• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 00:46
CEST 06:46
KST 13:46
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August)6Neeb returns to progaming; rejoins ONSYDE13Weekly Cups (July 20-26): Early returns on 5.0.16b8IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly5Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard"9
StarCraft 2
General
Neeb returns to progaming; rejoins ONSYDE Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard" Weekly Cups (July 20-26): Early returns on 5.0.16b Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Terran or Protoss
Tourneys
PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August) IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly Crank Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 536 Railroad Switch The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 535 Assembly of Vengeance Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation
Brood War
General
BW Drama: Terror's Debt Incident + C9 disbanding BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Making an Online Broodwar Manager Game ASL22 General Discussion
Tourneys
2v2v2v2 Tournament Small VOD Thread 2.0 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Star Con San Diego 2026
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Simple Questions, Simple Answers PvT advise for noobs
Other Games
General Games
Path of Exile ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live! Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread TL Mafia Power Rank NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread How to buy a book - shipping from Korea to Europe
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently... [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2026-27 Football Thread placeholder 2024 - 2026 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Games, Hormones, and "Dark" …
TrAiDoS
Hello guys!
LIN1s
ASL S22 English Commentary…
namkraft
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 4723 users

2013 - 2014 Football Thread - Page 670

Forum Index > Sports
Post a Reply
Prev 1 668 669 670 671 672 907 Next
Time to move on to the next thread http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sports/460943-2014-2015-football-thread
TerransHill
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany572 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-11 15:20:58
March 11 2014 15:20 GMT
#13381
Of course there are several good goalkeepers but Ive you're an objective person and had to pick one it has to be Neuer. I mean statistics proof it and his ability with the ball is unmatched by any other goalkeeper.
I also dont understand why that wouldnt be important for a goalkeeper. Of course its not his primary task but in the end it contributes to winning games. Can't just ignore that.

All other arguments stated like he doesnt get as much open shots etc. are just speculation with no data to back it up.

Also I dont know why Buffon is even mentioned. Hes still good but he got old and isnt worldclass anymore. Hes nowhere near Neuer or Cech.
Respect my authoritah!!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 11 2014 15:31 GMT
#13382
On March 12 2014 00:06 Akka wrote:
I think we should ask Neuer to take Llloris' place in Tottenham for a few games to see what he's really worth.


LOL
This is true
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-11 15:39:04
March 11 2014 15:38 GMT
#13383
I'm in the Neuer camp as well That said, pre-injury Cech was the best goalkeeper I've ever witnessed. Commanding, fearless and insane stopping ability. That guy was a tank with cheetah reflexes.
Kotreb
Profile Joined June 2011
Croatia1392 Posts
March 11 2014 15:40 GMT
#13384
Anyone knows here what happened to Akinfeev? Last i remember he was supposed to be next big thing but he got injured or smtgh and i've never heard of him again.
If you don't sin Jesus died for nothing.
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
March 11 2014 15:44 GMT
#13385
Ofc its hard to say someone is clear Nr1..

Hes top 5 for sure. I didnt want to start a discussion. All i can say is that skillwise in terms of passing and handling the ball he is just the best and better than some players even.
hatred outlives the hateful
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
March 11 2014 15:49 GMT
#13386
Best games I have seen from Neuer were two games with Schalke. Porto vs Schalke ( Rather Neuer vs Porto) and Schalke vs ManU, Ferguson said after the match: "He was the best goalkeeper against us, I truly thought we were unable to score against him."
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18719 Posts
March 11 2014 16:26 GMT
#13387
On March 12 2014 00:20 TerransHill wrote:
Of course there are several good goalkeepers but Ive you're an objective person and had to pick one it has to be Neuer. I mean statistics proof it and his ability with the ball is unmatched by any other goalkeeper.
I also dont understand why that wouldnt be important for a goalkeeper. Of course its not his primary task but in the end it contributes to winning games. Can't just ignore that.

All other arguments stated like he doesnt get as much open shots etc. are just speculation with no data to back it up.

