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 palace99  New Mills 20 Feb 24 9.28am |
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Originally posted by thai-eagle
Pretty sure we would have lost this game with DH between the sticks. not sure how you can say that, Sam was clearly at fault with their goal and generally looks uncomfortable at corners. If DH had conceded that goal he would have got loads of abuse. Not that dissimilar to Arsenal's 2nd goal the other week. I like SJ, but think he is quite similar to DH in that they are both good shot stoppers but suspect at crosses, as our many goalies these days
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 20 Feb 24 10.10am |
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Originally posted by palace99
not sure how you can say that, Sam was clearly at fault with their goal and generally looks uncomfortable at corners. If DH had conceded that goal he would have got loads of abuse. Not that dissimilar to Arsenal's 2nd goal the other week. I like SJ, but think he is quite similar to DH in that they are both good shot stoppers but suspect at crosses, as our many goalies these days
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| dreamwaverider Online London 20 Feb 24 10.41am |
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Long may Sam continue as our first choice keeper.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 20 Feb 24 11.00am |
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Originally posted by doombear
I agree with you doombear, keepers are being blocked out in corners big time nowadays. I read an article recently, unfortunately I can't remember the details, but it suggested that there is a strategic science developing around the whole area of blocking or generally causing chaos in the box in the build up to a corner kick.
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thai-eagle  chiang mai 20 Feb 24 12.43pm |
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The staff except for Roy H. obviously regard Sam J. as the better goalie of the two (like most fans) otherwise Dean Henderson would have played yesterday.
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Houston Eagle  Houston 20 Feb 24 1.13pm |
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That was our best defensive display in a long time! Johnstone and Ward were key reasons we didn’t crumble like a cheap suit. There was cohesion and leadership on display! Interested to see how the new man sets us up against Burnley.
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| Game of two halves Bromley 25 Feb 24 10.44pm |
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Sam clearly inspires confidence with our players showing confidence in passing to him. We look like a team rather than a disjointed collection. Our negative GD will start dropping and could give us a higher position come end of season. I think Paddy made the Sam return happen. Don’t assume it was Roy wanting Henderson, he refused to keep picking VG, who made the promise to VG to be automatic starter?
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 25 Feb 24 10.56pm |
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I feel more comfortable with Johnstone in goal than Henderson. I recall hearing,probably about 4 years ago, that Johnstone split opinions amongst the supporters at WBA and that he still had to win some of them over.
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monkey  Sittingbourne,Kent 26 Feb 24 8.52am |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
I agree with you doombear, keepers are being blocked out in corners big time nowadays. I read an article recently, unfortunately I can't remember the details, but it suggested that there is a strategic science developing around the whole area of blocking or generally causing chaos in the box in the build up to a corner kick . I’m not sure about strategic science, but anyone who was around when the Wimbledon crazy gang were in their prime will tell you they knew how to reak havoc at corners, basically kick, elbow, barge, block, anything that moves, thankfully we bought two of them in Andy Thorn and Eric the Ninja and we became pretty dangerous at corners ourselves
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| palace99 New Mills 26 Feb 24 10.12am |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
I agree with you doombear, keepers are being blocked out in corners big time nowadays. I read an article recently, unfortunately I can't remember the details, but it suggested that there is a strategic science developing around the whole area of blocking or generally causing chaos in the box in the build up to a corner kick. not sure if it's a science, but just common sense. Putting a man in front of the keeper will restrict his movement, especially for a near post corner, and no keeper likes a man next to him, so this can also have an effect. The other tactic that many other teams use is having blockers. Liverpool showed this yesterday (they have been doing it for years BTW), but the idiot started in an offside position. Van Dijk wins loads of headers partly as his team mates try and get him a bit of space. He scored like this at Selhurst a few years ago when Andersen, his marker, was blocked.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 26 Feb 24 10.37am |
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Funny how the fans could see who the better keeper is but our management couldn't.
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VinceHilaire  London 26 Feb 24 11.58am |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Funny how the fans could see who the better keeper is but our management couldn't. I think the bigger picture is the £20m we spent on him. DF always seems to be a very shrewd guy. That money could definitely been spent elsewhere!
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