Gavin Bazunu

[Saint_clark]

11 minutes ago, Badger said:

We questioned his attempt at the penalty at the time, . The odds are always stacked in favour of the penalty taker but he seemed a bit slow to get down to it. Perhaps harsh.

No denying his late save though, important stop. Hope he builds on it.

Not convinced despite yesterday’s performance. He’s no Hannah Hampton ! 

As LD said above, for the penalty he was bouncing up and down which meant he wasn't set to dive as the penalty was struck. 

[Midfield_General]

I think full-time yesterday was the first time I'ver seen Baz smile. He usually seems very serious and loves a scowl. 

Absolutely delighted for the young custodian. 

Edited August 10 by Midfield_General

[Gloucester Saint]

39 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

I think full-time yesterday was the first time I'ver seen Baz smile. He usually seems very serious and loves a scowl. 

Absolutely delighted for the young custodian. 

The club didn’t help him by chucking him in so young, not helped I suspect by RH having fallen out with McCarthy after the Brighton game and not giving GB a rest when the heat came on. Add in the instability of 22/23, Martinball in 23/24 (we’ve seen how many shots League 2 SPL players are taking at goal vs a wide open Rangers) and a mixed spell at Liege. Confidence can’t have been high.

So if Still has brought a good keeping coaching in and lifted confidence and instilled some basic technique to complete the City academy education, then we can hope for continued growth and development.

He will still make mistakes - all keepers do - but it’s the basics I’m watching. And if those go on an upwards curve I think more fans will overlook the mistakes a bit more.

[Convict Colony]

Didn't see the game but in highlights loved how pumped him and quarshie were are that save.

Like a baby Lynaco

[notnowcato]

Just now, Convict Colony said:

Didn't see the game but in highlights loved how pumped him and quarshie were are that save.

Like a baby Lynaco

He had just dug Quarshie out of a hole created by a sloppy attempt to control the ball. Top save though. 

[Whitey Grandad]

45 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Didn't see the game but in highlights loved how pumped him and quarshie were are that save.

Like a baby Lynaco

As in "The boy Lynaco done good"?

😉

[Convict Colony]

58 minutes ago, notnowcato said:

He had just dug Quarshie out of a hole created by a sloppy attempt to control the ball. Top save though. 

to be far to quarshie, Charles miskicked it back to goal which would of been a through ball, quarshie got his leg up to defend it but richoeted into Wrexham players path.

[notnowcato]

26 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

to be far to quarshie, Charles miskicked it back to goal which would of been a through ball, quarshie got his leg up to defend it but richoeted into Wrexham players path.

Yeah, I know I’m being really picky but I thought Quarshie’s reaction showed a lack of awareness. 

[Saint_clark]

2 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

As LD said above, for the penalty he was bouncing up and down which meant he wasn't set to dive as the penalty was struck. 

Not sure what's funny @notnowcato. Watch it back, as the penalty is struck he's just landing from jumping in the air. At those speeds with those fine margins, that half a second it takes to adjust and dive is massive. 

This isn't a Bazunu thing, I've always said keepers shouldn't jump up and down when facing a penalty.

 

 

Edited August 10 by Saint_clark

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

'Custodian'. Shoot magazine always used to call goalies 'custodians', but you never hear them called that any more, do you? 

I'm bringing it back. 

Custodian. 

Custodian is a good one, glovesman is my personal favourite but custodian is good 

[Turkish]

8 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Not sure what's funny @notnowcato. Watch it back, as the penalty is struck he's just landing from jumping in the air. At those speeds with those fine margins, that half a second it takes to adjust and dive is massive. 

This isn't a Bazunu thing, I've always said keepers shouldn't jump up and down when facing a penalty.

 

 

I agree it’s a a bit stupid as if you’re mid jump you can’t push off. It wasn’t a great penalty, not even close to the corner but he didn’t get anywhere near it

[notnowcato]

8 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Not sure what's funny @notnowcato. Watch it back, as the penalty is struck he's just landing from jumping in the air. At those speeds with those fine margins, that half a second it takes to adjust and dive is massive. 

This isn't a Bazunu thing, I've always said keepers shouldn't jump up and down when facing a penalty.

Yeah I’ve absolutely no idea why every single top keeper seems to disagree with you. Very strange. 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, notnowcato said:

Yeah I’ve absolutely no idea why every single top keeper seems to disagree with you. Very strange. 

You don't see many of them do it anymore so that's a terrible rebuttal. 

[Whitey Grandad]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I agree it’s a a bit stupid as if you’re mid jump you can’t push off. It wasn’t a great penalty, not even close to the corner but he didn’t get anywhere near it

Hard and low. Always difficult to save. 

[notnowcato]

2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

You don't see many of them do it anymore so that's a terrible rebuttal. 

If you say so 😂

Baz’s right foot clearly planted and pushed off from at the point of the ball being struck, note picture doesn’t show Windass with his right foot at the top of his back swing. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

18 minutes ago, notnowcato said:

Baz’s right foot clearly planted and pushed off from at the point of the ball being struck, note picture doesn’t show Windass with his right foot at the top of his back swing. 

