Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
Jens was ok but he was no Almunia.

Almunia was excellent. Peter loved him.

All right, I?
Almunia did have one good game. At OT in the CL SF. Made 4 or 5 world class saves to keep it to 1-0. So we had a chance in the return leg, before young Gibbs slipped over on the ball after about 7 mins and gave them a goal.

Manuel then decided to let in a 40 yard FK from that Portugeezer and that was that. A late Cesc pelanty for a 3-1 defeat.

Speaking of 'keepers making 4-5 world class saves in a losing cause, my fave ever Sperz player {excluding ones who went on to play for us} was Paul Robinson. Every time he played for us {and this was true at Leeds, too, before he joined Sperz} he would pull of 4-5 absolutely stunning saves but would still let in 3-5 goals that he had absolutely no chance with, where we'd just scythe them open and get tap ins into empty nets.

And the reason I really like him was in one of his final games against us, possibly the last, the Gooners were giving him stick saying "That's 60 you've conceded against us now" and he gave us a wave. Top lad.