He's not wrong, the high defensive line requires your keeper to sweep, so he has to be mobile, good with his feet and be able to make the usual saves. It can be very tough to work out where you should be placing yourself when defending in the oppositions half, if you sit in the 18yd box, then an attack has way too much space, if you sit outside the box and close the gap a bit you need to be confident that a defender is coming with the attack or you're quick enough to back track and close the attack down yourself.
I think Josh O. is a decent enough shot stopper, but he's a little awkward and not as mobile as Italiano wants him to be. He's also still figuring out his positioning as a sweeper keeper too.
I think Josh O. is a decent enough shot stopper, but he's a little awkward and not as mobile as Italiano wants him to be. He's also still figuring out his positioning as a sweeper keeper too.