You can’t post a still picture just as his feet landed and claim it was clearly planted and he’d “pushed off” from it. Watch the moving pictures, he lands just before the lad struck the ball. Contrast this with Dean Henderson fa cup save, where he isn’t so flat when the balls struck. It goes in pretty much the same distance from the post, yet Henderson pushes out further and one leg is further behind the other. If I have the choice between a former pro, who is now coaching professionally, or you, I’ll go with the first. As I said, he has no agenda, he actually thinks Baz is decent. It’s just a little point he picked up on (as I’m sure our coaching staff will have as well). 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

I think full-time yesterday was the first time I'ver seen Baz smile. He usually seems very serious and loves a scowl. 

Absolutely delighted for the young custodian. 

One thing I continue to like is how comfortable it feels when the ball is passed back to him. No one's perfect, and that includes those passing it back. But he remains super cool at it, and better than many other 'keepers I see. I'm generally already looking to see where he's going to put it, rather than any concerns about it going wrong.

[goodymatt]

Let’s see if he can continue this recent form from preseason and the Wrexham game, too small a sample size atm. Would be great for us if it just clicked, might need to extend his contract if it does. Early days for now though, I’m still not convinced he’s the answer mid-long term.

[Barsiem]

Impressive performance again today I thought.  No big saves to make but those he did make were with a minimum of fuss and he commanded his box well.  I'm really hoping he's turned a corner, albeit still early days

[saintant]

8 minutes ago, Barsiem said:

Impressive performance again today I thought.  No big saves to make but those he did make were with a minimum of fuss and he commanded his box well.  I'm really hoping he's turned a corner, albeit still early days

He did well today but wouldn't say he commanded his box very well - thought that was the weakest part of his game. He's not the tallest which makes it more difficult for him.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 minutes ago, saintant said:

He did well today but wouldn't say he commanded his box very well - thought that was the weakest part of his game. He's not the tallest which makes it more difficult for him.

There was a point late on, where he got impeded. But still had enough presence in there to punch it clear with a bit of quick thinking. Not the biggest of sample sizes there, but worth a shout out for him.

On the other hand, I thought he was less scowly today. Scowling is a massive part of his game, and I'd hate to think of him slacking off here.

[Barsiem]

49 minutes ago, saintant said:

He did well today but wouldn't say he commanded his box very well - thought that was the weakest part of his game. He's not the tallest which makes it more difficult for him.

It's not just high balls in terms of commanding the box, but he claimed everything he could today, and even held onto the ball in one instance after blatantly being pushed to the floor in the first half.  He was also alert and well positioned to save Jack Stephens after his bad backpass header in the second half. 

[Saint_clark]

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

[Barsiem]

15 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

That can't be true as he saved against Hirst today, and obviously at least one last week, though I believe there were more from Wrexham that were straight down his throat.

Now I've used up all my daily posts on Bazunu....

[Sheaf Saint]

18 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

That must include the OG today, and I'm not going to criticise him for that. He was doing the right thing covering where a shot might have come from had it reached the attacker. Nothing he could do about the bounce off THB's chest.

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 hour ago, Barsiem said:

but he claimed everything he could today,

He didn’t, there were a couple of headers inside the 6 yard box. I’d want my keeper coming for them. 

[Harry_SFC]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

A penalty and an own goal? Come on, I'm not his biggest fan but that's ridiculous. 

[Saint_clark]

6 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

A penalty and an own goal? Come on, I'm not his biggest fan but that's ridiculous. 

A fair point but doesn't change my point. He hasn't actually faced many shots so hasn't really been tested yet. He's proving me wrong so far and I hope he continues to do so when we do inevitably face 5+ shots on target in a single game. 

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

Notable in that it was a penalty, an own goal and he can't be blamed for either?

[Saint_clark]

52 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Notable in that it was a penalty, an own goal and he can't be blamed for either?

Well yes, exactly. The reason he was so terrible for us previously was because he let in shots that you'd be expecting him to save. So far he's only faced 3 shots, one was a penalty, one a great save one on one v Wrexham and another a regular save v Ipswich. Until he's faced more shots we won't know if he's actually improved his shot stopping or if the sample size is just too small. 

Don't pretend you don't understand how stats and sample sizes work now, you fucking love them. 

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Well yes, exactly. The reason he was so terrible for us previously was because he let in shots that you'd be expecting him to save. So far he's only faced 3 shots, one was a penalty, one a great save one on one v Wrexham and another a regular save v Ipswich. Until he's faced more shots we won't know if he's actually improved his shot stopping or if the sample size is just too small. 

Don't pretend you don't understand how stats and sample sizes work now, you fucking love them. 

Stats have no place in football. 

[Weston Super Saint]

34 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Stats have no place in football. 

Like "league winners", "golden boot winner", most goals conceded, lowest points total ever?

[St. Ciervo]

5 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

 

33 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Stats have no place in football. 

