It's unsurprising to see that the anti-Pickford brigade are back out in force after one poor forty-five minutes.
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sageyefc
Player Valuation: £90m
As usual hes charging out when he doesn’t need to. Fortunate when he spilled the pea roller aswell
I agree with the second one, though it wasn't a pea roller hahaha.
And yeah, he's charging out to collect an easy ball and take pressure off the defence (like all good goalkeepers do). That is until one of his defenders decided to go full Andy Gray and diving header it at him. Digne has caused that goal.
The guy is a clown and will stay a clown even if he has done 2 decent saves for England. Look at the goal he conceded against Italy. All over the place like usual!
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
Pre season is for mistakes. Just reduced his chance of it happening in a proper match.
The defender was in control. Should have left him to it. The lad is a liability. When he’s diving across for the free kick he’s looking at the floor.
You mean the top save he made against Italy to tip it onto the post. Some people hate a player no matter what. And your one.
…it’s really not that, Phil. I’m not a fan of his, a point I make when he’s playing well. He doesn’t command his box, I don’t trust him and know the next calamity is only around the corner.
I didn’t see the game today, i don’t know how he performed but I’m sure I’m not alone in not waiting for the next mistake to say how I feel.
We have much more significant problems than Pickford (the standards of keeper seem to have slipped) but we are allowed an opinion and it’s not unreasonable for posters to voice them when he lets the team down again,
The defender was in control in what way?
If he just shields it and responds to his goalkeepers shout then we aren't having this conversation.
Wait, is that second part you blaming him for that Fernandes goal?
A keeper needs to make balls his. Like he was for the first goal. Digne headed it back which wrong footed him.
I would take the 30 we paid for him
Of course you are and I'm not saying otherwise. I'm not a huge Pickford fan either and people can see that through my posting history if they so wish.
My point is that after a poor forty-five minutes, which it undoubtedly was, people are calling him this and that; they're even calling for his head.
It's almost like a fair part (if not the majority) of last season the Euros has been forgotten, so it's not unreasonable to question their motives or objectivity.
I'm not going to throw the book at him based purely on a poor half in a pre-season and form a fair while ago, while ignoring the credit he's recently earned.
We can have doubts and we can criticise poor form but it's deserving, however I'm not in the mindset of making my mind up and never changing it.
His stock was probably reasonable at the end of the Euros, we'll regret not taking advantage of that as his value plummets during the season and he costs us multiple points.
…..we know what we have now, I doubt he’ll change. He’s capable of outstanding saves, he’ll make blunders, he flaps at crosses, he’s inconsistently good, he’s inconsistently bad.
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