Tim Howard

StatesideBlue3 · September 27, 2014

I thought Howard looked solid today. Not incredible, but far from poor.

bag a yoko · September 27, 2014

Howard was brilliant today. Apart from the free kick he was superb. He's having the oddest season where hes either great or a mess.

FTY · September 27, 2014

That Balotelli header save was amazing, not that he knew anything about it.

allen · September 27, 2014

Can't blame him for the free kick. Gerard's pact with the devil still had one derby goal left before he's swallowed into hades for the remainder of eternity.

AaronTheBlue · September 27, 2014

he's not that good of a goalkeeper.

4737carlin · September 28, 2014

Howard did well, pulled off a few saves that kept us in it, as for the free kick if Baines did that down the other end no one would say it was the keepers fault.

DanEFC92 · September 28, 2014

4737carlin said:
Howard did well, pulled off a few saves that kept us in it, as for the free kick if Baines did that down the other end no one would say it was the keepers fault.

Think we would.

Jozzy · September 28, 2014

The whole problem with the free kick was he was standing in front of his line so he was diving backwards and had to step a further distance to get to the ball. Then when he got to the ball he was moving into the goals and got there late do he was never going to be able to palm it away.

Other than that I thought he was fine but as a goal keeper one moment can and will define if you have a good or bad game.

Khalekan · September 28, 2014

icburns said:
Should have positioned better for the free kick? That's what the wall is for. You can't well leave an entire side unguarded.

I agree. He gave Slippy a heck of a target to aim at.

Poor positioning, IMO.

toffeejack · September 28, 2014

Khalekan said:
I agree he gave Slippy a heck of a target to aim at.

Poor positioning, IMO.

i was screaming at the TV for him to get the wall over a bit, exactly the same as suarez last year. it was only ever going to go one side of the goal so why position the wall so centrally? made worse by the fact gerrard basically pointed to the corner of where he was going to put it, missed that target by about 4 yards and still howard flapped an OG.

Khalekan · September 28, 2014

Did he save that Balotelli effort?

I haven't seen MOTD and although they got a corner from it, I didn't think Tim had touched it.

toffeejack · September 28, 2014

hate it when people determine a goalkeeper's performance as good because "he made a few saves".

every keeper worth their salt would have made the saves, it's the saves he makes that he shouldn't be making which are what determines a good performance.

you wouldn't catch my saying a striker played well "because he had a few shots". if we're doing it on that, balotelli gets 10/10 for today's performance instead of pointing out the amount of times he wasted every move and missed a sitter.

toffeejack · September 28, 2014

Khalekan said:
Did he save that Balotelli effort?

I haven't seen MOTD and although they got a corner from it, I didn't think Tim had touched it.

hit his shoulder more than anything.

blue4eva77 · September 28, 2014

Not everyone jumped. The wall didnt do its job. Gerrard is only ever going for placement and had everyone jumped, it would of hit the wall.

Having said that, howard gets a full hand on it. Surprisingly weak hand. Howard for me isnt totally at fault.