Kasper Schemichel really isn't that good. Yet.

So, ok, he may become a great keeper in the future. That, at least, can't be disputed. Whether any acorn grows into an oak is a matter of speculation, but you have to have something to you to be considered an acorn in the first place.

Anyway, Kasper may look like the friendly ghost, but the praise being heaped on him by, ostensibly, all-comers is verging on the ridiculous.

Every time a cross came in he flapped at it; he punched and parried anything of any note. Arsenal, were they not engaged in their, unique, pass-a-thon efforts would have scored far more had they decided to pepper the young Dane's goal.

As for the penalty 'save': firstly, he was about five metres off his line when the penalty was taken. This was flagged by the linesman, yet ignored by the referee, just as he had ignored the original, stonewall, penalty decision. Secondly, it was a rubbish pen. van persie hit it straight down old Kasper's throat; it was not a patch on his father's save from Bergkamp.

So, like an investment banker, I'm hedging my bets. Kasper may come good, but at the moment he's actually a bit rubbish. A classic case of praise by association, as it were.