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2025-26 Performances

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6.5 Season Average Rating
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Ekeke said:
He saved Zirkzees shot which is another I wouldnt expect Lammens to save. He was having an outstanding shot stopping game so yes I fully expeect him to have saved it if it was our effort on the Newcastle goal
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Is it scapegoat time again? Your take is absolutely bonkers.

While Ramsdale’s save was great because the ball dipped at the last moment, he had to move just a couple of feet to his left to get the ball. The shot itself was taken from further out.

No keeper in the world is saving the goal that Senne conceded unless their starting position is on the far post (which would be a massive blunder as it would give an easy opportunity at the near post). The curve of the ball, starting from outside the goal, meant that no keeper can get it to it if they are reasonably positioned in the circumstances.
 
SuperiorXI said:
Looked physically impossible to stop to me
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Speed of the shot gets lost in slo mo as well, the whip on it is insane. Freeze frame on 3.03 and you can see how ridiculous it is, Lammens is in a good position, Maguire is in a good position, Malacia has gone for a stroll down to the job centre, it's such a good hit.

 
Abhinav said:
Is it scapegoat time again? Your take is absolutely bonkers.

While Ramsdale’s save was great because the ball dipped at the last moment, he had to move just a couple of feet to his left to get the ball. The shot itself was taken from further out.

No keeper in the world is saving the goal that Senne conceded unless their starting position is on the far post (which would be a massive blunder as it would give an easy opportunity at the near post). The curve of the ball, starting from outside the goal, meant that no keeper can get it to it if they are reasonably positioned in the circumstances.
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I didnt say it was the same shot, nor did I say Lammens not being as good a shot stopper as Ramsdale (in this one game) was the only reason we lost. It was one of the reasons. And I disagree the best shot stoppers have a chance to stop it. They wont always but its the kind of save that seperates them occasionally from the rest.
 
Ekeke said:
He saved Zirkzees shot which is another I wouldnt expect Lammens to save. He was having an outstanding shot stopping game so yes I fully expeect him to have saved it if it was our effort on the Newcastle goal
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Ramsdales save from Zirkzee was wonderful, mark that in regard to what I said - it was in the near side of goal, not far from his natural position. Not unlike Lammens save from Keane against Everton.

Whereas Osulas shot, hard and curled trajectory, was towards (actually hitting) the far post, and Ramsdale could never have reached that from a natural positioning, I think I’ve never seen him do something quite like that.
 
To be honest I hate keepers watching the ball go in without an attempted dive.

But he's just not saving that either way, shot was too good.
 
bond19821982 said:
Are we saying he should have saved that winner ? That was a brilliant goal. Maguire was used as a shield which means GK couldn't see what the striker is going to do. Now, if Maguire isnt there, then he would have dived and tried to save it.

Sometimes I wonder , people actually has played this game.
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They clearly have not played the game, you can tell by some of the ridiculous takes you get on here some time.

Watching the goal live on TV, the camera angle is quite good almost from behind the scorer. The pace and whip was insanse, I thought it was going wide intially.
 
It´s crazy to suggest he could have done something with the goal.

The ball almost hits the post and Osula´s bent it back in, at pace, using Maguire´s 6 foot 4 inch frame as a shield. You´ve got no chance at all.

People are just frustrated because we should have won the game thanks to being a bit wasteful and Ramsdale making some top drawer saves.

Wingers no doubt practice those shots all the time so if you give them time and space to set themselves, they will always fancy themselves to score. Malacia more or less waved him into the box.
 
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Grande said:
Ramsdales save from Zirkzee was wonderful, mark that in regard to what I said - it was in the near side of goal, not far from his natural position. Not unlike Lammens save from Keane against Everton.

