Valdés on the way back

Robespierre wrote:most overrated Barcellona player last 10 years , the scrub version of Hesp

good luck for a speedy recovery anyway

Yeah, he is so overrated that the only reason why we were 7 points clear at one point with Real Madrid(don't remember how many points we were ahead of atleti) was because of Valdes saving our asses time and time again..

Yohan Modric wrote:Martino:

“We won’t sign any goalkeeper now, we’ll finish the season with this squad we have.

“We’ve had a lot of injuries this season. This is the second injury Valdes has suffered.  I’m not someone who believes in bad luck, but at this point of the season, I thought that anything that was going to happen, would’ve already happened.  I was wrong and this is a massive blow. But this team lives injury to injury and we’ll keep moving forward and keep trying.

'we'll keep trying' ... where have I heard that line before?

Anyway, sad news, wish Valdes has a fast and full recovery.

Robespierre wrote:most overrated Barcellona player last 10 years , the scrub version of Hesp

good luck for a speedy recovery anyway

And that shows exactly Valdes is actually still underrated   

Haven't Barca pretty much wrapped up ter Stegen as the replacement? Gladbach have confirmed he is leaving.

Didn't Real's Jese also get surgery by Dr.Boenisch on his torn cruciate ligament in Augsburg two weeks ago? Sound like he is quite a specialist there!

Robespierre wrote:

BarcaLearning wrote:

Robespierre wrote:most overrated Barcellona player last 10 years , the scrub version of Hesp

good luck for a speedy recovery anyway

And that shows exactly Valdes is actually still underrated   

nah, simply Barcellona was a team so amazing in Guardiola era that it could play even without GK
that Barcelona was not only a great goal machine but it caused impotence to many adversaries because  it conceded hardly goals' actions  (nothing to see with now,.)
He's been always mediocre mate, and this mediocrity was emphasized before of Guardiola when the Barcellona was a squad more normal

just asking to Craig  Bellamy.

I know what u mean and I used to think that also, but over time I watched so many Barca games Ive come to realise hes actually that good and saved us countless times. He makes mistakes and arent perfect, not as good as Casillas for example, but some things hes great as, like 1v1s, shot saving and reflexes. Barcas style reduces vhsnvrd conceded and what the GK has to do, but also as a result, the GK's concentration have to be spot on as well so that when needed in the few moments in a match to make saves hes up to it. I think thats one of the reasons he wants to change club as well.

What happened there?

The_Badger wrote:What happened there?

Just the usual Valdes brainfairt costing Barca in the Champions League.



1:52

Cause schmeichel, casillas, buffon or cech have never made a mistake and especially not when they were younger

harhar11 wrote:Cause schmeichel, casillas, buffon or cech have never made a mistake and especially not when they were younger

Seriously.. everyone knows, even most Barca fans that Valdes is a mediocre goalkeeper. Just accept it. Blunders way too often and nothing special in goalkeeping at all. He only managed to stay at Barca because of Pep's utter domination football.

It is hilarious how "ignorant" football fans just keep underrating Valdes.

Here is a fact; no team in history would do as well as Barca without a top drawer GK. Barca had great players from top to bottom, and while their star studded midfield and attack gets most of the praise, Puyol and Valdes did a lot of the dirty work behind.

You can magnify all the errors Valdes did all over the years, but if you also ignore his magnificent record in both La Liga and Europe as you well you are just being a massive imbecile.

He may not be as good as Buffon, Iker, Cech, and others, but at no point was he not a top 10 GKs and he was always the best ball retention GK around.

His record is great and all but the way barca had been playing over the past few years made it so the opposition RARELY saw the ball, let alone even generate anything.


Great gk but a lot of his stats is due to the way barca play to keep possession.

dronte wrote:

harhar11 wrote:Cause schmeichel, casillas, buffon or cech have never made a mistake and especially not when they were younger

Seriously.. everyone knows, even most Barca fans that Valdes is a mediocre goalkeeper. Just accept it. Blunders way too often and nothing special in goalkeeping at all. He only managed to stay at Barca because of Pep's utter domination football.

are you serious??? Most Barca fans know he is a mediocre keeper!!!  stop trolling....yeah of course if they do trolling like you....

dronte wrote:

harhar11 wrote:Cause schmeichel, casillas, buffon or cech have never made a mistake and especially not when they were younger

Seriously.. everyone knows, even most Barca fans that Valdes is a mediocre goalkeeper. Just accept it. Blunders way too often and nothing special in goalkeeping at all. He only managed to stay at Barca because of Pep's utter domination football.

