Eastie Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I'm a keeper and that is a routine save mate. Not a cat in hells chance - no blame attached to him for that , and I've been one of his biggest critics . If you could save that routinely I suggest you should be playing for Barcelona and not posting here mate Edited March 8, 2017 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, Eastie said: Not a cat in hells chance - no blame attached to him for that , and I've been one of his biggest critics . If you could save that routinely I suggest you should be playing for Barcelona and not posting here mate Watch it again! I watched it a few times to see if I was being harsh and all he had to do was stick a leg out or even fall to the floor and hold the ball. The shot was not that powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Watch it again! I watched it a few times to see if I was being harsh and all he had to do was stick a leg out or even fall to the floor and hold the ball. The shot was not that powerful. We will have to disagree on this one - I've been very vocal against him but I don't blame him for the goal last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Eastie said: We will have to disagree on this one - I've been very vocal against him but I don't blame him for the goal last night. Fair enough. The only reason I wouldn't blame him is the defence let him down. Very sloppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 8, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2017 Have to say on first viewing of the goal I didn't really think it was the keepers fault. Someone should have blocked the shot really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Everyone at fault to me. I think the keeper thinks the shot will be blocked, but he looks pretty flat footed so isn't able to react when it isn't. Should never be scoring from that angle with that many players in the box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, bobzy said: Everyone at fault to me. I think the keeper thinks the shot will be blocked, but he looks pretty flat footed so isn't able to react when it isn't. Should never be scoring from that angle with that many players in the box. Exactly that's why the keeper can't be blamed because the defence was so bad. But a better or maybe more confident keeper would easily have saved there. Anyway I'll stop going on about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Not the keeper's fault there, the two defenders backing off the player were to blame. Why would you back off a player who is inside the box giving him both a crossing and shooting opportunity. Baffling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 When an attacker in the box shapes his body to kick the ball, the keeper should instinctingly be ready for a shot or cross/pass. A cross would have meant him adjusting his body angle to his right and/or a slight movement to the right to reposition himself for a header/shot at goal. a shot would have forced him to crouch down a little so he can move towards saving at the near post or across his body. A deflection gives him no chance. So we can critisize the defence of the short corner and the closing down. BUT For a keeper to be ABSOLUTELY non-reactional is simply not on. I wonder who decided on this complete useless w@nk-Shite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Regardless, he's an awful, awful keeper, we desperately need to sign a good keeper in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Question is, would Gollini or Guzan have saved it? Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 8, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2017 I was ready to jump in and defend Johnstone. I think he's crap, but the usual VT reaction is to blame keepers for every single goal once they fall out of favour, so I assumed this was similar. But no. I think EXPECTING Johnstone to save that shot is maybe a bit far. But he should have made some effort to save it, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a different keeper keep that out. Poor goalkeeping. again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) He's never looked good enough at any club, and can't get into Manchester United's reserve team. What were Bruce and co. expecting/thinking when they went for this lad? Baffling Edited March 8, 2017 by skarroki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I was ready to jump in and defend Johnstone. I think he's crap, but the usual VT reaction is to blame keepers for every single goal once they fall out of favour, so I assumed this was similar. But no. I think EXPECTING Johnstone to save that shot is maybe a bit far. But he should have made some effort to save it, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a different keeper keep that out. Poor goalkeeping. again. He literally just stood there and watched it fly past him, demonstrating the reflexes of a marble statue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I think it was saveable but not a shot I would expect to be saved so I wont criticise him too much for this one. Was it the only shot on target though from Huddersfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted March 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2017 Ridiculous. Our D cannot give up a single decent shot opportunity in a game, because it's always in net and we've lost. Cannot save, and cannot score. Too much to ask from our defenders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Not at fault in my view but still a bloody crap keeper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Looked so much more confident today. Good game, even though had little to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 First time since Spurs I can say he played well. Looked a lot more comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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