Gavin Bazunu

[Crab Lungs]

We probably could have brought in Johansson and Kieffer Moore for the same value as Downs.

 

Yuck.

[ant]

Every week (OK, not so much today...) we see opposition keepers that could improve us. 

Most could've been pried away for a reasonable price. They might not do us in the Prem. But how about we fucking focus on getting there first?

You could permanently demote Bazunu to play with the kids and he would still be shown up.

There's sunk-cost fallacy and there's... This. One of the clearest examples of Sports Republic's insanity.

 

[Whitey Grandad]

7 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Or even, as stated above, McCarthy.

Now you're just being ridiculous. 

Not many goalkeepers outside the Premier League will save that shot today. We're not supping at the top table any more.

[HKsaint]

He is a liability. Every game, we need to score more goals to make up his deficit. 

[stknowle]

1 hour ago, HKsaint said:

He is a liability. Every game, we need to score more goals to make up his deficit. 

He is and we do HK my old pal. We’ve got away with it last two matches but his balls up(s) are going to cost us point(s) if this madness continues.

[Whitey Grandad]

44 minutes ago, stknowle said:

He is and we do HK my old pal. We’ve got away with it last two matches but his balls up(s) are going to cost us point(s) if this madness continues.

No balls up today. Normally at QPR. You expect too much.

[USaintA]

This guy stinks worse than my wife's socks after a game of volleyball.

[Football Special]

7 hours ago, ant said:

Every week (OK, not so much today...) we see opposition keepers that could improve us. 

Most could've been pried away for a reasonable price. They might not do us in the Prem. But how about we fucking focus on getting there first?

You could permanently demote Bazunu to play with the kids and he would still be shown up.

There's sunk-cost fallacy and there's... This. One of the clearest examples of Sports Republic's insanity.

 

I just can't understand it, he's been terrible since he's been here , remember the fans forum from August 2023 the point was made clearly that Bazunu isn't good enough, it's been obvious to fans for years but SR refuse to accept it 

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

No balls up today. Normally at QPR. You expect too much.

We just want a competent goal keeper who.can save shots and catch crosses, most of us know what that looks like and unfortunately for Gav he will never be it 

[benjii]

11 minutes ago, USaintA said:

This guy stinks worse than my wife's socks after a game of volleyball.

Rule 1

[Wade Garrett]

5 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Now you're just being ridiculous. 

Not many goalkeepers outside the Premier League will save that shot today. We're not supping at the top table any more.

My Nan could have stopped it.

[stknowle]

2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

No balls up today. Normally at QPR. You expect too much.

Will have agree to differ Whitey. Expecting competence is not expecting too much. A competent keeper does not concede those 2 goals.

[Weston Super Saint]

Gavin Bazunu.  The first goalkeeper allergic to a clean sheet bonus.  Not a great selling point but it's all I've got.

[Saint86]

In his defence for the goal yesterday, I thought he was unsighted when the shot was taken, and then it's hit down and bounces up whilst at the same time he has to get right in the corner.

[BARCELONASAINT]

When the goal went in yesterday my first reaction was FFS Baz. However i have looked at the replays multiple times now and I think i was too quick to lament Baz.

[Sheaf Saint]

The goal wasn't a howler, by any means. I'm more pissed off with the outfield players who just stood off and allowed Amass to breeze through our midfield and get a shot away completely unchallenged. But Baz was incredibly slow to react, as he always is. Quite simply, a more competent keeper saves that nine times out of ten. Whereas with Baz there's never any question that shots like that will go in, every fucking time.

But the bigger howler for me, that he got away with, was when he punched a cross that even a mediocre keeper could easily have caught, got no height or distance at all on the punch and it fell nicely to an oppo player in the box. This meant he then had to tip over the resulting shot, and once again he did that party trick of his to make a straightforward save look more challenging than it really was.

Edited 11 hours ago by Sheaf Saint

[Farmer Saint]

He was unsighted for yesterday's goal wasn't he? Not sure yesterday's goal is the gotcha a lot of people seem to think it is.

[AlexLaw76]

I think to lay the blame on Baz is harsh. That being said, he is a terrible keeper and the poster boy for everything that is wrong with Sports Republic.

Shame we can't shift him off to Goztepe (or France)

[trousers]

3 hours ago, USaintA said:

This guy stinks worse than my wife's socks after a game of volleyball.

Socks...?

