Should Kasper be dropped?

[Guest]

Jermaine Beckford

Michael Johnson

Sol Bamba

Gelson Fernandes

Neil Danns

Matt Mills

Chris Weale

Ian Hume

Richard Stearman

That's all from the last 10 years; the list goes on

Don't forget Zolt Laczko (albeit briefly)

[JadeFalcon]

now i dont usually vote on these kind of things, but this time i think i will

 

yes he should be droppped... not because of a few mistakes, but i think for his lack of faith in the rest of the team. He needs to stop aimlessly booting the ball upfield for 1 maybe two players to chase onto, as its always being instantly rammed back down our throats, and its because of this as to why i think we are now strugling to have any effect in the PL.

 

the aimless booting is useless, we need the ball on the ground and in our possesion to win, we cant keep trying 90 minutes of random counter attack especially since we are not winning the ball. we need to be passing it out and about and gaining confidence, who on that field would have confidence when you know the ball is just flying about to be easily picked up by an opposing player ?

 

this affects our players on the pitch, their games will just keep getting worse and worse as they dont have the time on the ball to do anything really useful with it

 

drop him and give ben a chance, it might just change our season... it changed ours last season when we were not booting it aimlessly.

 

am not trying to make Kasper a scapegoat, but when your keeper doesn't have confidence in the players infront of him, then something has to be done

[Guest Col city fan]

The question, for me, is WILL Pearson drop him? Do people think he will? I don't.....

[JadeFalcon]

i'll be watching the match tomorrow from the comfort of my computer in paisley, i'll try and count the stats for how many times its oofed up field or passed out and wether the oof was sucessful or not

 

just looking at his stats on 442 for the liverpool game

 

passes:

attacking 3rd -- 3 out of 9 success

defensive 3rd -- 1 out of 1 success

middle 3rd -- 2 out of 8 success

 

passes - free kick:

2 out of 6 success

 

passes - short:

2 out of 3 success

 

passes - forward:

6 out of 18 success

 

passes - goalkeeper distribution:

2 out of 4 success

 

passes - All (player dashboard)

14 out of 31 success

 

passes - All:

6 out of 18 success

 

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone/8-2014/matches/755436/player-stats/17745/OVERALL_02#tabs-wrapper-anchor

[The Blue Moon]

Jermaine Beckford

Michael Johnson

Sol Bamba

Gelson Fernandes

Neil Danns

Matt Mills

Chris Weale

Ian Hume

Richard Stearman

That's all from the last 10 years; the list goes on

Sorry pal but I must've missed the times Weale was linked with moves to Real Madrid and 8 million pound transfer fees.

Nice try but only Beckford can be classed as a valid answer, noone rated any of the others above Championship level.

[Guest ttfn]

Sorry pal but I must've missed the times Weale was linked with moves to Real Madrid and 8 million pound transfer fees.

Nice try but only Beckford can be classed as a valid answer, noone rated any of the others above Championship level.

You asked for overrated players "pal". No mention of an £8 million transfer to Real Madrid.

Not to mention Schmeichel is much better than any of those players mentioned above except perhaps Fernandes.

And plenty of people thought those players were better than Championship level.

[Vicki Vixen]

So Hamer is a better keeper than Kasper because he kept a clean sheet at Stoke?

What about all the errors in pre-season? What about the goal conceded at home to Shrewsbury? What about the poor distribution and dropped crosses at Stoke? I think people are viewing Hamer through rose tinted glasses here, he has looked nervous every time he has played for our first team.

Dropping Kasper would be a huge mistake in my view. He has kept us in numerous games this season eg. Arsenal, Sunderland, and will only get better as the season goes on. He also has a great attitude and is one of the few vocal leaders we have on the pitch.

[Guest Col city fan]

You asked for overrated players "pal". No mention of an £8 million transfer to Real Madrid.

Not to mention Schmeichel is much better than any of those players mentioned above except perhaps Fernandes.

And plenty of people thought those players were better than Championship level.

..you sure told him...

Of them all, I think Beckford got the biggest debate on here. Or maybe Mills?

