[Football] Best PL goalkeeper ever?

[Swansman]

Brad Freidel

Unusual take, but he was pretty damn good for a lot of years.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Me neither. And I agree, but the Doors Isn't a particularly high bar.

Too high, when we had Billy Paynter up front

Edit: or do I mean too low?

A horse that lives for a year is a yearling. Does that mean a horse that lives for a week is a weakling? Facts, eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpwZPNIUG-w&t=1s

 

[Poojah]

Martyn's relative lack of international recognition should be a clue that he might not be as good as he looked in those games.

Peter Schmeichel for me

Whilst there's no question in my mind that Nigel Martyn wasn't fit to velcro Schmeichel's gloves (I saw Schmeichel play in the flesh a number of times, and he just had such an incredible presence), it is striking how few caps a number of top English players won during that era:

Tim Flowers - 11
Steve Bruce - 0
Gary Pallister - 22
Nigel Winterburn - 2
Lee Dixon - 22
Matt Le Tissier - 8
Les Ferdinand - 17
Andy Cole - 15
Stan Collymore - 3

It certainly seems easier in more recent times to get a cap, particularly when you consider that Ashley Cole has more to himself than those nine combined.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Had a long chat with a friend last night about goalkeepers. He says Peter Schmeichel. Personally I went with Nigel Martyn, as he was brilliant beyond belief in every single Everton game I watched back then as well as in plenty of games I've watched from the 90s.

Who would be your choice?

You won't find much love for any Ex Palace players, other than Murray, on here.

Schmeichel and Seaman for me.

 

[Invicta]

Another for Schmiechal

 

[Swansman]

You won't find much love for any Ex Palace players, other than Murray, on here.

Schmeichel and Seaman for me.

Didnt even think of that. I've mainly seen him playing for Leeds & Everton.

 

[The Optimist]

Whilst there's no question in my mind that Nigel Martyn wasn't fit to velcro Schmeichel's gloves (I saw Schmeichel play in the flesh a number of times, and he just had such an incredible presence), it is striking how few caps a number of top English players won during that era:

Tim Flowers - 11
Steve Bruce - 0
Gary Pallister - 22
Nigel Winterburn - 2
Lee Dixon - 22
Matt Le Tissier - 8
Les Ferdinand - 17
Andy Cole - 15
Stan Collymore - 3

It certainly seems easier in more recent times to get a cap, particularly when you consider that Ashley Cole has more to himself than those nine combined.

Ashley Cole was one of the best left backs in the world at the time. He seems an odd pick for your comparison.

I guess in the era of the players listed above most of the players in the top division were English, giving a huge pool to pick from. Now the percentage of English players must be much lower, hence if you’re English and playing in the Premier League you have a decent chance of getting a cap.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Peter Schmeichel.

 

[SK1NT]

Schmeichel for me

 

[Sussexscots]

Schmeichel for me. Just ahead of Cech and Van der Sar.

 

[Poojah]

Ashley Cole was one of the best left backs in the world at the time. He seems an odd pick for your comparison.

I guess in the era of the players listed above most of the players in the top division were English, giving a huge pool to pick from. Now the percentage of English players must be much lower, hence if you’re English and playing in the Premier League you have a decent chance of getting a cap.

No, you are right, I did wrestle with the Ashley Cole example a bit. He just happened to be an example of someone who had a lot of caps but wouldn’t necessarily go down as an all-time England great. To illustrate that point, he’s sandwiched in the England all-time caps list by Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton.

Of course, that in itself is a suggestion that he wasn’t a bad player, and I didn’t for a moment breve to suggest that he was.

 

[albionalbino]

Peter Schmeichel by a considerable distance. Van Der Saar, Cech, Edison and Seaman would be my top 5

 

[Yoda]

Can't believe no one's mentioned Mark Beeney yet.

On a more serious note, I would say either Schmeichel or Seaman followed by Cech & van der Saar with honourable mentions to the usually underrated Martyn and Jääskeläinen.

 

[Swansman]

Can't believe no one's mentioned Mark Beeney yet.

On a more serious note, I would say either Schmeichel or Seaman followed by Cech & van der Saar with honourable mentions to the usually underrated Martyn and Jääskeläinen.

Jääskeläinen is another good call. Also came to think of Shay Given, perhaps not the same level but excellent in Newcastle.

I wonder if its just nostalgia but generally it feels like the goalkeeper standard was higher about twenty years ago. Perhaps because they were all about shot stopping rather than participating in the game in other ways.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Schmeichel

 

[ac gull]

in terms of performance in GK role and impact this had on rest of team over sustained period of time has got to be Schmeichel

 

[albionalbino]

Jääskeläinen is another good call. Also came to think of Shay Given, perhaps not the same level but excellent in Newcastle.

I wonder if its just nostalgia but generally it feels like the goalkeeper standard was higher about twenty years ago. Perhaps because they were all about shot stopping rather than participating in the game in other ways.

Probably add Mark Schwarzer to that list too.

 

[peterward]

Peter Schmeichel, but second who imho was better than Martyn, Seaman, Van Der Sar is big Neville Southall. An unbelievable keeper in the early PL years who made saves that defied logic.

 

[Stat Brother]

For me the best Manchester United keeper in the PL era was Massimo Taibi, so I guess, by default, that makes him the best PL goalkeeper.



It's a funny old world.

 

[blockhseagull]

Ashley Cole was one of the best left backs in the world at the time. He seems an odd pick for your comparison.

I guess in the era of the players listed above most of the players in the top division were English, giving a huge pool to pick from. Now the percentage of English players must be much lower, hence if you’re English and playing in the Premier League you have a decent chance of getting a cap.

Unless I’m reading it wrong it says

Andy Cole