Gavin Bazunu

[AlexLaw76]

On 16/12/2025 at 14:00, Midfield_General said:

The funniest thing about that image is anyone thinking that they're big time because they're in a roped off area of a fucking Pitcher and Piano 🤣

Reminds me of this scene in Extras

 

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Reminds me of this scene in Extras

 

 

this never fails to crack me up

[suewhistle]

24 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I loved his nickname Tommy Fourpast 

Fair play to the chap. Hope he used his football salary wisely for that short spell when he'd have been paid well, ultimately seemed like we agreed to sign him without proper scouting 

The story I heard was that Rupert asked the scouts/goal keeping coach (?) about him and they immediately replied 'He's crap'. So RL asks 'how do you know?'.

'It's my business to know'.

And as we know, Rupert ignored any such advice..  You do wonder if that still happens?

 

[Miltonaggro]

17 hours ago, Crab Lungs said:

In what way ever has he played an integral part of anything build up wise we’ve done going forward in a game? 

it’s not as if he’s there for defence splitting through balls and we’ve already got three berks at the back who can pass it around amongst themselves.

id rather my goalkeepers… keep goal. 

Last three or four games most of his long goal kicks have gone straight into touch to collective sighs from the crowd.  Maybe his passing visionary skillset is limited to the 18 yard box or he needs spectacles.

[trousers]

Might be worth trying this approach with Bazunu...?

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17o3royRZx/

 

[BARCELONASAINT]

It makes absolutely no difference who is in goal, even Ramsdale at times was made to look ordinary by our woeful defenders. Neither Baz or McCarthy are great but if we are going to share the blame for the amount of goals we concede then give our defenders as much shit as we give our goalkeepers because our back line are bloody awful. There is not a single defender that has crowned themselves in glory the last 2 seasons.

Edited Friday at 12:38 by BARCELONASAINT

[Dark Munster]

3 hours ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

It makes absolutely no difference who is in goal, even Ramsdale at times was made to look ordinary by our woeful defenders. Neither Baz or McCarthy are great but if we are going to share the blame for the amount of goals we concede then give our defenders as much shit as we give our goalkeepers because our back line are bloody awful. There is not a single defender that has crowned themselves in glory the last 2 seasons.

No offense but that’s nonsense. We were in the PL last season. There’s a huge drop off in the quality in opposition attack now. A semi decent goalkeeper would make a huge difference in our promotion attempt compared to the current poor (Macca) and disastrous (Baz) choices. 

[BARCELONASAINT]

6 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

No offense but that’s nonsense. We were in the PL last season. There’s a huge drop off in the quality in opposition attack now. A semi decent goalkeeper would make a huge difference in our promotion attempt compared to the current poor (Macca) and disastrous (Baz) choices. 

No offense but you have just proved my point that our defence continues to be utter crap at defending and despite the huge drop off in the quality in opposition attack now our defence continues to be largely absent when it comes to defending!

[Wade Garrett]

1 minute ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

No offense but you have just proved my point that our defence continues to be utter crap at defending and despite the huge drop off in the quality in opposition attack now our defence continues to be largely absent when it comes to defending!

So you think Baz letting in shots that a competent keeper would save isn't a problem?  Righto.

[BARCELONASAINT]

2 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

So you think Baz letting in shots that a competent keeper would save isn't a problem?  Righto.

where did i say that??!!!

I said our entire defence is crap including the goal keepers!! Why just single out the keepers when our defenders are abysmal and have been for 2 seasons.

I've seen the argument that the defenders have no confidence with the keeper behind them. Do you not think that goes both ways and the keepers have no confidence with the inept defenders in front of them! 

[saintant]

31 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

where did i say that??!!!

I said our entire defence is crap including the goal keepers!! Why just single out the keepers when our defenders are abysmal and have been for 2 seasons.

I've seen the argument that the defenders have no confidence with the keeper behind them. Do you not think that goes both ways and the keepers have no confidence with the inept defenders in front of them! 

For Norwich's second goal the cross is in the air for around 3 seconds so no reason for Bazunu to be rooted to his line rather than coming out to catch or punch it. I'm pretty sure in those 3 seconds he could have taken the few steps and jump but no, he'd rather stay glued to his line.