Especially when the quoted stat is simply incorrect. He has faced 4 shots on target. Not a major difference to your point, but your bias is showing again clark. 

https://www.fotmob.com/players/939390/gavin-bazunu

[Whitey Grandad]

17 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Like "league winners", "golden boot winner", most goals conceded, lowest points total ever?

I rest my case..

[Saint_clark]

25 minutes ago, St. Ciervo said:

 

Especially when the quoted stat is simply incorrect. He has faced 4 shots on target. Not a major difference to your point, but your bias is showing again clark. 

https://www.fotmob.com/players/939390/gavin-bazunu

I went by what the flash scores stats said at full-time, guess they were incorrect. I stand by what I said. I'm impressed with his improvement so far but we haven't seen him properly tested as of yet.

[Weston Super Saint]

9 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I rest my case..

That no football team should be declared the winner of the league?

I have to ask what you think the point of football is in that case?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

44 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

That no football team should be declared the winner of the league?

I have to ask what you think the point of football is in that case?

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/sportskind/2025/04/24/at-this-womens-soccer-club-the-vibe-matters-more-than-goals/83009474007/

Gals FC don't count goals, embracing the sheer joy of playing the game, bonding with others and getting all the health benefits.

[Whitey Grandad]

38 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

That no football team should be declared the winner of the league?

I have to ask what you think the point of football is in that case?

Danny Blanchflower described it best for me,

“The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It’s nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It is about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.”

Or Grantland Rice,

"For when the One Great Scorer

comes to mark against your name,

He writes—not that you won or lost—

but how you played the game."

There can only be one winner in any league but there can be bright, shining moments along the course of a season. A moment of individual brilliance perhaps. Or a scintillating team movement. Things that get you up off your seat.

Trying to break the game down into a series of numbers is like tearing it apart because you're trying to find the magic.

[Weston Super Saint]

Just now, Whitey Grandad said:

 

There can only be one winner in any league

Not without the statistics that need to be collected to calculate who the winner is....

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Not without the statistics that need to be collected to calculate who the winner is....

Those aren't statistics. Those are called 'sums'

[Weston Super Saint]

19 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Those aren't statistics. Those are called 'sums'

Collecting, analysing and presenting data (in a league table for example) is the very definition of 'statistics' - but you can call them 'sums' if you like.

[Whitey Grandad]

54 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Collecting, analysing and presenting data (in a league table for example) is the very definition of 'statistics' - but you can call them 'sums' if you like.

Too trivial to be called statistics,  which is a serious analytical subject. Adding up a few numbers doesn't even require an abacus.

[Paul_B]

Back to Bazunu....... got to give credit where it's due. He's giving off a more confident and positive vibe and his performances have been good. Really hoping he is turning a corner and can overcome the adversity of the last few years. 

[OldNick]

I ownder if the new goalkeeping coach has been instramental is giving him an extra confidence/swagger again. It is important that he does become a top keeper.

Obviously a keeper is always one mistake away from being seen as the worst in a clubs history lol

[St. Ciervo]

He really does seem a different player. He ripped into his defenders at one point last week. Previously he would just quietly scowl and brood moodily between the posts. Getting time out of the spotlight did him some good. Something our managers should have seen and given far before the injury.  

[OldNick]

23 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Been impressed with him so far but it is worth noting that he's faced three shots on target so far and conceded two. Be interested to see how he does when a team gets 4, 5, 6 or more shots on target.

I dont think that's is correct StC, of course with modern day stats what constitutes a save its hard to tell where the stats come from lol

[LaptopSaint]

I propose a new Bazunu song to the tune of Liverpool’s Chiesa song, because 

1/. to be fair to the bin dippers it’s a great tune

2/. it’ll piss off all the Baz haters on here 

 

You can hear them crying in Pompey

Gavin Bazunu, he’s quality

One chat with Captain Jack and he said ciao

Fuck off Portsmouth, I’m Southampton now

Na na na na na na na - nah nah nah 

(Etc and jump around a lot) 

[Lord Duckhunter]

2 hours ago, LaptopSaint said:

I propose a new Bazunu song to the tune of Liverpool’s Chiesa song, because 

1/. to be fair to the bin dippers it’s a great tune

2/. it’ll piss off all the Baz haters on here 

3. It’ll make us look right Nods. 

[LaptopSaint]

15 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

3. It’ll make us look right Nods. 

No need. You play that role well already 

Edited yesterday at 09:27 by LaptopSaint

[Turkish]

18 hours ago, LaptopSaint said:

I propose a new Bazunu song to the tune of Liverpool’s Chiesa song, because 

1/. to be fair to the bin dippers it’s a great tune

2/. it’ll piss off all the Baz haters on here 

 

You can hear them crying in Pompey

Gavin Bazunu, he’s quality

One chat with Captain Jack and he said ciao

Fuck off Portsmouth, I’m Southampton now

Na na na na na na na - nah nah nah 

(Etc and jump around a lot) 

Nicked someone elses song ✅

Made a shitter version of it ✅

Mentions Pompey ✅

Can be clapped along to ✅

Terrible lyrics and a crap random noise ✅

 

Its perfect for our fans. Well done