Who is the best goalkeeper in the world?

CorkMan

For me it's Iker Casillas. He has been consistent for many years now and has been such a keeper for Real Madrid.

Who do you think?

herbieflowers

I'd say Cech, he has more shots saved per goal than any other keeper in the Premiership

Huggles

herbieflowers wrote:

I'd say Cech, he has more shots saved per goal than any other keeper in the Premiership

Well when your kneecaps are at risk....

I'd say Buffon though.

DerekD Goldfish

Probably Buffon

PiE

Buffon; but Casillas will be in a season or two.

Mr. Presentable

Buffon

and watch for Amelia in 5 years

hallelujah

me

Seaneh

Buffon, given isn't far off him.

I watch out for Skeltenberg(sp?) from Ajax and as nipplenuts rightly said, Amelia as well.

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hallelujah wrote:

me

Wanna play for Boards.ie Team?

Ardent

Buffon, lock the thread.

Rikand

Buffon

No contest

el rabitos

cech wasnt even the best in the premiership last year, never mind anywhere else.

i dont think theres much between Casillas and Buffon, other than Buffon has always had a mean italian defence in front of him whearas Casillas has the most liberal defence in europe playing in front of him. Casillas certainly earns every euro he makes.

i'd put it into 2 tiers, the 2 best, and the rest, in no particular order

buffon
casillas

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Julio Cesar
Reina
Coupet
Cech
vds

Seaneh

Julio Cesar from Inter? Who keeps losing his place to toldo? are you mental?

Why are you lot leaving given out so much, and no I'm not being biased, he is that good!

el rabitos

julio cesar played some great games last season, especially in the champions league.

given is a great shot stopper, but he's too short on crosses, he's no better than victor valdes imo

DerekD Goldfish

whearas Casillas has the most liberal defence in europe playing in front of him

Given had Boumsong playing in front of him
In my opinion Given is in the top 5 in the world

Seaneh

Smart boy!

el rabitos

nah, not for me. i'd put him in the same block with valdes, gomes and dida

Rikand

el rabitos wrote:

nah, not for me. i'd put him in the same block with valdes, gomes and dida

how can you put dida and given in the same category ? Given is consistantly very good week in, week out. Dida WAS a very good keeper, but he's been a bit crap lately!

el rabitos

Rickylovesuall wrote:

how can you put dida and given in the same category ? Given is consistantly very good week in, week out. Dida WAS a very good keeper, but he's been a bit crap lately!

i can easily put them in the same category

dida was a couple of levels ahead of given, now he's dropped a couple of levels and is on the same level given was always at.

given was never at the level dida was

soupie

Given is easily top 5 IMO. He's more consistent than any of the others.

Lehman over the past 18 months has been exceptional.

jank

Have to give a shout for Lehmann who was been great recently

But for me Buffon

irish life

el rabitos wrote:

julio cesar played some great games last season, especially in the champions league.

given is a great shot stopper, but he's too short on crosses, he's no better than victor valdes imo

I think just because of Given's height you just assume he's too short on crosses.

Catches (05/06):
Given - 47
Cech - 52
Reina - 31
Lehmann - 93
Robinson - 33

Catch Success Rate:
Given - 98%
Cech - 95%
Reina - 86%
Lehmann - 94%
Robinson - 89%

Opta: Shay's Class Is A Given

The reason Given is down on Saves to Shots ratio would surely be down to Newcastle's defence. Teams are forced to shoot from far against Cech while Given would be in a lot of 1 on 1 situations.

Buffon is in a different league to everyone else but Given is up there with the rest of them.

Nalz

1. Buffon
2. Casillas
3. Cech
4. Coupet
5. Van Der Saar
6. Given
7. Julio Cesar
8. Robinson
9. Lehmann
10. Stekelenburg

el rabitos

irish life wrote:

The reason Given is down on Saves to Shots ratio would surely be down to Newcastle's defence. Teams are forced to shoot from far against Cech while Given would be in a lot of 1 on 1 situations.

Buffon is in a different league to everyone else but Given is up there with the rest of them.

dont get me wrong, he is great. he pulls off some reflex saves at times that look crazy and he's fairly consistant. theres just better keepers around imo

Rikand

pfft, the only reason dida looks any good is cause of ::

Cafu
Maldini
Kaladze
Serginho
Costacurta
Gattuso

are all standing in front of him, keeping everything out. The amount of simple mistakes he makes for a keeper playing in one of the best teams in italy is phenomenal.


Given has no-one in front of him, he's all on his own and hes been one of Newcastles best players for several seasons now, Dida has probably been Milans worst regular starter

evad_lhorg

ill say van der sar.

Seaneh

Rickylovesuall wrote:

Given has no-one in front of him, he's all on his own and hes been one of Newcastles best players for several seasons now, Dida has probably been Milans worst regular starter

Toss up between Dida and seedorf for that honor, but in fairness to them when they are on form they are world class and usually the match winners in big big games, but when they are off form they are abysmil!

el rabitos

evad_lhorg wrote:

ill say van der sar.

:eek:

Zapp Brannigan

I think Reina is only good cos he has Carra and Sami in front of him. He got the Golden Gloves for the 05/06 series didnt he? But still, he has his moments where he seems very dodgy.

I'll go for Buffon as the best, how many goals did Italy conceed in the WC?

Rikand

Slurms wrote:

I think Reina is only good cos he has Carra and Sami in front of him. He got the Golden Gloves for the 05/06 series didnt he? But still, he has his moments where he seems very dodgy.