[BARCELONASAINT]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

For Norwich's second goal the cross is in the air for around 3 seconds so no reason for Bazunu to be rooted to his line rather than coming out to catch or punch it. I'm pretty sure in those 3 seconds he could have taken the few steps and jump but no, he'd rather stay glued to his line.

I'm struggling to understand your point? We already know he is poor and we need better.

Do i need to start reeling off every defensive cock up by our defenders, every time one of them has failed to track back, failed to even jump for the ball, fail to attempt to block a shot, completely fail to stop crosses coming into the bos when they know their fellow defenders will get out jumped because they have lead in their boots!!!

NO ONE (Hardly) IS DENYING WE NEED A NEW KEEPER but for the love of god recognise we have an absolute shit defence!

[saintant]

41 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I'm struggling to understand your point? We already know he is poor and we need better.

Do i need to start reeling off every defensive cock up by our defenders, every time one of them has failed to track back, failed to even jump for the ball, fail to attempt to block a shot, completely fail to stop crosses coming into the bos when they know their fellow defenders will get out jumped because they have lead in their boots!!!

NO ONE (Hardly) IS DENYING WE NEED A NEW KEEPER but for the love of god recognise we have an absolute shit defence!

I don't dispute the fact that we have a shit defence and have advocated elsewhere that we need to get rid of them all bar THB and that includes the goalkeepers.

[bugenhagen]

4 hours ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

It makes absolutely no difference who is in goal, even Ramsdale at times was made to look ordinary by our woeful defenders. Neither Baz or McCarthy are great but if we are going to share the blame for the amount of goals we concede then give our defenders as much shit as we give our goalkeepers because our back line are bloody awful. There is not a single defender that has crowned themselves in glory the last 2 seasons.

I agree with the point you are trying to make about our defenders, but starting out with "It makes absolutely no difference who is in goal" is a little over the top. A better keeper, more commanding of his area, would help our fragile defence. It won't fix it, but it would be a big help, and it could potentially clean up a couple of the mistakes they make.

[Crab Lungs]

no one is denying our defence is found wanting at times but having a literal ghost behind them doesn’t help. 
 

at least our defence shows semi competency. Bazunu doesn’t show any.

[Harry_SFC]

Just now, Crab Lungs said:

no one is denying our defence is found wanting at times but having a literal ghost behind them doesn’t help. 
 

at least our defence shows semi competency. Bazunu doesn’t show any.

I would dispute that last bit. Our defence is just as bad. 

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, Crab Lungs said:

no one is denying our defence is found wanting at times but having a literal ghost behind them doesn’t help. 
 

at least our defence shows semi competency. Bazunu doesn’t show any.

Manning ? He was utter dogshit defensively today.

Edited yesterday at 15:19 by badgerx16

[spyinthesky]

Baz did well today. Two outstanding saves and another when he was quick off his line and brave.

[AlexLaw76]

I did notice at corners, we don’t put anyone to mark the 2 players standing on Bazunu. Very easily pinned to his line like that.

[saintant]

11 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I did notice at corners, we don’t put anyone to mark the 2 players standing on Bazunu. Very easily pinned to his line like that.

The Coventry keeper got pinned on his line late in the game but still managed to jump and punch the ball away then collect the follow up shot from Arma.

[SaintsRoyalty]

A competent keeper saves Coventry’s goal today. Ok it was fairly well placed but it wasn’t hit with pace. Watch the highlights and you will see he has absolutely no spring in his legs so covers hardly any ground. You might say he dived like an outfield player in goal which of course is exactly what he is.

[Mboto Gorge]

6 hours ago, spyinthesky said:

Baz did well today. Two outstanding saves and another when he was quick off his line and brave.

“Outstanding” saves is pushing it a bit. If he’d let them in we’d have been slating him, they were competent saves 

[Stud mark of doom]

3 hours ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

A competent keeper saves Coventry’s goal today. Ok it was fairly well placed but it wasn’t hit with pace. Watch the highlights and you will see he has absolutely no spring in his legs so covers hardly any ground. You might say he dived like an outfield player in goal which of course is exactly what he is.

If we had swapped keepers for the season so far, we’d probably be neck and neck in the table. 

[warsash saint]

3 hours ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

A competent keeper saves Coventry’s goal today. Ok it was fairly well placed but it wasn’t hit with pace. Watch the highlights and you will see he has absolutely no spring in his legs so covers hardly any ground. You might say he dived like an outfield player in goal which of course is exactly what he is.