Actually, GKs like Casillas, Buffon, Reina, Neuer etc... have had same amount of blunders in their career, some even more...
But Valdes had 1 against Real Madrid especially the one v Di Maria in 2012. This is why people remember it more...  

Valdes has been starting for Barcelona since 2002/03, its not a coincidence that he stayed for that long and played a major role in helping Barcelona win 3 Champions League Trophies in this period... I won't ever forget the 2006 Final. Thanks to Valdes, we won our 2nd UCL! You should ask Henry about Valdes' performance in that game...

Valdes has the 3rd most clean sheets in Liga's history and 2nd most clean sheets in Champions League history.... that's not luck, its consistency... He have won a record 5 Zamora Trophies for Best GK in La Liga... Although, as we all know Barcelona's defense was always their weakest point...

Khaled wrote:

In 80 games with Barcelona, Pinto has conceded 62 goals. 0.78 goals per game. Pinto > Valdes.

Valdes is touted as 'underrated' so often that he's become grossly overrated. He's not top-class, he's not trash, for the entirety of his career he's simply been an average La Liga goalkeeper.

Annnnd that's wrong.

Anyway, bit late on this one because I've been gone, but I'm gutted as well

Barca legend

Barcelona have confirmed successful surgery on Victor Valdes' knee and that he will be out of action for an estimated seven months.

The goalkeeper went under the knife on Monday after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee early in the 3-0 win over Celta just under a week ago.

"Valdes has been operated on by doctors Ulrich Boenisch and Ricard Pruna in Augsburg for the ACL tear he suffered last week," the club said in a statement on their website.

"The knee’s internal cartilage has been sewn up and the operation was concluded successfully."

Letter from Víctor Valdés

"The time has come for me to say goodbye to you all .

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to say goodbye playing football, as I would have liked, but that’s life at times, and this year has been a bit cruel to me in this regard.

I’ve had time to look at where I am and what I’ve become. I can only think about the people who helped me to get where I am today. I dedicate this letter to them.

Oriol Tort, José Antonio Pozanco, Juan Manuel Asensi, Ursicinio López, Albert Benaiges, Antonio Olmo, Juan Carlos Pérez Rojo, Pep Segura, Quique Costas, Joan Vilà, Jordi Castel..... the coaches who made me into the athlete I always dreamed I would be. People who turned a ten year old kid into a goalkeeper at the Camp Nou, ten years later. Thank you all!.

Thank you to Louis Van Gaal, for showing the courage necessary to gamble on a talent that only he could see. He began building this historic Barça side, which I have been privileged to be part of. My heartfelt thanks

Thank you Frank Rijkaard, for giving me the confidence necessary, and allowing me to achieve glory, getting my hands on the European Cup in Paris. Wherever you are, I will be indebted to you for the rest of my life Mister.

Thank you Pep, for having opened the door to playing a game that was unknown to me, for guiding me along the road where one has to keep looking for success, and we did it together, right?. We’ll always have that Mister, and believe me, it will be eternal!.

Thank you Tito! Wherever you are, I thank you for having taught us not only the way to keep winning as a team, but also the strength and character needed to face life.

Thanks to all my colleagues with whom I’ve had the pleasure to work with, that involves wearing the Barça crest on our chests day after day, for making me feel important within the group that we developed over all these years. Because it all comes down to this, we are who we are, here and now. Thank you gentlemen!.

And of course I cannot forget the most important people, over these twelve years as a professional, wearing this shirt, my most loyal fans. Those people who, whatever happened, were always there to give me the support that a fighter always needs, proud to be there supporting me in the celebrations, giving your support in every game, sending me the positive energy that I have always felt, which kept me going all this time, because without it, it would have been impossible to do it alone.

Thank you, thank you, and a thousand times, thank you. I ask that you please don’t stop giving me that support.

Forever, FORÇA BARÇA!

Víctor Valdés Arribas".

i hope camp nou will give Valdes and Puyol a standing ovation before/after the atletico game.

Good bye valdes  

Liverpool to sign Victor Valdes next month provided Spain keeper proves he's over major knee injury


http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-sign-victor-valdes-next-4167503#ixzz3CPB4LkNR
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Would be very happy with this signing, provided Valdés can recover back to fitness.