So Casillas @ the moment and he has been the best in my book for sometime now

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 21.57BST | Jul 17, 2008

Haha...He don't have a chance of winning world player of the year...We all know who will win it...CR7...But Casillas is great and maybe could ge the Balon 'dor

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 21.58BST | Jul 17, 2008

Yeh I've heard of Yashin he's a Russian keeper!!!

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 21.59BST | Jul 17, 2008

Yep...Thats correct...

Rivaldinho Wrote: | 23.35BST | Jul 17, 2008

Reply to RoundTheCorner:

Haha...He don't have a chance of winning world player of the year...We all know who will win it...CR7...But Casillas is great and maybe could ge the Balon 'dor

Don't be too sure. Ronaldo really messed up his chances by agreeing with Blatters slavery comments.

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 23.38BST | Jul 17, 2008

It doesn't effect his points ad ranking mate...thats what it is based on...

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 10.45BST | Jul 18, 2008

But Ronaldo played shit in da Euros that will surely affect his ranking!!!

Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 13.49BST | Jul 18, 2008

Trust me Ronaldo will win the World player of the year award... any player who scores 42 goals from midfield should definitely win it, the facts speak for themselves! Back to reality isn't this post about goalkeepers???

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 14.01BST | Jul 18, 2008

Yes, back to the keeper!...

Bishop Wrote: | 15.21BST | Jul 18, 2008

Peter Shilton was class.

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 15.23BST | Jul 18, 2008

Thanx Bishop, yeah i don't know much about him myself, but i've heard he was a class keeper..Thank you!

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 16.16BST | Jul 18, 2008

wat about tomas ravelli in the classic 11 team in da fifa games anyone heard of him!!!

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 16.19BST | Jul 18, 2008

Never heard of him...I think i saw him on the Fifa...

emm_and_emm Wrote: | 21.12BST | Jul 18, 2008

i dont pay attention to the europe league so i wouldnt know. its gonna take some time brotha

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 21.15BST | Jul 18, 2008

Any keeper...what about Ochoa?!?

HelterSkelter Wrote: | 23.40BST | Jul 18, 2008

greatest of all time? yashin! haha my grandded met him at world cup '66.
at the moment the best are buffon-casillas-reina-chech

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 23.42BST | Jul 18, 2008

yep Yashin, defiently...ur grandad met him...wow, nice one!...

ManoGil Wrote: | 23.49BST | Jul 18, 2008

Thomas Ravelli was the keeper for Sweden in the 90's. Very good but to me the one unforgettable ones were Rinat Dasayev (Soviet Union), Michel Preud'homme (Belgium), Dino Zoff (Italy), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) ... Those are all from the 80's and I grew up watching them play.

Lev Yashin is a legend and will be a reference forever.

Iker Casillas in the name of the year. Petr Cech comes right after him.

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 23.53BST | Jul 18, 2008

Thanx ManoGil haven't heard of manny of them apart from Schmeichel and Zoff...and they were brilliant...i'm sure those other to were aswell...i think we have agreed Yashin is the greatest of all time...Casillas is the best atm and Schmeichel is a true legend!

Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 00.41BST | Jul 19, 2008

Erik the Viking aka Erik Thorstvedt, was by no means the best keeper in the world, but certainly one of the best keepers i have seen at Spurs.

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 12.16BST | Jul 19, 2008

ManoGil Cech shouldn't be after Casillas, Buffon should!!! Buffon in my opinion is better overall than Casillas but not this year!!! Casillas outdid him in da euros that's why this year:

1. Casillas
2. Buffon
3. Cech

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 12.31BST | Jul 19, 2008

Yeah i agree with tht list B4L...

atletico Wrote: | 17.38BST | Jul 19, 2008

john shaw the city keeper with the bald head ,i was remember vaughn jones scoring for us against him and said he didnt know where the goal was but seen the floodlights shigning off shaws head and hit the ball towards the light from the half way line and lobbed the useless sod great.

