Is that Leicesters no 2 with his beard had a blinder for them two weeks ago he may be worth a try if cheap enough!
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streeky
Player Valuation: £35m
The role goalkeepers are having to play has changed. Some managers are choosing keepers especially for their sweeping ability. Tim has made some mistakes by his usual high standards but he will come good. I think RM should have mentioned it was his mistake for the 2nd on sunday instead of the rubbish he came out with about pienaar. That ball should have gone into row z then he should have immediately screamed at the ref and pointed to pienaar. Tim is one of about 4 or 5 of our world cup players who have not reached the levels they reached last year. I stay stick with Tim and watch the Wolfsburg game again if you think he has lost it.
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canuckblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Howard's shot-stopping ability isn't the issue. It's the rest of his game -- command of the area, confidence with crosses and his clearances/goal kicks -- that's come under scrutiny right now. And right now, it's not up to snuff. It's cost us points against Palace and United for starters.
streeky
Player Valuation: £35m
people are also blaming him for gerards free kick in the Derby. I wonder how many blues will be happy when robles starts the next match. Be careful what you wish for.
canuckblue
Player Valuation: £50m
He got a hand to that free kick and if he'd been one or two steps to the left to start, he would have saved it. He wasn't properly positioned, from what I saw.
Brownie
Player Valuation: £70m
It's hard to tell with Roberto. He's so positive about everything that he ends up saying all his players are brilliant, but then he does seem to have just dropped Distin for Stones. I'm not sure I'd back him to pick a good replacement for Howard anyway to be honest.
I think Howard was to blame for the 2nd goal in the same way I think often our forwards are responsible for us conceeding a goal. Under no pressure, and with us needing the ball to go out of play to make a sub, he instead made a pass to an oppenent along the wing.
As you say there were plenty of defenders behind that probably should have done better but that is often true if Lukaku or McGeady gift possession away. I'm sure Tim has yelled at them for unneccessarily testing the defence and that is exactly what he did himself yesterday.
Stephenlloyd
Player Valuation: £40m
You just replied to my post and mentioned Joel playing against villa
And yes I would you obviously you haven't watched Howard for 8 years if you think he has high standards
Not only does he costs us goals time and time again
how often does he make a great save to win us a game
The balotelli save yes had that gone in we would have lost
But that sums up Howard as a keeper to let a cross come across his box and let the forward have a shot from 5 yards out
A quality keeper takes that ball before balotelli gets anywhere near it
You mention about him coming good the guy is 35/36 he's not going to change any time soon if anything he will get worse
If said this a number times great keepers win you things average ones don't
somefeller
Player Valuation: £500k
Really think the replacement is Joel.
Coach
Player Valuation: £30m
He was under pressure though, van Persie was chasing him down.
If anyone is to blame it is Jagielka who could have taken command of the situation and ran past Howard to deal with it. He also stood and watched as Falcao peeled off the back of Stones and didn't pick him up.
Just watched the highlights back from MOTD and Howard had 2 saves to make all match both of which he dealt with easily.
In that case it would have been easier to knock it into touch, a bit like he usually does when under no pressure and an easy pass is on. I have never rated howard and his dreadfull distribution has swung games against us on numerous occaisions.
You are right, on first viewing I hadn't seen RVP.
But RVP, Jags and Howard all start out at the same time chasing the ball and are about level - why would Howard race out from his area, leaving his goal exposed, to get the ball instead of leaving it to his defender who was alongside tracking it? And despite the pressure from RVP, it was a lot easier given the way he was facing to just kick the ball out for a throw in (allowing our sub) than it was for him to contort his body to boot it upfield keeping it in play.
He made a couple of decent saves but his decision making in the dying minutes of the game to pass to Browning rather than welly it upfield was also questionable.
Howard is in poor form at the moment, not so much his instinctive reactions but his judgement calls on when to come out/stay put. All players have bad patches, it is just very noticeable when goalkeepers do.
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