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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Age difference suggests he'll eclipse Neuer sooner rather than later but of this upcoming generation I'd personally say De Gea has the edge over Courtois right now. Although long term I can see Courtois being number 1. Not that I think having the worlds best goalkeeper is that crucial to winning a tournament. It certainly helped Germany but I can think of a lot of winners who've done it with average at best goalies. Belgiums strength is their overall quality in all positions.
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NOW I'm gonna have to disagree with you. De Gea for me is one that leaves me puzzled. So everyone bangs on about he did this dramatic save, then this one and then did a backflip just to get a fingertip on a ball. That's all well and good, but why do you never hear about Courtois doing that? Positioning. The only reason De Gea is having to do all this stuff is cos his positioning is out. Sure he gets a kudos for making the saves, but he's not the star for me.
Courtois, on the other hand, knows where he needs to be when and were and makes his job easier for himself.
And whilst we're on the subject. You can have the greatest keeper in the world who can make save after save, but it comes to naught if the defence is shit. The goalie having to make a save is meant to be last resort not something to rely on. All the great squads in history had a defence that did their job and did it right. A.C Milan (2002 era). France (1998-Desilly and Blanc Muh dick), Arsenal (2001 season! Marone) Brazil (2014)...well maybe not them. You get the idea.
How often have we seen decent keepers who have let goal after goal in? Not because of something they failed to do but because they've been broken down after repeated attempts on goal. Tim Howard (last season especially), Robert Enke (surely one of the biggest examples of a great keeper at an average team) and Shay Given are only some examples. Look at Ochoa's performance for Mexico last year. He did great, but eventually he was beaten by one too many chances.
Aaaaannnnddd breathe.