2017/18 Jordan Pickford

Royalbm1 · October 29, 2017

This lad is quality, constantly let down by the defence or lack of

Azzurri · October 29, 2017

Abraders said:
I'm not sure..

Which of those 2 should he have stopped?

orly · October 29, 2017

time for Stekelenburg

Abraders · October 29, 2017

Azzurri said:
Which of those 2 should he have stopped?

Not that necessarily, just his overall game.

Dodgy punches, dodgy kicking, slows us down a bit. Dunno.

Doesn't strike me as this amazing goalkeeper everyone told me about.

riddick · October 30, 2017

The defence is certainly not doing him any favours but he really needs to just have one of those games where he stops everything like average keepers used to have against us all the time. Can't even count the amount of matches that we have drawn or lost because the opposition keeper had a world class day.

We need SOMETHING right now, him pulling one of those out might be a catalyst.

streeky · October 30, 2017

Dosn;t seem to be doing much except smashing the ball out of play or picking it out of the net. Would be good for him to have a worldy one game and give us something to build on.

Eggs · October 30, 2017

..I had my doubts but I think he’s been fine considering the uncertainty in front of him. More than anything, I like his attitude, he plays like the game matters.

Bud McBlokeski · October 30, 2017

Eggs said:
..I had my doubts but I think he’s been fine considering the uncertainty in front of him. More than anything, I like his attitude, he plays like the game matters.

At times he looks like the only one who gives a toss.

goodisonopheliac · October 30, 2017

He must be getting so fed up with his back line. Some of them are ancient compared to him and yet they're completely useless half the time.

4737carlin · October 30, 2017

Sunderland had a better defence, been one of our best players this season even when we get wacked

Del-boy · October 30, 2017

If we didn’t have him I dread to think of what some of the score lines would have been this season.

carolinablue232 · October 30, 2017

Del-boy said:
If we didn’t have him I dread to think of what some of the score lines would have been this season.

Exactly. We'd likely have lost to Arsenal by 7. Wouldn't have beaten Stoke. Wouldn't have held out against City. Bascially the only points we've had this season are down to Pickford and Niasse. Sad and scary times.

Jreverton1 · October 30, 2017

goodisonopheliac said:
He must be getting so fed up with his back line. Some of them are ancient compared to him and yet they're completely useless half the time.

He's used to it, he was at Sunderland last season.

TraffordBlue · October 30, 2017

Abraders said:
Not that necessarily, just his overall game.

Dodgy punches, dodgy kicking, slows us down a bit. Dunno.

Doesn't strike me as this amazing goalkeeper everyone told me about.

Can't remember any of them personally. Every time I have seen him come for a punch he's done so convincingly and been commanding. As a shot stopper i'd say he's easily in the top 5 in the league and has been our player of the season quite comfortably. Completely let down by the defence so far.

One thing I think lets him down is his over confidence with kicking. He quite often hoofs it out of play or tries a quick pass and gets it wrong. I'd say that's the area he needs to work on most.