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Goalkeeper heights

DivingIsNotGood se25 03 Sep 16 8.30am
A few years back it was trend to have a tall GK but seems now all the world's best current goalkeepers are all around 6ft including our own Mandanda. Personally, I prefer a more agile 6ft goalie over a 6ft6 Hennesey / Forster, but why are all the top teams now going for the shorter keepers? 192 David de Gea 6'4" --- 188 Hugo Lloris 6'2" --- 186 Willy Caballero 6'1" ---- 185 Steve Mandanda 6'1" 185 Kasper Schmeichel 6'1" 185 Guillermo Ochoa 6'1" 185 Tom Heaton 6'1" 185 Julián Speroni 6'1" --- 183 Víctor Valdés 6'0" 183 Michel Vorm 6'0" 183 David Ospina 6'0" 183 Mark Bunn 6'0" Edited by DivingIsNotGood (03 Sep 2016 8.33am) VOTING OUT - Brexit will allow Britain to embrace the Commonwealth and be GREAT again
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se25 03 Sep 16 8.30am

A few years back it was trend to have a tall GK but seems now all the world's best current goalkeepers are all around 6ft including our own Mandanda.
Personally, I prefer a more agile 6ft goalie over a 6ft6 Hennesey / Forster, but why are all the top teams now going for the shorter keepers?

192 David de Gea 6'4"
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188 Hugo Lloris 6'2"
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186 Willy Caballero 6'1"
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185 Steve Mandanda 6'1"
185 Kasper Schmeichel 6'1"
185 Guillermo Ochoa 6'1"
185 Tom Heaton 6'1"
185 Julián Speroni 6'1"
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183 Víctor Valdés 6'0"
183 Michel Vorm 6'0"
183 David Ospina 6'0"
183 Mark Bunn 6'0"

Edited by DivingIsNotGood (03 Sep 2016 8.33am)

VOTING OUT - Brexit will allow Britain to embrace the Commonwealth and be GREAT again

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 03 Sep 16 9.11am
Originally posted by DivingIsNotGood A few years back it was trend to have a tall GK but seems now all the world's best current goalkeepers are all around 6ft including our own Mandanda. Personally, I prefer a more agile 6ft goalie over a 6ft6 Hennesey / Forster, but why are all the top teams now going for the shorter keepers? 192 David de Gea 6'4" --- 188 Hugo Lloris 6'2" --- 186 Willy Caballero 6'1" ---- 185 Steve Mandanda 6'1" 185 Kasper Schmeichel 6'1" 185 Guillermo Ochoa 6'1" 185 Tom Heaton 6'1" 185 Julián Speroni 6'1" --- 183 Víctor Valdés 6'0" 183 Michel Vorm 6'0" 183 David Ospina 6'0" 183 Mark Bunn 6'0" Edited by DivingIsNotGood (03 Sep 2016 8.33am) Some of the greats from yesteryear were not that tall. Dino Zoff was not 6ft and Peter Shilton and Gordon Banks were just 'north' of 6 ft. In this modern era more is required of goalkeepers. They have to be good with their feet in terms of their touch and distribution and have to distribute well with their hands to set-up attacks.And with the lighter ball which moves around, agility comes more into the equation. Edited by Willo (03 Sep 2016 9.18am)
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South coast - west of Brighton. 03 Sep 16 9.11am

Originally posted by DivingIsNotGood

A few years back it was trend to have a tall GK but seems now all the world's best current goalkeepers are all around 6ft including our own Mandanda.
Personally, I prefer a more agile 6ft goalie over a 6ft6 Hennesey / Forster, but why are all the top teams now going for the shorter keepers?

Edited by DivingIsNotGood (03 Sep 2016 8.33am)

Some of the greats from yesteryear were not that tall. Dino Zoff was not 6ft and Peter Shilton and Gordon Banks were just 'north' of 6 ft.

In this modern era more is required of goalkeepers. They have to be good with their feet in terms of their touch and distribution and have to distribute well with their hands to set-up attacks.And with the lighter ball which moves around, agility comes more into the equation.

Edited by Willo (03 Sep 2016 9.18am)

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cb1969 Back in the 'hood 03 Sep 16 10.25am
At first I thought this was a new attraction where Hennesey sits on a perch all week somewhere in Kent, and then runs up and down the pitch on match days as our mascot in return for dead chicks I will definitely get my coat!
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cb1969

Back in the 'hood 03 Sep 16 10.25am

At first I thought this was a new attraction where Hennesey sits on a perch all week somewhere in Kent, and then runs up and down the pitch on match days as our mascot in return for dead chicks

I will definitely get my coat!

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