Gavin Bazunu

[Gloucester Saint]

14 hours ago, SW11_Saint said:

Eckert said it was ’instinct’. His call. 

His call, but with a distinctive Danish accent.

We all know the truth - Rasmus still can’t admit to his mistakes.

[SW11_Saint]

6 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

His call, but with a distinctive Danish accent.

We all know the truth - Rasmus still can’t admit to his mistakes.

Yet we won for the first time in 6 games… So guess he’ll feel vindicated in his selection. 

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, SW11_Saint said:

Yet we won for the first time in 6 games… So guess he’ll feel vindicated in his selection. 

He’d feel vindicated regardless. 

[SW11_Saint]

5 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

He’d feel vindicated regardless. 

Probably not if we’d have been humped…

[Mboto Gorge]

6 hours ago, malcolm waldron said:

He looks low on height to me too.

Pretty low on ability too

[Gloucester Saint]

3 minutes ago, SW11_Saint said:

Probably not if we’d have been humped…

If it wasn’t broken enough already, best to make sure 

[Whitey Grandad]

17 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

No marking? They are in a good line, pushed just forward of the 18 yard line, looking to play the offside (which works 9/10). Sometimes, a good run is a good run.

A point, a players in the middle of the park, which could have been Chair - their best player -  seems to have plenty of space to pick such a pass over our defence. That is the result of 5 at the back. Although a good line, spare players in defence and light further up.

Then how dod their score just run through our defence as though it didn't exist? He ran unchallenged into our penalty area. 

And let's not even pretend that McCarthy would have handled it any better.

[Crab Lungs]

PLEASE NO MORE OF HIM

[sockeye]

He will be a top keeper one day.

 

On FIFA.

[Toadhall Saint]

5 minutes ago, Crab Lungs said:

PLEASE NO MORE OF HIM

This

[Osvaldorama]

14 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Then how dod their score just run through our defence as though it didn't exist? He ran unchallenged into our penalty area. 

And let's not even pretend that McCarthy would have handled it any better.

McCarthy saves that, for sure. It was bad defending but it was horrendous goalkeeping 

[SouSaint]

He's comfortably the worst goalkeeper I've ever seen play for Saints. 

SR really set a standard making this shite cunt their first signing. 

[sockeye]

Please please sell him

[Crab Lungs]

I legitimately don’t want to hate a person like this as it’s not their fault they’re not good enough but fucking hell, it’s hard. 

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, sockeye said:

Please please sell him

If we tried to give him away we would struggle.

 

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, Osvaldorama said:

McCarthy saves that, for sure. It was bad defending but it was horrendous goalkeeping 

I could probably have kept it out, snd I hung up my gloves over 25 years sgo.

[sfc4prem]

Fucking horrific goalkeeping. A powder puff shot.

One of the only goalkeepers i've watched for more than a few games across Saints or any lower league team that when the opponent shoots, it's odds on that it'll hit the back of the net.

 

[The Kraken]

Watched it again. I don’t think it’s a howler as such, and I think the shot may take a minor deflection on the way through. But as Tessem said on commentary, a good goalkeeper saves that.

[badgerx16]

Just now, The Kraken said:

Watched it again. I don’t think it’s a howler as such, and I think the shot may take a minor deflection on the way through. But as Tessem said on commentary, a good goalkeeper saves that.

Or even, as stated above, McCarthy.

[saintant]

Surely everyone has had enough of this clown now. How many more goals is he going to cost us before the penny drops.

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, badgerx16 said:

Or even, as stated above, McCarthy.

true, or that

[Miltonaggro]

8 minutes ago, saintant said:

Surely everyone has had enough of this clown now. How many more goals is he going to cost us before the penny drops.

In the Martin promotion season it was like having to score an extra goal every fucking game, and the opposition were on to him very quickly - dodgy keeper worth having a go…

In the prem under jones and selles he was found out very quickly, but fans cut him slack because of his age and a shit player in a shit side. He is genuinely the worst first team keeper ive seen at saints in almost fifty years of going to games. 

[S-Clarke]

He makes me sad. 4 years of having to deal with this utter heap of shit, and he's still throwing them in. He has never, not once, shown any remote sign of learning or improvement. He is not a goalkeeper.

At this stage I'm just bored of it all.

[Saint_clark]

McCarthy is shit, but Baz is worse. Put the best keeper in goal and sign a better on asap. 

This is also the reason btw that McCarthy doesn't get the same type of reaction when he makes a mistake as Bazunu does - because there are no better options. 

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

McCarthy is shit, but Baz is worse. Put the best keeper in goal and sign a better on asap. 

This is also the reason btw that McCarthy doesn't get the same type of reaction when he makes a mistake as Bazunu does - because there are no better options. 

The club missed the opportunity in the summer to replace.

Bazunu had returned to the club after his loan and a long lay off, not necessarily at that time seen as number 1. McCarthy was getting on, Lumley had left and Ramsdale was off.

So rather than bring in some genuine competition and make a case for it, we added George Long as a pointless novelty squad addition. We didn't need a 3rd choice keeper, we needed a 1st choice who'd demote Bazunu to 2nd choice.

