Popular Post KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted July 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2023 Me before the game: 'maybe he needs more time to get used to the system and to build his confidence. Surely there's a player in there if he's a Swedish international' Me ten minutes after he comes on in a friendly: 'has he seen a football before?' 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 minute ago, lexicon said: Yeah, equally bad, I'd say. How would we rank the following? All still playing afaik… Heaton Reina Guzan Steer Johnstone Kalinic Olsen Nyland We’ve made so many shit signings… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Just now, Jas10 said: How would we rank the following? All still playing afaik… Heaton Reina Guzan Steer Johnstone Kalinic Olsen Nyland We’ve made so many shit signings… I'd put Johnstone 3rd, the rest stay where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Possible replacements - Soria Navas Sanchez We need someone who is good with their feet as well as quite assured… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Didn't see the game - was he crap again? The mere psychological effect he has on the defence must be bad just in itself. Kind of like the opposite to what Martinez does. Get rid ASAP. He's awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 minute ago, lexicon said: I'd put Johnstone 3rd, the rest stay where they are. Didn’t see much of Kalinic… but you’d rate him above Olsen and Nyland? I’m not sure whose worse out of that pair… Reina has the most ability but too old now… I know little about his controversial views and opinions so not taking that into account. Johnstone would probably be the most capable at this moment in time… We can do better anyway… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 I’d be happy to go into the season right now if we replaced Olsen… expecting more business though… but what does it matter if he plays, if Emi is out for a while? He is going to cost us… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 I realise that keepers have to mature, but, knowing little about it, I am surprised that our young keepers are worse than Olsen, and are not capable of being backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, Jas10 said: How would we rank the following? All still playing afaik… Heaton Reina Guzan Steer Johnstone Kalinic Olsen Nyland We’ve made so many shit signings… Heaton by far and away the best, if not for his injury I’m still sure he’d have been a very good signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 24 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Didn’t see much of Kalinic… but you’d rate him above Olsen and Nyland? I’m not sure whose worse out of that pair… Reina has the most ability but too old now… I know little about his controversial views and opinions so not taking that into account. Johnstone would probably be the most capable at this moment in time… We can do better anyway… It's all much of a muchness in that turd quagmire tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 His distribution is terrible totally jeopardises the way Unai wants and expects the team to play, as a shot stopper he’s ok it’s the other parts of his game that makes him a square peg in a round hole as far as this team is concerned. Real area for concern but such a hard position to fill adequately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted July 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2023 6 hours ago, Woody1000 said: His big issue seems to be his confidence, I thought he looked ok for the first 10 minutes or so of the second half, but unfortunately you are just waiting for that mistake to happen and it always comes. Surely he has to be replaced before the window shuts? I really does look that way to me, too. I don't know what the solution is. I always wonder whether an applied sport psychologist might help. Confidence definitely can improve performance to a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Get your commemorative Olsen gif before it's too late. Man looks f***king terrified every time he goes onto a football pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 He played one terrible pass out from the box and maybe could have done better with the parry for the goal, didn’t look as bad as some are making out though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: He played one terrible pass out from the box and maybe could have done better with the parry for the goal, didn’t look as bad as some are making out though That's why I say, he always looks " settled " after a garbage opening. I've been one championing for him to be given time and patience as being a second goalkeeper isn't easy. However, his " mistakes " aren't little one, those are points in the Premier League and too risky. Even Emi makes mistakes but this is different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) He's never been comfortable with the ball at his feet so he's never going to be suited to the way we want our GK to be part of the build up. The last couple seasons he's become markedly worse as a GK as well. Part of it is likely down to confidence and him not playing enough games to be sharp when he does play. He still manages to have a good game for Sweden once in a while but even then he usually has one or two mistakes in him. Mentioned a couple times on here but he's much more skittish ever since that armed burglary him and his wife and two children were the victims of a few years back when at Everton. I really do think it's effecting him and his family a huge amount and the interviews he's done says as much. Family can't be alone at home when he's away and the kids sleep in their bed now due to fear. Considering he's on a very high salary for a back up GK we really need to try and find a move for him since his fit here is terrible. No idea where thou due to the salary. Be great for Sweden too if he went somewhere that he got game time even thou I rather he was replaced in the national side. But that won't happen under the current manager. Edited July 24, 2023 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: He played one terrible pass out from the box and maybe could have done better with the parry for the goal, didn’t look as bad as some are making out though They should have scored from the bad pass so that would have been 2 goals conceded due to errors. Seems to happen every game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 17 minutes ago, sne said: He's never been comfortable with the ball at his feet so he's never going to be suited to the way we want our GK to be part of the build up. The last couple seasons he's become markedly worse as a GK as well. Part of it is likely down to confidence and him not playing enough games to be sharp when he does play. He still manages to have a good game for Sweden once in a while but even then he usually has one or two mistakes in him. Mentioned a couple times on here but he's much more skittish ever since that armed burglary him and his wife and two children were the victims of a few years back when at Everton. I really do think it's effecting him and his family a huge amount and the interviews he's done says as much. Family can't be alone at home when he's away and the kids sleep in their bed now due to fear. Considering he's on a very high salary for a back up GK we really need to try and find a move for him since his fit here is terrible. No idea where thou due to the salary. Be great for Sweden too if he went somewhere that he got game time even thou I rather he was replaced in the national side. But that won't happen under the current manager. You can see it coming across in game too. Starts off reasonably but then is more hesitant coming off the line, passing starts getting worse and worse. Wouldn’t surprise me if he had some sort of anxiety. I don’t want him to get more abuse. Clearly not a fit though Unai believes in him enough to be second, we need a replacement ASAP. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: They should have scored from the bad pass so that would have been 2 goals conceded due to errors. Seems to happen every game. Exactly, this is what scared me, if he was steady, unspectacular with the odd little mistake it's doable, but those were two almost guaranteed goals yesterday against PL opposition under normal circumstances Edited July 24, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted July 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2023 22 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: He played one terrible pass out from the box and maybe could have done better with the parry for the goal, didn’t look as bad as some are making out though 14 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: That's why I say, he always looks " settled " after a garbage opening. I've been one championing for him to be given time and patience as being a second goalkeeper isn't easy. However, his " mistakes " aren't little one, those are points in the Premier League and too risky. Even Emi makes mistakes but this is different. I feel like the truth of that matter is somewhere between you, but that still tips the scale towards NEW KEEPER for me. He's an excellent practice keeper, too, and you can see that the guys like him. Strikes me as a really nice guy, too, but I have no doubt he's a big vulnerability. And Filip Marschall is simply not ready for PL -- brave, but still learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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