Try to be a little impartial lads. For me it's

a) Cassilas
b) Jaaskalainen
c) Niemi
d) Given

Cassilas is the not necessarily my favourite but he's the best in the world at the moment if you ask me.

Well if you say that, then you also have to consider legends like Lev Yashin (The Black Panther), Gordon Banks, Joel Bats, Dino Zoff and Andoni Zubizaretta.

Schmeichel was indeed a brilliant goalkeeper but to say that the like of Cassilas and Buffon are nowhere near his level is just naive if you ask me.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: May 2 2007, 02:01 PM

If Buffon isn't World Class, which current keeper do you reckon is?

Reina came to Liverpool with a reputation for saving penalties with Villareal. Since then he's enhanced his reputation against West Ham and now Chelsea. He's broken Ray Clemence's record of reaching 55 clean sheets in 100 games for the club. He won the 'Golden Gloves' award last season with 20 clean sheets, ahead of VDS and Cech. This season, he's so far kept the most clean sheets as well. Some people have chosen to remember his for his errors but the stats above says it all really. Pepe is a class keeper with a great future.

Best reason ever! How old are you again?

He's not even your best keeper ever. That distinction goes to Peter Schmeichel, and I'm sure most Man Utd fans will not disagree with that. You obviously aren't old enough to have seen the great Dane in goal.

Well Ben Foster, Paddy Kenny, Scott Carson, Chris Kirkland, John Filan, Roy Carrol, Robert Green and Anti Niemi have all been more busy than Petr Cech or Edwin Van Der Sar, does that make them better?

You said he was the best keeper EVER you fool. He may be amongst the best keepers now but to say he was your best keeper ever is just showing your ignorance. I've seen your posts on other threads and you're one of those "We are the best!" posters. Piss off and come back when you develop some substance.

All the more reason why you should educated them when they are at an impressionable age. Kids these days have no respect. Sound damn uncle right?

Up until today, I'm probably the only person I know that is wondering how Barthez was nominated goalkeeper of the tournament back then. I have always had a fascination for goalkeepers and pay particular attention to them. I remember Barthez playing behind an excellent back four and the only reason I can imagine he won the accolade, was because he conceded the least amount of goals, if I remember correctly. Much of it though was down to the defenders. I mean no offence to Man Utd supporters, but I've always thought of him as just an average goalkeeper. Well maybe a little above average, but definitely overrated by many. That's just my opinion.

A little OT but this save by Gordon Banks from Pele is until today, touted by many to be the greatest save ever made. Banks dives down low to his right to lift Pele's goal bound header over the top post. The camera angle doesn't do justice to the quality of the save though.

People are too focused with abilities like anticipation penalties, good shot stopping ability, comes out for crosses, etc. I'm more focused on the attributes of a goalkeeper, e.g. focused, quick reflexes, confident, commanding, etc. When you develop good attributes, everything else like anticipating penalties and such, fall into place.

I don't think he meant you conceded more this season mate. What he meant was your defence was weaker this season because Terry and Carvalho were being hindered by injuries unlike last season. Inspite of this, you have a conceded less than this season and much of it must be attributed to Cech. Thus his high regard for the Czech Cech.

Haha *** no wonder lah

Brad Friedel, used to play for us at Liverpool.

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Added on July 7, 2007, 1:35 pmAnother two keepers I feel should be on that list is Jussi Jaaskelainen of Bolton, and Anti Niemi at Fulham.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jul 7 2007, 01:35 PM

I agree that Casillas and Kahn (in his prime) are better keepers but at the same time, I think many people underrate Reina. He commands his area well and he is excellent in one on one situations. He is also really quick off his line which minimises the number of point blank saves he has to make. It's kinda like how Hamann is exceptional at intercepting passes without having to make lunging tackles. He is also a really good passer of the ball. Many times has his goal kicks started attacking moves. Lastly, he is good at penalties having never been on the losing end of any competitive penalty shootouts.

I almost forgot to mention that in a little over 2 seasons, he has 49 clean sheets which has already won him 2 Golden Gloves (again, is his first 2 seasons). Not all good goalkeepers have to dive all over the pitch to make dramatic saves. Some cut out the danger before it comes to having to do that.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jan 13 2008, 11:18 PM

There you go. Another example of how statistics can give you an inaccurate depiction of reality. Claudio Taffarel? Yes he did have one good World Cup but to rank him ahead of Pagliuca or Peruzzi? Nice to see Preud-homme up there but I'm curious as to where the likes of Zubizaretta, Ravelli and Shilton rank.

Yup, that and you also have Rogerio Cherni who scores goals. What about Jorge Campos who used to play outfield?

That's right. The one who's kits looked like a clown threw up on them

Well seeing as how Neville Southall is only at no. 25, it shows you how accurate this thing is.

You are referring to Peter Schmeichel, no?