Tim Howard

[d34noj]

he should of saved it, it wasnt in the corner or that powerful that he couldnt get across to it, poor keeping

This. Wasn't a great free kick, got up and over with little pace and a good height for Howard to save.

Had to be that **** though.

 

[blue4eva77]

It was his wrong hand . A good keeper would have taken his right arm. Look at Mignolet on jagielkas goal . Tries to get the ball with his right arm the ball flying in his left corner but to high to reach it .

So Howard isn't a good keeper now.

As for your example on Mignolet reaching for Jagielka's effort....... (which i have to say is rather odd). Left, right, center arms; 10 right arms wouldn't of saved that.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

I always wonder, why does a keeper dive like the pool keeper, to the left with the right hand,to me should dive with the left hand.and not just about him,most keepers do it,probably just me though thinks that

It depends on the flight of the ball really. If diving to your left and the ball isn't that high up you'd use your left. But if the ball is higher off the ground you'd probably use your right. When diving to your left, your left arm can reach further away from the centre of the goal but your right can reach higher up closer to the bar.

From a keepers point of view id say his problem was in that he thought the kick was going the other way.

He was wrong, therefore his dive the right way started too late meaning he's almost diving backwards trying to get it.

Basically a balls up.

Always been a firm believer if you get your hand(s) to s shot it should not go in.

Howards starting position was fine, i believe he was just left of centre, which for a free kick outside of his left hand post is correct. It was a good free kick from gerrard to be fair. If anything it was the fact we had too many short players in the wall that was wrong. God knows why we didn't have tall players in the middle of it.

As for the bit i'm bold : i'm sorry (and i mean this with 100% respect for you) but that is totally completely and utterly wrong . If there is enough power and pace on the ball human hand is often not strong enough to save it. It doesn't look good and often when keepers get hands to shots but they still go in it looks like the keeper was at fault.

Sometimes they can be but more often than not, even with top class reactions by the time they do get their hand to the ball it's impossible for them to save it.

 

[ijjysmith]

It depends on the flight of the ball really. If diving to your left and the ball isn't that high up you'd use your left. But if the ball is higher off the ground you'd probably use your right. When diving to your left, your left arm can reach further away from the centre of the goal but your right can reach higher up closer to the bar.



Howards starting position was fine, i believe he was just left of centre, which for a free kick outside of his left hand post is correct. It was a good free kick from gerrard to be fair. If anything it was the fact we had too many short players in the wall that was wrong. God knows why we didn't have tall players in the middle of it.

As for the bit i'm bold : i'm sorry (and i mean this with 100% respect for you) but that is totally completely and utterly wrong . If there is enough power and pace on the ball human hand is often not strong enough to save it. It doesn't look good and often when keepers get hands to shots but they still go in it looks like the keeper was at fault.

Sometimes they can be but more often than not, even with top class reactions by the time they do get their hand to the ball it's impossible for them to save it.

Play in nets often?

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Play in nets often?

I like to think of myself as a pretty decent goalkeeper, yeah. Well used to be in my younger days, got a dodgy back which restricts me a bit these days.

 

[cjohno]

I like to think of myself as a pretty decent goalkeeper, yeah. Well used to be in my younger days, got a dodgy back which restricts me a bit these days.

howards had 4 dodgy backs this season for most of the games

 

[Ring master]

It depends on the flight of the ball really. If diving to your left and the ball isn't that high up you'd use your left. But if the ball is higher off the ground you'd probably use your right. When diving to your left, your left arm can reach further away from the centre of the goal but your right can reach higher up closer to the bar.



Howards starting position was fine, i believe he was just left of centre, which for a free kick outside of his left hand post is correct. It was a good free kick from gerrard to be fair. If anything it was the fact we had too many short players in the wall that was wrong. God knows why we didn't have tall players in the middle of it.

As for the bit i'm bold : i'm sorry (and i mean this with 100% respect for you) but that is totally completely and utterly wrong . If there is enough power and pace on the ball human hand is often not strong enough to save it. It doesn't look good and often when keepers get hands to shots but they still go in it looks like the keeper was at fault.

Sometimes they can be but more often than not, even with top class reactions by the time they do get their hand to the ball it's impossible for them to save it.

Suppose that is a pretty good way of putting it,never though of it like that as in reaching further away/higher part.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

I like poems like this...who said they need to rhyme ?

Don't reply to my posts
You stupid tit
Tell me does that rhyme

 

[Kurt.]

Don't reply to my posts
You stupid tit
Tell me does that rhyme

That doesn't rhyme either sweetheart. Now pipe yerself down and play nice xx




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[Professor Toffee]

Tim is a good keeper but he was sold by ManU because he makes errors.
Hes sometimes not good at judging the ball in the air thats his Achilles heel
Hes a great shotstopper
Great catcher
Wonderful servant to EFC

 

[applecrumble]

Tim Howard in this video =

 

[lungo]

So Howard isn't a good keeper now.

As for your example on Mignolet reaching for Jagielka's effort....... (which i have to say is rather odd). Left, right, center arms; 10 right arms wouldn't of saved that.

He couldnt reach because it was to high but the technic was the right one. Goalkeeping is alot about technic something you should learn young. Howard is big and strong but his technic is only half decent thats why he will never be a great keeper

 

[lungo]

Suppose that is a pretty good way of putting it,never though of it like that as in reaching further away/higher part.

Not true Arm other side of the ball will allways reach further away Nearer to
bottom further you can reach with the arm away from the ball. That changes only ca 1m from the ground. Depends on the keeper how flexible he is

 

[applecrumble]

I know it's Neville but some interesting analysis of both goals from a keeper point of view

 

[mrb85]

It depends on the flight of the ball really. If diving to your left and the ball isn't that high up you'd use your left. But if the ball is higher off the ground you'd probably use your right. When diving to your left, your left arm can reach further away from the centre of the goal but your right can reach higher up closer to the bar.



Howards starting position was fine, i believe he was just left of centre, which for a free kick outside of his left hand post is correct. It was a good free kick from gerrard to be fair.

Not true. His starting position was about a yard right of centre -- and that was the problem. Why he'd be thinking Gerrard/Balotelli would have been shooting across his body is anyone's guess.Neither was it a good free kick irrespective of Howard's starting position -- it entered the goal about 3 foot in from the post FFS. If he's going to concede all such bog standard shots from distance as easy as this one then we'd better find ourselves a new keeper.