Graffito Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Doesn't he always slap himself in the face? Before somebody else does it to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 #Love the lunatic 2014 campaign. Boruc is a great keeper but he has his mental issues, if he didn't he would be starting for a Champions League club rather than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irene Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 His kicking never has been great in his career. Add in the leg problem and it's shocking. He should be rested but total lack of quality in goalkeeping department means he plays. Needs to be someone half decent brought in summer cause clearly him playing injured is better than current back up. He had bother with that leg at fiorentina and same thing happened with kicking till it healed. Was atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Sign up the Cardiff keeper for next season ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Blokes behind me cheered when Norwich scored (they had 3-1 at the bookies). LOLS when it went to 3-2. Bellends. Why would they be bellends? cruising a to a win, a chance of few quid in the mix, what's so bad about that? you call them bell ends but laugh when it gets to 3-2.... That makes a lot of sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Before somebody else does it to him. No one would dare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Could definitely do with getting someone in to challenge him, such a difficult position to recruit for though, especially in terms of a young up and coming player that would be happy to potentially be 2nd choice for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 I strongly disagree that we need someone just to challenge him, if the squad is to improve then we should be looking to bring in better than existing. IF we have £ then I can't believe we can't improve on Boruc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Massive supposition but it felt like he was annoyed at being told at half time to play it short, so to prove a point played the worst short passes imaginable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Massive supposition but it felt like he was annoyed at being told at half time to play it short, so to prove a point played the worst short passes imaginable His long passes to the wings were worse. ...but not true either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Sign up the Cardiff keeper for next season ! Marshall ?....not such a daft suggestion either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Massive supposition but it felt like he was annoyed at being told at half time to play it short, so to prove a point played the worst short passes imaginable bloke was on one leg, the longer the game went on the worse it probably got. Davis is injured and Gazzaniga is a non-starter evidently so we'll just have to put up with some duff kicking for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Sign up the Cardiff keeper for next season ! Marshall ?....not such a daft suggestion either.... Ever stopped to think Cardiff might want to keep him ? Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 (edited) His long passes to the wings were worse. ...but not true either way. But why couldn't he do a short pass to full back rather than playing it right down the middle? There were definitely better short options Edited 16 March, 2014 by Ex Lion Tamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 Ever stopped to think Cardiff might want to keep him ? Just a thought. Well he's been impressive this season and they will probably go down so it will be tough for them to keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 March, 2014 Share Posted 16 March, 2014 (edited) Well he's been impressive this season and they will probably go down so it will be tough for them to keep him. Ok, fair point, although depending on how much they are looking for I wonder if we might do better, possibly on the continent. Then again, I expect Marshall would be better value, and proven in the Prem rather than the ludicrous money Celtic would expect for Forster. Edited 16 March, 2014 by Badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 17 March, 2014 Share Posted 17 March, 2014 Ever stopped to think Cardiff might want to keep him ? Just a thought. and quite a valid one, too. but it may be a toss-up between Cardiff 's need to handle their finances in the Championship.... and the player's wish to continue playing in the Prem.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 17 March, 2014 Share Posted 17 March, 2014 Boruc had his own spot on MOTD2 last night. in the 2bad section they showed a selection of his kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 17 March, 2014 Share Posted 17 March, 2014 This is definately an area that Saints need to strengthen in during the summer. Artur has been great for us overall but at the moment he'd be on the sidelines injured if we had a component replacement/competition at PL level. Kelvin does a decent job v the lower and mid-table sides but I'd see him as a third choice these days combining coaching and playing. He has been exposed too often against the top teams. Gazza isn't even good enough for first choice, despite what Reed said I'd loan him out to L1 next season and see if a whole season somewhere improves him and matures him. He actually went backwards this season which I didn't think was possible. Saints were hardly the only big club watching him, Everton and many others were looking at him regularly so he's got to have something but his confidence needs rebuilding with first team football. In terms of who we should bring in, I'm less sure. Kasper Schmichael won't be leaving Leicester as they will go up and he's been the outstanding keeper at that level. Marshall at Cardiff is a good shot shopper but less sure on his catching and IIRC he had a shocker when Norwich were relegated to L1. Cardiff would want big money and I'm not sure he's worth it. Stekelenburg at Fulham is a better bet but again, Fulham might want quite a lot. Speroni if Palace go down? Good but similar level to Boruc. Forster