Funniest post of the day goes to...

[Wade Garrett]

On 19/12/2025 at 16:07, BARCELONASAINT said:

where did i say that??!!!

I said our entire defence is crap including the goal keepers!! Why just single out the keepers when our defenders are abysmal and have been for 2 seasons.

I've seen the argument that the defenders have no confidence with the keeper behind them. Do you not think that goes both ways and the keepers have no confidence with the inept defenders in front of them! 

 No, sorry I don’t.

[Wade Garrett]

17 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Manning ? He was utter dogshit defensively today.

He was terrible.  Jogging at walking pace back when his man was in acres with the ball for their goal.

If I was one of the players I would seriously have wanted to punch him after the game for that alone.

 

[SaintNewForest]

A good goalkeeper will improve the defence.  

I think back to the Koeman season, and the difference Forster made to a leaky (at the time) defence. 

Our defence has been poor ever since our choice of keeping has been poor; circa 2018 when we suddenly had McCarthy/Gunn as our options. 

Edited 7 hours ago by SaintNewForest

[BARCELONASAINT]

17 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

 No, sorry I don’t.

Really you find it impossible to believe a keeper can have no confidence in the defence playing in front of him but you can easily accept a defence can have no confidence in the keeper. I'm sorry but i find that sort of warped logic baffling.

Are you telling me if you were a goalkeeper that had just spent the last 2 seasons playing with the defence we have had that you would be confident of them actually being able to do the basics of defending every time you walked onto the pitch??

If we all groaned the minute Manning played that stupid attempt up the line yesterday that put us straight back under pressure don't you think any goalkeeper would be thinking ffs here we go again!

[Wade Garrett]

13 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Really you find it impossible to believe a keeper can have no confidence in the defence playing in front of him but you can easily accept a defence can have no confidence in the keeper. I'm sorry but i find that sort of warped logic baffling.

Are you telling me if you were a goalkeeper that had just spent the last 2 seasons playing with the defence we have had that you would be confident of them actually being able to do the basics of defending every time you walked onto the pitch??

If we all groaned the minute Manning played that stupid attempt up the line yesterday that put us straight back under pressure don't you think any goalkeeper would be thinking ffs here we go again!

The idea, that statistically the worst keeper in any league he’s played in has no confidence in his defence, is laughable.

[BARCELONASAINT]

5 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

The idea, that statistically the worst keeper in any league he’s played in has no confidence in his defence, is laughable.

so you actually avoided answering the question. 

[Mboto Gorge]

7 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

The idea, that statistically the worst keeper in any league he’s played in has no confidence in his defence, is laughable.

The excuses being made for Baz are hilarious, they really are. It’s black and white, he’s a terrible keeper. It’s really not hard to admit that surely. It’s not our (the fans) fault our keeper is crap , so the bizarre level of continued defence for him is odd

[badgerx16]

Coventry's keeper is on loan from the Prem, why couldn't we have done similar ?

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, badgerx16 said:

Coventry's keeper is on loan from the Prem, why couldn't we have done similar ?

We took the opposite approach and loaned our best keeper out to a PL team instead. 

[BARCELONASAINT]

15 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

The excuses being made for Baz are hilarious, they really are. It’s black and white, he’s a terrible keeper. It’s really not hard to admit that surely. It’s not our (the fans) fault our keeper is crap , so the bizarre level of continued defence for him is odd

I have stated that Baz needs replacing and a goal keeper is a must in the transfer window if we are to have any chance of the playoffs BUT i am equal in stating our defence is utter crap and week in week out prove how utterly incompetent they are. We badly need an experienced wise head in that back line that will dominate and lead our weak minded defenders.

The only defender that we currently have that i think could go on to have a top career is Quarsie. He is raw but already has more of a football brain than any of our other defenders

[Hodgey]

16 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Coventry's keeper is on loan from the Prem, why couldn't we have done similar ?

I mentioned this on the Preston thread who also had handy loans. Seems baffling that we haven’t looked at Prem loans for our weak areas, especially given that was why we went up last time.

And it was a deliberate strategy, but completely non-sensical, about the cost of then firming them up. Instead we have loaned a 3rd choice gk we have zero intention of playing and a right back from Turkey we don’t seem to fancy.