 

 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

In his defence for the goal yesterday, I thought he was unsighted when the shot was taken, and then it's hit down and bounces up whilst at the same time he has to get right in the corner.

If he's unsighted from a ball struck outside the box when the nearest players are 18 yards away from him he's doing something radically wrong - like not moving his feet and making sure he has a clear sight of what's going on. It's not like he had a bunch of players a few yards in front of him. 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Gavin Bazunu.  The first goalkeeper allergic to a clean sheet bonus.  Not a great selling point but it's all I've got.

Does it help with PSR? Selfless.

[Lord Duckhunter]

12 hours 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.

He’s not their first choice though. Their first choice is injured. 
 

So we’ve finally found a keeper from an opponent we wouldn’t swap for Baz. The reserve from a team bottom of the league, haven’t been paying their players and are on minus points…..

Edited 10 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter

[Lord Duckhunter]

5 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

No balls up today. Normally at QPR. You expect too much.

 

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

In his defence for the goal yesterday, I thought he was unsighted when the shot was taken, and then it's hit down and bounces up whilst at the same time he has to get right in the corner.

More excuses for The Ghost. He must be the unluckiest goalkeeper ever to don the gloves. 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, saintant said:

If he's unsighted from a ball struck outside the box when the nearest players are 18 yards away from him he's doing something radically wrong - like not moving his feet and making sure he has a clear sight of what's going on. It's not like he had a bunch of players a few yards in front of him. 

 

1 hour ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

More excuses for The Ghost. He must be the unluckiest goalkeeper ever to don the gloves. 

Yep, the amount of times I've seen the "he was unsighted" defence trotted out for him is just ridiculous. It's something that used to be used once in a blue moon, but with Baz it's multiple times per season.

There's obviously a good reason for that other than just really bad luck.

[spyinthesky]

1 hour ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

He’s not their first choice though. Their first choice is injured. 
 

So we’ve finally found a keeper from an opponent we wouldn’t swap for Baz. The reserve from a team bottom of the league, haven’t been paying their players and are on minus points…..

Did anyone see the 'keeper errors at the Millwall v Preston game???

Another level which would have caused apoplexy by some on here!!

[spyinthesky]

2 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

He was unsighted for yesterday's goal wasn't he? Not sure yesterday's goal is the gotcha a lot of people seem to think it is.

And he made one pretty decent save in the first half.

[Lord Duckhunter]

11 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

And he made one pretty decent save in the first half.

Not only does Baz face an unbelievable amount of unstoppable shots, but he also has his saves exaggerated beyond belief. Routine saves are suddenly “pretty decent” and decent saves suddenly become “world class”. Had AM still been in nets, we’d have had 2 clean sheets this week, no doubt in my mind. 

[AlexLaw76]

Off the top of my head, the only save that he has made this season that I thought was a very good/excellent save, more so given the timing/circumstances, was the Ryan Hardie shot at home to Wrexham. It would have killed the game (we were dreadful for the most part), and it was a darn good save.

Other than that...nope

[Saint_clark]

5 hours ago, benjii said:

Rule 1

 

[Mboto Gorge]

57 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Off the top of my head, the only save that he has made this season that I thought was a very good/excellent save, more so given the timing/circumstances, was the Ryan Hardie shot at home to Wrexham. It would have killed the game (we were dreadful for the most part), and it was a darn good save.

Other than that...nope

To be honest that’s pretty much the only “great” save I can remember him making in his career for us, let alone this season.

[lambtiss]

6 hours ago, USaintA said:

This guy stinks worse than my wife's socks after a game of volleyball.

You smell your wife's socks?

[lambtiss]

4 hours ago, Saint86 said:

In his defence for the goal yesterday, I thought he was unsighted when the shot was taken, and then it's hit down and bounces up whilst at the same time he has to get right in the corner.

I thought the blame for that goal was the 40 yard pass from a defensive position straight to the Sheffield player who scored. Quite an assist

[Galway saint]

4 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

To be honest that’s pretty much the only “great” save I can remember him making in his career for us, let alone this season.

There was another - WBA away a couple of years back. 

As someone else said it’s a boring debate now. He's so obviously not up to it but the club spent a load of money on him and whoever made that decision isn’t prepared to admit it was a bad decision even after four years.

I actually think he’s got worse in that time albeit his confidence must be rock bottom so that wont help. 