It was really that simple, yet a lot on here lapped up the George Long addition in the summer saying it was sensible and that Bazunu was 'fine for the championship'. He really isn't and we're now in an almightily mess with 3 utterly horrendous goalkeepers.

[Obstacle1]

I think he's been re selected due to being good with his feet and the defence are trying to draw the opposition on to them a bit more, a kind of russball lite. 

Fucking awful goalkeeper though. How long is left on his contract?

 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

The club missed the opportunity in the summer to replace.

Bazunu had returned to the club after his loan and a long lay off, not necessarily at that time seen as number 1. McCarthy was getting on, Lumley had left and Ramsdale was off.

So rather than bring in some genuine competition and make a case for it, we added George Long as a pointless novelty squad addition. We didn't need a 3rd choice keeper, we needed a 1st choice who'd demote Bazunu to 2nd choice.

It was really that simple, yet a lot on here lapped up the George Long addition in the summer saying it was sensible and that Bazunu was 'fine for the championship'. He really isn't and we're now in an almightily mess with 3 utterly horrendous goalkeepers.

One or two were suggesting we would never going to sign a player to be No.1 (or compete for No.1) as Ramsdale was only on loan...

Like Ramsdale is ever coming back here.

[Mboto Gorge]

The fact that we deliberately signed a very poor 3rd choice keeper that would in no way threaten Bazunu’s place in the side, says all you need to know about SR still going out of their way to give him a platform in goal for us. They’re still desperate for him to vindicate their decision to sign him , over 3 years on. It’s becoming absolutely pathetic now

Edited 15 hours ago by Mboto Gorge

[sockeye]

2 minutes ago, Obstacle1 said:

I think he's been re selected due to being good with his feet and the defence are trying to draw the opposition on to them a bit more, a kind of russball lite. 

Fucking awful goalkeeper though. How long is left on his contract?

 

ends in 2027

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

One or two were suggesting we would never going to sign a player to be No.1 (or compete for No.1) as Ramsdale was only on loan...

Like Ramsdale is ever coming back here.

But even that argument was flawed, because they didn't need to be a world beater and nor did we need to spend a million dollars to bring in anyone remotely better than Bazunu.

Mat Ryan for example was a freebie.  1 year contract, option for a 2nd once the Ramsdale situation is finalised next year. Job done.

Edited 15 hours ago by S-Clarke

[sockeye]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

But even that argument was flawed, because they didn't need to be a world beater and nor did we need to spend a million dollars to bring in anyone remotely better than Bazunu.

Mat Ryan for example was a freebie.  1 year contract, option for a 2nd once the Ramsdale situation is finalised next year. Job done.

I would have picked up Stoke's Johansson personally, and advocated for doing so in the summer. He joined them for 1m from Rotherham, I think 5-7m would have sealed him for us. Stoke have conceded only 10 this season, the best in the league. He's only 27 so plenty of time for him to grow. 

[S-Clarke]

4 minutes ago, sockeye said:

I would have picked up Stoke's Johansson personally, and advocated for doing so in the summer. He joined them for 1m from Rotherham, I think 5-7m would have sealed him for us. Stoke have conceded only 10 this season, the best in the league. He's only 27 so plenty of time for him to grow. 

Yep, he's another shout. I was just making the point that there were even freebie signings out there who'd have been an upgrade.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

Yep, he's another shout. I was just making the point that there were even freebie signings out there who'd have been an upgrade.

of all the naysayers...we will probably bring in a keeper in January  anyway in a bid to save the season (ie, playoff push)

[lambtiss]

21 minutes ago, Obstacle1 said:

I think he's been re selected due to being good with his feet and the defence are trying to draw the opposition on to them a bit more, a kind of russball lite. 

Fucking awful goalkeeper though. How long is left on his contract?

 

I have a real issue with this Bazunu is good with his feet propaganda that the club promotes. 

1) The main requirement of a goalkeeper is that he stops the ball going in the net. Something he is not very good at.

2) Is his kicking that great? I don't see him pinging 40 yard passes out to a winger in space. He did kick a long punt straight down the middle today to nobody. Building from the back usually means a 5 yard pass to a centre back or full back, not hard?

3) Do we have a team that is good at playing out from the back? No.We have players like Stephens and Wood who are not brilliant playmakers, just typical centre backs. When we play out from the back we do it very slowly, without the penetrating pass to an attacker or to a midfielder who spins and bursts into space. So, by the time we get into an attacking position, the opposition has 11 men behind the ball 

Rant over. Bazunu is a failed experiment, let's move on.

 

Edited 15 hours ago by lambtiss

[saintant]

36 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

I have a real issue with this Bazunu is good with his feet propaganda that the club promotes. 

1) The main requirement of a goalkeeper is that he stops the ball going in the net. Something he is not very good at.

2) Is his kicking that great? I don't see him pinging 40 yard passes out to a winger in space. He did kick a long punt straight down the middle today to nobody. Building from the back usually means a 5 yard pass to a centre back or full back, not hard?

