Can't see Bursik thrilled at the prospect at spending a year in League 1. And his Mum will be pissed off too! I think he'll go.
Well let his mum get pissed off then because unfortunately league one is about as good as he deserves right now, she needs a reality check if she thinks otherwise.
Here's the shot stopping crib sheets we use to write about a keeper's shot stopping qualities.
It's 20 shot rolling averages for goals allowed compared to the difficulty of the shots/headers faced.
It's then heavily smoothed to get a trendline.
Above the line, a keeper is on a run where he has saved more than expected, below the line an he's allowed more goals than expected. Distance from the zero line shows how extreme his performance has been.
Length of the plot corresponds how many on target attempts each keeper has faced (these are all for Stoke, not their previous/future clubs).
Last time we had a prolonged bout of over performance was Sept 2018 to March 2019. (Jack Butland). It's been treading water or slightly drowning since then.
Not many periods of above-average goalkeeping in our recent history! Just a couple of Adam Davies runs.
And I agree, I don’t think he’s a particularly good keeper but people that matter do and that’s what matters and what always mattered.
Just remember this when you have another opinion that is NOT shared with "people that matter"...'cos your opinion doesn't matter!
I’ve always said this. That’s why people getting arsey makes me laugh and doesn’t bother me. We’re all chatting shit on the internet. None of it means anything.
Post by jimmygscfc1234 on May 13, 2022 21:32:41 GMT
Perhaps cut down on the shit and engage in more meaningful and considered discussion. We’re all in it together and trying to help each other through the crap 😳
Ben Foster has just left Watford, Experienced promotion out of this league, still a very good goalkeeper. Answer to our problems for a season?
You'd hope we could find a younger alternative. Let's face it, if he wasn't an ex-player, we wouldn't be talking about him. Would we?
39 is a bit old, but he still plays a lot. We could really do with some quality back there. A one year contract at his age would hopefully not be the worst.
Post by realstokebloke on May 16, 2022 15:46:11 GMT
Yup, yet ano absolute priority for us this summer.
(Which one, exactly, do we start on?)
But, as it happens, Ben Foster would be a great addition and stop gap imo (providing he didn't still want PL wages of course). Certainly while we get our ducks in a row, either improving Bursic or finding the next Jack B. - which won't happen overnight.
That data set really does highlight just how shockingly bad we've been.
Gunn was just another strange footnote in one of the wierdest goalkeeping seasons we must have ever experienced I'm not convinced we saw the best of him due to injury. Ended up at a premier club after us but one who who conceded shit loads of goals and got relegated
