Retirement.
Who’s been the best Chelsea goalkeeper in your lifetime?
Who’s been the goalkeeper you’ve had great expectations of and they’ve disappointed?
Who’s been your favourite goalkeeper? (not always necessarily the best)
Me? As you already know, the best IMO is Cech.
Believe it or not, the one I was excited about getting and felt disappointed with the player etc is Bosnich. When we got him on a free, I still (having heard the rumours) got my hopes up that we’d tame the beast.
Favourite? Cech but not because he was the best. (although that helps) I just think when for 10 out of 11 years you’ve got somebody representing you, you can tell he loves the club as much as the club loves him and then even in his last season, he did not create any fuss and finally choosing his next club for the sake of his family, that sealed it for me. I think of him as legend of Chelsea and as a man.
In the wake of Cech announcing his pending
posted on 16/1/19
Cech. The best in the Premier League has ever seen imho. I reckon the head injury had an effect on him, wtf was Hunt thinking, and moving to Arsenal cost him more clean sheets. Best I've seen no doubt. Munich 2012 he got a touch on every penalty. Unreal. Thanks for the memories Big Pete.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_goalkeepers_with_100_or_more_clean_sheets
posted on 16/1/19
Yeah, Big Pete for me, just over The Cat,
and I'm sorry Summer69,but Beasant still gives me the shudders.
posted on 16/1/19
Kevin Hitchcock
posted on 16/1/19
You forgot Derek Richardson '69
Seriously i've never felt more confidence in a keeper be it club or country. Cech at his peak was phenomenal
posted on 16/1/19
Best is Cech, no arguments.
The high expectations guy who disappointed has to be Courtois. There's plenty of other keepers I could name, Bosnich wasn't a bad shout, but when you figure just how good Courtois is, to leave how he did considering the sacrifices we made to keep him another 5/10 years there's no-one who rivals him when it comes to disappointment.
My favorite Chelsea keeper (and just in general) is Cudicini. Pretty much mini-Buffon in terms of shot stopping, absolutely loved Cudicini as a young fan. One of the greatest servants in Chelsea history, and why do I say that? Was the stand out performer in the season we finished 4th in 2002/03. When people talk about those individuals who formed the butterfly effect of Roman choosing to buy us - Hoddle, Guilit, Zola, Gronkjaer, etc... Cudicini is a very significant and largely overlooked figure in that respect. And gracefully stepped aside for the younger, quicker, better keeper in Cech with not a single word of protest. He's a Chelsea legend to me and I make no apologizes for saying that
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Definitely Petr. He just looked unbeatable in the early years. Great servant and his attitude and performance in Munich was utterly magnificent. Thanks Pete.
But The Cat is still my personal favourite - very safe hands and incredible agility. Local kid, first game skinny little kid aged 17, first choice from then on. Thanks Pete.
posted on 16/1/19
I forgot about Carlo Cudicini
posted on 17/1/19
Cech for sure, I didn't think I'd see better than Cudicini anytime soon, Boy was I wrong.
posted on 17/1/19
The GK I had great expectations for was Courtois.. it was dream scenario.. Cech was aging and Courtois was 22 and had developed into a seemingly world class keeper at Atletico.. In my eyes we were getting a world class keeper for nothing.
4 years and 2 PLs later and I feel really underwhelmed by Courtois.. I feel like he dropped a gear at Chelsea.. He had some cracking games but I still feel he let us down on a number of occasions especially off the field in the media.