1 - Marc-Andre ter Ansplant
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Its the same like asking if Romero deserves to be ahead of Willy in Argentina. The best players are not picked in the NT its always the coach's preference
barca1899
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9 clean sheets don't look overly impressive but you can't judge players only by stats, the whole Gladbach team were bad in the 2nd half of the season.
Barca losing 7-0 on aggregate to Bayern in the 100 points liga what does that mean for us? It ultimately doesn't matter, Real were better as were Bayern last year vs us.
Yes, he is by far the best option for us. He showed leadership since the first time he was in the goal for Gladbach, they were fighting relegation then. He is confident with his feet (he needs to work on his ball control to prevent mistakes like vs. the USA and Augsburg), averaging 39.1 passes/game and 73% successful passes this season(Valdes had 14.7 passes/game and 62.3% pass completion). The only negative point is that he doesn't speak Spanish/Catalan, but he is willing to learn. He has the potential to become the best GK Barca ever had. Trust MAtS! :barca scarf:
Save the trouble. There is no point debating with someone who needs explaining that achieving clean sheets is a collective defensive effort. In all my viewing of mats, there were only a couple of time where I thought he could've done better. He's saved them more points than lost them.
Vilarrubi
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@zanela I understand that.. Just in my opinion after that season I just think we need someone with experience, not someone who is young and we hope will be a big star of the future.. I don't think its the right time for that. 2/3 years ago yes but now right now.
@barca1899 Surely we all know how much can change in one seasons football! I'm talking 1 month ago, you are talking 13 months ago.
I agree you all know a lot more on the stats and details of him and thanks for letting me know.. just my initial thought on it is what I said.. It's like putting a young CB in the first 11 because we "hope" he is going to be the next Puyol. Not after that season!
@barca1899 Surely we all know how much can change in one seasons football! I'm talking 1 month ago, you are talking 13 months ago.
I agree you all know a lot more on the stats and details of him and thanks for letting me know.. just my initial thought on it is what I said.. It's like putting a young CB in the first 11 because we "hope" he is going to be the next Puyol. Not after that season!
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linetty
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What this has to do with anything?
Yes MAtS is a low risk high gain signing and about time we did one aswell. I am sure he'll do great he has shown maturity at a young age and has the GK skills to rival the best in the world
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linetty
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Ok, sorry...
As for the question... Of course. Without a doubt or a second thought. It may sound weird, but I'm glad we didn't get Courtois.
ceefoo
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Okay then, Thibaut Courtois. He is the same age as ter Stegen and played a similar amount of games at similar level.
Would you say HE is ready to become FC Barcelona Goalkeeper?
barca1899
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That wasn't my point. I'm trying to say that you can't compare league's by that logic.
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