
“The cons are that to be a top-level goalie you have to be training every day, seeing balls travelling at high speed and keeping your hands and eyes sharp. And it’s also about being up to speed with your decision-making.If you need time to think, decide, then act or it’ll be too late. The ball will be in your net.
“Picking Jens for a Premier League game would be a massive risk. Imagine a goalie who’s been sidelined for eight months with injury. Would you pick him after one comeback game in the reserves? I think not. Jens is almost 42, he hasn’t played for eight months.
“I really don’t know how he can be expected to step straight back in – and especially at the business end of the season. Arsenal have just eight League games left, including crucial showdowns with Manchester United and Tottenham. It’s a huge ask to expect Jens to step in now.
“I’d stick with Almunia. Remind him of how well he played after coming on as a substitute at the Nou Camp and tell him he’s in a tough school but can come good again. He dropped a clanger at West Brom. He’s got to pick himself up and get on with life. It just goes to show that Mark Schwarzer would have been a great signing for Arsenal from Fulham last summer. Schwarzer would have kept things ticking over, and he would have paved the way for Szczesny to eventually make his way into the team.”
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