at Celtic has done well in the CL but would be a gamble for the money we'd have to pay out. Begovic at Stoke will go for megabucks and probably to somewhere in the CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 17 March, 2014 Share Posted 17 March, 2014 (edited) His kicking never has been great in his career. Add in the leg problem and it's shocking. He should be rested but total lack of quality in goalkeeping department means he plays. Needs to be someone half decent brought in summer cause clearly him playing injured is better than current back up. He had bother with that leg at fiorentina and same thing happened with kicking till it healed. Was atrocious. good points well made Irene. In our Championship season, I noted that the majority of Prem.sides had AT LEAST two international keepers, and a few of them THREE, and was waiting for us to sign at least ONE extra keeper. Nothing ! Nigel Adkins' mistakes were in trusting KD to be his Prem. no.1 keeper ..AND then signing Gazzaniga as his back-up. I read somewhere on here that Cortese's "committee" insisted we sign Boruc as back-up. What a good start we had to this season. Great perfromances from Boruc, but still no quality back-up in the event of injury...and guess what ?.... He got injured at Chelsea. We got KD and Gazza again..... and would have been in the " drop zone" like last season had it not been for the points cushion of that great 11 game start. He's clearly carrying some sort of injury (a heavily-strapped thigh was apparant in the Norwich game) and that must account for all the frightening short-backpasses and erratic kick-outs. He didn't look happy. Whatever happens - the keeper situation must be resolved in the summer. I'd keep Boruc but we must have a second quality keeper. Saints have EIGHT keepers, aside from Boruc and KD ....the eldest is 22....it'll take time before (if ever) before any of them reaches anything like Prem. standard...and especially if we are talking Euro football. Edited 17 March, 2014 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irene Posted 17 March, 2014 Share Posted 17 March, 2014 good points well made Irene. In our Championship season, I noted that the majority of Prem.sides had AT LEAST two international keepers, and a few of them THREE, and was waiting for us to sign at least ONE extra keeper. Nothing ! Nigel Adkins' mistakes were in trusting KD to be his Prem. no.1 keeper ..AND then signing Gazzaniga as his back-up. I read somewhere on here that Cortese's "committee" insisted we sign Boruc as back-up. What a good start we had to this season. Great perfromances from Boruc, but still no quality back-up in the event of injury...and guess what ?.... He got injured at Chelsea. We got KD and Gazza again..... and would have been in the " drop zone" like last season had it not been for the points cushion of that great 11 game start. He's clearly carrying some sort of injury (a heavily-strapped thigh was apparant in the Norwich game) and that must account for all the frightening short-backpasses and erratic kick-outs. He didn't look happy. Whatever happens - the keeper situation must be resolved in the summer. I'd keep Boruc but we must have a second quality keeper. Saints have EIGHT keepers, aside from Boruc and KD ....the eldest is 22....it'll take time before (if ever) before any of them reaches anything like Prem. standard...and especially if we are talking Euro football. He's had problems for weeks and in rcent weeks the strapping is getting more and more. He needs to recover to be back on top form but not going to happen with current back up unless he physically cant move with it. It is about getting him to end of season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 18 March, 2014 Share Posted 18 March, 2014 Over the last six games, Boruc has been the 5th best keeper in the Prem. Morgan Schneiderlin has been the third best midfielder and 5th best player overall over the last six games too. This is all according to Power Rankings, by Kickdex, however. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2582582/Does-Gerrard-spot-Power-Rankings-Or-Hazard-Sturridge-Premier-Leagues-form-player.html Make of it what you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 18 March, 2014 Share Posted 18 March, 2014 Some of the GKs mentioned are not in the same league as Artur Boruc. Still one of the best GKs around and in our team. His kicking can be remedied.......Sort it out Artur. Still have him in goals for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneawol Posted 22 March, 2014 Share Posted 22 March, 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/artur-boruc-southampton-can-still-3272003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 23 March, 2014 Share Posted 23 March, 2014 He's had problems for weeks and in rcent weeks the strapping is getting more and more. He needs to recover to be back on top form but not going to happen with current back up unless he physically cant move with it. It is about getting him to end of season Thanks for the update Artur, keep a clean sheet today and good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 23 March, 2014 Share Posted 23 March, 2014 Good keeper but definitely needs some real competition. As soon as Artur is out we are in trouble. Would love to see someone of the calibre of Begovic or Schmeichel here and let the two of them scrap it out for top spot. Probably wouldn't happen though as both would be good enough for 1st team places in their own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 23 March, 2014 Share Posted 23 March, 2014 Sweepstake for how many times Boruc kicks it straight out of play from a goal kick? I'm going for 5 Sorry but we need a new keeper in the summer and Boruc as cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 23 March, 2014 Share Posted 23 March, 2014 Sweepstake for how many times Boruc kicks it straight out of play from a goal kick? I'm going for 5 Sorry but we need a new keeper in the summer and Boruc as cover. 7 followed by 3-4 suicide passes after he gets told off at HT and takes a strop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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