2018/19 Jordan Pickford

[davek]

Again, that ball is too far wide for him to reach with his foot.

And the same applies, if he goes with his foot and doesn't reach it then you'd be in here saying why hasn't he dived. The bottom line is you'll be in here criticising him whether it is warranted or not. It just makes you sound ridiculous in the long run that every goal conceded is the keepers fault. I'm all for criticising him for the mistakes he's made, and you've had plenty to get your teeth into recently, but this is not one of them.

I think you'll find that I'm far from sounding ridiculous about Pickford. I was pointing out his lack of abilities and giant ego last season and getting slaughtered for it...until most now accept that he IS limited and he IS arrogant.

 

[davek]

You are the worst judge of keeper going though.

No excuses for his previous performances and how dodgy he actually was last game. But that was just a normal goal.

My point is that if he was the GK many have claimed him to be on here then he;d have gotten something on that ball.

If you and others are now saing that he's just an average (if that) GK, and average GKs dont do much with that shot, then I'd accept that explanation.

 

[davek]

No I won't. But equally, I assume you ignore the numerous saves he makes in a lot of matches which means we don't fall behind or concede when ahead. Pickford has made some costly errors this season, there is no denying that and he needs to improve overall. But he has also saved us on plenty of occasions.

You don't seem capable of appreciating it was a shot from 8 yards out, struck with power by one of the best finishers in the Premier League. That to me suggests you are blinded in your bias against him.

I'm supposed to applaud him for occasionally getting things right?

 

[ijjysmith]

My point is that if he was the GK many have claimed him to be on here then he;d have gotten something on that ball.

If you and others are now saing that he's just an average (if that) GK, and average GKs dont do much with that shot, then I'd accept that explanation.

I don't think it's either of those options though.

I think he's a good 24 year old keeper who is in an awful bout of form.

In fact average is the one thing I think he isn't. If he carries on this and his form doesn't improve he will be a poor 24 year old goalie.

 

[blue61]

Seems to have derailed our entire season this lid.

 

[davek]

He's got to cover the near post first and foremost. The covering defender sliding in is intent on covering the angle across goal.

His positioning his fine, his reflexes are fine - it's just a solid finish.

Pickford can be blamed for a lot of things lately; that goal isn't one of them.

I said his positioning is fine (though should have been another yard or two forward). The near post is secure and the only shot Vardy was ever going to get off was either through Pickford's legs or across his body. Ok, he didn't get it and it went by him. That's an error. By his low standards an acceptable error, and that's about the only good thing you can say about that goal from his perspective.

 

[davek]

Dave why are you talking like your peter shilton or something ? you are not a keeper, not an England international.

I get why you and some others have a problem with pickford, but blaming him for that when the other obvious mistakes building up to it is just pathetic

I've already said that in the hierarchy of blame Walcott tops that list for conceding the goal.

 

[bicycleheader]

Having only watched him at the start of last season until Koeman left, and this season he doesn't look anything out of the ordinary really. I don't see it.

However I don't think he is a major priority right now, but we should definitely have better than Stek as back up pushing to start ahead of him. It's the easy answer to any issues we might have with him.

Standards, basic standards. Decent backup in all positions.

Probably leads to the thinking that despite all the changes in the summer there is still a huuuge amount of work to do to get to that point. We barely have a decent full first XI.

 

[dublinbluenose]

He hasnt recovered from the derby, judgement has been flawed on a number of times since that game.

I dunno of he is the sort who needs to sit out a few games to reset or if he's mentally tough enough to play through it. The bravado hints at the later.

 

[TraffordBlue]

I've already said that in the hierarchy of blame Walcott tops that list for conceding the goal.

Walcott heads the ball to Everton player

Keane gives the ball to Leicester player

Walcott tops the list of blame for conceding the goal lol

 

[Nyhus]

I dunno of he is the sort who needs to sit out a few games to reset or if he's mentally tough enough to play through it. The bravado hints at the later.

I think the bravado hints at overconfidence and a simple mind.

 

[evertonarntwe]

I've already said that in the hierarchy of blame Walcott tops that list for conceding the goal.

I despise Walcott and although his header was terrible, the vast majority of the blame is with keane, he controls that like any premier league defender does we don't have a problem ( even just smash it forward )

 

[Goat]

Look how close that shot is away from Pickford's clown shoes. He actually takes his feet away from just dealing with the shot and decides to dive for it with his hand instead.

This is one bad GK we have here. Decision making appalling.

You can argue whether hes good or not as long as you want.

IMO its a superb finish from Vardy and I put no blame at Tetley hands for it personally.

 

[davek]

You can argue whether hes good or not as long as you want.

IMO its a superb finish from Vardy and I put no blame at Tetley hands for it personally.

The way to look at it is this: was it a save that a very good GK makes to keep matters level and the game in the balance still? The answer is "yes".

 

[hallamblue]

The way to look at it is this: was it a save that a very good GK makes to keep matters level and the game in the balance still? The answer is "yes".

No, it isn't. It's a shot that is saved 1 in 100 by a world class keeper. Surely nobody is saying Pickford is World Class, are they? The only keeper in the PL who could save that in my opinion is De Gea, maybe Lloris on a "going" day.