The Boruc Save

[9-3]

Better than Banks against Brazil 1970?

Might open a bottle of water tonight!

[ToreSF]

It was a good save, but not even close to Banks.

[Isla Wight]

It was a great save but I thought he positioned himself too far to his left in the first instance. Superb overall performance.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

A picture I've seen shows that the ball was hit nowhere near as 'top left' as it seemed from the crowd from where I was standing. The ball only just made it over the part of the goal where the crossbar meets the post, which made it look absolutely ridiculously good from the Saints end.

[Minty]

It'll take something special to beat Niemi's 'over the top' save at St Mary's a few years back...

[Saint Luke]

Did you see the Guzan save at Norwich? Pretty good, but not Banks good

[itchen_dan]

http://rutube.ru/video/057ac71906d6260127844689353f63b9/

[Colinjb]

Nothing on Blayney.

[Colinjb]

http://rutube.ru/video/057ac71906d6260127844689353f63b9/

lol @ the obvious Saint cheering in the home end when the goal went in. Good man!

[9-3]

Top man!!!

[trousers]

lol @ the obvious Saint cheering in the home end when the goal went in. Good man!

 

Quite a few leap to their feet behind the goal in the slow-mo replay

[Saint_clark]

Davis v Cardiff was much more banks-like.

[Appy]

Boruc's save from RVP at Old Trafford last year was the best live save i've seen in years.

[saintds]

Davis v Cardiff was much more banks-like.

 

You mean vs Leeds, surely?

[Gemmel]

It was a good save, but not even close to Banks.

 

Agreed...... but the one against west brom was

[DuncanRG]

Boruc's save from RVP at Old Trafford last year was the best live save i've seen in years.

 

Same here

[RonManager]

My save for The Wheatsheaf against Weeke Estate in the Winchester Sunday League at North Walls Park in 1973 knocks all of the above into a cocked hat.

[Faz]

My save for The Wheatsheaf against Weeke Estate in the Winchester Sunday League at North Walls Park in 1973 knocks all of the above into a cocked hat.

 

Link FFS.

[david in sweden]

It was a good save, but not even close to Banks.

 

yes ...maybe, but it looked pretty impressive when you saw a replay from camera behind the goal ....and considering who had taken the freekick in the first place .....

[norwaysaint]

Liverpool didn't feature much in the highlights, did they?

[Saint_clark]

You mean vs Leeds, surely?

 

Nope, Cardiff at home before we were relegated to league 1. A header from Ross McKormack I think.

[Tamesaint]

It was anawful decision by the ref to give a free kick against Fonte. The Liverpoo lplayer just ran into Fonte once he had lost the ball and the ref bought the dive.

[Chewy]

yes ...maybe, but it looked pretty impressive when you saw a replay from camera behind the goal ....and considering who had taken the freekick in the first place .....

 

Yep, because it was Gerard and not that very average pele chap, it means the save was much better ...

[ToreSF]

Boruc's save from RVP at Old Trafford last year was the best live save i've seen in years.

 

That was fantastic. But wasn't RVP offside?

[skintsaint]

Amazing how much difference a solid keeper makes. Boruc is immense and a big figure at the back.

 

Still has his moments but all keepers do.

[adrian lord]

My save for The Wheatsheaf against Weeke Estate in the Winchester Sunday League at North Walls Park in 1973 knocks all of the above into a cocked hat.

 

I would hold up my save in football practice at South Wonston County Primary School, 1978, from a fierce curving drive by Mr Durrell, against your effort.

[Badger]

It was a good save, but not even close to Banks.

 

Exactly, a good save but not in the world class league by any means. For me the comparison is closer to the free kick at Arsenal last season that KD got nowhere near. Yesterday, Boruc positioned himself well, and made the leap at the right time as you'd hope a premiership quality gk would, whereas KD wrong place and too late.

 

 

It'll take something special to beat Niemi's 'over the top' save at St Mary's a few years back...

 

Is this his triple save v Arsenal ?

 

Honourable mention for Paul Jones at Old Trafford some years ago, when he seem to retrieve the ball from behind him at low leve.

[Batman]

you cant miss out blayney v newcastle

[Badger]

There must be a Tim Flowers moment somewhere...the one that springs to mind was a point blank header saved at WHL V Spurs in the cup 1990 at a crucial time of the game.

[cambsaint]

Very good, but Peter Shilton made scores of similar great game saving saves in his prime.

One incredible save, it looked as if he change his body angle during his dive.

When he played for us he was universally regarded as the best in England if not the World.

[leithsaint]

Funny how the angle you have really affects your perception of the save. From where I was in the stand I thought the ball was going right in the top corner, and that Boruc had just managed to touch around the post.

 

I was a doubter when he arrived, glad that he has proven to be a really good signing so far.

[Bobbyboy]

Blayney's save remains the best I ever saw. Did more in that one moment than the rest of his entire career.