Also I dont know why Buffon is even mentioned. Hes still good but he got old and isnt worldclass anymore. Hes nowhere near Neuer or Cech.


Did you seriously wrote if with ve? "Ive" - funny :D
Buffon is mentioned because he kicked the Germans out of a tournament, once more
BeaTeR
Profile Joined March 2003
Kazakhstan4130 Posts
March 11 2014 17:04 GMT
#13388
On March 12 2014 00:40 Kotreb wrote:
Anyone knows here what happened to Akinfeev? Last i remember he was supposed to be next big thing but he got injured or smtgh and i've never heard of him again.

i remember there were rumours that MU wanted to buy him before they got De Gea. Seems that injury affected his improving. The guy is just avergae atm. He still plays in CSKA Moscow, a couple of days ago Akinfeev concided 4 goals in second time against Dynamo Moscow after his team were leading 2-0 in HT lol (ex-chelsea player Yuri Zhirkov scored twice and made an assist in this match btw).
Though he is #1 in national squad i must admitt.
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2397 Posts
March 11 2014 17:21 GMT
#13389
One guy to look out for is Jan Oblak (like Mensol, I'm also very unbiased). He's 21 and has conceded only 1 goal in 12 matches for Benfica this season.
TerransHill
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany572 Posts
March 11 2014 17:39 GMT
#13390
On March 12 2014 01:26 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2014 00:20 TerransHill wrote:
Of course there are several good goalkeepers but Ive you're an objective person and had to pick one it has to be Neuer. I mean statistics proof it and his ability with the ball is unmatched by any other goalkeeper.
I also dont understand why that wouldnt be important for a goalkeeper. Of course its not his primary task but in the end it contributes to winning games. Can't just ignore that.

All other arguments stated like he doesnt get as much open shots etc. are just speculation with no data to back it up.

Also I dont know why Buffon is even mentioned. Hes still good but he got old and isnt worldclass anymore. Hes nowhere near Neuer or Cech.


Did you seriously wrote if with ve? "Ive" - funny :D
Buffon is mentioned because he kicked the Germans out of a tournament, once more


Guess I did. :o
Respect my authoritah!!
sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
March 11 2014 18:34 GMT
#13391
On March 12 2014 00:40 Kotreb wrote:
Anyone knows here what happened to Akinfeev? Last i remember he was supposed to be next big thing but he got injured or smtgh and i've never heard of him again.

He was terrible in the Dynamo vs CSKA game this weekend.

wingpawn
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Poland1342 Posts
March 11 2014 19:19 GMT
#13392
Regarding goalies, there's always that paradox:

> Be a good goalie
> Get noticed and join a top team
> Have less work because of top team's epic defense
> Nobody knows how good you are anymore


I was curious, so I checked the best performing goalkeepers of this season according to WhoScored.com:

+ Show Spoiler +
1. Keylor Navas (Levante) 7.27, 26 apps
2. Vito Mannone (Sundeland) 7.21, 17 apps
3. David Ospina (OGC Nice) 7.18, 21 apps
4. Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Gladbach) 7.16, 24 apps
5. Manuel Neuer (Bayern) 7.14, 23 apps
6. Bernd Leno (Leverkusen) 7.11, 24 apps
7. Kossi Agassa (Reims) 7.10, 24 apps
8. Mattia Perin (Genoa) 7.09, 27 apps
9. Wojciech Szczęsny (Arsenal) 7.08, 28 apps
10. Raphael Schäfer (Nurnberg) 7.05, 24 apps
11. Andrea Consigli (Atalanta) 7.03, 25 apps
12. Vlada Avramov (Cagliari) 7.02, 14 apps
13. Rafael (Verona) 7.00, 27 apps
--- Willy Caballero (Malaga) 7.00, 27 apps
15. Victor Valdes (Barcelona) 6.98, 23 apps
16. Asmir Begovic (Stoke) 6.96, 24 apps
17. Antonio Mirante (Parma) 6.94, 26 apps
18. Danijel Subasic (Monaco) 6.93, 28 apps
19. Gianluca Pegolo (Sassuolo) 6.92, 23 apps
--- Jussi Jääskeläinen (West Ham) 6.92, 18 apps


As you see, mostly heroes of lesser clubs.

