Still no idea how good he is, the defence are doing such a good job of making sure he has very little to do. Decent save from a turn and shot by Charles first half, although still fairly routine, but bugger all of note to do after that.
Long may it continue!
But he helps instill confidence in the defence by being calm and assured and coming for crosses. Imagine you were playing in front of Isted instead.
Only negative for me so far is he’s taken the same path as Terrel Thomas in using #UTA instead of #cafc on his twitter posts. When that’s the only moan you have about a player he shouldn’t be being replaced
Whoever comes in has a serious battle on their hands yes he hasnt been tested much but just looks so confident and calm at all times cant remember the last time a goalkeeper of ours gave that vibe of just cool calm and collected and it rubs off on everyone else
Only negative for me so far is he’s taken the same path as Terrel Thomas in using #UTA instead of #cafc on his twitter posts. When that’s the only moan you have about a player he shouldn’t be being replaced
Did well today I thought, some very good saves made and looked pretty confident and decisive which no doubt gives the CBs a real boost too.
I know we were looking at at least one more keeper to come in over summer but it really does look like providence has handed us a decent No. 1 on current evidence.
First chance today to really judge him. In previous games he’s just had very little to do and probably his stand out moment before today was getting caught in possession against Reading and Ramsay bailing him out.
Thought he did well today and made a couple of good saves to go with commanding his area well and solid kicking.
I’ll be honest I’m still unsure , yes they were decent saves with his feet particularly but the finishing was woeful and there’s nothing he’s done that makes me think promotion or pony keeper , he’s probably in between id give him 7/10 so far , he’s deffo our no.1 for now at least
I’ll be honest I’m still unsure , yes they were decent saves with his feet particularly but the finishing was woeful and there’s nothing he’s done that makes me think promotion or pony keeper , he’s probably in between id give him 7/10 so far , he’s deffo our no.1 for now at least
He looks like a solid number 2 playing in the first team to me and a big upgrade on AMB and Isted / Woollacott / big Craig. Hopefully he can keep playing well
Did Mannion make a difference to the number of points we achieved at Shrewsbury yesterday? In my view he certainly did. When was the last time we can say our goalkeeper made something like that happen?
Really good move from his point of view - pay rise you'd assume, then thought he'd probably be second choice but we failed to bring anyone else in and now he's playing regularly!
Brownie made more than one complimentary comment about him coming out and collect those crosses/ corners.
Just looks so assured and confident that he's going to get it every time.
And whether he gets it every time is only part of the benefit. The defence knowing that he is going to come for it, if he can, gives them the confidence as a unit. It's the goalkeepers that, for two identical crosses, come for one and then not the next that cause indecision. If he drops the ball then at least defenders are mentally prepared for that eventuality.
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yes he hasnt been tested much but just looks so confident and calm at all times cant remember the last time a goalkeeper of ours gave that vibe of just cool calm and collected and it rubs off on everyone else
seriously impressed
Let's hope Jones can coach this out of him
I know we were looking at at least one more keeper to come in over summer but it really does look like providence has handed us a decent No. 1 on current evidence.
id give him 7/10 so far , he’s deffo our no.1 for now at least
concensus on Begovic was he was on the way down. Reflexes were “gone” and his star definitely waning
they also suggested we already had a far better keeper in Mannion.
In my view he certainly did.
When was the last time we can say our goalkeeper made something like that happen?
Just looks so assured and confident that he's going to get it every time.