Gianluigi Buffon (110 Viewers)
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What about Del Piero? Haven’t seen any mention of his family being at the wedding… it’s like the only missing link 
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Buffon and Del Piero as far as i know are still in good relations too, recently filmed a Uefa promo together and i think last week even played a legends game where they both attended.
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Buffon and Del Piero as far as i know are still in good relations too, recently filmed a Uefa promo together and i think last week even played a legends game where they both attended.
Allison ahead of Kahn 
Do you include Kahn's total body of work including the 90s, or is the criteria just his play from the turn of the century?
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I fucking despise him too, but you can't deny his impact on the Argentina national team. He won them a World Cup. Messi won a Ballon d'Or because Argentina won a Copa America (which again, he can think Martinez as much as anyone for)
If he played at a bigger club, he'd probably have more respect at the club level. Doesn't he just feel like the perfect keeper for a club like Atletico Madrid or Inter?
i also agree on the state of the keepers. I grew up with legends (like on that list) at the GK position. Who are the legendary keepers right now under the age of 30? So many guys on that list were world class superstars in their mid-20s. Donnarumma was supposed to be that guy, but he gets disrespected a lot because he's not the modern keeper that prioritizes the importance of being able to play out the back over what we grew up watching.
Maybe it was just a special era, like with Ronaldo and Messi. You get used to having players of that caliber that once they're gone, you expect the next guys to step in and fill their shoes. Everyone thought Mbappe vs Haaland would be the next Messi vs Ronaldo debate --- that feels laughable now. And that's not even meant to be a shot at those 2 guys. It's just that guys like Ronaldo, Messi, Buffon, Neuer, Casillas, etc are rare.
Maybe it's all because of that way the game has evolved over the past 10 years. it is interesting to think about.
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Nobody will ever come close to Buffon, Donnarumma is the best goalkeeper of his generation and today's standard level. It's hard to name a goalkeeper who has performed better than Donnarumma in new era. Lunin, Onana, Ederson and Maignan are all on the same level and overall Donnarumma has had better performance than them .
for a few seasons up until Covid I remember Oblak being the absolute best goalkeeper in the world statswise, complete outlier when it came to shot stopping ability, he's been a bit inconsistent since then though. it feels like Courtois has dealt with a lot of injuries, hard to be the best goalkeeper in the world when you're not playing
