Gavin Bazunu

[leeham_69]

8 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

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. 

Think there’s a bit of a misunderstanding here. He wasn’t “unsighted for the goal”, he is “legally blind”.

[tdmickey3]

Everything he does shows slow reaction, slow thinking and a mad panicked scramble, add that to his crisp wrists.

He is very very poor.

[sledger]

two points,if AM had played the last two games we probably would have had two clean sheets,also how poor must george long be that he cant even challenge these two clowns.

[Whitey Grandad]

3 hours ago, Jack said:

Ridiculously, we have one sitting on the bench 

Surely you can't mean McCarthy? The same McCarthy who in his five appearances recently conceded 8 goals? Some of those were world-class balls ups.

[Whitey Grandad]

3 hours ago, sledger said:

two points,if AM had played the last two games we probably would have had two clean sheets,also how poor must george long be that he cant even challenge these two clowns.

Not with McCarthy in goal we wouldn't.  What a ridiculous suggestion. 

[SouSaint]

3 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Surely you can't mean McCarthy? The same McCarthy who in his five appearances recently conceded 8 goals? Some of those were world-class balls ups.

Which of them stay out of the net with Bazunu in goal? 

 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

7 hours ago, sledger said:

two points,if AM had played the last two games we probably would have had two clean sheets,also how poor must george long be that he cant even challenge these two clowns.

Disagree. 

McCarthy has it in him to be equally shit. Plenty of times he's gifted goals as well.

[Weston Super Saint]

If the Northam changed the Gary O'Neil song for Bazunu, would the board be as quick to get rid of him?  We live in hope.

[SWLondon Saint]

20 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

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. 

It is possible for 2 things to be true at the same time - I don't think AM would have stopped the shot vs Sheff Wed either, it came through legs and he seems to be slower getting down to the sides this season, the Blackburn 1st goal was a shocker.

Having said that I also think Baz is not good enough. I hate the way Baz flings himself at everything and seems panicky - that spilled cross he followed up with a decent save stemmed from him not communicating, making a clear call and getting Wood out the way then catching it. We should have cut our losses on him some time ago and got someone better than him or AM for this season.

[Jack]

7 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Surely you can't mean McCarthy? The same McCarthy who in his five appearances recently conceded 8 goals? Some of those were world-class balls ups.

Which goals would you directly blame on McCarthy? Other than the one at Liverpool, I’m struggling. He’s not to blame for us being defensively all over the place this season. 
 

He’s far more commanding, will come for a cross, and I’m sure he’d have done far better with the 2 shockers that Bazunu had in the last week. It’s baffling to me that some people don’t think he’s a better keeper than Bazunu. 

[Ekelund24]

On 09/11/2025 at 09:08, Sheaf Saint said:

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.

I think Bannan fairly blocked off Jander which gave Amass the space to drive forward to take the shot. I don't think it helps  Bazunu that when he dives down low it looks slow

 

[Mboto Gorge]

16 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Surely you can't mean McCarthy? The same McCarthy who in his five appearances recently conceded 8 goals? Some of those were world-class balls ups.

Being that you refuse to hear any criticism against Bazunu, Could you explain what attributes he has has that make him better than McCarthy? I’ll start - his kicking. Anything else?

 

I’m starting to think you’re either a personal friend or related to him. Because anyone with eyes who doesn’t have a personal connection to him, can see he’s the worst goalkeeper to ever have played for Saints, particularly for the number of games he’s played. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Mboto Gorge

[23rdSaint]

[Willo of Whiteley]

I don’t think Bazunu is the worst keeper to play for Saints, but as I’ve said before picking between him and McCarthy is like being given the option of stepping on cow shit or dog shit.

There is no decent option. Both should be doing better in their own right.

AM gets beaten at his near post on every shot and has no real authority or leadership presence at the back, which is surprising for someone of his age.

GB makes a couple of good saves occasionally but my god he screws up some very basic saves, he isn’t overly commanding in his area, very much like 50p wrists when he goes to punch the ball clear it could fall to anyone.
An example is Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday, he made a cracking save over the bar, but only because he came out, scuff-punched the cross on an opposition player who then hit the ball at him.

Ive also said on both of them before, id rather have a wheelie bin in goal than either of them. 

[Midfield_General]

They’re both embarrassingly shit.

Spors had a chance to fix it in the summer, but rather than trying to upgrade he instead wasted a squad place on Long, who was obviously somehow even worse than both of them. It was a ridiculous decision then, and it’s coming home to roost now as we just rotate between them, watching them both drop clangers every few games because neither is good enough. 

It was a major fuck up to go in his growing collection along with promising to upgrade the spine and then signing Quarshie and Downs, and appointing Still. 

[Saint86]

4 hours ago, 23rdSaint said:

Macca really is terrible for us as a side. Back to back wins since he's been dropped.

[HKsaint]

My wish this Christmas is to sell him to Pompey. 

[Saint86]

We need to resolve the keeper situation on Jan 1st.

[Verbal]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

We need to resolve the keeper situation on Jan 1st.

So that's a New Year's resolution then - broken by 2 Jan, as per.