Gavin Bazunu

[Lord Duckhunter]

Thank god he wasn’t playing for us yesterday. Ramsdale made 2 of 3 really good saves, and saved a couple of routine ones Baz would had let in. The 9 would have been on again.

If he’s in nets next year, it’ll be the biggest downgrade since John Lennon binned his Mrs for Yoko…

[aintforever]

11 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

I can pinpoint it. He has some of the worst positioning of any goalkeeper I've seen. He also can't claim a cross.

This. His positioning and anticipation are just awful. 

When you compare him to Ramsdale it’s like chalk and cheese. Where Ramsdale would be positioned correctly it would just be a simple save or block, same situation with Baz and he would be floundering around flapping like an idiot because he’s a couple of yards from where he should be stood - doesn’t look like an obvious keeper error when it goes in but it invariably is.

Xg stats are very crude but in Baz’s case they do paint the right picture.

Edited 6 hours ago by aintforever

[Gloucester Saint]

For me, Bazanu not being #1 is a key early test of whether Spores and the new manager are going to be up to it.

I’ve never seen a less natural or obvious goalkeeper. 

[Galway saint]

12 hours ago, The Kraken said:

I keep hearing this but haven’t seen anything to suggest it’s true. It’s a bit like the nonsense of Dan Seabourne being a front sweeper.

His wiki page says his brother is a keeper too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Bazunu

'He was initially a winger back in his Shamrock youth days, transitioning into a keeper later into his development'.

Quite from breaking the lines article in 2022. Can't copy the link for some reason 

The transition is proving glacial...

[S-Clarke]

35 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

I can pinpoint it. He has some of the worst positioning of any goalkeeper I've seen. He also can't claim a cross.

Yep, positioning, movement of feet, reading of the game, his physical presence impacting his ability to get down to corners - all absolutley critical attributes for a top level GK. They can't really be coached, so he's dead rubber.

Edited 6 hours ago by S-Clarke

[Matthew Le God]

vs a team in the Champions League round of 16

This might be good however...

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Matthew Le God

[Lord Duckhunter]

It’s nothing serious, he collapsed with shock when someone said “well played Baz”,that combined with him making a couple of saves got too much for him. It was just like Roger Osborne after scoring the winner in the 78 cup final.