Tim Howard

[marsh]

Did ok tonight but he just does my head in..
If he makes a big mistake at Goodison then the boos will be very loud!

 

[ilikecheese]

That free header that Barry let Dann have was 100% on Howard.

 

[glorydaze]

Blatantly obvious no one on this thread has ever played in goal. Yes he has made some gaffs but the defence in front are equally, if not more to blame.

 

[Steve0]

People will actually lay the blame for any goal at Howard's feet. Possibly motm last night.

Barry didn't challenge for the ball because he had no confidence in Howard?


Yeah, makes sense.

 

[McBain]

Costs us more points than a Frequent Flyer with his own Aeroplane.

 

[TomDixie]

Made several saves yesterday, from close range too.

Barry is at fault for the goal. Dann did make a great run however.

 

[ijjysmith]

I do find it difficult to lay blame fully on him for that goal. And by god i'd want to if I could.

 

[Chang Elephant]

I do find it difficult to lay blame fully on him for that goal. And by god i'd want to if I could.

Just do it anyway

 

[jceverton]

That free header that Barry let Dann have was 100% on Howard.

Of course it wasn't but when you're too busy pushing a palace player in the back and are off balance and out of position because of it then that's on Howard. It was headed right down the centre of the goal, which is where Howard should have been.

It was poor defending from Barry to allow the header and poor goalkeeping from Howard not to stop it.

 

[The Esk]

Conceding from the corner was poor all round last night but focusing on Howard for a moment I can't think of another keeper that allows so many goals to be scored in the centre of the goal from a corner or cross.

Conventionally if a keeper stays on his line he is giving an attacker two areas to score, near or far post. For corners there's someone on the near post so you would believe that most headed goals are scored when aimed at the back post yet given his inability to defend the centre of the goal the target area for attackers is much greater. I have no idea how you overcome this issue with Howard other than deny the attacker the opportunity to head the ball in the first place.

 

[jceverton]

Conceding from the corner was poor all round last night but focusing on Howard for a moment I can't think of another keeper that allows so many goals to be scored in the centre of the goal from a corner or cross.

Conventionally if a keeper stays on his line he is giving an attacker two areas to score, near or far post. For corners there's someone on the near post so you would believe that most headed goals are scored when aimed at the back post yet given his inability to defend the centre of the goal the target area for attackers is much greater. I have no idea how you overcome this issue with Howard other than deny the attacker the opportunity to head the ball in the first place.

It's a real problem, last two league games have seen us concede headers that are in the centre of the goal. Obviously there is work to be done defensively to limit these chances but the answer to your question is to drop Howard and play Robles. Unfortunately the manager seems to be more concerned about the dressing room than conceding soft goals. It's a real shame because we're playing some cracking football.

 

[sageyefc]

I love that thing he does when theres a chance to break or speed things up with a throw out and the crowd urge him to get a move on and he decides to just hold onto the ball and let the opposition get back into position, proper boils the piss

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I'd drop him now, I really would

Robles is, at the very worst, a lateral move and hopefully dropping Howard might force him to get his act together

 

[ijjysmith]

I'd drop him now, I really would

Robles is, at the very worst, a lateral move and hopefully dropping Howard might force him to get his act together

I totally agree. And probably have for over a year now. But we know it won't happen mate.

 

[ijjysmith]

I think I'm going easy on Howard here as I saw Kasper Schmeichel, who I really really rate, do the exact same thing against United the other week.