Name me a goalkeeper who isn’t a good shot-stopper?
They all are.
From the bottom of League Two to the top of the Premiership, and from Motherwell to Madrid, you won’t find a goalie who can’t make a flashy save for the cameras.
It’s one of the most annoying phrases in football, and is about as relevant as saying an outfield player is a good kicker.
Liverpool have a “good shot-stopper” in Simon Mignolet but they’re still looking to replace him because it’s the other parts of a keeper’s game that define his worth.
Composure, authority, positioning and handling of a cross ball are far rarer qualities in a glovesman. Or at least all of them in one player are.
So it wasn’t a couple of low diving saves that Dundee’s Scott Bain made from Henrik Ojamaa, and others from long-range pot-shots, that suggested he is a keeper with potential to have a very successful career that may include Scotland caps.
It was the other bits being in the right place for potentially dangerous free-kicks, choosing the right time to leave his line and the right time to stay on it, and filling a new-look backline with confidence throughout the 90 minutes. All that in a 22-year-old who still has some bulking up to do over the next few years.
Even if Kyle Letheren makes a swift recovery and is available again at the weekend, the Welshman could still find himself out of the team. Bain is more than a good shot-stopper.