Re: Who is the third best goalkeeper in the world?

by rwo power Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:07 am

The_ItalianFool wrote:Hopefully we get to see them play each other this summer!

Absolutely!

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by Sushi Master Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:12 am

Buffon.

Hell, you could rank him first if you want to.

Un-frakking-beaten.

by punkfusion1992 Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:28 am

Sczezny is vastly underrated in my book
he is definitely top 5, I would love to give him the number 3
but to me its Buffon, he has had bad luck with injuries but he is slowly coming back and is looking really good as a keeper

by Valkyrja Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:41 am

Casillas, Neuer, Lloris, Hart, Valdes

by iNFINITY9910 Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:49 am

Buffon is god like when comparing current goal keepers, Cech has been one reason we are still surviving in the top half of the league and the CL and the FA Cup! And i love Saint Iker... Very Happy

by rwo power Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:17 am

iNFINITY9910 wrote:Buffon is god like when comparing current goal keepers, Cech has been one reason we are still surviving in the top half of the league and the CL and the FA Cup! And i love Saint Iker...

Don't underrate Manuel Neuer! As a matter of fact, Gigi Buffon rates him very highly himself. ^^

by McAgger Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:26 am

No one rates Pepe Reina???? Sad

Top 5 in the world San Iker, Neuer, Buffon, Reina, Lloris/Hart/Vardes in no particular order

by Jeps33178 Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:27 am

1. Casillas
2. Neuer
3. Hart
4. Valdes

Despite his inconsistency, No one comes close to Casillas in ability

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by punkfusion1992 Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:30 am

Casillas is a goalie who shows up in the games that matter the most
even when he was just a 21 yr old
thats really hard to come by
Neuer and Buffon have that quality too
I still remember 2006 like it was yesterday and remember Buffon and that Italian backline conceded 2 goals...

by Zealous Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:34 am

Al-Habsi > Buffon.

by iNFINITY9910 Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:38 am

rwo power wrote:
iNFINITY9910 wrote:Buffon is god like when comparing current goal keepers, Cech has been one reason we are still surviving in the top half of the league and the CL and the FA Cup! And i love Saint Iker...
Don't underrate Manuel Neuer! As a matter of fact, Gigi Buffon rates him very highly himself. ^^

I do rate him highly but I dont see him enough to properly know what he is doing...

by rwo power Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:38 am

Zealous wrote:Al-Habsi > Buffon.

Only in the number of characters in his name :coffee:

by shamr9pato Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:39 am

hart is amazing.. abbiati imo opinion is a highly underrated goalkeeper

by rwo power Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:41 am

iNFINITY9910 wrote:
rwo power wrote:Don't underrate Manuel Neuer! As a matter of fact, Gigi Buffon rates him very highly himself. ^^
I do rate him highly but I dont see him enough to properly know what he is doing...

Well, in big matches he usually excels. I'm confident he'll show that in the CL semi against Real again, too.

by Zealous Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:43 am

rwo power wrote:
Zealous wrote:Al-Habsi > Buffon.
Only in the number of characters in his name

If Al-Habsi played for Juventus he would have a CL by now I say this because Buffon is kind of useless in a penalty shootout.

Al-Habsi is the penalty goat :bow:

by iNFINITY9910 Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:38 am

rwo power wrote:
iNFINITY9910 wrote:
rwo power wrote:Don't underrate Manuel Neuer! As a matter of fact, Gigi Buffon rates him very highly himself. ^^
I do rate him highly but I dont see him enough to properly know what he is doing...
Well, in big matches he usually excels. I'm confident he'll show that in the CL semi against Real again, too.

Yep, from what i have seen he is quite impressive. But cmon show some love to Cech Very Happy

He is my week in week out goalkeeper hero Very Happy

by rwo power Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:47 am

iNFINITY9910 wrote:Yep, from what i have seen he is quite impressive. But cmon show some love to Cech He is my week in week out goalkeeper hero

Well, I do rate Cech, but I guess I have a similar problem with him as you have with Neuer - I just don't see him often enough. ^^

by Tifoso Romanista Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:06 am

Stekelenburg

he was really good at world cup 2010 and his performance at Roma is just because of our bad defence

by Lord Hades Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:46 am

casillas, neuer and buffon for me though there are a lot of great goal keepers who are more or less world class

by animal.crackers Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:56 am

rwo power wrote:Okay, I'll be a spoilsport here. IMO it is virtually impossible to assign exact ranks for the keepers at the very top. In the end these rankings always just come down to personal preferences, not objective truths.

*looks at the shelf where she keeps her personal favourites, but they are more than just 3 anyway*

Correct answer.

by VivaStPauli Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:45 am

There's tons of great keepers around.

First of all, Buffon is still in contention with Neuer and Casillas over #1, then there's Lloris, Stekelenburg, ter Stegen, Leno, Hart, Sczczccnnezzyn... that Arsenal keeper, probably still Cech...

But my personal goalkeeping hero?
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Oka Nikolov. Legend, FFS. xD

by Die Borussen Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:11 am

johniet wrote:
deadrave wrote:casillas is not top 2 imo he is incostistent

1.valdes
2.neuer
3.casillas
4.hart

whoever thinks valdes is in the top 5 is *bleep* blind

he is so underrated. just cause he plays for barca which means other opponents have less chances than usual doesnt mean he is bad.. imo that makes it even more difficult.. i dont see why casillas should be ahead of him this year.. we r talking about atm and casillas has been terrible for the standarts of the best gk in the world

i could agree on neuer being better than valdez but saying valdes isnt top 5 thats stupid..

by VivaStPauli Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:25 am

TBH the last time I rated Valdes was 2 years ago shortly before the WC, when I thought he was ahead of Casillas, then, because he had less blunders. Since then Casillas has stayed pretty consistent and Valdes has been... Well, unworthy of a club qualified for the UCL, basically. :C

by Die Borussen Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:36 am

this year casillas has been very inconstistent.. i dont take anything from him in the previous years but imo he plays a big part for points madrid lost this year i just cant believe why neuer or valdes would do worst in this madrid squad in those 33 fixtures played..

by Valkyrja Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:52 pm

Casillas is the ultimate big game goalkeeper.

by Guest Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:03 pm

Buffon/Casillas

Everyone else

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