1 - Marc-Andre ter Ansplant

[Icarium]

 

[Butaan4barca]

 

[DonAK]

Yeah.... Anyway,

'Thanks again for the awesome support in the stadium and through TV when I had my first official match for Barça last wednesday against APOEL FC. Tonight's match will be against Levante and we want to score there as well!'

 

[DonAK]

Not happy with the GK situation and before people start harping about no conceded goals then if he is to start in the CL then he could easily have started today. You can't throw him out against a big team like PSG without any match practice unless it was already decided that Bravo would play LL and CL.

 

[mazp]

Maybe Lucho just doesn't rate him.

 

[noteiverse]

Fuck this shit. MAtS deserves better.

 

[BarcaGirl]

Maybe Lucho just doesn't rate him.

Then he's blind and knows shit about goalkeeping

 

[Behrox]

Then he's blind and knows shit about goalkeeping

He has already admitted that

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Not happy with the GK situation and before people start harping about no conceded goals then if he is to start in the CL then he could easily have started today. You can't throw him out against a big team like PSG without any match practice unless it was already decided that Bravo would play LL and CL.

At this point, it's not a matter of who's the better keeper or who's in better form, or rotation. Barça has its best defensive start in decades, not yet conceding a goal in 6 La Liga games, and Bravo has been a part of that. He's going to be given Barça's La Liga keeper spot until his clean sheet run is broken; he's earned that.

 

[KingMessi]

He's going to be given Barça's La Liga keeper spot until his clean sheet run is broken; he's earned that.

Or until Bravo gets injured/suspended (not that I want him to get suspended or injured).

 

[FC B]

At this point, it's not a matter of who's the better keeper or who's in better form, or rotation. Barça has its best defensive start in decades, not yet conceding a goal in 6 La Liga games, and Bravo has been a part of that. He's going to be given Barça's La Liga keeper spot until his clean sheet run is broken; he's earned that.

It is just as possible that Bravo will continue to be the starting GK after he'll eventually concede...
I would give much more time to MAtS especially in those game like vs. Granada at home...

 

[DonAK]

At this point, it's not a matter of who's the better keeper or who's in better form, or rotation. Barça has its best defensive start in decades, not yet conceding a goal in 6 La Liga games, and Bravo has been a part of that. He's going to be given Barça's La Liga keeper spot until his clean sheet run is broken; he's earned that.

Do you think Ter Stegen will get a chance even if Bravo concedes? Bravo or Ter Stegen or even Pinto wouldn't concede many with this defence and how the team is structured right now and neither would it be fair if Bravo is alltogether dropped after conceding one goal.

It's either 1. You give both keepers a chance if you don't have a fixed starter and whoever impress gets the spot or 2. You have a fixed starter already.

At the moment it looks more like Bravo is Luis Enrique's starter for La Liga and the player's previous comments do suggest so as well and whether it's the same in the Champions League is yet to be seen.

I won't mind if Bravo actually is a starter in both competitions as long as Ter Stegen is loaned out somewhere like Chelsea did with Courtois. No point of him staying on the bench, that won't help him "settle or adapt" at the club and neither would it be confidence boosting either.

 

[Garrus]

So goal keepers get benched after conceding a goal
In what kind of universe do you all live in.

 

[KingMessi]

So goal keepers get benched after conceding a goal
In what kind of universe do you all live in.

Only Bernie brought that up though.

 

[Flavia]

I won't mind if Bravo actually is a starter in both competitions as long as Ter Stegen is loaned out somewhere like Chelsea did with Courtois. No point of him staying on the bench, that won't help him "settle or adapt" at the club and neither would it be confidence boosting either.

Yeah... if to use him occasionaly, better to loan him to another liga side. Which is stupid, but nothing we can do.