Alisson Becker

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Originally Posted by Dirk07

When he saves some 1 on 1 or catches a cross under pressure the type of which I have seen so many keepers drop for us since the 90s I think how the hell have we got such a keeper with his film star looks and cool as fuck presence, the same as when VVD heads away the cross into the box when the opposition are throwing everything at us at the end of the game in such a way that it makes me think I’m an idiot for not having the confidence I should that it’s oh so easy for them as the camera shows seconds later as it zooms in to their faces. The question I actually end up asking is how good and how lucky we are to have a manager who has made these incredible players to want to be at our club

Great punctuation dude!

[Dirk07]

Only just remembered I posted something, like all my posts I was seriously smashed so was more than a little nervous about what I managed to write

[RedReet]

3 week bender.

[Dirk07]

Haha, it was actually the start of a 2 week bender with my wife visiting family in Australia

[Sus]

Originally Posted by Dirk07

Haha, it was actually the start of a 2 week bender with my wife visiting family in Australia

[Shaggy]

He is incredible

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That were absolute diabolical

[Liverpool]

I was right in line with it, looked in until the last second and I've no idea how he got down to it in time

[Buzzo]

From the broadcast angle on TV, behind Nunez (so pretty near your seat) it definitely looked in.

[Fivex]

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[BobTheCharmer]

Having grown up on the brilliance and fuck ups of Brucie, this guy has to be our best keeper since Clemence.

His only weakness is his occasional poor pass to the opponent. Otherwise he's brilliant.

[Paul12]

Originally Posted by BobTheCharmer

His only weakness is his occasional poor pass to the opponent.

Three in quick succession in that first half left me watching from behind the sofa for a while!

[Jaco_Pastorious]

Originally Posted by BobTheCharmer

Having grown up on the brilliance and fuck ups of Brucie, this guy has to be our best keeper since Clemence.

His only weakness is his occasional poor pass to the opponent. Otherwise he's brilliant.

Find a keeper that does not do that though.


Hell finding one that does it only as often as Alisson does is very difficult. The guys has a pass completion rate that puts a lot of midfielders to shame and that includes long passes. He averages a pass completion rate of about 85% or 86% over the course of a season.

His passing is not a weakness at all given he is one of the most accurate passers for a goalkeeper going right back to his Roma days.

To put his passing in context, his completion rates are within touching distance of those of Matip and VVD.

[baitman]

His only weakness is not hoofing it fast enough when needed.
This is allowing the oppo player to chase him down and then force him into a hurried pass to an oppo player or a risky cruyff turn that has now become too easy for other players to anticipate.
Just fackin launch it.

[Jaco_Pastorious]

Think you have to work really hard to find an actual weakness in his game rather than things that can happen to any keeper.

For me he is as good as a peak Neuer.

Like Neuer , he has the physicality, postioning, shot stopping and that ability to become a wall to match guys like Khan, and Schmeichel at their very best.


But also like Neuer, he is elite with the ball at his feet and completely comfortable.

You could name guys like Oblak, Khan, Schmeichel, Reina, Clemence etc and for me Ali is a more complete keeper than any of them, just as Neuer was imo. He is not just good in every aspect of goalkeeping he is elite.

Only guy from yesteryear (well during my lifetime watching the game) that I think might have been on his level, other than Neuer, is prime Neville Southall.

[Buzzo]

His concentration levels are also something else.

He is as good as I have ever seen.

[dizzycat]

Originally Posted by Jaco_Pastorious

Think you have to work really hard to find an actual weakness in his game rather than things that can happen to any keeper.

For me he is as good as a peak Neuer.

Like Neuer , he has the physicality, postioning, shot stopping and that ability to become a wall to match guys like Khan, and Schmeichel at their very best.


But also like Neuer, he is elite with the ball at his feet and completely comfortable.

You could name guys like Oblak, Khan, Schmeichel, Reina, Clemence etc and for me Ali is a more complete keeper than any of them, just as Neuer was imo. He is not just good in every aspect of goalkeeping he is elite.

Only guy from yesteryear (well during my lifetime watching the game) that I think might have been on his level, other than Neuer, is prime Neville Southall.

Once he has done this (with the hair as well) I will agree 100%.

