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6'2" squared.
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Nope, he's 5'11 or 181cm, chap.
Reminds me a bit of Neuer/De Gea in that standing up as long as possible style when facing one on ones.
Distribution seems excellent.
The biggest worry is his height but seems to have a good agility and is aggressive.
Clemence was 'only' six foot. Agility, positioning and anticipation can make up for relative lack of height.
Best Believe It: all of that is true, but I wonder about the implied comparison with Mat Ryan. For one thing I'd guess six foot was close to the average in those days (it may even have been a bit above average) and for another the demands on keepers - as on players in most positions - are probably greater nowadays because of higher fitness levels, a more lightweight ball etc.
Ryan claiming a cross. As you can see, quite confident & committed when he does.
Come on - seriously ! Clips of him kicking ? We could show 10 of these for Ming .. each match ! It's the cock-ups we want to see !
And I don't think he jumped as high as Hart/Cech/Courtois are standing still 😉
The height factor can be exaggerated.
Of course at 1.84 he isn't exactly a giant, but he isn't a midget either.
There's loads of tall keepers going around like Steklenberg, Al Habsi, Huerelho Gomes for example ... have the height but not the technical & mental aspects to be come truly top class keepers.
Same goes for strikers ... Peter Crouch is a giant and yet can't head the ball with any conviction & very rarely wins headers in the box ... then you look at someone like Tim Cahill who at 178cm height out jumped the tallest of defenders and scored ridiculous amounts of headers. And ppl would have said no way can he get on the end of a cross he is too small.
FYI - Valdes 183cm, Cassilas 185cm.
Of course at 1.84 he isn't exactly a giant, but he isn't a midget either.
There's loads of tall keepers going around like Steklenberg, Al Habsi, Huerelho Gomes for example ... have the height but not the technical & mental aspects to be come truly top class keepers.
Same goes for strikers ... Peter Crouch is a giant and yet can't head the ball with any conviction & very rarely wins headers in the box ... then you look at someone like Tim Cahill who at 178cm height out jumped the tallest of defenders and scored ridiculous amounts of headers. And ppl would have said no way can he get on the end of a cross he is too small.
FYI - Valdes 183cm, Cassilas 185cm.
Oh yeah, absolutely, and I've never seen Mat Ryan play and am in no way advocating his signing. I was just making the point that there's little point looking at height in isolation.
lol, just wanted to show the distribution side of his game.
And I'm not suggesting for a second he never makes a mistake, all players do. If I had access to clips of his mistakes i would show you but I'm only going with whats out there on the net 😉
Tubby Morton was only 5' 10"
I don't think older comparisons are that relevant, but there's been plenty of good goalkeepers who weren't over 6 foot in the modern game.
The trick is to only keep them for as long as their agility makes up for their lack of reach. And since studies show agility peaks at about 25 for most athletes, you probably don't want a small keeper in his thirties.
I don't think it's a coincidence that the keepers who do hang around until their mid thirties are usually the taller ones.
He does look a skilful lad.
He looks like a fucking midget
Anybody else wanna tell Hansern how tall this goalie is?
'Can he do it on a cold night in Stoke' scenario springs to mind...
Sign Anders Lindegaard from Scum...:?
I think you need to tell someone else than me. So far I've seen 1,81 Wiki, 1,82 Transfermarkt, 1,84 Club Brugge fanpage and 1,82 Club Brugge offal page.
Roopy said 1,84 aswell.
Arright? Not easy iow.
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