What that stat actually says is : Norwich have conceded more goals from outside the area than any other team in the Premier League this season (13). Was Bunn in goal for all of these?
Fair point - at a guess, no, I would have thought one or two were Ruddy, but it will have been the vast majority from Bunn.
I think that 13 from outside the area doesn't include deflections, because Ruddy conceded 3 goals with deflections in our first six matches last season, but the majority of the Fulham, Liverpool and Chelsea horror shows were from inside the area. Bunn is an excellent 'keeper and I don't think he really makes too many mistakes these days. He has a physical shortcoming instead, which is just unfortunate. It's testament to how good technically he actually is that he has made it so far despite his height. By all accounts Jed Steer was pretty good and stopped it from being many more - rather a blow to his confidence to concede four:
i'm sure jed did make some good saves, as i understand bunn did also last night. check out their goals though - all over the place with his decision making on a few of them. the goal described above he started to come for, stuttered, and gave the impetus to defoe. he was partly at fault
I saw them, and yes there's a reason why he is not their starting 'keeper, but I'd say it was more that the Villa defence hung him completely out to dry and even if he'd been less indecisive he probably wouldn't have saved any. Having a one on one with a striker always leaves the 'keeper looking foolish, after all. Ultimately, you can always say "oh the keeper could ahve done this", but realistically, I thought all four Tottenham goals (bad marking for Defoe's and Paulinho's and a poor pass for Chadli's) should have been prevented at defence level rather than point at the 'keeper. Yes, he wasn't perfect and that's why he'll suffer a real confidence blow as a result, but I suspect he won't be the one getting the full bollocking from Lambert. In a sense, I'm not disagreeing with your first post - yes he did look lost. But I think even a good 'keeper would probably have looked lost with Villa's defence like that. Begs the question why they had to go and defend so well against us?!?
can't disagree with any of that rob and yes, it is infuriating they defended well against us although we made their job easier with our poor final ball!
Lambert works in a certain way, which I'd describe as managing by a mixture of gratitude, respect and fear. He constructs his teams from players who feel they owe him something (e.g. young players or players whose potential has remained unrealised or who have been side-lined by other managers). He gives them their chance, shows his faith in them, and get's them beholden to him. The respect comes from his own career and his nous in reading a game, which gives him the aura of someone with a magic touch. The fear comes from his ruthlessness in his treatment of anyone who doesn't buy into this. To me there is a touch of Mourinho in how he goes about his work, "I am the Special One Mark 2" (compare Mourinho's treatment of Casillas at Real and Lambert's treatment of Bent at Villa). So if Lambert makes clear to his players (as he has before every meeting of the two clubs) that he attaches a particular importance to putting one over NCFC, he is guaranteed a response; the players know they will get extra brownie points (witness his very public hugging of Guzan and Clark on Saturday).
can't disagree with any of that either! if i don't have an argument with someone today i shall be a little disappointed the postman could be in trouble...
Has anyone seen the Daily Mirror article today? http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/norwichs-chris-hughton-could-next-2297837? Just as Hughton thinks he has started to turn the corner...