People say McCarthy is crap but I think he’s ok for us at this level and had been in goal it’s pretty likely we would have had to clear sheets.

[Mboto Gorge]

1 minute ago, Galway saint said:

There was another - WBA away a couple of years back. 

As someone else said it’s a boring debate now. He's so obviously not up to it but the club spent a load of money on him and whoever made that decision isn’t prepared to admit it was a bad decision even after four years.

I actually think he’s got worse in that time albeit his confidence must be rock bottom so that wont help. 

People say McCarthy is crap but I think he’s ok for us at this level and had been in goal it’s pretty likely we would have had to clear sheets.

Agree totally, also with McCarthy he has bags of experience too, he doesn’t doubt himself whereas Baz clearly does and is like a rabbit in the headlights. Mccarthy just looks like a keeper and acts like one, Bazunu doesn’t. 

[The Kraken]

8 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

I thought the blame for that goal was the 40 yard pass from a defensive position straight to the Sheffield player who scored. Quite an assist

There were 3 foul ups for the goal. Giving the ball away so cheaply. Flynn Downes made a mess of intercepting and got wrong side allowing the player to drive through. And Bazunu doing another demonstration of his crisp packet wrists.

The fact that there was more than one error doesn’t mitigate much, it was crap play all round. The fact that Bazunu’s part gets highlighted in particular is that it’s yet another repeat of the same failings we see time and again with him.

[AlexLaw76]

how long was his deal? Surely, given the draw down of paying Man City, we are in the realms of just loaning him out with a view of him never returning, and it not impacting the financials from a net loss PoV?

[HKsaint]

9 hours ago, stknowle said:

He is and we do HK my old pal. We’ve got away with it last two matches but his balls up(s) are going to cost us point(s) if this madness continues.

Why the club play him at all costs is beyond me. 

[Osvaldorama]

2 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

He’s not their first choice though. Their first choice is injured. 
 

So we’ve finally found a keeper from an opponent we wouldn’t swap for Baz. The reserve from a team bottom of the league, haven’t been paying their players and are on minus points…..

He’s genuinely the only keeper I’ve seen that is a similar level to our own

[USaintA]

25 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

You smell your wife's socks?

No, I wear them when I play. She's got gigantic feet.

[Saint_clark]

1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said:

 

Yep, the amount of times I've seen the "he was unsighted" defence trotted out for him is just ridiculous. It's something that used to be used once in a blue moon, but with Baz it's multiple times per season.

There's obviously a good reason for that other than just really bad luck.

If he isn't unsighted then he's facing world class shots that no keeper in the world would stop. Apparently he doesn't let in easy chances. 

[Gloucester Saint]

50 minutes ago, Galway saint said:

There was another - WBA away a couple of years back. 

As someone else said it’s a boring debate now. He's so obviously not up to it but the club spent a load of money on him and Rasmus isn’t prepared to admit it was a bad decision even after four years.

I actually think he’s got worse in that time albeit his confidence must be rock bottom so that wont help. 

People say McCarthy is crap but I think he’s ok for us at this level and had been in goal it’s pretty likely we would have had to clear sheets.

Edited for you 

[Gloucester Saint]

41 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

Why Rasmus insists that managers play him at all costs is beyond me. 

 

[sadoldgit]

So here’s the question. Is it more likely that we have picked up 6 points because we brought back Baz and Stephens or is it more likely we did so because we finally managed to put away some of our chances?

If our finishing had been better in the previous games Still would still be in a job. Bottom line.

[Galway saint]

49 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Edited for you 

You may well be right 

It’s odd though that we spent a considerable sum on Edozie and he’s been banished to the back of beyond yet Baz is still front and centre. Edozie hasn’t set the world alight but he is actually competent in his position 

[Whitey Grandad]

5 hours ago, saintant said:

If he's unsighted from a ball struck outside the box when the nearest players are 18 yards away from him he's doing something radically wrong - like not moving his feet and making sure he has a clear sight of what's going on. It's not like he had a bunch of players a few yards in front of him. 

The shot hit the side netting. 

[DT]

He's a terrible goalkeeper in a pool of two terrible goalkeepers. It's no way to run a football club, it really isn't.

[saintant]

50 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

The shot hit the side netting. 

All the more reason to move his feet quicker.

[Whitey Grandad]

30 minutes ago, saintant said:

All the more reason to move his feet quicker.

If he were that good he wouldn't be playing for us in this league.