When did I exonerate Akintola? I said he’s quick, not that he’s good.
And I stand by that statement that playing with 10 men is preferable to having Dowell on the pitch.
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And I stand by that statement that playing with 10 men is preferable to having Dowell on the pitch.
I think the thing with Akintola is he usually gave his all.
Even just him running about caused the opposition more problems than Dowell being ****e.
Even just him running about caused the opposition more problems than Dowell being ****e.
Last season, Pandur won our Player of the Year award, Players' Player of the Year award and Supporters' Player of the Year award. He's also just been called up to the Croatia squad again (though doubt he'll actually play).
He's not ****e in the slightest, he's not had it as easy this season because of the team still being blighted by injury and us having to chop and change so much. He's also saved two penalties this season and despite facing more shots than nearly every keeper in the division, has somehow kept ten clean sheets and just under a 70% save ratio. Only Sheff Weds' keepers have faced more shots than him.
Of all the positions at fault, we can safely rule out goalkeeper as the root cause of our issues.
He's not ****e in the slightest, he's not had it as easy this season because of the team still being blighted by injury and us having to chop and change so much. He's also saved two penalties this season and despite facing more shots than nearly every keeper in the division, has somehow kept ten clean sheets and just under a 70% save ratio. Only Sheff Weds' keepers have faced more shots than him.
Of all the positions at fault, we can safely rule out goalkeeper as the root cause of our issues.
Stop it, that kind of fact and logic isn't allowed.
indeed, it is, as with all players, never a binary issue and players are not either **** or brilliant....as for Pandur it is ok to think he's a decent goal keeper at this level but to also think that his distribution can sometimes be off and that he had a stinker yest. If his distribution was top notch and he didn't drop a bollock every now and then he'd not be playing for us he'd be at a much better level. Keepers will always more harshly criticised as when they do fk it it's normally resulting in a goal which will always stand out more in people's minds.
I don't think anyone is debating that he's good at saving shots, but his play at commanding his area (both in the air and when coming out) has been really poor this season - and its contributing to too many goals being conceded and our play becoming stagnant.
Like yesterday, his howler wouldn't be counted by damaging his shot percentage but its a really big mistake.
Its concerns that go back to why he wasn't selected when he first arrived. Last season he looked good because we needed shots stopping. This season we need more and he's coming up short.
I referred to Collyer as clumsy but I dont want that taken the wrong way. Im not writing him off and think he will be good for us and won't take long. I was just really disappointed when he came on as I expected much more
We obviously dont have a lot of issues otherwise we wouldn't be in the playoffs
I would love to know how many times we've lost possession from his distribution
I think you're right, and that seems to be what Regan himself says in his interview. I like some aspects of Mike White's interviewing, but I do think he looks for a headline and to create a story, and it's probably just unfortunate timing but he does sometimes seem to relish giving us bad news when we're already feeling a bit fed up! 'Leave it until Monday, Mike' would be my advice!
I get that, but also he'll be following the instructions the coaches have given him. If he's told to go long for 50/50 balls, that's what he'll do. He's not too bad with the ball at his feet or under pressure (at least no worse than any other keeper in this league), his mistakes seem to stem from him almost having too much time and trying to get us away quicker.
Yes but is he going long because they don't trust him to go short? We don't really know.
I still would like to see him come for balls more.
I'd say the opposite; he struggles a lot more when pressed.
The other thing is whenever he collects the ball from a cross and there's a potential chance to break if he can release the ball quickly he always does the same thing: rushes purposefully to the edge of the box as if he's going to do something, considers one option but decides against it, considers another and decides against that too, then waves at everyone as if to say "nah it's not on this time lads, maybe the next one". It's almost like an ongoing joke thing how he flirts with distributing it quickly every time but never actually does.
I think we've established that the GK coach is **** and thats why the indecision, the command and the kicking havent improved. As someone said, being a great stopper is all instinct, the rest you have to learn and keep improving.
Erbil Bozkurt? He's a great coach, people at the club can't speak highly enough of him.
I'd say one of the biggest reasons that he hasn't perhaps progressed as much as we'd have liked is that his competition during his time in the first team has been so poor.
He's had Phillips and Howard this season, last season it was Racciopi, Rushworth and Tim LT behind him. Last season he won all the awards the club had, this season he's not been as good. Tim LT has done alright at Doncaster, I don't know why he isn't second choice now.
You're right, its not fair I assume other people agree with my assessment. Question as you seem to know, was he involved in the recruitment of Phillips too, surely they would have said we're considering this player to any coach who would be responsible for them.
We got Phillips because he's basically all we could afford due to the issues we all know about. Pandur was clear #1 and a replacement for him wasn't seen as a priority compared to other positions.
HT2 I bow to yours and other superior knowledge of this subject, but are you telling me Phillips was our only option and that the GK coach didnt approve of the signing.
A GK coach will give an opinion, but how much weight that opinion holds is questionable. There will definitely have been other options, but the club felt the financial package for Phillips along with his willingness to be #2 made him the choice
I don't believe any of the coaching staff are involved directly with transfers until after they're sorted, be very unusual to include them in target acquisition unless either a) it was that staff member's recommendation or b) the coach had worked with them before. Bozkurt hadn't worked with Phillips before and it seems unlikely he'd have recommended him, given he just finished a bang average season with Rotherham.
He was a cheap, free back up option I think.
Thats fine, you can think that. Some of us do think he needs replacing and have said so for a while. His distribution is awful and his decision making has cost us a number if games this season. Didn't even need to be a failed pro keeper to realise it.