Mr Burns
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I dunno, I think he improved in the last few months of the season.I don't think casper got better at crosses during the season, I think we just grew accustomed to it so were less nervous, and accepted it as his game. I definitely remember regulalrly worrying that if our opposition had someone at the far post for all the crosses that went past him, we would have conceded a lot more than we did. That is something that worries me for this year: won't the championship players be more likely to pounce on this?
It's just something well have to wait and see on this season, but even if he does cost a few goals because of it, I think the plus side of his game that allows us to play the way we do, far outweighs the down side of his game.
Off course we all want the perfect keeper, but I think that sort of keeper is completely out of our league at the moment, and probably always will be. You show me a great shot stopper, who can organise his defence, is good at crosses, and can play with 100% comfort with the ball at his feet and hardly makes any errors, and I'll show you a picture of Joe Hart or Shay Given, and that sort of keeper is never going to be in our range.
So while Caspers not perfect, I don't think there is a better keeper at our level out there, who would do a better job then him if we are going to play football Lord Gus' way.