[paulwantsapint]

It wasn't so much the save but the effect it had on gerrard & Liverpool who jus lost all confidence that Boruc could be beaten

[Golden Balls]

I think the second lower save was better. He had less time to see it, had to get down, get behind it and push it to safety.

 

Great keeper. Long way to go to contend with Niemi heroics though.

[Cabrone]

Boruc was our most important player last season IMO, without him we may well have gone down.

 

The guy had to wait a bizarre amount of time to get in but it's no coincidence that when he did we finally started to stiffen up at the back.

 

Top keeper and a really good signing.

[Appy]

That was fantastic. But wasn't RVP offside?

 

No we cleared it, they crossed it back in, he scored, he was offside for that.

[grezz]

It was a great save but I thought he positioned himself too far to his left in the first instance. Superb overall performance.

 

This. First thing i said when he'd finished setting up. Fantastic save though

[ericofarabia]

Boruc was our most important player last season IMO, without him we may well have gone down.

 

The guy had to wait a bizarre amount of time to get in but it's no coincidence that when he did we finally started to stiffen up at the back.

 

Top keeper and a really good signing.

 

He was top notch all through the game. Completely dominated the area.

[Window Cleaner]

We had a very big wall and Boruc was way to the left of the goal, saved it well although if it had been more in the top corner he'd had been struggling from his starting position, still I guess that was the point of the big wall, to make the top right corner inaccessible. Very impressive performance from him though, totally dominant in his area.

[JustinR]

He was top notch all through the game. Completely dominated the area.

 

Agreed. Not enough recognition of this.

 

2 excellent saves, but also caught everything, made 100% the right decision everytime. Must give the back 4 huge confidence.

 

Even his kicking was ok

[Minty]

As good as it was, as others have picked up, had it been a better placed free kick, I'm not sure he would've got there... look at Baines or Rooney's goals this weekend... Hart even got his hand to Rooney's even though it was right in the top corner... had Gerrard placed his better, I don't think Boruc would even have touched it.

 

A very good save, but his position may have left him struggling for anything closer to the corner.

 

That said, he did indeed dominate his area the whole game and he has been excellent overall.

[John Boy Saint]

Agreed...... but the one against west brom was

I am surprised more wasn't made of that save as it was almost an exact copy of Banks save, the ball was 99.9999% going in and somehow Boruc got a hand to it.

 

Blayneys was very good, I thought it was Smith with the double save against Arsenal, and my Favourite from Niemi was on his debut when Charlton had a free kick and Jensen (I think) was on hot form for them from a dead ball, he let rip and the ball was going for the very top left corner like a missile and Niemi switched on his jet boots and flew like Superman to tip it round.

[doc oli]

West brom save loads better. awesome.

[The9]

No we cleared it, they crossed it back in, he scored, he was offside for that.

 

Coincidentally enough almost exactly what happened for the best save I've ever seen live (without the offside), also at Old Trafford by Paul Jones, diving back towards the goal-line and somehow clawing the ball out wide - before it was crossed back in for them to score anyway.

 

The Boruc save on Saturday was very good, but not sure why he was so far over to begin with and the ball was nowhere near the corner.

[Gemmel]

.The Boruc save on Saturday was very good, but not sure why he was so far over to begin with and the ball was nowhere near the corner.

 

Encouraging gerrard to shoot there

[The9]

Encouraging gerrard to shoot there

 

Clearly nonsense, as had Gerrard's shot been anywhere in the 2 yards of remaining space towards the post where he should have been aiming it, Boruc wouldn't have got near it.

[DT]

Note even close to Banks'. Their keeper's triple save was unbelievable, however.

[Minty]

We have been spoilt over the years.

 

The 'over the top' Niemi save I was referring to was vs Villa, and is at 3:25 on this compilation:

 

 

Takes some beating IMO...

[The Cat]

We have been spoilt over the years.

 

The 'over the top' Niemi save I was referring to was vs Villa, and is at 3:25 on this compilation:

 

 

Takes some beating IMO...

 

Great link, had to turn the sound down though. Urgh, that music!

 

That game at Villa is by streets the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen live. He pulled out save after ridiculous save in that match. In my eyes Boruc still has some way to go to be seen as Niemi's equal for Saints although there's no denying he has pulled off some cracking saves so far.

[Golden Balls]

Coincidentally enough almost exactly what happened for the best save I've ever seen live (without the offside), also at Old Trafford by Paul Jones, diving back towards the goal-line and somehow clawing the ball out wide - before it was crossed back in for them to score anyway.

 

The Boruc save on Saturday was very good, but not sure why he was so far over to begin with and the ball was nowhere near the corner.

 

Also the best save I've ever seen. Watching the reply he was still on the floor from the first save when Sheringham (?) shot from about 3 yards yet he still managed to spread himself. Shame they scored 5 seconds later.