![]() ![]() The argument goes that this is made up for because his style leads to far less shots coming in from the opposition – danger is snuffed out before it even starts. Plenty of people have cited Lloris’ style as the reason why he hasn’t looked good by save% or the type of shot-stopper rankings that I put together. Lloris doesn’t take up the super-aggressive positions Neuer does in open play, but he does sit higher than most keepers and he’s wont to dash out to clear danger (or drop a clanger) at every opportunity. The Premier League advertises its version of this as ‘Hugo Lloris’. He’s pegged as the ultimate ‘sweeper keeper’. Regular watchers of the Bundesliga will confirm he does this at Bayern too. We all saw current ‘best goalkeeper in the world’, Manuel Neuer, during the World Cup taking up some unorthodox positions outside of his box while play went on. I first started advocating more conservative positioning here later calling the the concept of a keeper staying nearer his line ‘not leaving the comfort zone’. What are the factors that effect shot-stopping performance? One that I’ve been banging on about for a long time now is a keeper’s positioning. Therefore, natural curiousity (mania) leads me to question why this randomness happens. I’ve spent many many fruitless hours slicing and dicing the data to try and make this randomness not so. Adjusting for overall shot quality ( using this method) he fares a touch better and ranks 18th out of 20.īut last year, Howard’s numbers were really good and it’s well known amongst the ‘serious stats’ community that shot stopping-wise, goalkeeping performance shows no stability from one year to the next. He has the lowest save % of any first choice keeper in the Premier League this season. Statistically, Howard was having an absolute nightmare before his injury. But it is a position we need to address for the long term.’ However, speculation continues around a new goalkeeper signing after Roberto Martinez said this a few days ago: ‘Tim is recovering really well from injury and could be back for the derby so I will wait until Monday to see how he has reacted. ![]() After a decent showing in the FA Cup replay at West Ham and two subsequent Premier League clean sheets, Joel Robles is starting to make Evertonians much less nervous than they were a few weeks ago. ![]()
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