He really is incredible. Amazing handling. I wish we’d be in for him but Villa would ask for too much.
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Brilliant save to deny Coady today. He’s a fantastic all-round keeper.
Best keeper in the league this season?
Yes and it isn't even close.
Every keeper I think of has made absolutely huge blunders
I'm trying to think if Ederson has but the rest definitely have. Not sure if Martinez has though, he always looks commanding
I'm trying to think if Ederson has but the rest definitely have. Not sure if Martinez has though, he always looks commanding
West Ham at home when he chucked in the two Lingard goals was his worst performance by a mile.
Someone at club needs to do showreel of his saves this season as it would be some watch. Old fashioned part of me loves how he actually catches crosses instead of punching them clear as majority of keepers do nowadays.
He is a massive reason why villa are in such a good position in the league, starting to believe he is the type of keeper that can help transform a top 4 team into legit title contenders in the same way allison did with liverpool.
He's actually made quite a few over the last few years but this season in particular I think there was one against Leeds.
If that was his worst then you guys got a... Keeper
United have ddg but thankfully Henderson may come in for some games now
Everton have Pickford who is their best which is quite something
Liverpool have Allison making blunders week after week now (and he's better than Adrian)
Spurs have Lloris who is making mistakes
Some of the top team keepers / first choices look like blunders waiting to happen
Yeah I remember the last few seasons including a few against us
This season looks like he's cut out big blunders but it probably helps in recent matches (well since December) their defence has been superb
Can't believe Everton didn't sign him.
Brighton were rumoured as rivals when we were in to get him so he could've helped push them into top half like he has here.
What do you guys think of Sanchez at Brighton? Is it all about his height?
Watched B&H on TV a few times, I really like their brand of football, more so than ours or Leeds who many rave about!
Watched B&H on TV a few times, I really like their brand of football, more so than ours or Leeds who many rave about!
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had one game recently where he let in two goals when there were question marks. Only ones though. One concern? He’s barely played a PL game in front of a crowd.
Arsenal let this guy go
he's on the verge of being World Class i think
We needed the money and it helped us buy Partey.Arsenal let this guy go
I was sad to see him go but even after his form this season I still think selling him was the right move.
Why couldn't you sell Leno?
Because he was their player of the season? I mean both Leno and Martinez are really good keepers (Leno has turned out much better than I thought he would when he joined), Martinez is having a better season this time but while he's number 1 in the EPL in PSxG - Goals Conceded per 90 (+0.3), Leno is not far behind at number 6 (+0.2).
Last season and the season before, Leno was number 4 in the EPL in the same statistic (+0.21 and +0.13). Leno's been a consistent keeper since joining Arsenal, especially the last two seasons, and therefore it made sense that they stick with him given that he's been consistent for longer than Martinez has been.
One thing Martinez definitely has over Leno is stopping crosses, where he's more confident, while Leno sweeps more than Martinez does.
I never knew this and I never knew Martinez was a later career bloomer like Vardy.
As a neutral in that final year when Leno vs Martinez were competing for the No1 spot it looked very obvious to me who was the more commanding presence as a goalkeeper.
When Arsenal sold Martinez and kept Leno I was shocked.
It felt like Arsenal kept the player with bigger name, the player that previously had a better career - even though to me it was obvious from that season on that Martinez was the better GK.
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2 games in a row that they got robbed, but that's football.The worry was that it might have just been a purple patch for Martinez. This season has shown it wasn't, but selling Leno and keeping a Martinez who'd only had a good 6 months was riskier than the opposite.
Our very poor transfer activity in the last few years means we can't really afford to be taking risks with transfers anymore.
Wait for the celebration at the end. Arsenal really blundered letting him go.
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This guy is without doubt the best signing Villa have made in many a long year. Great scouting by the club and I am still surprised that no one else was in for him. ESL next?
Thing is the everyone could see he was better than Leno, everyone apart from the people at Arsenal though it seems
It was one of the weirdest transfer outs I’ve seen
Please, even Arsenal could see he was better than Leno. But was he 20m better? No, he wasn't.
So Leno is worth £0?
Too high wages, would've left on a free after a couple of loans. He still might mind you, but at least we got 20m for Martinez. And as someone who's watched both of them, the difference between them isn't that much. Martinez is better in the box, Leno is the better shot stopper.
People forget Leno was probably Arsenal's player of the season that season before he got injured.
Martinez is a very good keeper but wanted to be total number 1 somewhere guaranteed. He made demands & because of his service we granted him his wish to leave.
Leno is still a good goalkeeper, & saved us lots of times last season, even if there was a couple of mistakes.
Martinez is a very good keeper but wanted to be total number 1 somewhere guaranteed. He made demands & because of his service we granted him his wish to leave.
Leno is still a good goalkeeper, & saved us lots of times last season, even if there was a couple of mistakes.
Why couldnt you have gone with Martinez as number 1 and sold Leno?
Got to get this guy on new 10 year deal.
You can only sell the keeper there has been bids for to be fair. And it was Martinez making demands backing the club into a corner.
Isn't there talk Leno wants to leave now due to not being in european competition? Just checked and saw he signed 5 year deal in 2018 and no talk of contract renewal so you'll probably have to sell him next season for less than you sold Emi to us.
Arsenal in a proper mess these days, probably why we're trolling them putting in a new bid for Smith Rowe every week.
Arsenal in a proper mess these days, probably why we're trolling them putting in a new bid for Smith Rowe every week.
I think its pretty clear that if Leno had been made available a club would have offered money for him
There's been talk he might want out this summer & not seen any clubs linked so far, never mind any bids.
However, I suspect that might all just be paper talk.
As others have said, the difference between Leno & Martinez isn't that great that we need to cry over it. Both are good keepers, both good enough to be number 1's, so the transfer had worked out for everyone.
Did Arsenal sign Matt Ryan on a permanent in the end or is that Icelandic kid back up to number 2 again?
Think that was always a loan. Ryan is apparently off to Spain last I've seen.
Matt Ryan going to Sociedad, the Icelandic kid looks like going to Turkey, we want a new keeper, preferably home grown apparently. Been linked to Lookman, Ramsdale, Johnstone but also Onana & Neto.