 

[Gloucester Saint]

45 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

We took the opposite approach and loaned our best keeper out to a PL team instead. 

This tells you everything you need to know about SR and Saints in general since 2017.

#shitfor9yearsnow

[saint michael]

If Ramsdale couldn’t hack it behind the shit defenders I don’t think we can hope to get better than him in. 
 

the whole defence is shit and moving one piece of the jigsaw isn’t going to make a lot of difference. Eckhert mentioned that he saw defensive errors like how they stand and turn and their movement when an attack against us is building. These guys are untrainable and need to get rid of them. Our progress will be measured when the last of them leave and the door hits their ass on the way out 

Edited 6 hours ago by saint michael

[benjii]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

Coventry's keeper is on loan from the Prem, why couldn't we have done similar ?

Need to save them for Cornet, and Groenback

[SaintsRoyalty]

52 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I have stated that Baz needs replacing and a goal keeper is a must in the transfer window if we are to have any chance of the playoffs BUT i am equal in stating our defence is utter crap and week in week out prove how utterly incompetent they are. We badly need an experienced wise head in that back line that will dominate and lead our weak minded defenders.

The only defender that we currently have that i think could go on to have a top career is Quarsie. He is raw but already has more of a football brain than any of our other defenders

So why are you spending precious time defending him? I will never understand why people like you fight against the tide. What do you get from it apart from stress and abuse? You admit he needs replacing so just go with the flow. 
 

I also don’t agree with your attempt to flip the narrative and say keepers are unsettled by bad defenders. Keepers do a completely different job than all the outfield players and are always the last line of defence. There is no one behind them to unsettle them, everything is in front of them which they can see with their own eyes. If they are decent they will back themselves to save shots regardless. Of course they get pissed at having to face more shots if the defenders are crap but they aren’t unsettled by them. Conversely being a defender and knowing the guy that’s got your back is a coward or talentless, or both in our case, then it plays constantly on the defenders’ minds. This will naturally affect their decision making.

I am astounded by people saying he had a good game yesterday. He had very little to do and it’s testament to his shitness that just because he had less to do he had a good game. If he had a good game then presumably the Coventry keeper played the best performance of his life. 

Not saying our defenders are all that but I think a lot of the ridiculous defending we see is because we play 5 at the back. Look at other teams that play 5 at the back like Man U and the trash defending is the same. I personally think having 3 CBs means none of them know whose job it is to do certain things. Too many cooks in the kitchen if you like.

[Lord Duckhunter]

19 hours ago, spyinthesky said:

Baz did well today

“Did well” seems to have a different meaning when it comes to Baz. He saved everything he should have done, didn’t save one which would have been an exceptional save (it would be nice for him to make one of these once in a while, or even just once). So “did well” on the Baz scale, is doing his fucking job (for once). 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Mboto Gorge said:

The excuses being made for Baz are hilarious, they really are. It’s black and white, he’s a terrible keeper. It’s really not hard to admit that surely. It’s not our (the fans) fault our keeper is crap , so the bizarre level of continued defence for him is odd

His starting position for the through ball that led to their penalty claim against THB was ridiculous - as they broke from the left and the through ball was played he was close to his own goal line when he should have been near the edge of the penalty area. If he's in the correct starting position he easily rushes out and clears the through ball and avoids THB's desperate lunge. He doesn't get the basics of goalkeeping I'm afraid and likely never will.

[Sheaf Saint]

4 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

“Did well” seems to have a different meaning when it comes to Baz. He saved everything he should have done, didn’t save one which would have been an exceptional save (it would be nice for him to make one of these once in a while, or even just once). So “did well” on the Baz scale, is doing his fucking job (for once). 

He was also ridiculously slow off his line for the non-penalty incident between THB and Wright. 

[Appy]

He’s shite, another awful goalkeeping signing, over £20m on him and Gunn within a few years. 

[Oh no Mick Mills]

Thought he did ok yesterday. A couple of decent saves, fairly solid performance,  praised by Tessem . 

 

Whilst on the subject of our keepers  I Watched MOTD last night and thought Ramsdale should have got to James's freekick...or am I been being overly critical? 

[tdmickey3]

35 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

He was also ridiculously slow off his line for the non-penalty incident between THB and Wright. 

Correct, everything he does has an element of panic and a scramble aboutlt

Edited 19 minutes ago by tdmickey3