Arsene Wenger also thought Charles-Cook was better than Dan Bentley who is probably the best keeper we’ve played against in the last few years. I felt for Burge. He gave it his all, put in some great performances that won us key games and made some mistakes that cost us some others. Some of the abuse aimed in his direction was a poor show. His record in his last season for us wasn’t bad at all in terms of goals conceded. We conceded less than one of the clubs above us, had a similar record defensively to some others and it was obvious the main problem was scoring goals. We finished with F54/54, Peterborough 71/62, Sunderland 80/47 and Pompey 83/51. If we had scored a few more Burge could’ve had another medal and promotion on his fireplace. The players up top didn’t always appear to give 100%, made a lot more mistakes, had far more terrible games and seemed to get a free ride at times.
On the whole we’ve clearly improved at the back. Marosi is a big part of that but it’s probably worth a mention that last season he conceded more goals than Burge despite playing less games. It’s how it goes sometimes. Personally I hope he does well unless he plays against us and he has a good career.
