Chelsea should not even be contemplating Kepa as No.1 – Talk Chelsea

Just a few extra shops at the moment are beginning to report that new supervisor Mauricio Pochettino, or extra his goalkeeper coach, are prepared to maintain Kepa Arrizabalaga because the Chelsea primary going into subsequent season.

For me, if you see that sentence, it truly is past perception that anybody is even pondering that’s a good suggestion. I at all times attempt to be as balanced as attainable, however there is no such thing as a method I can again a call like that which to me, is sort of frankly simply silly. That’s the underside line. While I can perceive why this would possibly occur or is being thought-about, as a result of I at all times try to see issues from either side if I can, I nonetheless can’t cover my ideas right here that this might be a daft determination.

If Chelsea need to begin pushing in direction of the highest of the league once more, then I’m afraid {that a} goalkeeper of Kepa’s normal can merely NOT be primary. Do individuals realise simply how necessary the goalkeeper place actually is? It’s important that you simply get this proper, as important as a defensive midfielder, and as important as a striker. It’s the backbone of the group. Get this mistaken, and it might all go downhill once more. I’m very captivated with that truth, particularly as we’re nonetheless seemingly shopping for all younger gamers as soon as once more with none expertise (to date at the least primarily based on hyperlinks).

I’m not even a Kepa hater, and I’ve truly been a defender of Kepa final season. I feel he’s made some fairly large saves and hasn’t even been that unhealthy – I additionally admire that he’s by no means moaned about not enjoying and has simply stored his head down and labored. However, the quantity of long-range photographs that he has let in that every other goalkeeper with a greater attain would have saved, is the place he falls down.

I don’t want any stats to inform me this, I’ve actually seen it quite a few instances with my very own eyes. And the very fact is, if we had a taller goalkeeper, they might have been capable of attain a lot of these photographs. Sure Kepa has additionally made some good saves from shut vary, however we want a keeper who’s making these saves from shut vary, AND from far out.

Kepa for me, I’ve at all times been open to him staying for backup, however there is no such thing as a method we needs to be considering going into one other season with him as our primary stopper. We need to enhance, proper? So then enhance in our KEY positions.

Now the talk I’ve seen with individuals defending this, IF it occurs, is a few followers are understanding of it if it means we’re both spending extra on our outfield priorities, or that there merely isn’t an acceptable primary out there available on the market this summer time – most likely a little bit of each. I get that, however I actually don’t agree. I’m by no means going to be accepting of this determination IF it occurs, It could be a backward step and never a ahead step.

Certainly, SURELY we are able to discover a appropriate primary this summer time? That’s what now we have scouts, knowledge, and recruitment guys for, no?

Last phrase, go and get me a taller goalkeeper, PLEASE!