Australia's greatest goalkeeper

[The Flying Bat]

No love for the Spider?

Same Spider who was signed by AC Milan, then one of the top 3 clubs in the world?

 

[onedaywinners...]

Jeff Olver

in answer to the second question: a lack of application and discipline... too much time spent on TikTok and gaming

Thanks for the Olver reference. Always good to learn further. Shame it doesn't appear that he was ever involved with the Socceroos post playing days.

 

[grazorblade]

Zeljko mostly remembered for his howler v croatia. Had a couple of decent seasons in europe tho

Ryan is probably equal 2nd with bosnich, if bosnich maintained his peak he would be first. Schwarzer had 15 good seasons at the top which is insane

 

[Quicky]

Some others that deserve to be mentioned. Jack Reilly our GK at the 1974 WC. John Filan and Frank Juric had good careers overseas.

 

[grazorblade]

For the nostalgic

 

[JS96]

Agree. Matt Ryan was left off the list because despite appearing for the NT he's actually a very average goalkeeper. I can't actually believe that he made as a professional in Europe, even as a journeyman....

His NT appearances due to the massive fall in goalkeeping standards which I'd assume is because of the type of coaching and instruction these goalies get from the KNVB goalkeeping programmes.

And it shows. He's probably A League or NPL standard in terms of his technical abilities.

Oh sod off. You've got to be a troll account. The tone of your posts has a ring....

 

[patjennings]

I voted for Schwarzer. For club and country his record is the best.

As Australia's best keeper i.e. NT keeper Ryan stacks up pretty well.

Competition	Keeper	Games	Conceded	Clean Sheet	Minutes	MPG
World Cup qualification	Ryan	40	27	20	3660	136
World Cup qualification	Schwarzer	33	22	17	3014	137
World Cup qualification	Bosnich	9	4	6	810	203
Confederations Cup	Ryan	3	5	0	270	54
Confederations Cup	Schwarzer	7	10	3	630	63
Confederations Cup	Bosnich	4	7	2	360	51
International Friendlies	Ryan	23	22	10	1892	86
International Friendlies	Schwarzer	41	44	15	3296	75
International Friendlies	Bosnich	4	4	2	360	90
World Cup	Ryan	10	20	2	900	45
World Cup	Schwarzer	6	10	0	540	54
AFC Asian Cup	Ryan	16	10	8	1530	153
AFC Asian Cup	Schwarzer	10	7	5	990	141
East Asian Football Championship	Ryan	2	1	1	180	180

 

[grazorblade]

I voted for Schwarzer. For club and country his record is the best.

As Australia's best keeper i.e. NT keeper Ryan stacks up pretty well.

Competition	Keeper	Games	Conceded	Clean Sheet	Minutes	MPG
World Cup qualification	Ryan	40	27	20	3660	136
World Cup qualification	Schwarzer	33	22	17	3014	137
World Cup qualification	Bosnich	9	4	6	810	203
Confederations Cup	Ryan	3	5	0	270	54
Confederations Cup	Schwarzer	7	10	3	630	63
Confederations Cup	Bosnich	4	7	2	360	51
International Friendlies	Ryan	23	22	10	1892	86
International Friendlies	Schwarzer	41	44	15	3296	75
International Friendlies	Bosnich	4	4	2	360	90
World Cup	Ryan	10	20	2	900	45
World Cup	Schwarzer	6	10	0	540	54
AFC Asian Cup	Ryan	16	10	8	1530	153
AFC Asian Cup	Schwarzer	10	7	5	990	141
East Asian Football Championship	Ryan	2	1	1	180	180

great analysis! Club and country record pretty well correlated too!

 

[Vieri]

Michael Petkovic up there ahead of Jason Petkovic is a travesty lol.

Where's the greatest socceroo GK of all time Michael Turnbull?

 

[The Flying Bat]

For all the Matt Ryan fanboys he is now included in the poll.

 

[booney52]

Some others that deserve to be mentioned. Jack Reilly our GK at the 1974 WC. John Filan and Frank Juric had good careers overseas.