Personally, I'm split between Neuer and Valdes. Neuer probably makes less mistakes and sweeps the crosses better, but Valdes often saves impossible chances (which Neuer hardly has to face with almost 80% posession).
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28874 Posts
March 11 2014 19:40 GMT
#13393
I think Neuer is the best GK Bayern could have. I don't think he'd be the best for a mid-low table PL team.

Also agreeing that pre-injury Cech was the best I've ever seen, he's still great but he permanently lost some fearlessness and GK's greatly benefit from being fearless.
Moderator
wingpawn
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Poland1342 Posts
March 11 2014 19:45 GMT
#13394
Well, the best I've ever seen was Peter Schmeichel during MU's Champions League run in 1999 (apart from his performance in the final, where he was as bad as the rest of his team). Oh, and also Oliver Kahn in Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup.

Compared to those two, Cech is close but no cigar.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28874 Posts
March 11 2014 20:02 GMT
#13395
ya actually Kahn in 2002 WC was the best I've ever seen too. But I never watched him much during regular seasons. And Schmeichel is a total legend.
Moderator
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18719 Posts
March 11 2014 20:02 GMT
#13396
Oliver Kahn in 2002 World Cup was surreal.
If you look at Germany's squad back then you always ask yourself "how did that team get into the final" lol
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28874 Posts
March 11 2014 20:08 GMT
#13397
To be fair though, Kahn actually fucked up pretty big in the actual finals.. Definitely the best I've seen up until that point, but Brazil's 1-0 goal in the final was a big mistake from his behalf.
Moderator
ViperPL
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland1775 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-11 21:14:25
March 11 2014 21:13 GMT
#13398
Damn:

Fair play hero!

Awesome player!
A dota player and lol player walk into a bar. The dota player says: "lol sucks". Lol player couldn't deny. http://i.imgur.com/FpLeTf1.gif
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
March 11 2014 22:01 GMT
#13399
Sporting Kansas City has signed Spanish midfielder Antonio Rodriguez Dovale, the club announced today.

How Portland Fans made that huge banner:

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
March 11 2014 23:18 GMT
#13400
Cláudio Taffarel is the best gk i've ever watched. Easily the best GK Brazil ever had.

Still not biased.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
Prev 1 668 669 670 671 672 907 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 5h 14m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 191
Nina 99
FoxeR 59
StarCraft: Brood War
Rain 5634
GuemChi 3232
Calm 991
Leta 222
Bale 89
Noble 33
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm179
Counter-Strike
Coldzera 1266
minikerr71
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King143
Other Games
summit1g8036
C9.Mang0437
ViBE143
Maynarde123
ROOTCatZ76
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• RayReign 97
• Azhi_Dahaki19
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota2593
• lizZardDota225
League of Legends
• Lourlo1326
• Stunt410
Upcoming Events
Escore
5h 14m
CrankTV Team League
6h 14m
Big Brain Bouts
11h 14m
Spirit vs sOs
GgMaChine vs Percival
Serral vs MaxPax
OSC
17h 44m
Replay Cast
19h 14m
Afreeca Starleague
23h 14m
RSL Revival
1d 4h
ByuN vs SHIN
Solar vs Lambo
WardiTV Summer Champion…
1d 6h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 23h
RSL Revival
2 days
Clem vs Serral
herO vs Rogue
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
WardiTV Weekly
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
PiGosaur Cup
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Kung Fu Cup
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
The PondCast
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-29
SCTL 2026 Spring
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale

Ongoing

CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
Escore Tournament S3: W5
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026

Upcoming

ASL Season 22: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #2
Acropolis #5
Escore Tournament S3: W6
Escore Tournament S3: W7
Escore Tournament S3: W8
CSLAN 4
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
PiG Sty Festival 8.0
Light Tournament 2026
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
Logitech G Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.