Are Goalkeepers the most complete athletes possible?

Are Goalkeepers the most complete athletes possible?
> must jump high to reach flying balls
> capable of lightning fast dashes for one-on-ones against attackers
> as football players, good at endurance running
> fear nothing, especially not 150 km/h knuckleballs or being charged cleats first by opponents
> lightning fast reflexes
> extremely strong arms, can launch a ball at 40+ m
> as football players, excellent hand-feet coordination

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>spend 90% of the match picking your nose since you have nothing to do

A Goalkeeper is like the firefighters. If you don't need him, that means you're fine. But when you need him, you'd better have him deliver or you're screwed

Except they're slow as fuck

> capable of lightning fast dashes for one-on-ones against attackers
if your GK is "slow as fuck" it's not a good GK

>lightning fast dashes
lolno

>good at endurance running
lolno


frenchnigger confirmed for never seen a real life training session.

Pace wise dumbass

goalkeepers are not fas-
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not my fault if gypsies goalkeepers suck

I already knew which video that was before even opening it.
Unfortunately, he only ran 26km/h there, which is completely average.

>takes ~6 seconds to run a flying ~50 meters

>goalkeepers are not fas-

What is a 'complete athlete'? A less vague description would help the question. Do you just mean athlete with the most skills?

Cristiano Ronaldo says he felt "embarassed" when his son said he wanted to be a goalkeeper.

Goalkeepers are literally just the guy who can't play with his feet. That's why it's common to see fat players in amateur competitions (inclyding female soccer)

Ronaldo is a faggot.

Maradona: "The goalkeeper is the second most important player after the #10"

typical maradona calling himself the most important

>Cocainadona

These mostly apply to all footballers, except outfielders also cover 10+ km a game in stop start sprints.

Goalkeeping is just as much a mental skillset than physical. Strong nerve and focus, reading threats etc.

t. countries with fewer wc's than el diego (10)

>Maradona's oppinion is worth something

>literally has a WC thanks to Casillas

im a goalkeeper and yes, i agree

So that's why he used Romero

Obviously GK is vital position I agree with you, but not because 'Maradona told so'

it actually requires a lot of concentration to be needed for that 10%

Please, my dear neighbour, stop spreding the meme about your wc's.
>y vos cuantas copas tenés.

Also, maradona's opinion are as bad as his coaching skills

A running back who can recieve is more complete.

of course because the Goalkeeper isn't creative. But think about it 1 second, there are no good teams without a good GK

if they were so good they'd be playing in the field and not on goal

literally no one wants to play goalkeeper as a kid, you only go there if you are autistic or fat

grew up with a kid who always played in goal and for the school team, he was neither

some people are just attracted to it

in maradona's words: you gotta be quite retarded to want to save goals instead of scoring them, it's like you hate the sport

goalies are like defenders, they hate losing more than they like winning

>that robinho pass

jesus christ

>yfw your 8yo son has outstanding first touch, dribbling, shooting and acceleration but only wants to play goalie

>goalie
>long distance

Maybe for this idiot

When you were little, nobody wanted to go in goal. These kids that were stuck in goal grow up to be inbred, hollow-eyed, confused lonely drifters. Occasionally they let the mask slip and we see the beast within.

Goalkeepers are all tall alphas tho, why did they get stuck in goal as kids

Alex Honnold is one of the best athletes in the world. He climbed El Capitan free solo in under 4 hours a few weeks ago. It takes most climbers several days.

Decathletes, though keepers are impressive

Tall? yes.
Alpha? Not really. Most of them are just mentally ill to some degree which can get passed off as alpha in today's retarded society.

once you pass the aesthetic tall mark you're just the goofy skeletor

oh God, what did Joe Hart mean by this?

Imagine if Lebron James or some other elite American athlete was born and raised a faggot goalie? He could play on any level and stop 99% of shots taken.

What do you mean raised a goalie. It requires natural talent like anything else

Your best keeper in history was solid midtable

he thinks you just have to put some successful American sports athlete in front of the net to have them do the job
>that's why Michael Jordan carried the USMNT in a World Cup final

I'm an ice hockey goalie but the mentality is the same, I like having more direct control over the game's outcome. I also like seeing the other team get pissed off when I stop them.

i liked going on goal
i always jumped the highest
then i played basketball and i realized i sucked and my only contribution was getting rebounds

thats how we all dress over here now

How many true 10's exist anymore?

>NFL wide receivers, tight ends, conrerbacks, safeties, runningbacks etc
>The vast majority of NBA players, especially point guards
Are physically superior to the average goalie by every possible metric. There is no goalie with a Julio Jones/Russell Westbrook level of physicality.

>Zero (0) eye-feet coordination