I'll go for Buffon as the best, how many goals did Italy conceed in the WC?

was it 2 ? and one of them being an own goal that nobody could have done anything about

kinaldo

There's only a handful of keepers that really stand out so I guess it comes down to consistency for me and Shay Given has been consistently brilliant for Newcastle and Ireland for almost 10 years now. Twice he's been named in the PL team of the season voted by his peers. I wouldn't swap him for anyone. It would be interesting to see Cech play in front of Newcastle's defence.

SpAcEd OuT

Buffon defiently.

pickarooney

Isaksson is pretty class. Not quite Buffon/Cech level yet but definitely in the same orbit.

Chucky the tree

pickarooney wrote:

Isaksson is pretty class. Not quite Buffon/Cech level yet but definitely in the same orbit.

Only seen in the world cup, but judgung by the team he plays for now, and his last team his name should be no where near this thread.

Pepe LeFrits

Chucky the tree wrote:

Only seen in the world cup, but judgung by the team he plays for now, and his last team his name should be no where near this thread.

Agreed, he's looked pretty shoite every time I've seen him play.

tdv

Buffon is the best no doubt about it. Im suprised no one has mentioned Coupet of Lyon he'll be the best in a few years time

Pigman II

I'd go for Isaaksson. I'd laugh at anyone who'd pick Given.

Unfortunately picking the best goalkeeper is a bit like picking the best F1 driver. We all have our theories but until they all get to drive the best car (or have the best coverage) it's pretty difficult to know for sure.

Anto McC

Shay Given!

Big Ears

Rickylovesuall wrote:

Given has no-one in front of him, he's all on his own and hes been one of Newcastles best players for several seasons now, Dida has probably been Milans worst regular starter

Given hasn't been one of but has been Newcastle's best player over the past few seasons and im a Newcastle fan .

Buffon is the best for me . If someone laughs at another person picking Given fair enough , however someone laughing at a person picking Given and picking Isaakson themselves:D , you know there's a reason why he isn't still playing for Juve...........he wasn't good enough .

gustavo

Chucky the tree wrote:

Only seen in the world cup, but judgung by the team he plays for now, and his last team his name should be no where near this thread.

Hmmm Cech managed to get on this list and he played for the same team before Chelsea that Isaksson played before Manchester City.

Guy:Incognito

irish life wrote:

I think just because of Given's height you just assume he's too short on crosses.

Catches (05/06):
Given - 47
Cech - 52
Reina - 31
Lehmann - 93
Robinson - 33

Catch Success Rate:
Given - 98%
Cech - 95%
Reina - 86%
Lehmann - 94%
Robinson - 89%

Opta: Shay's Class Is A Given

The reason Given is down on Saves to Shots ratio would surely be down to Newcastle's defence. Teams are forced to shoot from far against Cech while Given would be in a lot of 1 on 1 situations.

Buffon is in a different league to everyone else but Given is up there with the rest of them.

If Lehmann made that many more cathes than anyone else arsenal must have been letting a shocking amount of crosses come over, no wonder they struggled to 4th.

evilhomer

After watching Buffon for years, I would have to say Technically he is the best goalkeeper in the world. Always makes the right decisions and is always in the right positions.
His Agility is superb also.

Pigman II

Stekelly wrote:

If Lehmann made that many more cathes than anyone else arsenal must have been letting a shocking amount of crosses come over, no wonder they struggled to 4th.

or (at least the way I read it) it could just mean he elected to try catch more crosses than the other keepers. If Given (or whomever) only elects to try catch 'sure things' and punch the rest then he is natually going have a low catch total and a higher success percentage. Is there a stat anywhere that details how many crosses in total each keeper had to deal with?

MrJoeSoap

Shay Given. Or for the FM heads amongst us, AKinfeev.

Trotter

Although his age has dented his once cheetah like agility, he has lost none of his presence or dominance...


The Great...

Packie Bonner.


End of Story.
(But if Bonner is busy with the just for men, I'd go with Cech)

Xavi6

Chucky the tree wrote:

Only seen in the world cup, but judgung by the team he plays for now, and his last team his name should be no where near this thread.

Do you mean the team that for the last couple of seasons that has had England's number one playing for them?

irish life

Pigman II wrote:

I'd go for Isaaksson. I'd laugh at anyone who'd pick Given.

haha

no top keeper should let either of these in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0n3XR4Eov4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFQm6R3vxg4

Gerrards especially

I assume its the height thing that you have against Given? I can only remember him making 1 mistake (against Bolton?) in the last few years so it must be. Height doesn't matter a bit if you can jump as high and have reflexes like Given. Cannavaro is the best central defender in the world and is only about 5 foot 9.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueSoS3-OMDQ

Hippo

Casillas. He plays behind the worst defence ever. (I know, you could make the same case for Shay Given)

gustavo

Hardly "the worst defence ever" if they are the second best team in the best league in the world

Hippo

Casillas is the hardest-working goalkeeper around cos of what's in front of him, and they're the second best team cos they score plenty and he's so good. You should watch them sometime.

el rabitos

bit of a pointless thread anyway since only a handful of keepers are only ever seen on tv with any great regularity

what about

sebastian frey
michael landrau
timo hildebrand
tim weise
igor akinfeev (he's like 18 and he's russias no.1)

none of them are on tv much and are all top keepers