I do expect the club to take that stance, I just hope we are very direct with him so he knows from day 1 that it's not happening and doesn't do a Sancho and become happy to sit and not play
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I do expect the club to take that stance, I just hope we are very direct with him so he knows from day 1 that it's not happening and doesn't do a Sancho and become happy to sit and not play
I would think best in EPL at dealing with crosses, based on eye test
Lost ?
We would be hammered .
And we would be 15th.
The main reason we were 15th last season was due to Onana.
What planet is he on if that's true, my god.
The planet where he has a contract and can make life uncomfortable unless the club pay him to leave
Who is Belgian no.1 right now and who will be in the world cup?
It’s a chap called Courtois.
Me too!
The Real Madrid no.1
Think you've missed a category here which is short range/1v1/reactive saves, which I will go out on a limb on and say he is absolutely elite at.
If you check my posts you'll see that literally day 1 I was saying based on his save compilations alone he isn't great at massive leaping saves. But my assessment now is that is one slight weakness alongside a huge array of major strengths - as the vast majority of saves aren't right in the top corners.
Fotmob has high claims, but thats only catches and it shows accumulation rather than how successfully they are deal with when a goalkeeper tries to catch or punch the ball
Lammens here
https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/players/1178602/senne-lammens
Its a middle of the pack number (61.3%) with Martinez being the top, Raya and Sanchez are also up there, but Donnarumma, Allison, Roefs, Verbruggen all lower.
Also Fotmob has Lammens very high up its goalkeeper rankings this season at 4th. But Sanchez is #1. Not convinced about that myself. Their formula overall has Sanchez, Martinez, Donnarumma then Lammens, with Henderson, Raya, Pickford, Roefs, Pope, and Verbruggen last in the top 10. With Alisson not even in the top 10 at 12th
Maybe not a top keeper for the top 10 percentile of shots, but everything else he's done very well so far. Let's see how much of a downside his "lack of athleticism" can be long term.
Inch perfect shots/ freekicks in the corner. 1v1s. Obvious mistakes. All of that DDG was unbeatable, until the season when he totally lost it. In anyway we seem to have a very decent keeper which we needed now, until an obvious world class keeper come and replace him, which might not happen that soon and Senne still has room to improve.
Would like to see Vitek x Lemmens competition next season, even though for Vitek it can be slightly unfortunate for his development as he might start as a no2 after this season, which has been brilliant season for him as well. WOuld love to see that, as I dont believe our scouts for the 2nd goalkeeper we have not been successful since Romero.
Inch perfect shots/ freekicks in the corner. 1v1s. Obvious mistakes. All of that DDG was unbeatable, until the season when he totally lost it. In anyway we seem to have a very decent keeper which we needed now, until an obvious world class keeper come and replace him, which might not happen that soon and Senne still has room to improve.
Would like to see Vitek x Lemmens competition next season, even though for Vitek it can be slightly unfortunate for his development as he might start as a no2 after this season, which has been brilliant season for him as well. WOuld love to see that, as I dont believe our scouts for the 2nd goalkeeper we have not been successful since Romero.
I used to like him. Now, I adore him.
I heard it's a scratch and sniff.
Is that for this season yeah? Sanchez much improved but not #1 that’s for sure. Again Alisson been poor this season but 12 is a little strange. Whatever’s driving it though is clearly forcing them up / down the ranking so kinda make sense if it’s a short term view!
Courtois. Number 2 is between Lammens and Sels. After those three, it's between Penders (Strasbourg, on loan from Chelsea) and Vandevoordt (back-up GK at Leipzig).
Final thoughts on the Martinez alternative. While still a solid keeper, he’s 33 years old, past peak, is erratic, and demanded big money. I’ll take him every day over Onana, but knowing now what was known about Lammens last summer Lammens was clearly the superior option to Martinez. Hardly debatable in retrospect, but Amorim’s apologists here can in good faith disagree.
Vapo rub. More of a sniff than a kiss.
So hes low but not in the bottom 5 in the league for shot stopping and hes high and in the top 5 for "handling" according to sky although barely behind Pickford who is also in the top 5 for that. Also not in the top 5 for crosses claimed. This is all before the last game so not quite up to date.
