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True enough, although in Vicarios case, his problems are not just the poor save selection, failure to catch, lack of presence in his area, poor distribution and general flapping, it also includes a poor attitude towards his teammates, always looking to blame them - particularly the younger ones.
But apart from that, he's a top keeper!
Vicario's main issue is he's had a bad case of the yips for a large chunk of the season, and when a keeper gets the yips it's not like they can shake it off by sticking in a couple of goals like a striker can
It's like when Robbo went from a top keeper to somebody who couldn't catch a cross if somebody told him exactly where the ball was going ahead of time
Kinsky game to mistake ratio is high though.
If I had my way, I’d get rid of both him and Vicario and sign a proper keeper.
Just a reminder we have Ange to thank for Vicario as he chose him over Raya
I often see people say a keeper is good at shot stopping.
Isn’t that a given and not something to be marvelled at? It’s the other stuff that separates the good from the bad.
Isn’t that a given and not something to be marvelled at? It’s the other stuff that separates the good from the bad.
Kinsky game to mistake ratio is high though.
If I had my way, I’d get rid of both him and Vicario and sign a proper keeper.
Just a reminder we have Ange to thank for Vicario as he chose him over Raya
Yes because of that whole nonsense policy of only signing players who "wanted to play for Spurs". Which has served us so well as we watch the same players who have clearly got one eye on a summer move away.
This season it's been noticeable, for example getting nutmegged by Palace
Likely explanation is it's tied into Frank's insistence we didn't need to defend Zone 14, which is the reason Vic saw several 25+ yard shots sail into the top corner in a short space of time, and that's utterly tanked his confidence
Weak mentality from Vicario then
Same thing affected Robbo for us
This does highlight the issue with a keeper getting the yips, though: while a striker can get over it by tonking in a couple of goals, a keeper really has no way to get over the yips other than a change of scenery
David James is the best example of this: absolutely plagued by the yips at Liverpool, helped in no small part with pundits and tabloid writers dubbing him Calamity James, and his reputation didn't recover until his stints at Villa and West Ham that got him back into England contention (ironically at the exact same time Robbo was crippled by his own dose of the yips)
Jens Lehmann's another example, infamously losing his place in the Milan team partway through a match, but able to rebuild his rep at Dortmund for a few years before winding up at Arsenal...who needed a keeper PDQ as Richard Wright's yips were terminal
You’re giving Vicario far too much credit imo.
For me, he’s not a very good keeper and lucky to have got a move to a PL club. He’s also gobby towards certain players (usually young players) but doesn’t say anything to others.
Weak man
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He did once mouth off to Romero in training
His GK gloves mask the fact he had two fingers bitten off in what we're led to believe was a completely separate incident
Tricky one. In Europe we tend to play more to expected form, only losing to teams above us in the money league. Atletico are just a few places below us with a less expensive squad so it should be close.
Having just seen the clip of them boarding the plane I wouldn't be betting on them - other than as a heavy defeat. The body language was dreadful.
I can only see that we'll get our arses handed to us...a minimum of -2 GD. It could be quite a few more, if we implode.
A draw would be a major achievement, a win might require a Vatican investigation as a possible miracle.
I can see no reason to take this fixture seriously. We're down to the bare bones and need to throw absolutely everything at PL survival.
Play the kids tomorrow night. They'll probably do much better than the senior clowns anyway.
Passage to the QF secures us circa £20m in prize money and broadcasting fees.
Relegation loses us circa £250m.
This shouldn't be up for debate.
Well despite the general views you see, Spurs' wage bill is exactly where you would expect from their position in the money league except that 3 Saudi clubs plus Aston Villa are above us.