Whereas Osulas shot, hard and curled trajectory, was towards (actually hitting) the far post, and Ramsdale could never have reached that from a natural positioning, I think I’ve never seen him do something quite like that.
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I think him pulling out a De Gea save like that is debatable but he could also just read that the only place that he can get a shot away is around Maguire to the back post. I see plenty of goalkeepers do that when a player goes to bend one into the top corner at the back post and this one wasnt in the top corner. For me I havent paid particular attention to Ramsdale since his Bournemouth days and in those days what stood out to me was his one vs one ability, he was really good at making himself large and smothering the efforts. So this was the first game where I'm particularly impressed with his shotstopping.
 
flameinthesun said:
Probably being harsh, and this is more a case of trying to understand if he will end up just being a solid reliable GK or one of the top GKs, it does feel like he lacks those match winning saves. Maybe its just a case of circumstances that he hasn't had the opportunity to do so. But if he can start producing those then for me he'd easily step up into the top GK level. Again probably harsh but we saw Raya pull of some great fingertip saves over the past couple weeks to similar curled shots, a part of me wonders if a top GK tries to save yesterday's winning goal and gets a slight finger on it which would have been all thats needed to push it on the post.
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You mean like the one against Keane at Everton?
 
Ekeke said:
I think him pulling out a De Gea save like that is debatable but he could also just read that the only place that he can get a shot away is around Maguire to the back post. I see plenty of goalkeepers do that when a player goes to bend one into the top corner at the back post and this one wasnt in the top corner. For me I havent paid particular attention to Ramsdale since his Bournemouth days and in those days what stood out to me was his one vs one ability, he was really good at making himself large and smothering the efforts. So this was the first game where I'm particularly impressed with his shotstopping.
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If you see it again, and see what part of goal Maguire’s body is covering, you see that he does what a defender is expected to do in that situatin - he leaves the closer part of the goal exposed for the keeper to cover, and blocks the farthest part of the goal. Well enough that even with a lot of bend, the ball just sneaks past Maguire and just squeezes in by the corner. Any keeper leaving the near post in such a situation is committing voluntary suicide (not literally). Lammens actually places himself surprisingly far from the near post, probably (hopefully?) trusting his abilities to get back down for a shot by the near post. The upshot is if Osula e.g. managed to get the ball through Maguire’s legs, Lammens would have had a good shot at saving it.

Ramsdale from what I can see, also in this game, normally places himself closer to the near post than what Lammens did there, making saves like the ones from Zirkzee and Yoro possible, but would also make saving Osulas shot completely impossible. In my view.

Almost any impressive GK shot save is contingent upon defenders doing their bid to make the goal smaller, just as the majority of impressive 1-on-1 saves are partly a consequence of defenders making angles worse and timeframes shorter.
 
It wasn't Lammens' fault, but rather Maguire's for not sending Osula out of bounds on that counter-attack... he was just getting there but could have intercepted him perfectly... his decision to maintain his position and wait for Malacia to arrive cost them the game.
 
Antekera said:
It wasn't Lammens' fault, but rather Maguire's for not sending Osula out of bounds on that counter-attack... he was just getting there but could have intercepted him perfectly... his decision to maintain his position and wait for Malacia to arrive cost them the game.
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Im sure Maguire didn't expect one of the worst defendings either. Malacia was absolutely useless, USELESS. He didn't do his job or even resemble attempting to play defense. Seeing him just half assing it was the issue and what cost us the game.
 
Almost every open play goal, you could say defense or Gk could do better. Probably we just need to recognize, it was a world class goal. The pace, the bending, the placing and surprised timing were just perfect.
 
Davie Moyes said:
They clearly have not played the game, you can tell by some of the ridiculous takes you get on here some time.

