Edwin van der Sar
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He was already tall and big, but he rose in posture.
And these kind of saves, that's what we talked about, a little bit the height of goalkeepers, certain reach of goalkeepers.
And he was, I think, like Sander Lammens, maybe a little bit similar, the upbringing.
Cool collective.
I always liked Brad Friedel.
Yeah, he was a great goalkeeper.
Long arms and everything.
I think, was it Tottenham, Aston Villa?
Yeah.
I always liked Brad as a goalkeeper.
It's something wrong that the goalkeeper waited four or five times.
But a tremendous save.
He had fantastic reflexes.
But he became famous with saves with the feet in the air.
David's more like a goalkeeper on the line and everything.
The only thing that I say, the saves that he makes are fantastic, but he was not really commanding the 18-yard box.
He was...
I think we'll later on see if he's safe.
Would that be a coaching thing as a youngster, or would that be his own technique?
I think as a youngster, I think he was 18, 19, maybe 19 when he came to Manchester, following in my footsteps.