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 17.41BST | Jul 19, 2008

Hahaha...so u have done the worst keeper in history lol...nice one...ROVERS 4 LIFE!!! Haha

Longlivetheking26 Wrote: | 20.21BST | Jul 19, 2008

You never responded to the Spurs Legend Erik the Viking???

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 20.26BST | Jul 19, 2008

Oh sorry mate...Yeh he was great for spurs...helped win us the cup in 1991...didn't make such a great impression first, but he made it up!

mirthe Wrote: | 12.14BST | Jul 20, 2008

Gomes at PSV was awesome. He was responsible for our 4 championchips at his own. It's such a pitty he left PSV on this way now.. I hope he will show you in England how great he is, he is the best goalie in premier league for sure, if he reaches his PSV level at spurs

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 13.27BST | Jul 20, 2008

Yeah Gomes really is a great keeper and all PSV fans have told me that he won u the championships!...I hope he does good with us...and keeps a many clean sheets!

mad-redo1 Wrote: | 00.19BST | Jul 21, 2008

Those who I have the pleasure of watching over the years: Jennings, Clemence, Shilton, Dasayev, Pfaff, Pumpido, Lukic, van Breukelen, Schmichael, Seaman, Kahn, van der Sar, Lehmann, Casillas, Buffon, Cech... hope to live long enough to add to the list...

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 00.21BST | Jul 21, 2008

Thanks mad-redo1...a good choice of keepers there...and i'm sure u can add a plenty of keepers to that link

4.04 in the morning Wrote: | 04.09BST | Jul 21, 2008

I'm only 19, so I missed out on Jennings/Clemence/Shilton &c.

From the 'keepers I've seen, it has to be Peter Schmeichel, apart from him there haven't been many top-class goalies in the Premiership era, maybe Friedel and van der Sar.
Outside of the prem, I would have to say Buffon, Casillas, and, for winning Euro 2004 almost single-handedly (or should that be double-handedly?!), Nikopolidis.
I just hope that Schmeichel's son can also become a world-class stopper to 'keep' it in the family

4.04 in the morning Wrote: | 04.13BST | Jul 21, 2008

Me again - one more nomination...

This goalkeeper has a 100% clean sheet record for his country (and in all competitions, for that matter).

He plays for Middlesborough...

Still confused?

It's Tuncay, of course! Brilliant 5 minutes in goal for Turkey, truly world class performance

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 04.15BST | Jul 21, 2008

Yeah i think Scmeichel is a favourite with most people and he is one of the true great and his son kasper looked promising at the beginning of the season with city, but they chose Joe Hart oer him...

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 04.17BST | Jul 21, 2008

Haha nice one mate lol...i think he should be keeper for middlesbrough ...is that who u support?...why don't you become a member here on OleOle?

Barca4Lyf Wrote: | 10.32BST | Jul 21, 2008

Hey Roundthecorner Joe hart is better than Kasper Scmeichel in my opinion!!! If i was manager of man city I'd chose hart ahead of Kasper!!!

RoundTheCorner Wrote: | 13.48BST | Jul 21, 2008

Yeah so would i B4L, but Kasper did keep 3 clean sheets in a row at beggining of season!

rock_music_addict Wrote: | 02.49BST | Aug 2, 2008

To me, Gigi Buffon is simply the best.

zcerni Wrote: | 15.59BST | Aug 4, 2008

Real Madrid forever Barcelona no no never

zcerni Wrote: | 16.03BST | Aug 4, 2008

Casillas is the best.If you watched Italia-Espana,then you now

zcerni Wrote: | 16.05BST | Aug 4, 2008

The worst keeper in history is Victor Valdes from FC Shitheads Barcelona.

yllig Wrote: | 10.07BST | Aug 14, 2008

Casillas is the best

AhmedShah Wrote: | 04.06BST | Aug 16, 2008

I'm a Manchester United fan, but I seriously think Petr Cech (before his injury) was the best GK..now, currently, it's Casillas, though Pepe Reina and Edwin Van Der Sar are tied for me in the penlaty saving department..!