Kasper

[Trav Le Bleu]

14 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

Just wish my wife didn't fancy him so much.

Did she tell you he's a keeper?

[dmayne7]

He's just different. It's not a case of him being bright for a footballer, he's just a genuinely articulate and intelligent man. He's both a born leader and someone who has developed that aspect of his personality. Losing him was always going to be a huge blow, let alone when we didn't have an adequate replacement there.

 

What a fantastic interview and well done to Gary for shutting up and just letting him talk. 

Listened last night and there's so much in there to unpack!

 

Absolute legend and very close to being my all time favourite because of how he carried himself.

[dmayne7]

12 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

get all the feels listening to him talk about how special riyad and kante were.  easy to forget that we had 4 world class players in the team at the same time. 

Glad you said it. Fine to not think he was an elite keeper but there's some on here that don't think he was very good .

 

Aside from his weakness commanding the box (which as he says, isn't such a thing in modern football) and the occasional long shot, I think he was one of the very best in the world. One on Ones he was incredible as were his general reflexes. And look at how many big errors leading to goals he actually made when he was here? There's really not many at all and I'm pretty sure he was consistently at the top of that metric for the PL. 

 

To be fair, goalkeeping is probably the one area of football where the players are objectively better than they were 30/40/50 years ago. Obviously the very best will always be the very best but the general standard is ridiculous. There are so many good number 2's and even clubs in League 1/2 have fantastic shot stoppers. Technically the coaching and training has changed an awful lot. And because the shot stopping is so good across the board, the ability to not make big mistakes is what separates the best from the rest. 

 

Was linked to Chelsea, Man U and Real at one point, and even if he wouldn't have been the absolute best keeper they could have got, he would have been great for them, no questions.

[Les-TA-Jon]

12 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Reckon the club didn't try hard enough to try and make him stay for another year.

Given it was a huge contribution to our disastrous relegation…

[cruzFOX]

The way kasper left and having to watch Danny ward absolutely cock it up in goals after buggers belief. Kaspers powers were waining but no way he would have let this club get relegated. Legend!

[foxinsocks]

At some point I would love to hear the story if his leaving lcfc

[Corky]

Another in the line of goalkeeping greats at this club. To have the career he has had in the shadow of his father is so impressive.

 

A proper big occasion player, too. Title run ins, survival run ins, cup finals, Champions League, major tournaments.

[Gamble92]

1 hour ago, foxinsocks said:

At some point I would love to hear the story if his leaving lcfc

He spoke about it a bit last year. Said he had offers from around Europe so asked for a longer contract here and we weren't prepared for give him one. He didn't feel wanted enough so left. He offered to come back too midway through the season and that was turned down. 

[Bazly]

19 hours ago, James_lcfc said:

What a signing he was.

 

Legend.

One of my mates is a Leeds Utd supported, he was gutted for years when we took him on. 

[Bourbon Fox]

14 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Reckon the club didn't try hard enough to try and make him stay for another year.

Didn't try hard enough?? 

 

Rodgers didn't want strong characters capable of challenging him, he was actively binned off.

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, Corky said:

Another in the line of goalkeeping greats at this club. To have the career he has had in the shadow of his father is so impressive.

 

A proper big occasion player, too. Title run ins, survival run ins, cup finals, Champions League, major tournaments.

I was lucky enough to see Banks, Shilton and Wallington. All great keepers for us. Kasper right up there with them with the added achievements of major honours as a Leicester player (I know Gordon won the fledgling League Cup in 64)

[lcfcsnow]

2 hours ago, Bourbon Fox said:

Rodgers didn't want strong characters capable of challenging him, he was actively binned off.

Just watching it now, Kasper highlights how he only sat on the bench twice for us and they both hurt him, one of them being when Rodgers stopped him making 150 successive appearances again for us.

[Supergray22]

25 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

Just watching it now, Kasper highlights how he only sat on the bench twice for us and they both hurt him, one of them being when Rodgers stopped him making 150 successive appearances again for us.

On its own a sacking offence IMO. 

[shen]

Always enjoy a longform interview with Kasper. My only criticism is that he's answered the exact same questions multiple times before - the fact he could finish most of Gary's questions shows how bored of them he must be by now.