3) Do we have a team that is good at playing out from the back? No.We have players like Stephens and Wood who are not brilliant playmakers, just typical centre backs. When we play out from the back we do it very slowly, without the penetrating pass to an attacker or to a midfielder who spins and bursts into space. So, by the time we get into an attacking position, the opposition has 11 men behind the ball 

Rant over. Bazunu is a failed experiment, let's move on.

 

Can't argue with any of these points.

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, sockeye said:

ends in 2027

Not if they extend it before that, which you just know they will.

We are going to have to deal with the fact that him and Stephens are going to be at the club until they retire. In such a cutthroat industry, I've never seen such inexplicable devotion to two such utterly shit players. It's so fucking weird.

[stknowle]

Bored of talking about him. FFS now much longer are we going to have to endure his ineptitude? 

[stknowle]

I have seen frogs wedged inside trombones being played full blast that look more relaxed and comfortable with their circumstances than he does in our goal. 

[Miltonaggro]

6 minutes ago, stknowle said:

Bored of talking about him. FFS now much longer are we going to have to endure his ineptitude? 

Depends, if clownforce employ a football manager this time rather than a work experience project, i reckon it would take one game for Rodgers / Viera / Carrick / ONeil, to hook the fucker off. No way an experienced coach will persevere with a liability in one of the key positions, no way! 

[Osvaldorama]

It’s absurd that a club with our ambition of being promoted has this goalkeeper situation. 
 

Simply not acceptable, in any way. Even as far back as the fans forum 3 years ago a fan told the club Bazunu isn’t up to it. They have backed him & backed him & backed him and look where it’s got us 

Time for them to wake up. 
 

In a way, maybe us being close to the relegation zone in may actually be a good thing. Maybe the alarm bells inside sport republic will finally ring that their methods so far have been fucking ridiculous. We live in hope. 

[die Mannyschaft]

4 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

It’s absurd that a club with our ambition of being promoted has this goalkeeper situation. 
 

Simply not acceptable, in any way. Even as far back as the fans forum 3 years ago a fan told the club Bazunu isn’t up to it. They have backed him & backed him & backed him and look where it’s got us 

Time for them to wake up. 
 

In a way, maybe us being close to the relegation zone in may actually be a good thing. Maybe the alarm bells inside sport republic will finally ring that their methods so far have been fucking ridiculous. We live in hope. 

It just confirms there is anyone with football knowledge or experience ring the club. We would be better swapping a forward with the keeper.  

[Lord Duckhunter]

Another one where I’m sat there thinking “should Baz have done better”. Only seen it live, but reading the comments on here the answer appears to be very much yes…

[SaintsBarry74]

He’s like watching an outfielder in goal.

Statistically the worst keeper in any league he’s found himself in.

 

[skintsaint]

Just slow to react, hasn't even moved and the ball nearly halfway towards him. Just all in slow motion as it wasn't a particularly strong hit.

[Gloucester Saint]

15 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Just slow to react, hasn't even moved and the ball nearly halfway towards him. Just all in slow motion as it wasn't a particularly strong hit.

And not only slow to react, any EFL goalkeeper worth their salt, gets a stronger hand on it and past the post. Even McCarthy does. As others have said, Dexter Blackstock looked a better keeper, outfield player in goal.

[LGTL]

He’s absolutely fucking shit. 

[Lymington Saint]

Think the comments about Baz after today's game are harsh.  He made a couple of decent stops in the first half, especially the one down low to his left.  And the shot he let in bounced just before him, which made it more tricky than it appears.  Having played in goal at local league level, I can vouch that these are horrible to deal with.  And he came for a couple of punches which he doesnt normally do.  

But I agree that he is never going to make a premier league keeper.  He simply doesnt have the presence.  McCarthy will crash through people to punch balls away.  Baz isnt big enough to do this well.  And his timing is sometimes suspect, as it was at QPR on Wednesday.  My guess is that we will limp on this season with McCarthy and Baz, but we definitely need to trade up in the summer. 

 

[Obstacle1]

2 hours ago, lambtiss said:

I have a real issue with this Bazunu is good with his feet propaganda that the club promotes. 

1) The main requirement of a goalkeeper is that he stops the ball going in the net. Something he is not very good at.

2) Is his kicking that great? I don't see him pinging 40 yard passes out to a winger in space. He did kick a long punt straight down the middle today to nobody. Building from the back usually means a 5 yard pass to a centre back or full back, not hard?

3) Do we have a team that is good at playing out from the back? No.We have players like Stephens and Wood who are not brilliant playmakers, just typical centre backs. When we play out from the back we do it very slowly, without the penetrating pass to an attacker or to a midfielder who spins and bursts into space. So, by the time we get into an attacking position, the opposition has 11 men behind the ball 

Rant over. Bazunu is a failed experiment, let's move on.

 

I dont disagree with anything you say really, I think he's probably better than Mccarthy at being able to receive the ball under pressure and pass to another defender. But he's a worse goalkeeper so he shouldn't be selected

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

I never thought it possible....there is another keeper more shit that Baz.

The Sheff Wed keeper today was on another level of awfulness.

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

I never thought it possible....there is another keeper more shit that Baz.

The Sheff Wed keeper today was on another level of awfulness.

The first goal was a shocker!