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2 of Gomes highest profile errors werent actually his errors but errors by officials, the one v chelsea that didnt cross the line and the blatant handball against united that wasnt given.
 
CJJ said:
You could easily make a video of that for any goalkeeper. It's just a selective agenda.

Walker was often like a ghost in goal - never seen such a tall bloke look so short. Robinson made a lot of high profile clangers. Lloris tends to spill a lot. Yes, a LOT.

Every keeper has a weakness - selecting half a dozen moment from over 130 games is ridiculous.
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No, Gomes was exceptionally prone to game changing errors in his time with us. Both Walker and Robinson were decent keepers who made to odd mistake but who were generally safe. Gomes filled everyone with dread.

I think you're understating the quality we have in Lloris because of some recent anomalies. He will probably be remembered as one of our greats alongside Jennings and Ditchburn. Lloris is that good.

Gomes, on the other hand, was abnormally shite. He is so noteworthy as a poor goalkeeper that I didn't need to make a video of his gaffes; loads of them already exist.
 
The reason we bought Gomes was because of his form in the UEFA Cup. He is great when on form, but suffers from a rush of blood to head...Lloris is better temperamentally but not as great a shot-stopper. Lloris is the better keeper overall, no question. He reminds be a lot of Erik the Viking, who was quality.
 
suburbanexile said:
The reason we bought Gomes was because of his form in the UEFA Cup. He is great when on form, but suffers from a rush of blood to head...Lloris is better temperamentally but not as great a shot-stopper. Lloris is the better keeper overall, no question. He reminds be a lot of Erik the Viking, who was quality.
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Absolutely.

I do think it is harsh and blinkered to suggest that Gomes is one of worst, though.

If he'd had condensed his errors into a shorter span, like Massimo Taibi as an example, then I think it would be a stronger case, but Gomes had far too many fantastic runs of form (and saved pens) to be thought of as terrible.

I tend to find I'm less worried these days with Vorm in goal, but only because he's more consistent (but not necessarily 'better')


Edit: Just to add, Gomes has the 2nd highest Premier League penalty save % of all time (30%)
 
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mouse said:
Jesus, you're only a nipper. I thought you'd be at least 70, considering how miserable and cynical you are.

A bit of advice. What you perceive currently as being "not good enough".... this is as good as its ever been.
Well at least in my recollection of watching Spurs for 30ish years. There are those on here who can remember the sporadic "success" of the 80's but we never had the consistency, and the 70's where arguably worse than the 90's. Plus the game was very different pre Sky / Premiership, but you wouldnt know that.

There where a couple of trophies, but consistent finishes at the bottom of the top half (or the top of the bottom half) of the table where the norm...... Interspersed with the odd flirt with relegation.

For me a "decent" cup run and turning up against the Gooners was all i expected from a season. That Spursy tag that we all hate. That was born from year upon year of flattering to deceive and European competition was a dream.... something that "much better teams than us" were involved in. I remember the first year we qualified for the UEFA cup, i was over the fucking moon!

Now we put out teams full of international players that you are proud to sing for. Players that could easily play for any other team in the league, even the ones that have spent half a billion pounds compiling their squads. It used to be the other way round, where we would have only one player that you could get excited about, single handedly struggling to keep us floating above absolute mediocrity, before they fucked off and won things with someone good.

Add to that consistent top six finishes, and now talked up as league challengers, you don't know you're born mate.

There are no guarantees that this is here to stay, the league is so ridiculously competitive at the moment, and the game is more about money than it has ever been. SO....If this is the best its been and there are no guarantees how long it will remain for and it still makes you fucking miserable then seriously, i would fuck off and concentrate on getting angry playing FIFA ultimate team mate.
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I hear ye, mouse mouse - great post
 
CJJ said:
Absolutely.

I do think it is harsh and blinkered to suggest that Gomes is one of worst, though.

If he'd had condensed his errors into a shorter span, like Massimo Taibi as an example, then I think it would be a stronger case, but Gomes had far too many fantastic runs of form (and saved pens) to be thought of as terrible.

I tend to find I'm less worried these days with Vorm in goal, but only because he's more consistent (but not necessarily 'better')
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You've managed to take the 'worst Spurs players ever' thread and make it about how shit our world class captain is.

Bravo. Subtle and accomplished trolling.
Fucken cunt
 
Some real strange answers in here.

On the last few pages alone we've had Gomes and Assou-Ekotto. Two players who had a massive hand in helping us qualify for the Champions League as well as then get us into the quarter finals the following season.
 
SausageVince said:
You've managed to take the 'worst Spurs players ever' thread and make it about how shit our world class captain is.

Bravo. Subtle and accomplished trolling.
Fucken cunt
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I think you've done that, you'll find. Amazing to think some people on here accuse people like Arc of being a troll when some of you twist every thread to get reactions, then throw abuse around
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Totti said:
Some real strange answers in here.

On the last few pages alone we've had Gomes and Assou-Ekotto. Two players who had a massive hand in helping us qualify for the Champions League as well as then get us into the quarter finals the following season.
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Absolutely bang on. Same with people suggesting key players who helped us win cups.
 
Totti said:
Some real strange answers in here.

On the last few pages alone we've had Gomes and Assou-Ekotto. Two players who had a massive hand in helping us qualify for the Champions League as well as then get us into the quarter finals the following season.
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That it happened despite those two is testament to the quality of the rest of that team. Need I go on?

Good to see you back, Totti Totti . Was surprised to see you get the bin. No your natural habitat. The whole gay bashing stuff is frowned upon though.
 
I think the truth is we haven't really had many bad players. We've had bad teams, which is a reflection of the fact that we've had some bad chairmen (Sugar top of my list), and some bad managers (Gross number 1 for me).
 
To be fair all games under WHN should be ignored given he was the worst manager we've ever had.
 
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