Gavin Bazunu

Kelleher conceded less than that amount, in double the amount of gametime in this group. And yet bizarrely, there is still demands for Travers, the man who lost his last game 9-0, to get the nod ahead of him. 

You're going to concede goals when your own players gift the opposition opportunities to score like Browne and Hourihane did in the past 2 games.

Kellher has played against:

There is nothing wrong with the 1st goal against Armenia. Only gobsh*tes with an agenda think so.

Clean sheets aren't solely on a goalkeeper. Ederson's regularly wins The Golden Glove award. That's because of City's system more than his goalkeeping ability. He's better on the ball than he is at saving shots.

Bazunu prevented the Luxembourg game from being more embarrassing than it already was. Gerson Rodrigues, the match winner, has scored 14 goals for Luxembourg. Including goals against Serbia, Portugal and Turkey. It was a fantastic strike. We keep conceding goals from the edge of our box. Thats's why we aren't keeping clean sheets. Both Bazunu and Kelleher have suffered because of it.

The only goal that even close to saveable from the goals conceded against the 4 nations you mentioned was possibly Muntari's. We need to defend the edge of our box better. It's an issue.

Clean sheets don't really matter at the end of the day. Winning games are more important. Under defensive managers like McCarthy and Trapattoni, keeping clean sheets was more important than scoring. Keep the games tight, try not to lose. Now that we're trying to be a bit more expansive, we're leaving ourselves more open to conceding. That's the risk you take. We scored 2+ goals three times from 10 games during Mick's 2nd term in charge. We've scored 2+ goals 9 times under Kenny. Most of Mick's came in friendlies. Kenny's Ireland are scoring 2+ goals more regularly in competitive games.

Sort out our issues with regards to defending the edge of our box and we will improve.

Different game facing 13 shots against Liverpool and facing 2 against Armenia.

Small issue. Still massively clear as first choice.

Despite all the posts, I genuinely feel the GK position is the least of our worries, I'd happily have either Bazunu or Kelleher starting the first qualifier in March, both are excellent young keepers and are a damn sight better options than most countries have available. Neither have been flawless in their Ireland careers to date, but both have generally been very good, slightly different strengths and weaknesses, so imo it's still a tough call as to who should be #1, it's not as clear cut as some try and make out, but thats a good problem for the manager to have. I'd be entirely happy with whomever of the two gets the nod come March.

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