The joke that was Oliver Kahn's Goalkeeping

Jesus! Paul robinson would have been embarassed by that display!
He was pretty much calpable for every goal that Real Madrid scored.

Despicably poor display. with a better keeper between the pegs Bayen may well have won the game.

the only really save of note he made was from a weak Beckham freekick which most keepers would expect to save

Frankly, that was not bad at all... few keepers could ve made that one...

apart from that, yeah, appalling...

Tweedle wrote:
the only really save of note he made was from a weak Beckham freekick which most keepers would expect to save

I don't know, it was exactly struck with a lot of pace. I reckon most international class keepers would have saved it.

Tweedle wrote:I don't know, it was* exactly struck with a lot of pace. I reckon most international class keepers would have saved it.

*'nt

Thats why Jens is the German number 1.

Cesc wrote:Thats why Jens is the German number 1.

Much like in the English national team - a mediocre keeper is number one due to an absence of challengers.

Lehmann is at least a better keeper than robinson though, by quite some way.

Certainly not top class but the level below that

Nah, I reckon Lehmann is top class, but not WC.

Robinson wouldn't even play in the prem if he wasn't English. He's by far among the worst starting XI keepers in the prem.

Oliver Kahn has always been known to concede a lot of goals in big matches. In recent years he conceded 3 to Liverpool, 5 to England, 4 to Real, 4 to us etc. Maybe it's a poor defence, although he's always been overrated imo.

what the hell you are talking

all 3 goals there was no chance to safe it

Still a bad night for the German keepers though.

They conceded 4 out of the 7 goals. I'm sure the German goalkeeping coach will be pulling his hair out if this continues.

S4P wrote:Still a bad night for the German keepers though.

They conceded 4 out of the 7 goals. I'm sure the German goalkeeping coach will be pulling his hair out if this continues.

Nah, he's wondering if they can nationalise the goalies that let in the other three goals too !

Axeslammer wrote:

S4P wrote:Still a bad night for the German keepers though.

They conceded 4 out of the 7 goals. I'm sure the German goalkeeping coach will be pulling his hair out if this continues.

Nah, he's wondering if they can nationalise the goalies that let in the other three goals too !

Oliver Khan has been shit for 2 years now. He's like a boxer that won't accept that his powers have gone. He should've followed Schmeichel & Seaman's lead and walked away when he was still a credible force.

Seaman?


Now, I can only assume that you're kidding.

@ deisler

What are you on about? all three goals were his fault.

the first one he rebounded to the FEET of Raul, the second he flapped and did'nt reach an incredibly slow header from helguera and the third he practically jumped out of the way of the ball. If he'd just stood his ground he'd have saved it.

Out of ten, he gets a bit fat ZERO from me

-1 from me.

If he wasn't German (or French), I'd give him 0.

My Gran would have done a better job - and she's 6 feet under

Mine's 20,000 leagues under the sea, but would have done a better job.

Saintsarama wrote:Seaman?


Now, I can only assume that you're kidding.

He retired after his 1st average/mediocre/dodgy season... when he started letting in shots from distance all over the place. And yet he still made THAT save vs. Sheffield United in the Semis of the F.A Cup.

He walked when he knew he was losing it. Khan is refusing to do the same... and is subsequently ruining his legacy.

But Seamen was never in Schmeichel's or Khan's class imo.

Schmeichel's no, but Kahn I'm not sure. I may be bias here, but I think the only keeper you can compare to Schmeichel (since the Premiership started) is Cech, and I even believe Cech still has a long way to go before he can match Schmeichel (although he still has a long time left at the highest level).

I always thought Kahn was overrated, even in 00-01.

TeamSpirit wrote:

Saintsarama wrote:Seaman?


Now, I can only assume that you're kidding.

He retired after his 1st average/mediocre/dodgy season... when he started letting in shots from distance all over the place. And yet he still made THAT save vs. Sheffield United in the Semis of the F.A Cup.

He walked when he knew he was losing it. Khan is refusing to do the same... and is subsequently ruining his legacy.

Hmmm, I suppose you're right, when he started making errors, he stepped down, and it's only fair that he played until those errors crept into his game.

Kahn in 2001-2003, especially at the 2002 WC, showed some of the most stunning performances for a goalie ever, and I say this as a Bremen fan who hates his guts. Kahn's form in 2002 was unparalleled since the Yashin days, and this includes Schmeichel who I really admire.

It's no coincidence that Kahn won the golden ball in 2002, as the first goalie ever.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/germany/newsid_2081000/2081522.stm

the only present keeper that comes close to Scheichal is buffoon

Parks lives wrote:But Seamen was never in Schmeichel's or Khan's class imo.

That's not the point I was making.

Khan at his best was a lot better than Seaman at his best - but the Englishman knew when to walk away. That's all.

Tweedle wrote:the only present keeper that comes close to Scheichal is buffoon

Another overrated keeper imo.

Kahn HAS to retire at the end of the season

he is destroying his legacy big time

the fire is gone

I say, lock him up with Birgit Prinz for about 3 months and who knows they might sire the next generation of German super-footballers: not exactly Mia Hamm/Bierhoff lookalikes, but certainly a kind of hybrid that knows no antidote, or rather a player with no natural predator in the football kingdom

These Germans, always meddling with eugenics...

Anything's better than Valdes' gift to Bellamy today.