Gavin Bazunu

[Mboto Gorge]

If you look at the picture, Selles is the best height comparison to Bazunu, standing only 3 players away, and looks maybe 1-2 inches shorter than Bazunu. Selles is 5ft 9. Bazunu is clearly 5ft 11 at the absolute tallest

[Saint Fan CaM]

He’s clearly not the tallest keeper, but that’s not the key to why he’s so bad. He has lead in his legs, a severe lack of anticipation, poor positional sense and crisp packets for hands. None of that makes for a decent keeper even at league one level. Not surprised he’s already scraping the floor of the shite GK chart.

[Whitey Grandad]

4 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

That's one statistical value where Whitey is spot on.  My eldest is a shade over 6ft and was obviously taller then Bazunu when we bumped into him outside SMS last Championship season.  Very diminutive for a football league level keeper this days.  McCarthy is 6'4 but looks at least a dormant Tall Paul over Gavin here:   

Was he wearing his built-up boots?

[Miltonaggro]

Just now, Whitey Grandad said:

Was he wearing his built-up boots?

Kinky! 

[Miltonaggro]

27 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

He’s clearly not the tallest keeper, but that’s not the key to why he’s so bad. He has lead in his legs, a severe lack of anticipation, poor positional sense and crisp packets for hands. None of that makes for a decent keeper even at league one level. Not surprised he’s already scraping the floor of the shite GK chart.

It’s not the most important thing, but perhaps key if other areas are lacking, think Forster for us in the Prem. Shilton mentioned by GS above was built like a brick shithouse and incredibly strong, you sensed that presence when watching him, and Neimi was a total athlete. Baz hasn’t got that either. 

[West Dean FC Legend]

Another forum I am on appears to be mainly his fan club. I mean some people getting fairly niggly that people aren't impressed with him, all of the goals he lets in apparently are not his fault - ever. 

On here I am onside with most of the posters. I used to play in goal, not at any level, Commercial Houses League, Salisbury and District, Southampton Junior and Senior, and Swindon Sunday League and a bit of Hampshire and Wiltshire - but I soon got found out in that standard. Some of you older posters might have played against me - you probably scored loads of goals too.

Anyway I did play from 13 to 45, then I retired. I can tell you this. I watched games, watched highlights, and more than once, the first thing that came into my mind was, 'Why is he standing there?' The goalie's starting position is more than 50% the beginning of a save; some goals he conceded it looked like he wasn't even watching what was going on in front of him. The ones I saw had nothing to do with playing around at the back or anything like that. It's fundamentals. He has no commanding presence, this was my problem, I am the same size as him so big fellas battered the crap out of me with crosses and corners - but I wasn't a professional. He has no presence in the box, for me he doesn't even look like a goalie when he's stood there in his kit. His reactions are 50/50 at the best, the save against Wrexham was good, mind you the way he celebrated embarrassed me.

I know it seems mean to say this about a human being who plays for the club I support, but in all honesty, just judging him as a professional goalkeeper only, I really, really cannot see how he made it to this level. It makes my head spin.

I hope I am talking poo-poo. If it is any consolation, I do about 90% of the time.

[Galway saint]

7 minutes ago, West Dean FC Legend said:

Another forum I am on appears to be mainly his fan club. I mean some people getting fairly niggly that people aren't impressed with him, all of the goals he lets in apparently are not his fault - ever. 

On here I am onside with most of the posters. I used to play in goal, not at any level, Commercial Houses League, Salisbury and District, Southampton Junior and Senior, and Swindon Sunday League and a bit of Hampshire and Wiltshire - but I soon got found out in that standard. Some of you older posters might have played against me - you probably scored loads of goals too.

Anyway I did play from 13 to 45, then I retired. I can tell you this. I watched games, watched highlights, and more than once, the first thing that came into my mind was, 'Why is he standing there?' The goalie's starting position is more than 50% the beginning of a save; some goals he conceded it looked like he wasn't even watching what was going on in front of him. The ones I saw had nothing to do with playing around at the back or anything like that. It's fundamentals. He has no commanding presence, this was my problem, I am the same size as him so big fellas battered the crap out of me with crosses and corners - but I wasn't a professional. He has no presence in the box, for me he doesn't even look like a goalie when he's stood there in his kit. His reactions are 50/50 at the best, the save against Wrexham was good, mind you the way he celebrated embarrassed me.

I know it seems mean to say this about a human being who plays for the club I support, but in all honesty, just judging him as a professional goalkeeper only, I really, really cannot see how he made it to this level. It makes my head spin.

I hope I am talking poo-poo. If it is any consolation, I do about 90% of the time.

If I had to pick his worst aspect it would be his positional sense. Like you I played as keeper to town standard and I watch this guy and think why does he take up the positions he does. He doesn’t have the size or athleticism to make up for that. The justification for playing him when RM was here was that he was part of the club’s philosophy to play out from the back but RM has now gone but he’s still playing. I find it inexplicable. I suspect he will continue playing until the end of the calendar year and the club will then replace him with McCarthy and take him out of the firing line again.

If the club’s plan is to put him in the shop window to try and increase his value ( what other reason can there be given our business model)  then it’s not working and I can’t see who would pay money for this bloke at the moment.

All that said the last time we were in the Championship, Baz was the weak link, whereas this time around he’s got some competition.

 

[saintant]

4 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

If you look at the picture, Selles is the best height comparison to Bazunu, standing only 3 players away, and looks maybe 1-2 inches shorter than Bazunu. Selles is 5ft 9. Bazunu is clearly 5ft 11 at the absolute tallest

Can we get our money back from Man City under the trades description act because there's no way on earth Bazunu is 6'2".

[bugenhagen]

38 minutes ago, saintant said:

Can we get our money back from Man City under the trades description act because there's no way on earth Bazunu is 6'2".

Wait, could this be the source of all of our (SR) recruitment issues? Are we using the wrong scale or metric system at the club... like Canadian feet?

That could explain why every manager tries to paly Arma alone up front, or why we kick it long to Archer...