Tim Howard

Joey66 · December 30, 2015

Dithering Dougie said:
It's the most important game of his managerial career, Martinez isn't going to field a weakend team for that.

Every game Howard runs out on the pitch for us its a weakened team Doug Mark Hughes tested him , and he let FOUR in!

Joey66 · December 30, 2015

Smodger said:
Medication time.

Who for us or Doug!lol

harry · December 30, 2015

Toffeelover said:
Why could he have not turned it round the post for a corner? that baffles me. I have seen this before he tends to palm the ball into play instead of out.

It would have been better if he hadn't of touched it. I sit behind the goal and screamed nooooooooo! When I saw him go for it.

Toffeelover · December 30, 2015

harry said:
It would have been better if he hadn't of touched it. I sit behind the goal and screamed nooooooooo! When I saw him go for it.

He did not hear you!

Joey66 · December 30, 2015

Toffeelover said:
Why could he have not turned it round the post for a corner? that baffles me. I have seen this before he tends to palm the ball into play instead of out.

Tim is past it thats why!

harry · December 30, 2015

Toffeelover said:
He did not hear you!

Good job, as what followed was quite choice

ToffeeTim · December 30, 2015

harry said:
It would have been better if he hadn't of touched it. I sit behind the goal and screamed nooooooooo! When I saw him go for it.

Yea absolutely mate. They had no one likely to get on the end of it. It was just poor poor play and nothing we don't expect.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · December 30, 2015

Blue Cheese said:
Well that's me told, You said Hey and simple. I'm on about the insults Mikey not arsed if je ever plays for us again myself. read the info minge.

No, YOU read my post again minge

The minute he had a go at the fans he made himself open to insults

If he gets wound up over justified criticism then he's in the wrong profession

I agree that wishing him injured or dead is going too far, but anything else is fair game in my eyes, certainly until he apologises for his comments

Blue Cheese · December 30, 2015

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
No, YOU read my post again minge

The minute he had a go at the fans he made himself open to insults

If he gets wound up over justified criticism then he's in the wrong profession

I agree that wishing him injured or dead is going too far, but anything else is fair game in my eyes, certainly until he apologises for his comments

that was the only point I was making, no more no less. Can't stand him being our goalkeeper but keep it classy.

stretford blue · December 30, 2015

for me a part from westie nev and nigel martyn its an area we have always struggled with and we certainly dont produce any home grown goalkeepers . A big regret for me in the 70s was not signing shilton before he went to forest we could well of nicked a title or two

Chang Elephant · December 30, 2015

Joey66 said:
Doug persisting with Tim is going to lose us our star players as we will finish too low in the prem!

Yeah but surely the point is that we're all having a spiffing time on the internet arguing with Douglas who is willing to go the extra virtual mile posting stuff he doesn't believe......that's gotta count for something

Papa Shango · December 30, 2015

Dithering Dougie said:
Yeah you're right Macca of course it's Mori he collides with, for some reason I thought it was Stones but he's marking fresh air again. The point still stands that there's two players that get nowhere near stopping that ball and the overall defending is all over the show.

It's easy pointing the finger at Howard, seems a hobby for some on here at times regardless of the fact the defenders are making awful errors and it's like watching schoolboys at times yet no one mentions it.

Thing is though, a good keeper is there to bail out any defensive errors, or at least some of them. Howard doesn't do that. Mori may have been marking fresh air for Stokes third, it doesnt mean that Howard should come out and wipe him out for it. he had a decision to make for that goal, stay on his line and try and stop the effort from the cross, or come out and get something in the ball. He took the third option, miss the ball and clatter one of our players leaving an open goal. That was never an option!

joger · December 30, 2015

Would start him against Spurs since Jags won't be back for that but then give Robles the rest of the season. Putting Robles in with our shaky back four against a good PL opponent in Spurs may not be the best idea IMO.

Kankurette · December 30, 2015

mglennon said:
Tell me a worse keeper than Tim in EPL, I can't name one

Vito 'I let in 8 goals from Southampton' Mannone?

streeky · December 30, 2015

Dithering Dougie said:
Thanks @streeky you make me sound like some sort of superhero, obviously I'm not.

I just clearly know more about football than yourself and others on here.

I don't doubt your football knowledge or your ability to convey it, just hope you don't back yourself into a corner over 1 player from which there will be no escape. I have backed you on here with regards people trying to blame Howard when it was clearly not his fault, to fit there own agenda's, but at some stage Tim has to start saving some goal bound efforts if he want's to win back the fan's , most of which where cheering (sarcastically) when he caught a ball on Monday.