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Toddacelli wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 5:15 pm I got a stats thing to show me the top keepers in the world based on stats. Pickford was 30th.
Some of the mad made up stats these days piss me off a bit so I did it purely on save percentage, no other metric, and in this one Pickford was 17th.

Then there's this

superpull wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 9:09 pm Then there's this

Nick Pope should definitely be starting at the World Cup if we want to win

superpull wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 9:09 pm Then there's this

Don't know whether I'm being dozy here but is this a good or a bad thing?

Cozzie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:09 pm Don't know whether I'm being dozy here but is this a good or a bad thing?

We are 9 goals better off than we would be with an average Premier league keeper. So yes hes top based on that

777Kidnappings wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:13 pm We are 9 goals better off than we would be with an average Premier league keeper. So yes hes top based on that

That is what they *meant*, but the wording would have you believe the opposite.

Goals v expected goals and we're +9?
That means +9 goals yeah?

superpull wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:12 pm
Trophy's are too disputable a source to use as the reason one is better.

Agree.

And sorry to pick the bones, and this probably isn't the right thread, maybe the gripes thread or whatever it's called...but there is nothing/little more irrelevant in a team game with 11 players and their combined successes or failures, that correlates to a specific individual's performance.

Trophies mean almost nothing.

If it was golf or singles tennis titles, then that is never in dispute.

In a team game that requires 10 (or more) others to contribute to a similar excellent level then it's obviously a pointless metric.

Even more so when considering the job title of goalkeeper - if this position does well then broadly speaking it's almost the antithesis of a team performing well. A keeper who is tested regularly and performs well when tested, is a true high performer. One who is hardly ever tested, despite doing well when it happens, by definition is largely not going to be as good based upon limited data and less-reliable sample sizes alone.

Yes yes, they need concentration for the whole 90...

Toddacelli wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 5:15 pm I got a stats thing to show me the top keepers in the world based on stats. Pickford was 30th.
Some of the mad made up stats these days piss me off a bit so I did it purely on save percentage, no other metric, and in this one Pickford was 17th.

Yeah, quality of strikers and finishing across the world differs too, so like for like stats aren't really a level playing field for him.

Feels like that Newcastle save made neutrals sit up and appreciate him a bit more.

Matt1878 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 12:44 pm Yeah, quality of strikers and finishing across the world differs too, so like for like stats aren't really a level playing field for him.

Feels like that Newcastle save made neutrals sit up and appreciate him a bit more.

Yes needs to be in the top three or four leagues really to get a better comparison, also taking into account the defence in front of them, I’m sure Pickford’s goals against would be significantly lower with Gabriel and Saliba instead of Keane and Tarks in front of him.
I think his last minute save against Burnley was as good as his Newcastle save too.

The knee slide is easily top 5 Everton iconic moments in my lifetime

sam of the south wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2026 2:42 pm The knee slide is easily top 5 Everton iconic moments in my lifetime

Watching that made me so happy!

superpull wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 6:15 pm
From my 80s and 90s eyes, the only thing lacking is that he doesn't "command" the area. Keepers should bulldoze their way through half a dozen bodies and claim balls.
But (and this is why I stand by what I said), the game is changed and no keeper does that any more really.

Ollie Khan wouldn't play more than a few games before being sent off or dropped for giving away too many penalties.

Says a lot that the game today couldn't accommodate a generational giant like Kahn.

Is a game problem.

Cods wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 8:27 pm Says a lot that the game today couldn't accommodate a generational giant like Kahn.

Is a game problem.

Ahhhh Kahn, that’s made me remember I saw this somewhere

Cereal Killer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:02 pm Ahhhh Kahn, that’s made me remember I saw this somewhere

Haha, yes I think that was outlawed in Sheffield in about the 1860s, Oliver!

Bit of a brain fade.