I am shocked by this. It is great to see a new keeper progress so well and to have such a good youngster at the club, but I can't see anyway that he is as good a Kuipers. He does not command the box as well and his positioning is not as good. As I said delighted to have a great prospect and talent in reserve, but FDM for me every time
Kuipers or Sullivan
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I could not disagree more I'm afraid. Kuipers 2nd and 3rde biggest faults behind the obvious one of not being able to kick over the half way line are his positioning and the command of his own area.
Kuipers has often been praised for outstanding stops but the majority of these have been due to awful positioning initially so that a eyecatching save is needed.
Command of the area? He comes out and misses most crosses and isn't a very good communicator so I can't see that he can command his area at all well.
Sullivan on the other hand gets to more balls that he goes for and isn't so rash with his decisions to leave his line and his positioning is miles better.
I'm a Kuipers fan and always have been through the disasters that were Henderson, Blayney etc. However, Sullivan is in form, in possession and until he cocks up big time then thats the way it should stay. I haven't yet seen a goal where I think he is to blame as all the problems stem from the 4 in front of him.
StoneGoldSober
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both not good enough im afraid
SeagullRic
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How do you come to that conclusion?
Tom Hark Preston Park
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BensGrandad
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That is not the opinion of Tim Flowers who thinks that Sullivan is will be a future target for a top club.
I think that aprt from experience Sullivan is better now in every department than Kuipers even his shot stopping is comparable as was shown yesterday and against Leicester. His general distribution, command of the box and collecting crosses and instructing the back four is better than FDM.
murraymints4brighton
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you play the man in form but the better keeper is michel kuipers, no doubt.
Freddie Goodwin.
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FDM has just about become my fav Albion keeper ever but you have to play the man in form and Sully shouldn't be dropped.
What will be the big dillema is if we get to Wembley because FDM deserves that game for all he's done. He missed out on the Play Off final.
What will be the big dillema is if we get to Wembley because FDM deserves that game for all he's done. He missed out on the Play Off final.
mcshane in the 79th
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He wasn't though was he? If ANY of the saves he made actually went in I would have been fuming. They were all pretty run of the mill and his kicking (like Kuipers) is shocking.
mcshane in the 79th
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Weren't one or 2 of the goals in the McDons game from poor goalkeeping??
GT49er
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Been a fan of the FDM for a long time, even when managers seemed to prefer to play any keeper rather than Kuipers. There was a lot of talk during pre-season that we needed cover for him - I never agreed, and thought that young Sully, if he was good enough to warm the bench, should be given his chance to step up, as and when. And hasn't he just taken his chance!
It's great to have such a young GK doing so well. It's up to Kuipers to win the shirt back now (or step back in if Sully gets injured or has a drop in form).
Isn't it great to know that we have two excellent keepers; that's one position we don't have to go scrambling around to try and find a better player!
It's great to have such a young GK doing so well. It's up to Kuipers to win the shirt back now (or step back in if Sully gets injured or has a drop in form).
Isn't it great to know that we have two excellent keepers; that's one position we don't have to go scrambling around to try and find a better player!
Sullivan can kick whereas Kuipers can't