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| Topic Started: 7 Jun 2018, 05:42 PM (7,558 Views) | |
| 44bhoy | 8 Jun 2018, 11:30 AM Post #81 |
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Boruc and Forster were the Heineken goalkeepers - they made saves that most other Celtic keepers didn't make. Big Rab never made a save he shouldn't have. For a big guy he made himself so small. |
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| TheMaestro | 8 Jun 2018, 11:53 AM Post #82 |
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Dont think i missed a single game from 96-05. I have never seen a worse keeper than rab at 1v1. Managed to make himself as small as possible. Cost us the uefa cup and cost us the league with his pathetic displays against the huns. The clean sheets were more to do with the team than him. |
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| TheMaestro | 8 Jun 2018, 11:56 AM Post #83 |
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Boruc at home to spartak shades it for me. Marshall away to barca also impressive. |
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| Kingslim | 8 Jun 2018, 11:57 AM Post #84 |
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69 and counting
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I think his best game for us is when we lost 1-0 in Valencia. He kept us in that tie. |
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| antbhoy | 8 Jun 2018, 12:27 PM Post #85 |
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I see it took about three posts with the myth about Boruc's being poor in his last season. He was fine his last season including that save from wotherspoon of hibs at easter road. It was the previous 12/18 months he was poor. And his performance in the san siro last 16 was the best performance as well. Forster was really good for us as well, Boruc shades it though. |
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| Tonus | 8 Jun 2018, 12:42 PM Post #86 |
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Boruc at his peak was the best. He made some incredible saves and was brilliant at closing down oncoming strikers in full starfish mode. Forster became a great, consistent goalie without being great with his feet. Gordon, I think, gets a raw deal because he followed those two. Better than anything we had for years before and does most of the basic goalie stuff well. He had a tendency early on to palm balls back to opposition players but seems to have got better in this regard. Would say he lets too many in at his near post and he can be outright dreadful with his feet. If he had these attributes as well he probably would have left like the other two. |
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| alexw123 | 8 Jun 2018, 12:44 PM Post #87 |
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It's Only a Game
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Like an earlier poster, I liked Ronnie Simpson. Different age of course and hardly "recent", but it would interesting to see how he would compare to modern keepers. He was probably too small for the modern game.
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| stevie21 | 8 Jun 2018, 12:49 PM Post #88 |
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If it hasn't already, it should Whatever I think of his performance that night I'm not about to rush into some argument that talks down his performance or any aspect of that game, I'd rather just focus on all of the good memories from then. *beeps as he reverses away*
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| Jimmy_Quinn's_Hattrick | 8 Jun 2018, 01:53 PM Post #89 |
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Didn't Boruc make a series of brilliant saves in the San Siro? I seem to remember a save from a freekick. |
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| Luca | 8 Jun 2018, 02:00 PM Post #90 |
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Forster's performance in the Nou Camp was even more impressive, even though we got beat. Gordon's first season with us he pulled off some incredible saves, especially in the EL group stage. The irony was that it was him that sold the jersey, so to speak, against Inter.
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| cfc88 | 8 Jun 2018, 02:07 PM Post #91 |
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That's the game I think of when I think of Boruc having a stormer in Europe. He was outstanding that night, free kick save was from Seedorf. Forster had a few nights like that, as fatboab mentioned particularly at home to Barca. A double save and one of his saves from Messi being standouts from that. Gordon excelled in the group stages Europa in Deila's first season but since then has been disappointing in Europe. Cost us against Inter in the knockouts and since then - while admittedly the defence has been questionable at best most of the time he rarely digs them out of the kind of holes that Boruc and Forster did regularly. |
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| JohnRobertson | 8 Jun 2018, 02:12 PM Post #92 |
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If my memory is right I think Forster made a few really good one on one saves that night but defensively we blocked just about everything else that was on target. Boruc for me was the best keeper that we've had in 45 years that I can remember, he was incredible at times (lets not mention Hibs away) and was one of the best in Europe. For me it Boruc, Forster just behind and Gordon behind him as stand outs from my memory |
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| pablo5 | 8 Jun 2018, 02:54 PM Post #93 |
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Whatever it is, there's not enough of it
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Bain has so far shown he can do this as well. |
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| dovercelt | 8 Jun 2018, 03:05 PM Post #94 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Loved Ronnie Simpson. Cannot recall him having a bad game. He probably did, but he was incredibly consistent. He was a brave keeper in an era when keepers regularly got battered, and he caught the ball, unlike the present day mob who punch everything. |
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| Belgrano | 8 Jun 2018, 04:40 PM Post #95 |
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I disagree. I can only find this footage from the home leg against FC Zurich. If memory serves me right, Boyd got sent off for punching the ball off the line as Gould messed up a clearance straight to their striker and was caught in no-man's land once again. The leg over in Switzerland was even worse. We lost 4-2 and Gould even got subbed (albeit injured). Pretty sure he was at fault for at least 2 of their goals that night too. He certainly let us down on a few occasions. |
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| Pussyfoot | 8 Jun 2018, 08:24 PM Post #96 |
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À la mode if you will
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Very true, and Gordon a part of The Riccarton Three Little Griffalo and Moussassin being popular monikers for some others. |
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| He Cometh | 8 Jun 2018, 08:31 PM Post #97 |
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Joel Robles at Everton. . . was he (is he) any good? Just been released by Everton, was first choice at one point. |
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| Hank Scorpio | 8 Jun 2018, 08:44 PM Post #98 |
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Would agree that FF's performance in the Nou Camp was better than in the win at CP despite the loss. As for Douglas, as bad as he was he made one of the best penalty saves I've ever seen away to Motherwell. |
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| He Cometh | 8 Jun 2018, 08:50 PM Post #99 |
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Agreed the big man could be a bombscare but he was also capable of top class performances. I was in Valencia the night he produced an unbelievable performance at the Mestalla. |
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| Hail Hail Cesar | 8 Jun 2018, 09:31 PM Post #100 |
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a bit off topic but a cracking article on Lev Yashin here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/yashin |
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