Who is the Best Goalkeeper Right Now & Arsenal Corners Analysed | Fan Debate
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🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to another episode of Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet! This week, we’ve got the fans, as always, alongside Jamie Carragher and we’re joined by a goalkeeping legend, Shay Given!
Shay answers fan questions on everything between the sticks. We dive into modern goalkeeping: can outfield pundits really judge a goalkeeper’s craft? Who’s the best keeper right now? And we even break down Arsenal’s set-piece tactics how do you defend them as a keeper?
Strap in for an episode full of insight, banter, and top-tier football chat!
00:00- Intro
02:47- Playing Out Pressure
05:37- Risk Reward And Midfield Pass
10:24- Penalties Prep And Rooney
12:05- Positioning And Keeper Styles
14:25- Rafa Benitez Philosophy
25:50- Keeper Psychology And Blame
30:24- Organising The Defense
31:46- Near Post Myth Busting
33:34- Commentary Without Replays
35:07- Respecting Keeper Difficulty
36:38- Set Piece Dark Arts
38:27- Arsenal Corner Chaos Debate
42:40- Copilot Quiz
47:49- Keepers As Captains
51:12- Punching And Timing
01:02:31- Best Keeper Right Now
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| 0:00.0 | I saved it on to the post, hit me in the back of the head and went in the back page of the newspaper the next day. |
| 0:04.2 | Shea given own goal, hands Everton three points. |
| 0:06.5 | You should never get beat at your near post. Well, I think that's... What kind of... Is Jamie Toff? He goes, he should be set like this? And I'm at home watching this, he goes, no, we shouldn't. Edison, for example, for me, he's probably the |
| 0:19.7 | arguably the best coach. He's a freak, isn't he? |
| 0:21.2 | Everybody play with the ball of his feet. |
| 0:22.8 | I respect what Arsenal do a freak, isn't it? |
| 0:21.2 | Everybody play with the ball of his feet. |
| 0:22.8 | I respect what Arsenal do a lot, but I do think it's gone over the sort of cusp of a lot of its files. If a plan's coming, you know, you've got to set a peace coach, it's going to be on the face one or the second one. Why do you think that is? |
| 0:35.7 | I think you want to score as soon as possible. |
| 0:37.1 | I'll tell you. |
| 0:37.5 | Maybe. |
| 0:38.2 | The players forget. |
| 0:38.9 | Yeah, they do. |
| 0:40.4 | If the manager's on the press, one or the second one. Why do you think that is? I think you want to score as soon as possible. I'll tell you. |
| 0:38.3 | Maybe. The players forget. |
| 0:39.3 | Yeah, they do. |
| 0:40.3 | If the manager's under pressure at all, |
| 0:42.3 | you go out to the car and you stick the trumpet in the window, the training ground, |
| 0:45.3 | and play the last pole. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello and welcome back to the fan debate brought to you by Skybet. |
| 0:56.2 | Our fans are here with us as usual and I'm delighted to be joined again by Shea Given. |
| 1:01.5 | So welcome back to the show and let's crack on with today's episode. |
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