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BLACKBURN, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 07: Brad Friedel of Aston Villa in action during the Barclays Premier League match between Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa at Ewood Park on February 7, 2009 in Blackburn, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Why Brad "The Human Wall" Friedel Is My All-Time Favorite Goalkeeper

by Andrew Jordan

Throughout the history of football, there have been many great goalkeepers. From Gordon Banks and Lev Yashin to Peter Schmeichel and Gianluigi Buffon, the world has been lucky to see many great keepers lead their team to victories...

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Yoosof Farah commented on Why Brad "The Human Wall" Friedel Is My All-Time Favorite Goalkeeper

The U.S seems to have a lot of great goalkeepers currently, with Brad Friedel in my opinion also, being the best out of the lot. Great...

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  Friedel is one great keeper and he is my favorite keeper. Great to see that you...

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Homer Simpson commented on Why Brad "The Human Wall" Friedel Is My All-Time Favorite Goalkeeper

BF is a very good keeper...at one point in this decade, Man United thought of buying him, but instead plumped for Edwin VDS. BF is a...

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  I always have wanted to meet Friedel, but he is truly a great keeper and he...
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Nabeel Khokhar commented on Why Brad "The Human Wall" Friedel Is My All-Time Favorite Goalkeeper

Brad was and is a good keeper. I think he has matured so much and become what is required to be considered a decent keeper and...

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  Thanks for the comment Nabeel. Friedel is still a great keeper to watch, and I hope...

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Salomon Gonzales commented on Aston Villa's Carlos Cuellar Is Fan of England's Sensational Six Villans

Well of course he is going to say that, if he is asked. Lets be honest though, they wont all go the World Cup. Infact, I'd...

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  I'm gonna have to be biased and say all of the Sensational Six will be there...

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Kris Klassen commented on Why Brad "The Human Wall" Friedel Is My All-Time Favorite Goalkeeper

Well done. Such a great player and still going strong.

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  Thank you Kris for the kind words about Friedel.
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Throughout the history of football, there have been many great goalkeepers. From Gordon Banks and Lev Yashin to Peter Schmeichel and Gianluigi Buffon, the world has been lucky to see many great keepers lead their team to victories...

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It's a well known fact that Aston Villa have a strong contingent of good England international players in their team, with the club having dubbed the best of them as the "Sensational Six"...

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Come on the villains, except not against teams that my players in fantasy football come from. Nice article Yoosof, I remember that days when they were...

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Great job on the recap of Villa's history Yoosof! I believe that Villa are a club that are extremely close to becoming a top four team,...

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  Thanks Andrew :) I agree with you.
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Aston Villa FC were formed in March 1874, by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Aston (in Birmingham). The four founders were Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price, and William Scattergood...

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Benni Watson commented on Aston Villa Top Four Hopes Stronger After Liverpool Draw with Birmingham

I get what you are saying but I don't think Villa have been playing too well this year. Ashley Young is being double and triple marked...

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