Reilly was very good at the 1974 finals

 

[booney52]

Clint Bolton was a very good keeper but was playing when Schwarzer was in his prime.

 

[booney52]

No love for the Spider?

Same Spider who was signed by AC Milan, then one of the top 3 clubs in the world?

Definitely no love for the drunken gambling addict.He was shit when Hiddink gave him a chance at the 2006 finals.

 

[The Flying Bat]

Definitely no love for the drunken gambling addict.He was shit when Hiddink gave him a chance at the 2006 finals.

He was thrown in cold by the cake munching Durchie coach.. Milann, especially the Milan of that era didnt sign "shit" goalkeepers.

 

[LFC]

I voted for Schwarzer. For club and country his record is the best.

As Australia's best keeper i.e. NT keeper Ryan stacks up pretty well.

Competition	Keeper	Games	Conceded	Clean Sheet	Minutes	MPG
World Cup qualification	Ryan	40	27	20	3660	136
World Cup qualification	Schwarzer	33	22	17	3014	137
World Cup qualification	Bosnich	9	4	6	810	203
Confederations Cup	Ryan	3	5	0	270	54
Confederations Cup	Schwarzer	7	10	3	630	63
Confederations Cup	Bosnich	4	7	2	360	51
International Friendlies	Ryan	23	22	10	1892	86
International Friendlies	Schwarzer	41	44	15	3296	75
International Friendlies	Bosnich	4	4	2	360	90
World Cup	Ryan	10	20	2	900	45
World Cup	Schwarzer	6	10	0	540	54
AFC Asian Cup	Ryan	16	10	8	1530	153
AFC Asian Cup	Schwarzer	10	7	5	990	141
East Asian Football Championship	Ryan	2	1	1	180	180

yep good chart.
MS hands down is top of the tree - club career alone smokes anyone and will be a long time before any GK of ours emulate's his UK career.
Ryan should be a fair 2nd overall club/NT.

The rest are very good smokey's/figuritively speaking and some mentioned going as far back as '74 deserve the mentions (wow forgot some of those names).
I've always rated Vuka actually and won 2 medals at Genk but I'm no GK expert like I know PJennings is.
Bozza and Spider, you could prob put them together as their own worst enemies ruinning their careers, could have should have.

 

[Muz]

Jeff Olver

in answer to the second question: a lack of application and discipline... too much time spent on TikTok and gaming

Because they don't have tik tok and gaming in Spain, Germany, France and Italy?

Way too simplistic.

 

[Muz]

Bozza for me. Amazingly talented goalkeeper in his pomp.

This. Should have been playing until he was 40.

Unbelievable talent that wasted his potential. Such a shame.

 

[Lupi]

Because they don't have tik tok and gaming in Spain, Germany, France and Italy?

Way too simplistic.

they have football culture and a much greater population

Australia's edge historically was an outdoor culture and hard work ethic. That's now been completely nullified by the modern generation who possess neither of those attributes.

 

[JohnKasich]

It is a bit perplexing that Brad Jones and Michael Petkovic are put in the poll, whilst Matt Ryan, who has played many games as a Socceroo, isn't put in the poll mix?

Moreover, Ryan has played a lot of recent games for the Socceroos.

There is also the added function of the modern keeper. The ability to play as a sweeper.

A modern keeper has three parts of the job - shot stopper as a line keeper, ability to command the penalty box and sweeper. Some of the keepers are better in some areas than others. Some of the older keepers listed in the poll struggled as sweepers.

Decentric makes a good point.

These days keepers are required to be able to play as a sweeper. Not only do they have to dispense with their hands but they must be proficient with their feet. Something that needs to be taught to modern keepers is the weight of a pass: the stronger you hit the ball, the further that it will roll.

 

[someguyjc]

In the NT context, I'd have Schwarzer starting with Bozza on the bench. If a game went to a shootout, I'd sub on Bozza. Schwarzer has that long term consistency, but I reckon I'd value Bozza for those individual moments of invincibility in the big games.