My argument was that calling players names like "butterfingers" is based on precious little evidence. A long ball was allowed to bounce by the defence and Ben Godfrey (who I admire greatly) lost his man and was two steps behind when he ran through on Matthews and scored. Godfrey received no flack, but Matthews was called "butterfingers". Both shared the blame, but only one was blamed. Instead, Matthews was written off as "butterfingers". Is that fair? Not in my book. I understand that every player competes for his position and that is the way it should be.
The difference for me is that DF says that Matthews has a good chance of becoming our number one keeper. He doesn't denigrate players, he wants to develop them. That's the difference.
