David Raya

[Vid]

The last two years Bentley cost the team upwards of 25 points. Too many errors and too many goals were down to him.

He is continuing at Bristol. I wouldn’t criticise him when he played for us but he cannot hold a shot. Always punches giving the opponent another go. His diving rivals Tom Daley for style when it would be easier to stay on his feet.
I like Raya. Good attitude when he messed up for “that” goal. Wins most manomanos. He does get crowded at corners but mainly by our players.He has won the team many more points than he has lost.:kiss:

 

[Brentford_till_die]

How many points has Raya won us too, he's made a few crucial one on one saves this season.

 

[Brentford_till_die]

Bloody hell a few dodgy performances from the team and we look for scapegoats! Raya is now not good enough and on another thread Said is not a team player and totally selfish.

When my children were little toddlers if they didn’t get their own way then they would have a strop, seems like some on here fall into the same category.

He may not be the tallest keeper but this season has done wonderfully well stopping shops and distributing the ball well. He is smaller than Bentley yet have a little peek at the Bristol board and see what their fans think about him, I would much prefer Raya playing for us than Dan and genuinely believe he has saved us numerous points.

He has. I don't get why people are on Raya's back.

It's all Inaki's fault anyways

 

[Tom the bee]

How many points has Raya won us too, he's made a few crucial one on one saves this season.

That's his job

 

[nick logan]

That's his job

Yes it was Ashley Bayes job too

 

[Brentford_till_die]

That's his job

We praise attackers for scoring goals, why not keepers when they save shots, especially ones that are in favour of the attacker?

 

[cliffbee]

Bloody hell a few dodgy performances from the team and we look for scapegoats! Raya is now not good enough and on another thread Said is not a team player and totally selfish.

When my children were little toddlers if they didn’t get their own way then they would have a strop, seems like some on here fall into the same category.

He may not be the tallest keeper but this season has done wonderfully well stopping shops and distributing the ball well. He is smaller than Bentley yet have a little peek at the Bristol board and see what their fans think about him, I would much prefer Raya playing for us than Dan and genuinely believe he has saved us numerous points.

Saying he's not very big and isn't going to dominate in the air is hardly "having a strop". What on earth are you talking about?

 

[Banana]

For the second goal, one of the Luton players just jumped into him, the ball was nowhere near either of them. How that wasn't given as a free-kick I will never know.

I think from set-pieces the opposition are "lumping it in" as they perceive a shorter keeper as more vulnerable to the high ball. And perhaps they are correct. This is where Pontus would help. Difficult to bombard Pontus AND Pinnock successfully.

 

[jlove]

This is where Pontus would help. Difficult to bombard Pontus AND Pinnock successfully.

This was a point I made after the game – that Jansson and Jeanvier tend to go into a 'get it out' auto-mode for dead balls, where they will head the ball whatever, even through other Bees players, without over-thinking about where it should go or starting a counter-attack. It's other players' responsibility to work the second phase, they just want it out of the box. We didn't see that against Luton. The defence also was also good at protecting Raya by one player tasked to shield him; that also seemed to have gone AWOL.

 

[Norfolk Bee]

For sure,Pontus in the main as I can remember would attack the ball as delivered into the area.

 

[Alan D]

Given his all round natural ability, If he were another 4 to 6 nches taller then he would be an outstanding keeper.

 

[GP200]

................took a battering today..............

 

[Bigbee]

................took a battering today..............

sausage ?

 

[GP200]

..............excellent handling...............

 

[Balders Bee]

..............excellent handling...............

Yep indeed. Excellent positioning as well. Made all the saves he had to muster against Wednesday look ridiculously easy by great positioning, anticipation and handling. A very accomplished performance.

 

[Banana]

Was faultless today. Brilliant.

 

[Delbee]

Was faultless today. Brilliant.

Also very good sportsmanship, when Fletcher clattered him to the ground in a challenge, when he got up prior to taking the free kick , he seeked out Fletcher and touched hands. Well done David

 

[Stanley]

He was the definition of "safe hands" yesterday.

 

[Kingston Bee]

Class is permanent as demonstrated yesterday.

 

[kewbee]

Class is permanent as demonstrated yesterday.

As a former member of the union,I would rate that as a perfect demonstration of positioning,handling and distribution.
Only one tricky save,but solid as a rock.

 

[Bengeo Bee]

For the record..... Love him.

 

[swr22]

His distribution was also great. Turned defense into attack very quickly and was good with his feet.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Solid as a rock yesterday. Love that he only punches when absolutely necessary.

 

[cromerbee]

Outstanding yesterday!!

 

[BFC1997]

Very solid and seemed more calm and assured in distribution without supporters in the ground.

 

[badgerbee]

My Mom today.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

My Mom today.

