Fraser Forster

The free kick deflected save against the huns is one of the best he's made. The fact that I just said "one of the best" and not "the best" is a testament to how many world class saves he's made.

 

Exactly mate. Hard to pick.

And that was from before he was apparently 'on form'

Genuinely baffed me at the time that people couldn't see the potential in him.

 

His best save for us, off the top of my head, would probably be one of his 2 saves against Messi (I know he made more from Messi but 2 in particular). The first was in the Nou camp. Messi shot from a low cross from about 4 yards if i remember correctly and Forster made what can only be described as a miraculous save. The other was the fingertip save onto the bar last night. Another worth a mention is obviously that free kick save from Jelavic I think it was. His penalty save against Hearts. His double save in Udine. That left handed other save from Messi last night. The low save that ended up with a tap in goal for Messi last night was world class too.

 

I loved that save at the Nou Camp and Messi had an incredulous look on his face unable to believe he hadn't scored.

 

I mind he made 2/3 world class saves against St Johsntone when McGinn got a double in a cup game.

 

Being biased and everything but that is one of the finest instinctive saves i've seen in all the years I can remember of watching football the fact it was against Messi who's shot was pretty fierce probably aides my opinion on that save.

 

And I'd put money on you knowing to the second what time those saves were made at :icon_mrgreen: :smiley-laughing002:

Just coddin mate

 

The best thing about Fraser is that he's a hard worker, loads of people have come out and said that. Charlie on SoccerAM saying that he's the first one in and last one out, the work he's done with Stevie Woods has worked wonders for him and you can tell they love working with each other as Fraser has mentioned in the past. Stevie deserves a lot of credit for his role in Fraser's improvement as well in my opinion.

And you can see in the progress he's made here that he is committed to making himself better. Just look at his kicking for example, left foot, right foot, much more reliable and he even got an assist last night!

I wasn't sure, when he first joined if he was good enough, but just seeing him getting better and better week in and week out made me a believer fairly quickly and I was delighted when he signed this summer on a permanent deal.

 

Mind a game against St Mirren that was just an "off day" and he pulled off about 9 great saves?

 

Once again the big man shows just how monumentally far he has come in the past year. Another monstrous showing from someone who at this moment in time is the in-form keeper in Britain.

 

Words don't cover how much I love this guy.

He is utterly tremendous.

He now makes the game effortless and is always in the right place at the right time to make goalkeeping look far too easy.

When he has to make a save he does it with ease.

Now he looks so confident and assured he knows he isn't likely to make a mistake.

We are genuinely watching one of the best keepers develop in front of our eyes.

 

Ever since that peno save against the mini, diet and soon to be also dead huns, he has just gone into boss mode.

 

Lenny put it best, when he hugged Fraser after the game: "Fraser, you * hero, love ya!"

 

Still no krul .... anyone tell the newcastle fans krul plyed his trade with falkirk? A lesser team .. U know like newcastle are to us! GIRFUY pardew ya *

 

So any chance of a new poll...?

 

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the jungle
Critics leave the Celts alone
Hey! Critics! Leave them Celts alone!
Fraser Foster not just another brick but a wall.
Fraser Foster not just anotehr brick but a wall.

 

Pedro on Forster -

“Their keeper is an excellent player. After the first game I thought maybe he’d just had a good game.

“But now it’s clear to me he’s special.”

 

Probably the best goalkeeper of all time.

 

:icon_mrgreen:

 

If he keeps this up and we progress a bit further in the tournament, I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the running for European goalkeeper of the year. He's certainly made people sit up and take notice.