Tim Howard

jinkyali · December 29, 2014

Good.
Howard has been awful all year.

TheFinnFan · December 29, 2014

jinkyali said:
Good.
Howard has been awful all year.

You think we'll go for new one?

jinkyali · December 29, 2014

TheFinnFan said:
You think we'll go for new one?

Not sure. Certainly a spanner in the works.
Convinced Martinez will choose Robles as first choice but its what happens with back up.
My money would be on Al Habsi or Valdes.

Azza · December 29, 2014

Torn his calf kicking a football... has that ever happened to a footballer before?!?

GF has just bleached some of the bathroom tiles and I'm about to get in the shower... let's hope there is some left over because Robles in goal for the next month and a bit will be horrific!!

Sennott Street · December 29, 2014

BoysInBlue said:
People go on about how bad Howard is, but Robles is far, far, far worse.

This is like replacing a Robin Reliant with a push bike... with a flat tyre, and no pump or spare tyre.

Nah mate. It's like replacing a Reliant Robin with another Reliant Robin...the one on Top Gear that was launched like a rocket and exploded.

EverBlue86 · December 29, 2014

Is this confirmed or just hear say? Haven't seen it announced anywhere

4737carlin · December 29, 2014

Azza said:
Torn his calf kicking a football... has that ever happened to a footballer before?!?

GF has just bleached some of the bathroom tiles and I'm about to get in the shower... let's hope there is some left over because Robles in goal for the next month and a bit will be horrific!!

To be honest i thought he had done something against Hull after taking a goal kick. I'm sure Robles was warming up for a good 10 mins but never came on?

Azza · December 29, 2014

EverBlue86 said:
Is this confirmed or just hear say? Haven't seen it announced anywhere

This is as official as it is at the moment - http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/66/u...-4-6-weeks-with-torn-calf-muscle?ICID=HP_BN_1

4737carlin said:
To be honest i thought he had done something against Hull after taking a goal kick. I'm sure Robles was warming up for a good 10 mins but never came on?

Can't remember to be honest. Either way it's a strange one. Good that Robles will get a run of games but in another way come the end of Jan it could be too late.

Oh and I have survived the bleach shower... or does this stuff kill you slowly and painfully like Everton?

Toffeelover · December 29, 2014

Means no chance of shipping him out.

Neiler · December 29, 2014

Be back in time for the start of the MLS.

I wonder if he is in fact injured or a dignified exit has been arranged.

bainesontoast · December 29, 2014

Can the remaining Howard apologists please explain how we have faced LESS shots on target this season yet the save percentage has decreased by 19%

4737carlin · December 29, 2014

Neiler said:
Be back in time for the start of the MLS.

I wonder if he is in fact injured or a dignified exit has been arranged.

I thought that as well, maybe there is no problem with him and he just thought sod this and is acting up so he can do one unnoticed

TX Bill · December 29, 2014

bainesontoast said:
Can the remaining Howard apologists please explain how we have faced LESS shots on target this season yet the save percentage has decreased by 19%

Yeah sure (and I'm not an apologist by the way) but when the defense allows people to waltz through and score sitters, there ain't gonna be a lot of saves.

Hope this helps.

JustOpp · December 29, 2014

I can't imagine Howard wanting to play in the MLS. He seems the type of person who will hang 'em up when he can't play at the highest level anymore.

bainesontoast · December 29, 2014

TX Bill said:
Yeah sure (and I'm not an apologist by the way) but when the defense allows people to waltz through and score sitters, there ain't gonna be a lot of saves.

Hope this helps.

I suppose we need to see exactly where each shot on target from both seasons came from...