Sniper Mik
Not a Closet Sp**s Fan
I disagree with most of what you said. I'm not asking him to become Ederson 2.0. But if you can't make a simple decision between playing a suicidal pass 10 yard when you are being closed down and kicking long then clearly it's a problem. If he is being given the ball 10 times and all of those you are being pressed really hard and you know you don't have the confidence in your kicking then you put your foot through it. It's not that hard. UNLESS you are being instructed to play out from the back no matter how hard they press you. In which case you play a keeper who has more assurance with the ball at his feet. And his shot stopping isn't nearly good enough to warrant taking the risk on him.In a word..."No". Goalkeepers are there for the main purpose of stopping goals. For a keeper to play the ball well is a bonus but it is not the main reason for being on the pitch in the same way as a striker who doesn't score goals won't get played as a striker.
We hardly played a long-ball with Wenger as it happens but we are giving the ball to the keeper far too many times, often when he is under more pressure than the guy giving him the ball. This has to stop. You can make a scapegoat out of Cech if you want him dropped but the same thing will happen with Leno.