Who is the best goalkeeper right now?

[BigPlayer]

Amer Shafi --------------Jordan

[ECMoney]

This poll is a joke, how can you have a best goalkeeper poll and not include Buffon. What a joke, he is in his own league. This summer I was in Portugal and I talked to many football fans from all countries and we would talk about who was the best this or that or fastest or whatever. As for goalkeepers, everyone, and I mean everyone from all countries told me that Buffon was #1 hands down and that he is in his own league. I know Buffon was the best in the world already but I didn't think everyone in Europe thought he was that far ahead of all other goalkeepers.

[copaantl98]

I've seen Buffon play way too many times to conclude that he's not the best. No, it's not sarcasm.

[worldfootballgenius]

Timo Hildebrand

[Dos Equis]

I like the way Jens Lehmann plays with Arsenal but I can't call him the best. Howard is the best american goalkeeper but not the best in the world. I'm going to have to go with Buffon.

[Pibe#10]

how can Keller be included??? :eek:

[thezone]

At this moment in time, I think Nikopolidis has to be considered. He did not make a single mistake at the Euros, and he was the keeper of the tournament. He also played very well in the friendly vs. the Czech Republic. The Czechs dominated, but thanks to good goalkeeping (and, admittedly, a few posts also) the game ended scoreless.

[Qwerty Palindrome]

Nikola Milojevic!

YEAH!! he allowed an amazing 14 goals to be scored on his team during their brief stay at the Olympics! He's the greatest!

:D

[Ilovevanuatu]

That Costa Rican goalie impressed me yesterday.

[smith07]

Peter Cech (Chelsea FC) followed by Jon Busch (Columbus Crew)

how objective

[Justin O]

This poll is a joke, how can you have a best goalkeeper poll and not include Buffon. What a joke, he is in his own league.

What you and some others here don't seem to understand is that this poll does NOT say "who is the best goalkeeper in the world right now", it simply asks which of those 4 is the best. Some have questioned Tim Howard's recent form, therefore the comparison between the guy he replaced, Barthez and him. As Howard currently seems to be up against his 2 fellow American keepers for the no. 1 keeper position on the US national team. So as you see, these four were chosen because of the connections between them.

The “joke” is that people here honestly couldn’t tell from the choices offered and the wording of the question what this poll was designed to ask.

[5_Rmadrid_3]

The best of those 4 is Howard.

[SABuffalo786]

Why is there a non-American as an option? What a joke.






































:)

[madhoman]

Everyone relax. I am happy to run a part two with more keepers, these were just the first four that popped into my mind at that moment.

Give me a list of who you want. The first 16 will be aort of the next poll.

madhoman

[UxSxAxfooty]

Joe Cannon from the Colorado Rapids
Right on.

[Ghosting]

Barthez -- Over-rated and too inconsistent

Howard -- The most athletic of the bunch, but needs to improve his decision-making

Keller -- Pretty athletic, a good decision-maker, and consistent... he seems to win the starting role whenever he's given a chance to play

Friedel -- HUGE frame, less athletic than the other three, pretty good decision-maker, but doesn't control his area as well as he should for a man his size

I like Keller best right now, but I think it won't be long 'till Howard is the man.

[5_Rmadrid_3]

Here are some names of good goalkeepers, maybe some people don't think they're good, in that case they can also make a list.

Buffon
Casillas,
Hildebrand,
Cudicini,
Toldo,
Cañizares,
Dida,
Howard,
Barthez,
Kahn,
Lehman,
Vitor Vaia,
Ricardo (Portugal),
David James,
Óscar Córdoba,
Molina.

[Paddster]

In my opinion, none of the 4 keepers would be in my 20. I think Buffon is the bomb! lol

[Latin Pride]

Here are some names of good goalkeepers, maybe some people don't think they're good, in that case they can also make a list.

Buffon
Casillas,
Hildebrand,
Cudicini,
Toldo,
Cañizares,
Dida,
Howard,
Barthez,
Kahn,
Lehman,
Vitor Vaia,
Ricardo (Portugal),
David James,
Óscar Córdoba,
Molina.

U forgot to mention the only one thats in the Guiness World Records.....

Jose Luis Chilavert!

[5_Rmadrid_3]

I only included goalkeepers that are actually playing now and I THINK Chilavert isn't... or is he still playing for Velez-Sarfield?
But apart from that do you think that the others I inlcuded are good?