Played well for us today, shows more command than WH so far.

Think he'll make a spectacular fck up every now and then if he keeps trying to be a ball-playing, dribbling goalie. It will be worth it if he keeps up his distribution and his confidence doesn't go when that happens. As a top France goalie, you'd hope that he's resilient enough to cope when the day comes.

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It's kinda besides the point. As playing high as a keeper sweeper you cut down massively the amount of shots and crosses you'd have to deal with, vs should you be a goal line hugger like Hennessey.
Watch how Mandanda will come for high line balls, has the confidence to collect crosses beyond the penalty spot! If he gets even 5 or 6 of these out of 10, it's 5 or 6 more than Hennessey would attempt. Meaning Hennessey would have to face opposition attack headers etc from corners and crosses far more often.
So I guess the point is, it doesn't matter if the odd f up happens playing as a sweeper keeper as ultimately it cuts down lots more opposition attacks.

Edited by DivingIsNotGood (12 Sep 2016 8.43am)

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You can get away with it abroad because the keeper is never pressurised but here it is risky. Bravo got a real culture shock at the pace of everything. I think Steeeve will learn quickly though to not take the p*ss

His positioning and goalkeeper intelligence is just so far above and beyond WH. Hennessey positioning can be just awful at times (that goal in the Euro's). Mandanda knows how to cut the angle down perfectly, makes it so difficult to score on him 1 on 1 and the defenders trust him to make the save. So they can cut off other passes and angles when they are in trouble and trust him to make that save. How many really good saves has he made in the last 2 games? 3 or 4? Even that save on the distance shot in Borough game was clutch, it was knuckled and wobbling and he stayed with it perfectly. In other words, I love him. ha. He is going to be a game changer all season long.

Hahah Lukey, I love the fact you just have to throw it in there, but yes we can. Jimmy Cleansheets would have been an upgrade