Tim Howard

ijjysmith · January 24, 2016

Watch it again.

The pass is poor. But watch Howard. He has zero awareness of where Ayew was. None. Nil. None at all.

ijjysmith · January 24, 2016

Osamabindiesel said:
You can't deny Stones should take the bigger blame. That was awful decision making by him

50:50 for me

Joey66 · January 24, 2016

Eggs said:
....oh dear, nothing was more certain.

Get our points now stuck to his line hesitant to do the basics and make himself available for a back Pass!

Osamabindiesel · January 24, 2016

ijjysmith said:
50:50 for me

Fair enough. Stones is getting a free pass from too many people though

Joey66 · January 24, 2016

Joey66 said:
Get our points now stuck to his line hesitant to do the basics and make himself available for a back Pass!

No need to boot the ball should have used his body to guide it out!

thirdmantackle · January 24, 2016

sorry.
a keeper with half a football brain would have pulled out of that kick knowing the swansea player would kick it out of play

MartSlinger · January 24, 2016

HE STANDS STILL! Ayew is running towards him and he doesnt move one bit! The pass is bad, but HE NEEDS TO GO TO THE BALL not WAIT.

tim cahill · January 24, 2016

Howard took a step back after the ball was played to him. It was his fault.

sageyefc · January 24, 2016

mlyons said:
Of course Howard gets blamed for that. Stones completely sold him short, but obviously it's Howard's fault.

How slow did he react though

RFUS · January 24, 2016

Tramps_mate said:
Not his fault at all.

Said in the match thread it wasn't just his fault. Mainly was Stones' fault. However he's so slow to react. Painfully slow. An alert keeper would have gotten to that as it wasn't massively underhit.

And I think the hesitation to pass to him stems from the lack of trust. It's a hard thing to put your finger on but I am convinced the defence as a whole are more unsettled with Howard at the back. I wouldn't trust him to catch a cold in flu season, so I don't blame the defence for thinking twice instead of instinctually passing it back etc.

tim cahill · January 24, 2016

MartSlinger said:
HE STANDS STILL! Ayew is running towards him and he doesnt move one bit! The pass is bad, but HE NEEDS TO GO TO THE BALL not WAIT.

It's worse than that. He steps back!

Tin-Tin · January 24, 2016

50/50. Terrible ball by Stones but Howard takes 5 seconds to react, then kick Ayew when he's going nowhere.

james2805 · January 24, 2016

Definitely big blame on Howard. Didn't move towards the ball. Even took a little step back.

Reason Stones hesitated firstly was because Howard didn't show for the ball.

Poor decision by Stones to play it after but Howard should have been getting it all day long. And certainly not just kicking straight through Ayew.

Hes a bad tit.