Opportunity missed to ask interesting questions. Expected a bit more from Gary tbh.

Edited 25 May 2024 by shen

[Wymsey]

19 minutes ago, shen said:

Always enjoy a longform interview with Kasper. My only criticism is that he's answered the exact same questions multiple times before - the fact he could finish most of Gary's questions shows how bored of them he must be by now.

Opportunity missed to ask interesting questions. Expected a bit more from Gary tbh.

Perhaps he was told not to ask him certain things for legal reasons?

[Unabomber]

47 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

Just watching it now, Kasper highlights how he only sat on the bench twice for us and they both hurt him, one of them being when Rodgers stopped him making 150 successive appearances again for us.

That says everything about Rodgers. What a ****

[Corky]

1 hour ago, shen said:

Always enjoy a longform interview with Kasper. My only criticism is that he's answered the exact same questions multiple times before - the fact he could finish most of Gary's questions shows how bored of them he must be by now.

Opportunity missed to ask interesting questions. Expected a bit more from Gary tbh.

Just common with players from that era. Albrighton was on TalkSport in the week and they asked him about the title season a lot. I get it but there is so much more to be delved into.

 

Hopefully they will do more fan-led interviews in time.

[shen]

20 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Perhaps he was told not to ask him certain things for legal reasons?

He's obviously not going to ask about Rodgers, but there's so much more he could've queried about. I.e. why did Leicester feel like 'home' to him from day one? What about the unsung heroes of the PL winning squad (I swear Kanté, Mahrez and Vardy get 95% of the credit)? His post-Leicester career, his future plans, some insights into modern goalkeeping training, his 'dual' nationality and differences between club and international football, untold dressing room/behind the scenes insights etc

[casablancas]

1 hour ago, lcfcsnow said:

Just watching it now, Kasper highlights how he only sat on the bench twice for us and they both hurt him, one of them being when Rodgers stopped him making 150 successive appearances again for us.

Can’t wrap my head around that. Other than pure ego

[shen]

4 minutes ago, Corky said:

Just common with players from that era. Albrighton was on TalkSport in the week and they asked him about the title season a lot. I get it but there is so much more to be delved into.

 

Hopefully they will do more fan-led interviews in time.

Yeah, but this was Gary who followed it all closely. I know TRIF is a general podcast, but like the Henry interview had some unique insights despite him being an even bigger star and been interviewed a lot more over the years. In 1,5 hours, I expected to hear something new, anything really.

[Unabomber]

5 minutes ago, casablancas said:

Can’t wrap my head around that. Other than pure ego

Has to be as there was no reason whatsoever for Rodgers to drop him 

[Koke]

1 hour ago, shen said:

Always enjoy a longform interview with Kasper. My only criticism is that he's answered the exact same questions multiple times before - the fact he could finish most of Gary's questions shows how bored of them he must be by now.

Opportunity missed to ask interesting questions. Expected a bit more from Gary tbh.

 

Yeah agree. I've heard the 2016 stories a million times now. I know it's a big part of his career but its gone stale.

[Bourbon Fox]

2 hours ago, lcfcsnow said:

Just watching it now, Kasper highlights how he only sat on the bench twice for us and they both hurt him, one of them being when Rodgers stopped him making 150 successive appearances again for us.

That was an absolute disgrace and a clear power move

Edited 25 May 2024 by Bourbon Fox

[StanSP]

One thing I noticed throughout the interview is his ability to recall specific facts and moments from several years ago, considering how eventful his career has been, directly or indirectly. 

 

He knew results off the top of his head. You can tell that stuff about studying videos early on in his career has paid off and he hasn't stopped having that attention to detail. It's commendable and what helps make him such a good leader and speaker. Very assertive and if there's an opportunity for him to come back to the squad in any playing or non-playing capacity we should bite the hand off that opportunity. He'd instil some of the values we miss from 10ish years ago. 

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, Koke said:

 

Yeah agree. I've heard the 2016 stories a million times now. I know it's a big part of his career but its gone stale.

Unless we do it again 2016 will never go stale for me