Goalkeeper René Higuita's Incredible Scorpion Kick | From The Archive - YouTube

Goalkeeper René Higuita's Incredible Scorpion Kick | From The Archive - YouTube

[Irishnev]

I think he’s the best keeper I’ve seen in my time supporting us - since mid 80s

[frank the tank]

Originally Posted by Irishnev

I think he’s the best keeper I’ve seen in my time supporting us - since mid 80s

Yip same here.

I always though Bruce was overrated to be honest (and am also convinced he took a bung) but never got to see Clemence play for LFC.

David James had the all of the physical attributes but a pretty shite mentality. Pepe Reina was very good but Becker is another level

[RedReet]

Originally Posted by baitman

His only weakness is not hoofing it fast enough when needed.
This is allowing the oppo player to chase him down and then force him into a hurried pass to an oppo player or a risky cruyff turn that has now become too easy for other players to anticipate.
Just fackin launch it.

I'm glad Ali settled this shit so quickly.

[RedReet]

Should have been awarded MOTM for that alone.

[Scratch]

Wished they had panned to Pickford or Lampard at that moment, just to see their reaction.

[Fosterbloke]

Nothing will ever beat this..

Luis Suarez 'dive' celebration vs Everton - YouTube

Luis Suarez 'dive' celebration vs Everton - YouTube

[Shaggy]

He is off the charts 1v1. Even better than Schmeichel was.

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That were absolute diabolical

[Buzzo]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

He is off the charts 1v1. Even better than Schmeichel was.

https://twitter.com/PassLikeThiago/s...33572646203393

In real time I was sure it was a pen, it was just such a positive save that he cleared the lot out. He is so brave (and handsome)

[Kenneth]

Totally did the striker by stopping his movement towards him, leaving the striker no choice but to try and create the collision he expected himself. Ridiculous thing is that most PL refs would have given it and VAR wouldn’t have overturn it, simply because the ball ended up behind Ali.

[baitman]

That interception at 1:03 was superman cheat mode.

[RedAndWhite]

Originally Posted by Buzzo

In real time I was sure it was a pen, it was just such a positive save that he cleared the lot out. He is so brave (and handsome)

I think if the ref hadn't cottoned onto the diving been done that may have been a pen in real time. possibly overturned in VAR though.

[ntto]

i was 100% sure it was a pen especially considering the direction the ball travelled, was sure a red card would follow. Seeing it in slo mo shows how good a save it actually was and the ball direction was off Alissons hand.

[spud_gun]

Originally Posted by ntto

i was 100% sure it was a pen especially considering the direction the ball travelled, was sure a red card would follow. Seeing it in slo mo shows how good a save it actually was and the ball direction was off Alissons hand.

Through shitty referring in the Premier League we've become conditions to expect a penalty & red card any time there's contact like that in the box between a keeper / player

[ntto]

Originally Posted by spud_gun

Through shitty referring in the Premier League we've become conditions to expect a penalty & red card any time there's contact like that in the box between a keeper / player

do you think the ref saw it cleanly, or think he was waiting for VAR to correct him if it was the wrong decision?

[Norbs]

I still can't see the point in time where their forward clattered in to Alisson. I would've probably accepted a penalty had it been given.

We would still have progressed though so ultimately it wouldn't have mattered

[little dave hedgehog]

soon as i saw that he had gotten the ball i was sure it was a good tackle. maybe a little surprised they didn't stop play to check but i feel like it's always come down to whether the keeper touches the ball when he goes or not.

[ntto]

like the milner "tackle" against newcastle, millie got the ball clean as a whistle, if anything he was fouled by the barcode!

[Liverpool]

if two players foul each other at the same time what happens?

I can't make my mind up on that one yesterday could of easily gone either way and I doubt VAR would have overruled any decision.

[Saveloy]

What a fucking keeper.

[Norbs]

Fucking outstanding today, my MotM

[Norbs]

Originally Posted by Saveloy

What a fucking keeper.

I'd gone to Page 13 to find his thread

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Originally Posted by Norbs

I'd gone to Page 13 to find his thread

Because saying how incredible he is has become redundant

[Buzzo]

God with an assist on that save from Mount.

[RedReet]

1 more clean sheet to guarantee golden glove.