The scorelines would have been MUCH worse if not for Pickford. Spurs should have won about 8-0.
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Actually, most people correctly observed that Joel was better than Stekelenburg, however we were still in need of a number 1 in the summer. Joel getting scapegoated and slated all the time is a myth.
Yes hard to start a myth when he kept ten clean sheets!
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
Its hard to say that hes at fault if there haven't been any obviously glaring errors on his part. But you don't know if he could maybe have saved some of them yesterday. Certainly I don't recall him making many saves and he still conceded 4?
Give the lad a break, it's not his fault he's only been on the winning side in the PL 5 times.
That's confused me more than ever, he didn't make any mistakes but he we don't know if he could have saved some yesterday, he didnt make many saves but still conceded 4. Your point is? I'm not getting it, are you being critical or not? If you are, just because of the goals conceded column, then you wouldn't have been happy we bought him to begin with?
Kever10
Player Valuation: £25m
The point is a simple 1, you don't have to make an obvious mistake to be accountable for a poor result. For instance, Sigurdsson, Gueye, Baines, etc, didn't make any glaringly obvious mistakes, where as Rooney, who misplaced 2 or 3 passes gets far more criticism for what was generally a far more composed and positive, effective performance.
Joel last season went on that run of games with cleansheets, but took non of the credit because "any goalkeeper could've kept those cleansheets", despite the fact that our other goalkeeper failed to do so with the same players either side of Joel's run in the team.
In other words, maybe it's the smaller things that go unnoticed that have the bigger impact in these situations. There's no doubt that Pickford makes eye catching saves, but the defence looks terrible, and the goalkeeper is part of the defensive unit.
Parkender
Player Valuation: £950k
This thread is a microcosm of this website
-He's big nev come back to life
-Surely the greatest there ever was and ever shall be.
3 games later......
-Burn him at the stake
-I've seen people in wheelchairs kick better than him
-Bring back big nev/howard/Gordon West
This place is bi polar city
-He's big nev come back to life
-Surely the greatest there ever was and ever shall be.
3 games later......
-Burn him at the stake
-I've seen people in wheelchairs kick better than him
-Bring back big nev/howard/Gordon West
This place is bi polar city
his kicking on his right foot is pretty poor tbf
he is so left footed its unreal
he is so left footed its unreal
Welcome to GOT, enjoy your stay and do one ffs.
As long as he can make saves with both hands , who cares about his kicking
Arsed, so is De Gea.
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