Alisson Becker

[Kevin D]

Just now, chrisbonnie said:

 

The funny thing is, even when a player is 1 on 1 with him. You're actually more suprised when it goes in as opposed to him saving it. That's how Good he is. 

 

I actually reckon that's partly the reason he saves so many 1v1's. The attackers know who they're up against, and pretty much shit their bags. 

Definitely, you have that gigantic 6’6 frame in front of you and all 6’4 of Van Dijk on the other side, strikers panic.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Kevin D said:

The save from Adam’s header is another to add to his already obscene highlight reel, the handsome bastard that he is.

I need to see that on the telly, because I still don't believe it actually happened. It was a goal. It was obviously a goal. There was no way anyone could have stopped it being a goal.

[VladimirIlyich]

13 hours ago, Mathewbet1 said:

Has to be on par with ray clemence at least, although elisha scott wernt bad either

I'll wait for Stringy for first hand knowledge on that.

[House of Dirk]

He was clean shaven at the start of the game but had that full majestic beard by 90 mins, the handsome old bastard.

[JohnnyH]

Hey @dave udoes your dad still think Kelleher should be number 1?

[Kevin D]

16 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I need to see that on the telly, because I still don't believe it actually happened. It was a goal. It was obviously a goal. There was no way anyone could have stopped it being a goal.

 

 

 

[Mathewbet1]

1 hour ago, JohnnyH said:

Hey @dave udoes your dad still think Kelleher should be number 1?

I bet he does and that Nunez is still just a shit Andy Carroll

[Lario]

I steadfastly refuse to believe we've ever had a better 'keeper than that handsome fucker.

 

And people would have a hard time convincing me there's ever been a better 'keeper ANYWHERE!

 

We all have rose-tinted glasses for the "good ol' days". But in dem der days, all a 'keeper had to do was save the ball! This fella keeps the ball out of the net with outrageous regularity, as well as assisting a couple of goals a season and even scoring a last minute winner!

 

Fuck that! Greatest of all time!

[Kevin D]

10 minutes ago, Lario said:

I steadfastly refuse to believe we've ever had a better 'keeper than that handsome fucker.

 

And people would have a hard time convincing me there's ever been a better 'keeper ANYWHERE!

 

We all have rose-tinted glasses for the "good ol' days". But in dem der days, all a 'keeper had to do was save the ball! This fella keeps the ball out of the net with outrageous regularity, as well as assisting a couple of goals a season and even scoring a last minute winner!

 

Fuck that! Greatest of all time!

I wish he’d scored that last minute header in front of the Kop.

 

 

 

 

[Scott_M]

Brazil are training in Turin. 
 

Alisson obviously doing his best fit in with the locals.

 

[manwiththestick]

*swoons* Isn't he just a dreamboat?

[VladimirIlyich]

On 13/11/2022 at 14:00, Lario said:

I steadfastly refuse to believe we've ever had a better 'keeper than that handsome fucker.

 

And people would have a hard time convincing me there's ever been a better 'keeper ANYWHERE!

 

We all have rose-tinted glasses for the "good ol' days". But in dem der days, all a 'keeper had to do was save the ball! This fella keeps the ball out of the net with outrageous regularity, as well as assisting a couple of goals a season and even scoring a last minute winner!

 

Fuck that! Greatest of all time!

While I agree with your overall sentiment you have to realise that before the days of keepers who look like they were born on stilts and the pitches they play on are like carpets there were many other factors at play. Keepers used to not wear gloves while trying to stave off balls as weighty as medicine balls and not always fully round in circumference after the often bad weather took hold. Their playing surfaces were a mixture of beach like,swamp ground and farmland. As well as wearing diving boots and tops that shrunk or expanded in the inclement weather and so on. This is without mentioning their state of the art training facilities. It's not a simplistic comparison.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

39 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

*swoons* Isn't he just a dreamboat?

I just grew a vagina so I could get a wide-on.

[Lario]

29 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

While I agree with your overall sentiment you have to realise that before the days of keepers who look like they were born on stilts and the pitches they play on are like carpets there were many other factors at play. Keepers used to not wear gloves while trying to stave off balls as weighty as medicine balls and not always fully round in circumference after the often bad weather took hold. Their playing surfaces were a mixture of beach like,swamp ground and farmland. As well as wearing diving boots and tops that shrunk or expanded in the inclement weather and so on. This is without mentioning their state of the art training facilities. It's not a simplistic comparison.

Granted.

But the same applies to the outfielder that were trying to score. How fast would a medicine ball travel if you kicked it? How clean a strike would you get on a beach/swamp/farmland?

You were also allowed to pick up backpasses!

 

And if it's not a simplistic comparison in favour of The Handsome One (THO), it similarly can't be a simplistic comparison to say Clemence (or whoever) was the best.

[VladimirIlyich]

5 minutes ago, Lario said:

Granted.

But the same applies to the outfielder that were trying to score. How fast would a medicine ball travel if you kicked it? How clean a strike would you get on a beach/swamp/farmland?

You were also allowed to pick up backpasses!

 

And if it's not a simplistic comparison in favour of The Handsome One (THO), it similarly can't be a simplistic comparison to say Clemence (or whoever) was the best.

Correct. There is also an argument for saying that 'Imagine Clemence and co had access to todays technology' and how much better they could have been? There were no actual goalkeeping coaches until fairly recently either. None of this takes away from how brilliant Alisson is though.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 13/11/2022 at 13:40, Kevin D said:

 

 

 

Looking at that highlights how Gomez was caught ball watching there too.

[Lario]

1 minute ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Correct. There is also an argument for saying that 'Imagine Clemence and co had access to todays technology' and how much better they could have been? There were no actual goalkeeping coaches until fairly recently either. None of this takes away from how brilliant Alisson is though.

Arguing is shit when we're both agreeing with each other!

[VladimirIlyich]

Just now, Lario said:

Arguing is shit when we're both agreeing with each other!

You dont understand TLW if you believe that!

[Lario]

1 minute ago, VladimirIlyich said:

You dont understand TLW if you believe that!

Yes I do understand!!

[Bjornebye]

As important a signing as VVD or Salah this fella. A truly wonderful keeper. He's got some stride on him as well. 

[TheHowieLama]

You can do all the what ifs you like.

 

Clemence was 6 feet tall - he wouldn't be a keeper in todays game regardless of coaching or training advancements.

[Chip Butty]

Clem was always my keeper, tho Allison is slowly but surely, edging his way to that mantel and the defence as a whole as well as the keeper, over the years has been pretty much been made up of the old guard when discussions of our/your 'best team' break out, but now you hear more of an Allison, a Robertson and a Virg into those positions and now our greatest ever teams, has started to have a more modern edge to it at the back. Which is an ace debate to be having. 

[an tha]

33 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

You can do all the what ifs you like.

 

Clemence was 6 feet tall - he wouldn't be a keeper in todays game regardless of coaching or training advancements.

Barely 6 as well think he was probably more 5' 11"

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

You can do all the what ifs you like.

 

Clemence was 6 feet tall - he wouldn't be a keeper in todays game regardless of coaching or training advancements.

But a keeper as tall as Allison would most likely be overlooked (difficult to look over him I know!) because he may have been considered too 'gangly' or uncoordinated as a young man? There is no way to directly compare them no matter what you say.

[an tha]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

But a keeper as tall as Allison would most likely be overlooked (difficult to look over him I know!) because he may have been considered too 'gangly' or uncoordinated as a young man? There is no way to directly compare them no matter what you say.

He isn't that tall is he....6'3"