Good morning everyone,i thaught one of chippy's replies on the Leeds/Ipswich debate,deserved a look at.
it was his remark about Ipwsich,s second goal & whether it was a goalkeeper error.
Unfortunately it seems to be a modern trend imo for goalkeepers to parry the ball,these days,rather than smother/catch.As there is the chance of showmanship,no matter what the end result might be. All the great keepers from the past,did next to nothing spectacularly,but did most things brilliantly (Banks,Shilton,seamen,and more recently Schmeichel (peter that is),when we watch football matches I bet we all think why did he not just catch it,well it’s possibly because of the media coverage and a straight catch would just not look right in front of camera or to smother a low cross.this is just my opinion would be great to hear others on this subject.
Chippy, imo, was rrrrr....rrrr...rrr..righ.....it was a keeper error. Weinwald had time to catch and smother, which he should've done, but instead chose to parry the ball back into play just in front of his goal, which resulted in a goal from the unmarked Ipswich player.
Prior to that, Weinwald made a good save from a cross which he actually caught, and held onto the ball.
Not so sure parrying the ball is a modern trend in English football SW, Continental keepers are brought up on, and taught to parry and punch, you see a lot of it in Continental games, and this is Weinwalds first taste of English football, and we saw it in the early stages of Ankergren and Silvestris Leeds careers.
Also, we have a big influx of overseas coaches in England which may be contributing to some keepers parrying and punching more.
IMO, other than outstretched diving saves, if you parry the ball with 2 hands, you can catch the ball with 2 hands.
Like you pointed out, back in the days of Banks, Shilton, Bonetti, Seaman, our own Harvey, Lukic etc, catching the ball was part of being a good keeper, and parrying only came about when there was a flurry of close range shots from the opposition, outstretched diving saves to push the ball round the posts were never classed as parrying back then, just a great save, as it is today.
Back In the days of Banks, Shilton etc, you may have heard the term palming, palming the ball over the bar, or an outstretched dive to palm the ball around the posts......
