The stat TB needs to be looking at is the one provided by Foxy Boy. Kasper ranks lower than Hennessey this season. He’s miles behind Pope and I remember posters on here reckoning they would much rather have Kasper than Nick Pope

He’s having a bad season no doubt about it - there’s also little doubt that his decision making has always been a problem and the reason that.....well let’s be honest.....he’s the one title winning hero that never gets linked with a move anywhere

Kasper is also miles ahead of Butland in the same stats and I doubt anyone would turn him away.

Nev - I don't know why you don't see Kasper coming off his line for through balls and the like. Granted he often stays during crosses but he's quick off his line when the ball's on the floor. Errors in that situation would count toward the stat as well. And failing to hold onto moderate shots that gift goals in rebounds. And letting such a shot go through his legs. And giving the ball away from kicking to directly result in a goal (there have been errors here this season but not previously). All these things would get added to such a stat of errors leading to goals - it's not just about aerial ability.

And that's precisely the issue with getting another goalkeeper. You're right that Begovic took a lot of catches at the King Power but so I recall his error-making in the rest of his play lets him down. Which is precisely why Chelsea got rid of him.

Based on his form this season - yeah I’d turn Jack Butland away right now. It’s not as if Stoke are resembling a top 8 PL club.....

Dung i agree he is quick off the line for through balls etc its when its in his six yard box he goes missing, oh and what about his shot stopping from distance and set pieces.
I really don't get it is it the nostaglia for the heroics of the past just about every other player gets pelters and he just is bang average and not getting better.

Nev - it’s happened since football began. People have their heroes and people have their villains. I imagine people in their flat caps standing at filbert street arguing over Arthur Chandler etc. Well probably not Arthur Chandler as he was amazing but you get the picture....

Personally I can’t see what anyone sees in Amartey. But some people are staunchly behind him (yourself included). It’s just bias - part of the human make up. People will defend Kasper when the stats point the other way. Some like me will rip into Amartey when possible the stats show him to not be as bad as I imagine.

We all are susceptible to it. Dunge certainly is with Andy King no question! And perhaps he may overlook some of Kaspers indiscretions because he likes his character and feels he brings important leadership to the dressing room. Who knows. It’s not wrong, it’s just what we fans have always done

It's all about the overall picture and opinions Nev, yours are obviously very blinkered towards Kasper as they are in other ways to other players as we all do to some extent but yours do seem to be so black and white you don't let any other opinion into your mind even when evidence proves it, you're either totally for something or totally against, there is no in between.

Kasper is far from bang average but he is having a bang average Season as is just about every other player, as has always been the case since NP built the Club back up ( ) the sum of the whole is far greater than the individual, something that MO did as well extremely well in our last sustained period of success.

I wish Kasper had stayed on his line on
Sunday !

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comment by Legless Fox (U21476)
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I wish Kasper had stayed on his line on
Sunday !

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I'm not sure about that, I was praying for a win either way in extra time, I think I'd have had frostbite if it had gone to penos - and we'd definitely have lost on them in any event!

BS - in regard to Kingy (Mr Marmite) you remind me of the guy who sits next to me - he was forever saying that King goes missing, too lightweight etc. But when I pointed out a decent bit of last ditch defending and asked 'who cleared that ball off the line?' or 'who got back for that crucial tackle?' he didn't know - yes it was our Andy. Perhaps if he'd grown his hair longer and dyed it blond he might have been noticed more.

Anyway that ship has sailed. Re Kasper Nev, he's anything but bang average. The problem is that in shot stopping and one-on-ones he's excellent, distribution is variable but decent overall, but at commanding his area and shot stopping from free kicks he is absolute pants.

Realistically he's about as good a keeper as we can expect to keep hold of in the medium term, so I'll normally accept his faults although he does appear to be struggling this season. I suspect that those who have said we need to have a better alternative reserve keeper to put pressure on him are not far off the mark.

I wonder Nev if you have been a bit spoilt by the fantastic goalies who graced Filbert Street in the past. One wonders why they weren't snapped up by the top clubs at the time? In this day and age of media hype and agents I doubt that Banks or Shilton would have stayed as long as they did.

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I was hacked off when Shilton forced Bank's out because we could not afford to lose him as he was the future. He then went to a bigger club Nottingham Forest!
How many clubs have come in for Kasper?
If he left us would he go to a bigger club?
To say he's the best we can get is a bit ingenuous to our club owners and fans.
He's Like Andy King a good club servant but never going to be a top progress upwards at this stage of his career even with a younger model pushing at his heels.

Nev - I was thinking the other day actually: We don't have a highly-rated young keeper coming up through the ranks and indeed haven't for a long time now. Regardless of the Kasper situation and individual views on it, this does seem like something we're missing.

What happened to Jakupovic? I’d honestly have him in goal over Kasper right now

How many Leicester Players have ever gone onto Bigger and Better things, very few.

Kante is probably the first in a generation, even Mahrez is struggling to clinch himself a deal so that’s no black mark on Kasper.

Of course, maybe he’s also more loyal to his Club and doesn’t get his agent to tart him out to everyone and his dog as well.

I wonder Dung if that's the issue that Kasper does not want competition and Stowelly (havn't said that name for a while protecting or fear he might go.

But think we have had keepers that haven't pressured Kasper Rocket Ron did not do it and the Jakupuckavich feel out with everyone?

TB Well if he's agent isn't "tarting him around he's not doing his job.
Very few leicester players go on to bigger and better things as most of them even if they think they are, arn't as good as they think they are "Drinkwater" is finding that out.
Except for the likes of Shilton Linniker,heskey Kante who was always going to go not many do and Kasper probably knows that to,anyway he has a premier league medal courtesy of the most successful manager we ever had so i'm sure he is happy