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"Brad Friedel - easily the best Premiership keeper"

He is far better than Barthez, and better than Cudicini, Given and everyone else.
And don't mention Seaman as being better. You retards.

Mr Ritze wrote:
> Colourless wrote:
> Again Cudicini shows his superiority in the league with a penalty
> save
> from wonderboy Rooney.
>
> Hardly the most difficult of penalties though, he could have just
> stuck out a leg and would have saved it. Didn't really have a lot to
> do the whole match whereas Richard Wright conceeded 4 and continuously
> kicked atrociously throughout.

True, but still................ he's amazing

Colourless wrote:
> Again Cudicini shows his superiority in the league with a penalty save
> from wonderboy Rooney.

Hardly the most difficult of penalties though, he could have just stuck out a leg and would have saved it. Didn't really have a lot to do the whole match whereas Richard Wright conceeded 4 and continuously kicked atrociously throughout.

Again Cudicini shows his superiority in the league with a penalty save from wonderboy Rooney.

Cudicini wins hands down.

They perform better at the smaller clubs because there is less pressure put on them to achieve great things, like there is at say... Man United, Arsenal, or Liverpool. Friedel can concentrate much better at Blackburn because he isn't being pressurised to neccesarily carry his team all-the-way to the top-of-the-league with a load of clean-sheets.

But as for David James... He's just an awful keeper! :)
But he is under-pressure to stop West Ham conceeding goals and sinking further into Relegation as their main man at the back.

Keepers like Niemi and Friedel who play for the smaller clubs are usually solid keepers, with less hype if they make mistakes.

Brad Friedel is under the spotlight now, can he handle the pressure when he starts making a few mistakes?

Given hasnt been as in form recently, Cudicini hasnt had to make as many important saves but I still think Dudek is solid.

Seeing Kirkland playing for the U21s last year convinced me that he needs a go in the first team and I stand by that.

So many good keepers...(:)

Shay Given's one of the Premiership best keepers I reckon, but he never seems to play that well or keep clean-sheets consistently enough.
And he doesn't drop or spill the ball like Dudek, or James, or one of those other keepers who have been regarded as "The Best" in the past.

Dudek's still a great keeper, he's just made a bad mistake or two, and he'll need time and help from his manager and team-mates in-order-to overcome his loss-of-confidence, and regain it.
Just like Barthez has done, and even Taibi by returning to Italy.

But Brad Friedel does seem to be the most-consistant keeper in the league at the moment, along with Cudicini of Chelsea.
Liverpool really are good at letting the best go:
Fowler, McManaman, Redknapp, Rush, Barnes, Beardsley, Westerveld, Friedel... The list goes on!! :)

Mr Ritze wrote:
> What about Anti Niemi then? he's come in and displaced Paul Jones from
> the Southampton side with a number of impressive performances.


Hell ye, i'll remember his three saves against Vieira forever!

Also great tonight against West ham!

Expletive Deleted wrote:
> Jerzy Dudek.
>
> 2 bad mistakes doesn't warrant a bad goalkeeper. Hence, he's the
> best.

I'm going to have to agree here.

And as far as I'm concerned Given is going downhill, played brilliant for Ireland. Bartez made soem great saves latly but not near as good as Fridel or Dudek. And as for Seaman I still think he's number 1.

Jerzy Dudek.

2 bad mistakes doesn't warrant a bad goalkeeper. Hence, he's the best.

That's all I'm going to say on the subject, because none of you deserve my proper reasons!