Player Review
95 - TOTS
I bought him near the end of the game in July because I needed to upgrade my keeper. Bear in mind that at this point he was around 60k so he was a cheap solution. I had previously used 89 gold Manuel Neuer and was somewhat satisfied with him. To start, this guy is very good when it comes to 1v1 situations and I would say 70% of the time he saves 1v1s. He also is very good at being sweeper keeper considering he practically invented that goalkeeping style. When it comes to corners he is amazing. He always comes out and punches the ball away. Besides all of this though, there are some downsides to this card. FIrst of all his animations as many of other people have mentioned. He always tries to do the save he did against Ronaldo where he bends down on one knee, which is very frustrating because most of the time it doesn't work. Another downside is he never saves finesse shots. He always stands still and just watches the ball go past him which of course he never saves (obviously). The last downside which I have seen is that he messes up passes a lot when playing out from the back such as mis-kicking the ball or passing straight to the opposition. I would recommend him if you have a Bundesliga or German team. If not you can go for other alternatives that are cheaper. However Neuer is still a top level keeper just with frustrating animations.
Amazing in one on one situations
Great sweeper-keeper
Punches the ball out of the penalty box on corners
Good handling
Animations (like the bend down one)
Almost never saves finesse shots and stands still
Not very good at passing out from the back