Yep.
Just needed a cooler head at times.
That being said it was clearly part of the gameplan - he was just executing it poorly.
As far as actual goalkeeping went though, he had little to do.
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Yep.
Just needed a cooler head at times.
That being said it was clearly part of the gameplan - he was just executing it poorly.
As far as actual goalkeeping went though, he had little to do.
It was clearly a tactic - he just wasn't executing the kicks well.
And on the occasions his kicks reached their target, DCL or Niasse failed to do anything with it.
I think it might have been the west ham game Toff where I noticed he was taking his time a lot more ( or he punted one too quick and Rooney said something and from then on he just took his time ).
Deffo a game plan yesterday but poorly executed. That can happen though. Like you said he didn't have a lot to do but what he did do ( commanding his area and taking a couple of great crosses) he done well.
Once we've sorted out that back 4 we will be sound because this kid is the real deal imo
Not once did I say I couldn't care less. He will be under instruction to try and find DCL. You can see when he gets the ball that DCL is on the move expecting it. It is still a gamble punt a percentage play. Regardless of his kicks I for one am very happy we have him as our keeper. What other keeper in the league tries to set up counter attacks like pickford?
Well yes I think that's pretty obvious, the poor execution was what I was commenting on.
I was replying to two posts at the same time, it was the other one - which you had liked - which said 'I really don’t care where he kicks it to'.
mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
Allardyce will not ever want the back four messing about on the ball, passing it between each other. Pickford will be under instructions to just knock it long virtually every time. The next problem will then be to improve the support the front man is going to get should Pickford get his line right.
Stanley Parker
Player Valuation: £15m
It takes two people to complete a successful pass. Calvert-Lewin alone is not strong enough to out-muscle two centre halves and win the ball from clearances. And yesterday he had no help at all from Niasse. Of course the ball quickly came back.
From the Telegraph; Allardyce made constant use of that bouncer’s earpiece he wears, communicating with his assistant, Craig Shakespeare, sitting in the stand.
One wondered what the ex-Leicester manager was telling him: that Liverpool completed 266 successful passes to Everton’s 43 in the first 45 minutes, perhaps or that his team were enjoying just 21 per cent of the possession, the lowest in Premier League history.
Maybe he was reporting he’d just asked Steve Walsh, sitting beside him, what precise definition of the director of football’s job it was that led him to sign Gylfi Sigurdsson instead of Mo Salah.
From the Telegraph; Allardyce made constant use of that bouncer’s earpiece he wears, communicating with his assistant, Craig Shakespeare, sitting in the stand.
One wondered what the ex-Leicester manager was telling him: that Liverpool completed 266 successful passes to Everton’s 43 in the first 45 minutes, perhaps or that his team were enjoying just 21 per cent of the possession, the lowest in Premier League history.
Maybe he was reporting he’d just asked Steve Walsh, sitting beside him, what precise definition of the director of football’s job it was that led him to sign Gylfi Sigurdsson instead of Mo Salah.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
Think JP needs to take about 15% off the power he's putting into his clearances, it's been noticeable in the last three or four games just how many are now going all the way through to the opposition goalie of into touch.
Earlier in the season his kicking was more measured, more like passes from a sweeper... and that's what we need more of if we're going to play long rather than pass out from the back.
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I don't disagree with anything you said, just that him sending the ball out almost always resulted in turning the ball over.
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