Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Any good team has to have a good keeper at the back. it is the foundation that gives confidence to the rest of the team. How different would this season have been if we'd had De Gea in goal like United. When they were all over the shop he was saving points for them and they built on that and slowly but surely their confidence came back. On the other hand when we had confidence at the beginning of the season Howard eroded it (Palace home game is the season encapsulated, knocking it around brilliantly until Howard undermined the whole thing) and whenever we looked like getting back on track he halted that as well. Equally when Robles came in we stopped the rot with some decent performances whicch again turned sour as soon as Howard returned.
I'm fed up playing every match knowing that we'll probably concede at least one every game and every single one of our players know it. Even in the few games Robles was in there was a feeling of 'we're probably not going to concede with Stones Jags and Robles so lets actually start playing a bit'. For me it is the most important position on the pitch. We have two excellent centrebacks in front of Howard but they have a terrible record and look nervous all the time because of the clown behind him. Put a good keeper in this team and it changes everything.
I'm fed up playing every match knowing that we'll probably concede at least one every game and every single one of our players know it. Even in the few games Robles was in there was a feeling of 'we're probably not going to concede with Stones Jags and Robles so lets actually start playing a bit'. For me it is the most important position on the pitch. We have two excellent centrebacks in front of Howard but they have a terrible record and look nervous all the time because of the clown behind him. Put a good keeper in this team and it changes everything.
