What more do you want from a goalkeeper!? (David Seaman)

Member Name: redcockney

Product:	David Seaman
Date:	09/09/00 (6 review reads)
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Advantages: Still one of the best shot-stoppers around.

Disadvantages: When he has bad night, he has a VERY BAD night....

Apart from the superhuman effort to keep every shot at goal away from the net, not giving the team manager a heart attack when they go for a ball (think Schmeichel or Barthez) and perhaps an ability to marshal the defenders in front of them, not that much really.

I’m of the old style of football thinking when it comes to goalkeepers....I want them quick, nimble and having a large presence about them (Schmeichel easily beats Barthez and Bosnich into a cocked hat for ability).

Seaman has all three but as age and time progresses, he is losing his ability to be a decent goalkeeper for both club and country (think about THAT goal aginast England by Luis Figo, just one lapse of concentration....).

As for his potential successors, Manninger looks good although slightly shaky, Martyn is JUST unfortunately shaky and Wright needs more time.

It’ll be odd when Seaman’s time is eventually up....

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