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Vasilis Barkas

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by Callum McGregor, Jul 29, 2020.

Discuss Vasilis Barkas in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. The Phoenix Black Lives Matter

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    This guy must be the unluckiest keeper ever, apparently nothing is his fault, every shot on target he has no right to save.

    He's been a disaster since the CL qualifiers.
     
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    Both him and Hazard played 2 in 2021.Hazard 1 clean sheet, saved 7 shots on goal and conceded 1. Barkas 0 clean sheets, 0 saves but he does win conceding more goals with 3.
     
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    Hazard isn't the answer nor is Bain, but at least they make saves, and attempt to position themselves properly.

    This clown doesn't even do that.

    Will ho down as an even worse signing that Rafael *.
     
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  4. Cringer67

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    You know its not working when the opposition have zero shots on target in the whole game (huns), and you still manage to concede
     
  5. Cringer67

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    you cant say that. If his positioning was better then he stops one or both. From where he was, he didn't stand a chance , thats true. But a better keeper is in a better position and potentially saves it.
     
  6. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Nah, both goals were entirely on the defence.
     
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    Definitely can't say that about the first goal, guy has a free header 10 yards out and all the time in the world. As long as he doesn't * up the header, it's a goal regardless of who our keeper is.
     
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    By the same token he gets blamed for things completely outwith his control. People on here were actually blaming him for jullien’s injury against United ffs. I agree he has been very underwhelming since coming here but there has been far, far too much scapegoating of him.
     
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    He’s simply not good enough.

    It’s all well and good saying he hasn’t had any absolute howlers, but how much of an achievement is that really? Generally speaking, you’ve got to do things in order for them to go wrong.

    I wouldn’t have too many howlers either if you asked me to stand in goal for Celtic and only stop shots if the ball actually fell straight into my hands.

    Even if he had shown some glimpses of ability, I’ve not convinced he has the mentality to succeed here. Warning bells should’ve been sounding when he talked about playing outfield in training. This is your career mate, for which you’re handsomely rewarded, not a * kickabout with your mates.
     
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    His angles were terrible though, so Julien was forced into a Hail Mary lunge to save a goal.

    Reminded me of his terrible positioning for Ferencvaros's second goal.

    I don't buy this "he needs a better defence", we were cut open many times in Europe only for guys like Boruc and Forster to save us. A goalkeeper who can't save shots on target is a major problem, irrespective of the defence.

    What about other goalies in the SPL, who don't have great defences, but are able to keep their team in it with important saves, particularly against us.

    This is the worst keeper I've ever seen at Celtic. And yet he's been the most expensive. Typical of this atrocity of a season.
     
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    Watch it again, 100% the defence is a shambles and should not be letting him have a free header from there, but barkas positioning is terrible, he is far to close to his own right hand post, the ball goes in maybe about 2 yards from the left hand post, if he had a better starting positioning he would have had a much better chance of saving it.
     
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    Must be the only keeper in the world that hates being a keeper and trains as a left back. And we somehow signed him.
     
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    So its all down to the defence and/or bad luck that this guy has, quite literally, not made one save of of note in the entire season?

    Even with the shittest defence in the world, you would still expect your keeper to save the odd one now and again when the attacker is expected to score. Barkas has saved none. Literally.

    If we had a keeper of the quality of Mgreggor or Forster in goal this season we would have conceded 10+ less goals. That's a lot of points.
     
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    Totally unconvincing, we can excuse him playing behind a poor defence but it's really hard to make a case for him. Needs to go.
     
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    He's fukin dog *.... absolutely fukin rank rotten...I'd rather have Bain in the sticks..
    At least he makes a save or two.
     
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    Most expensive ball boy in history
     
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    This guy is nowhere near Bain’s level which is quite problematic in itself
     
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    I'd like him to make a save, any save.
     
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    As we have all discussed previous this lad never looks like getting near anything that is on target. He looks very small in goals as well. Doesn't make himself big. Steve Woods needs to be showing this keeper videos of Kasper Schmeichel. He's 6 ft 2 in height but spreads himself like 10 ft wide at times and 9 ft tall. We all know our defence is not good but if we all believe the stats throughout this season when Barkas is in goal it must be a ration of 1.5 shots on target results in a goal. Sometimes a keeper saves shots due to being in the right position. This lad never seems to be. There's an old saying in football - Good players make a receiving bad pass in to a good pass. There is a lot of truth in that when you think about it. The comparison with your keeper is that can he pull you out of hole when the opposition get in behind your defence or when they get a shot or header on target.
     
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