by mg86 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:21 pm
Arguments for enduring a player during his development really don't make any sense to me though because in the past we have gotten mad at this very situation with people like Diaby or Denilson.
I rate Szczesny highly and of course he will be a massive goalkeeper in the future, but I absolutely do not feel as comfortable with him in goal as I did with Fabianski in his prime. Fabianski was the best keeper in the league on the form he was on around the City game but this wasn't made clear to anyone who couldn't look past the woeful defending from Squillaci and mistakes from Koschielny in front of Lukasz.
His distrubtion is better than Szczesny, no question about it. His shot blocking is better than Szczesny, no question about it. The only thing you may argue that Szczesny has is a more commanding presence but I would argue even that point based off how beast Fabianski was 10/11, its his past that makes Arsenal fans question whether or not what they saw from Lukasz was real.
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