Watching the goal live on TV, the camera angle is quite good almost from behind the scorer. The pace and whip was insanse, I thought it was going wide intially.
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You should always try imo especially near the end of a game
USREDEVIL said:
sunny lemons is top drawer
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Sonny Lemons, great guy, part of the New York crew
 
TheRedHearted said:
You should always try imo especially near the end of a game

Sonny Lemons, great guy, part of the New York crew
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That’s just proving his point. Anyone who’s ever played in goals knows that if you end up standing still, watching a ball fly into the net, it’s not because you considered diving for it and thought “nah, can’t be arsed”
 
Northstand said:
Missed the game today…how was this lad?
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Judging that you're the 1st post in here after a game against a top 4 contender, I'd say pretty quiet!

Long may it continue, no nonsense keeper that just goes about his business well
 
Northstand said:
Missed the game today…how was this lad?
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Didn’t have a lot to do. He made a couple of good saves and did his job. Couldn’t do a thing about their goal.

It’s a bit weird having a goalkeeper that you don’t have to talk about after every game.
 
Rossa said:
Solid!
Actually a very good save from Onana where Lammens was able to stay upright and not be tempted to go down.
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Yeah that was a good save. Don't think he could do much about the goal. Solid perfomance as you say.
 
He's a 7/10 performer, with the occasional 8 or 9/10. If we had 7 performers of that consistency we'd be getting 80+ points a season.
 
Since Everton teams have stopped crowding him on corners. Seems to have proven he can deal with that shit, so they don't even try anymore. Relieves a lot of pressure on set pieces.
 
He was fine. He'd be getting scathing reviews if the Onana shot went past him. Just a drive straight at him and he dealt with it. The goal was taken quite well by Barkley, some goalkeepers might have been able to pull off a wonder save but theres been nothing to suggest hes one of the elite shot stoppers so doubt anyone was expecting him to save it
 
Ekeke said:
He was fine. He'd be getting scathing reviews if the Onana shot went past him. Just a drive straight at him and he dealt with it. The goal was taken quite well by Barkley, some goalkeepers might have been able to pull off a wonder save but theres been nothing to suggest hes one of the elite shot stoppers so doubt anyone was expecting him to save it
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He isn’t an elite shot stopper. Occasionally he may pull off a worldie, but rarely. Mostly, he’s solid but unspectacular, which is perfectly fine. Carrick was brilliant but far from a spectacular midfielder. He’s the Carrick of goalies.
 
Ekeke said:
The goal was taken quite well by Barkley, some goalkeepers might have been able to pull off a wonder save
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No keeper who was in correct position would have saved that. Only keeper that would save that is possibly the one who would be staying out of position there to the right side and the ball might hit him.
 
When you are moving into the oposite direction from where the shot came from, it's really hard to shift your weight in order to dive without actually injuring yourself.

The ball first got deflect from a United player, then a player took snap shot with a weaker foot, and on top of that, he had an oposition player that moved out of the way of the ball. All in all, unless you are prime De Gea, you are not even diving for that.
 
Bastian said:
He's a 7/10 performer, with the occasional 8 or 9/10. If we had 7 performers of that consistency we'd be getting 80+ points a season.
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I disagree.

I think he's a consistently putting out 8.5 performances.

He is near perfect at everything for a goalkeeper so when he has one weakness to his game people tend to focus on that one weakness.

Honestly, he makes goalkeeping look so easy that he kind of looks like a jack of all trades yet a master of none.

The guys is excellent with the ball at his feet, absolutely a 12th man in the box, hardly gets beat in corners, catches the ball like he is a cricket player, provides a stability I've not seen in years at our club.

Considering his one weakness is arguably saving shots that are well placed wide shots needing much of a diving quick intuitive save - its not the worst weakness to have because he is saving central shots near most of the time anyway.

Honestly I think people are being unrealistic - if he was going to save all these widers shots that can or are being saved by other top keepers then this guy would be one of the best goalkeepers of all time at the age of 23.

He has no weakness to my eyes except saving wider angle shots.
Is that due to his height, something he may not be able to change - or is it down to his technique something he has plenty of time to improve upon.

Watch Donnuruma's against West Ham, he has a significant weakness yet is regarded as one of the best players in the world in his position.
 
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