Outstanding today (got lucky with the Mitrovic offside, obviously ). Top quality keeper in all aspects of his profession.

 

[Brentford_till_die]

Excellent. Caught pretty much everything too.

 

[badgerbee]

GOAL: Blackburn 1-1 Bristol City
Corry Evans (37 mins)
Blackburn hit straight back, and Bristol City goalkeeper Daniel Bentley hasn't covered himself in glory either.
Corry Evans*curls a right-footed ball into the Robins box from the left flank.
The ball evades both attackers and defenders and creeps in at the far post, with Bentley caught off guard.

lol

 

[kevalutonbee]

Very solid and seemed more calm and assured in distribution without supporters in the ground.

Can we buy him noise cancelling headphones

 

[Cham]

Handled everything well.. caught what he had to .. solid

 

[TW3Bee]

Very solid and seemed more calm and assured in distribution without supporters in the ground.

Caught everything and pulled off an excellent save to deny Moanervic.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

He looked excellent today.

 

[Mr Cynical]

some really good distribution too.. love this guy!!

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

Solid. Did what he had to.

The save was good.

 

[UBee5]

Before the break Raya made a lot of mistakes that led to goals, but also so did a lot of the team....but he’s come out today and smashed it. Taken everything Fulham put towards him with ease, safe hands all game, glided through packs of attackers to catch the call, distribution was fairly good. Good to see him on form

 

[Jim Rourke]

My Mom today.

Mine too.

Even considering Marcondes outstanding contribution, it was Raya that had kept us in the game up to that point.

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

Mine too.

Even considering Marcondes outstanding contribution, it was Raya that had kept us in the game up to that point.

Would you call it "keeping us in the game" JR? Honest question? I would say his save was fairly routine and did what he is meant to do (look at the Man Utd keepers fluff).

He was a main cog in our machine and for me his claiming of the ball and distribution was better and more important then the save. But i didnt think he was under the cosh.

Im not trying to discredit him here. Hes top draw.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

A lot has been said about the three players at the base of our team in the last few days, but not too much about DR. He has been absolutely critical to our success since resumption. Keeper, defender, play-maker!

Keeper: shot-stopper supreme (e.g. vital blocks from Mitrovic); commanding and decisive in the air.

Defender: always switched on to danger... how often has he read danger and snuffed out balls over the top with really well-timed intervention? Key to this is his concentration and positivity.

Play-maker: as good a pass-maker as we have in the side. Excellent vision, and executes swiftly, which is crucial in exploiting opportunity.

If he maintains form we stand an excellent chance of promotion.

 

[djheavens]

To think he cost us the same as we sold Bentley for pretty much. No comparison Raya superior.

 

[Jim Rourke]

Would you call it "keeping us in the game" JR? Honest question? I would say his save was fairly routine and did what he is meant to do (look at the Man Utd keepers fluff).

He was a main cog in our machine and for me his claiming of the ball and distribution was better and more important then the save. But i didnt think he was under the cosh.

Im not trying to discredit him here. Hes top draw.

This was my reaction straight after the game. I would still say yes. I agree with all you added and for sure raya's work goes beyond those saves. Yes, he was not under the cosh. The saves were extremely important to keeping us in the game IMHO

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

This was my reaction straight after the game. I would still say yes. I agree with all you added and for sure raya's work goes beyond those saves. Yes, he was not under the cosh. The saves were extremely important to keeping us in the game IMHO

 

[BeeHomeSoon]

To think he cost us the same as we sold Bentley for pretty much. No comparison Raya superior.

More to the point...

To think sections of our supporters were moaning about him in preseason lol

“He’s too small”, “he’s far too overconfident on the ball”, etc etc etc

For me he is up there with one of our best signings based on his performances this season.

By far the best goalkeeper Brentford have ever owned in my opinion...

 

[TW3Bee]

Didn't have a decent shot to save tonight.

 

[jlove]

Didn't have a decent shot to save tonight.

I though the silly stat at the end was amusing:
Shots saved: 1 100%
So, they had 1 shot on target and he saved it... brilliant!

 

[TW3Bee]

I though the silly stat at the end was amusing:
Shots saved: 1 100%
So, they had 1 shot on target and he saved it... brilliant!

He's got Pontus to thank that it wasn't 2.

 

[badgerbee]

He's got Pontus to thank that it wasn't 2.

Would still have been 100% though.......
Easily had it covered......

 

[ruislip bee]

Didn't have a decent shot to save tonight.

No Pontus stopped that one.

 

[nathanbee]

Just listened to David's interview on the OS, Is he the most articulate of the playing squad? Pontus might come close and in recent times Vibe was right up there.

 

[wigstonbee]

who was our last keeper to keep 5 clean sheets in a row? and are we approaching any records? surely must be close especially at this level