Wouldn’t they be a bit further down the line? With loans to Championship clubs first.
A big ask to play at PL stadia with all that pressure, with their lack of experience.
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[Albion] Can we talk about Sanchez ?
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Wouldn’t they be a bit further down the line? With loans to Championship clubs first.
A big ask to play at PL stadia with all that pressure, with their lack of experience.
AstroSloth
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Our group stayed after the Wolves demolition and were outside the North when the players were coming down.
Undav, Gilmour, Enciso were all smiles as the fans chanted for them.
Sanchez walked past everyone not pausing for any photographs or signings while everyone was chanting his name.
Ike and Tina Burner
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He's too good to be our second choice and obviously De Zerbi doesn't fancy him but selling him now would be a big mistake I think. I have a feeling we'll loan him out to a competetive European club to build up his value a bit and then reassess next summer.
AstroSloth
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The same Sanchez who since he's come in has statistically been the best keeper in the league at dealing with corners and crosses?
That Sanchez?
Do you have a link to those statistics?
Dun Lurkin
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Don't forget Scherpen and Beadle as well. We are well stocked with decent young keepers.
AstroSloth
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They were from a GK focused twitter account a little while ago.
I don't have twitter anymore so can't search for the tweets but he has consistently been the best at claiming crosses in the PL.
This disagrees and has him at only 7.4%. Several with double figure % ahead of him.
Baldseagull
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Sanchez is a very good keeper, being kept out by one that suits De Zerbi slightly better. Personally, I like the switching up of the keeper, keeps the opposition guessing a bit, so I hope all is good long term with Sanchez, and any unhappiness is short lived.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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I'm a fan of Sanchez but that would be a ridiculous deal, I'd bite your hand off for it. Colwill for what is very clearly our second choice keeper!
With Mendy out of favour now it is a possibility
Feels like a big risk, we’ve never even seen Colwill between the sticks
Steele's stats are edersonesque, I would say. And I think that is what de Zerbi wants from his keepers.
Steele's save % is average but mostly keepers playing for teams that are sitting deeper, allowing more opponent possession and shots have better save % stats as shots made from outside the crowded penalty area probably easier to save..
Stats for all goalkeepers can be found here: https://fbref.com/en/comps/9/keepers/Premier-League-Stats
Plus Advanced goalkeeping link (you probably have to uncheck "Hide non-qualifiers" checkbox to see Steele stats as well).
Paranoid Android
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Fair enough, certainly was the best last season and is still up there this year as well.
Still never felt comfortable though, especially from corners, I shall try not to let my nerves get in the way of the stats next time
GT49er
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Sanchez didn't need a season in the Championship. Not sure if McGill's had a meaningful loan at all, so it might be good for him if we are keeping him.
Not sure about Scherpen. Beadle is still very young (even by De Zerbi's standards!)
Billy in Bristol
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But we need a ball playing keeper its a totally logical step in the De Zerbi Revolution of Premier League Football.
nwgull
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He's being sold; I'm almost certain of it. If RDZ had any thoughts of integrating him back into the team, it'd have been after the Chelsea and Man U games, where he didn't do much wrong and made a superb save from a deflected Rashford shot late in the game. And if not then it'd have been after Steele conceded 5 goals, including an OG and 2 at the near post.
It's a shame, as I think that at 25 he has so much talent and potential. His time at BHA seems to be being defined by a small number of errors that have cost us goals, in particular the Palace away game, rather than some of the saves he's made or the way he's been able to use his size and athleticism to dominate his box making us instantly less susceptible to set pieces than we were with Matt Ryan.
It's a shame, as I think that at 25 he has so much talent and potential. His time at BHA seems to be being defined by a small number of errors that have cost us goals, in particular the Palace away game, rather than some of the saves he's made or the way he's been able to use his size and athleticism to dominate his box making us instantly less susceptible to set pieces than we were with Matt Ryan.
West Upper Seagull
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You haven’t seen enough then as Steele is the much better shot stopper and is far better with the ball at his feet. Sanchez is far too casual and at times sloppy who you know has a mistake in him.