[Guest ttfn]

..you sure told him...

Of them all, I think Beckford got the biggest debate on here. Or maybe Mills?

Beckford was the only one where there was a debate to be had because he wasn't binned off immediately and had a six week purple patch where he scored a lot of goals.

I think people realised pretty quickly that Mills was a dud. His two footed lunge at Birmingham to get sent off in October was proof positive that he wasn't up to it.

The likes of Hume and Stearman always tried hard and were the best of a bad bunch.

Schmeichel, Nugent and Konchesky were all great signings by Sven. Just a shame the rest of them were dreadful.

[ealingfox]

So all the way through pre-season people bang on and on about how you shouldn't read into friendlies, that they don't matter and that you can't make any judgements based on them.

 

And now performance in friendlies is the biggest stick people are beating Hamer with. Equal amount of clean sheets to Kasper last year in the Championship playing for a far worse side. And 100% clean sheet record in the PL, better than Courtois, De Gea and Lloris.

 

 

I'd go so far as to say Kasper is comfortably the biggest contributor to our current woes. His shortcomings cause problems for the back 4, lead to their shortcomings and are a very significant root of the majority of the goals we have conceded.

 

It's the fact that Schmeichel won't be dropped that will see us down.

[Dan]

I personally think it's about time to try Hamer. I'm not saying he's our saviour, but can he be any worse than Schmeichel has been of late?

[john ridley]

Just think what would be going on if we hadn't of signed the bearded one and still had logan as number 2 .

[Livid]

Not saying he's the solution but what's the worst that could happen? A goalkeeping error costs us points, we are already having to put up with that.

A more commanding keeper could take a bit of pressure off our back 4.

[The Blue Moon]

If you think the likes of Iain Hume, who was rated as a hard working Championship grafter and performed as one, were more overrated than Kasper, a self-obsessed little cock who can't come off his goalline yet was talked about like he was a top Prem keeper, then you want your head checking.

[The Blue Moon]

Just noticed Michael Johnson on the list too haha. I don't know a single City fan who rated him.

[peterthefox]

Having a keeper that takes control of his area will solve a lot of our problems. Schmeichel needs to be dropped, see how Hamer does, can't be any worse, at least we will know if we need to find a keeper in Jan. 

[Freesolo]

Without a doubt.

 

I wish he ****ed off to AC Milan in the summer and got Fraser Forster, But i think im dreaming we would never had paid 10m and his wages.

 

If i'm honest i had some confidence pre season he would hold his own in the Prem

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

I certainly think he should be, but I can't envisage Pearson dropping his "blue eyed boy."

[Guest Col city fan]

I certainly think he should be, but I can't envisage Pearson dropping his "blue eyed boy."

Nail on head..I suspect

[NotTheMarketLeader]

Yes drop him if Hamer is better - the problem is we won't know the answer to that until we give him another go. Is it time to be gambling on Hamer? - that is an argument, the counter being for certain at the moment, Kasper is not doing the job to a sufficient standard.

[LCFC Rennie]

Jermaine Beckford

Michael Johnson

Sol Bamba

Gelson Fernandes

Neil Danns

Matt Mills

Chris Weale

Ian Hume

Richard Stearman

That's all from the last 10 years; the list goes on

Ian Hume was not over-rated.

[Mark]

Jermaine Beckford

Michael Johnson

Sol Bamba

Gelson Fernandes

Neil Danns

Matt Mills

Chris Weale

Ian Hume

Richard Stearman

That's all from the last 10 years; the list goes on

Howard

[ADK]

Name 5 players from the last 20 years who fans and media have overrated more than Kasper.

 

Danny Drinkwater

Anthony Knockeart

David Nugent

Jamie Vardy

Liam Moore

[lestajigs]

Danny Drinkwater

Anthony Knockeart

David Nugent

Jamie Vardy

Liam Moore

Everyone thinks nugents shite, how the hell is he overratedm,

[RowlattsFox]

Captain tomorrow won't he? So no chance of being dropped.

Hopefully he has one of those games where he wins us points through his shot stopping.