Why would he want to do that? He needs to accept he wasn't good enough, and sort out his football career elsewhere...
His ego won't let that happen. He will want to leave for a club to prove United were wrong. Clearly 3 seasons of absolute torture wasn't enough to tell this guy that he's in fact, not a catch.
When you have former players (Matic), calling you out in the media about your antics, when you are theeeeee worst keeper to play for United. Yes, we can all forget about Taibi now, Onana has been the worst. Then you know fine well you aren't good enough as a goalkeeper.
I don't think anyone can know what Onana will do. The club obviously aren't going to tell him he's wanted, it's up to him if he wants to ride the bench or not. Could really go either way. The fact that we fobbed him off on loan makes me hopeful we could either do that again or he'll sign for another club
Because unless he goes to a league like Saudi its unlikely he'll get paid as much as he does here.
Would you write off millions you would have earned if you could get a payoff to leave?
Obviously we'd likely need to pay basic salary shortfall regardless but he can drag his heels for bonuses if he wanted to by refusing to leave without a settlement
I hear ya. I hope he's a principled person but it's becoming apparent it's a declining trait nowadays. Just call it a day and move on, it would please me if we move back towards more traditional keeping....
Its no slight against him to say that, by the way, we agreed a contract and if he wants us to honour it thats his perogative.
It wasn't too long ago we did the same with Maguire and he refused to leave over money, and actually fought his way back into our plans!
Yeah I've argued in favour of other players doing it tbf. I just don't rate him as a keeper and I'm over the style.... seeing Lammens in sticks is a breath of fresh air and takes me back to calmer times.
Oh yeah the club will probably clear out the goalkeeping position in the summer with both Bayindir and Onana not in our plans. Maybe a promotion from within to backup, or we invest in a budget senior backup.
Lammens has changed all of our lives, I reckon.
He’s not even good enough for the bench. Even if we have two keepers on the bench, he shouldn’t be there.
Frankly he’s should never be allowed back at Carrington.
He’s clearly not. Look at the Maguire incident when he first arrived.
Then demanding a pay rise when we didn’t make the CL. Which single handily he’s fault. I’ve never seen a team go out of such a tournament it it be the entire fault on one player before.
Not a single chance of him ever fighting his way back into our plans the team. Never.
Man Utd 2:1 Crystal Palace
Poor for the goal. He needs to anticipate and dive there. It didn't fly in whatsoever. Good, with his feet especially, apart from that.
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I think he should have done better with the goal but he's been great nonetheless.
I don't think he can do much about the goal to be honest.
Anyway I was watching him closely, and I think his most underrated trait is his decision making - when to hit it long, when to hold on to the ball to draw the opponents closer, when to pick up the ball and release it quickly to our players. I think we really unearthed a gem here.
Anyway I was watching him closely, and I think his most underrated trait is his decision making - when to hit it long, when to hold on to the ball to draw the opponents closer, when to pick up the ball and release it quickly to our players. I think we really unearthed a gem here.
His passing and distribution were great. I don’t think people pick up on how well he is doing with his feet when the ball comes back to him. Always seems to make the right decision and puts good power on the ground passes when needed.
So composed, so intelligent with his decisions. Really really smart with his snappy, smart, one touch short passing out into wide areas.
We have a top top keeper on our hands.
We have a top top keeper on our hands.
Type of goal you'd be disappointed DDG didnt get out. No reaction either, no athleticity to get there. Thats the type of keeper he's. 90% keeper. Which is big improvement on what we had nontheless. The bar should be set higher though.
Senne has to take some responsibility for the goal, but apart from that we saw little of Lammens…which is exactly what you want to see.
I am a big fan of him. Great transfer for once.
Some keepers are probably saving that goal. It's a weird one because it wasn't really that fast or powerful, but placed very nicely and he just didn't react well to it. The bigger problem was Yoro allowing such a free header tbh
aside from that, did nothing wrong and kept it to business as usual
aside from that, did nothing wrong and kept it to business as usual
Probably the best since Bruno.