| Christian Walton 22:24 - Dec 29 with 4291 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
This isn’t a he needs dropping post by any means.
However, I do think there are some legitimate questions over his performances this season. Seems to always end up on his bottom when the ball comes across his 6 years box, his shot to save metric isn’t great either. Would be interesting to hear some other thoughts ?
This isn’t referring to the Free kick btw, he defo wasn’t saving that.
I’m also happy with that point, good character from the boys. [Post edited 29 Dec 2022 22:25]
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| Christian Walton on 22:26 - Dec 29 with 3705 views | textbackup |
he maybe does if he stands the other side of goal.
not been hugely impressed with him the last maybe 2 months, dont have anywhere near the confidence in him that i did last season |  |
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| Christian Walton on 22:29 - Dec 29 with 3635 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Christian Walton on 22:26 - Dec 29 by textbackup |
he maybe does if he stands the other side of goal.
not been hugely impressed with him the last maybe 2 months, dont have anywhere near the confidence in him that i did last season |
That’s interesting, I only saw it live in the ground and looked a great free kick. Need to watch it back. | |
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| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 with 3607 views | tractorboy1978 |
Kind of alluded to this in a thread I posted below, but it must be really difficult to stay switched on and fully focused/sharp when your team is dominating games in the manner we do and you have so little conventional goalkeeping to do. |  | | |
| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 with 3598 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Christian Walton on 22:26 - Dec 29 by textbackup |
he maybe does if he stands the other side of goal.
not been hugely impressed with him the last maybe 2 months, dont have anywhere near the confidence in him that i did last season |
If he stands the other side of the goal (where the ball went), he’s behind the wall and leaves half the goal completely unprotected. Which would be far, far worse. It was a great free kick and nothing he could do about it - end of. |  |
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| Christian Walton on 22:37 - Dec 29 with 3511 views | textbackup |
| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 by Swansea_Blue |
If he stands the other side of the goal (where the ball went), he’s behind the wall and leaves half the goal completely unprotected. Which would be far, far worse. It was a great free kick and nothing he could do about it - end of. |
is he? i must say it seems ages ago now.... but at the time i remember thinking his positioning was a bit strange. | |
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| Christian Walton on 22:38 - Dec 29 with 3507 views | Chrisd |
| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 by tractorboy1978 |
Kind of alluded to this in a thread I posted below, but it must be really difficult to stay switched on and fully focused/sharp when your team is dominating games in the manner we do and you have so little conventional goalkeeping to do. |
Definitely, good concentration levels are part of a goalkeeper’s armoury. [Post edited 29 Dec 2022 22:41]
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| Christian Walton on 22:39 - Dec 29 with 3483 views | ITFCBlues |
| Christian Walton on 22:37 - Dec 29 by textbackup |
is he? i must say it seems ages ago now.... but at the time i remember thinking his positioning was a bit strange. |
I agree. Seemed to be way too far over to the other side. Not sure he'd have saved it anyway |  |
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| Christian Walton on 22:51 - Dec 29 with 3316 views | Defender110 |
| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 by tractorboy1978 |
Kind of alluded to this in a thread I posted below, but it must be really difficult to stay switched on and fully focused/sharp when your team is dominating games in the manner we do and you have so little conventional goalkeeping to do. |
True, but it's his job! | | | |
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| Christian Walton on 23:45 - Dec 29 with 3094 views | BlueForYou |
Should have been given an academy award for the way he went down after being gently touched by a Portsmouth player in the 2nd half. Don’t like seeing any player doing that especially one of ours. |  | | |
| Christian Walton on 00:12 - Dec 30 with 2951 views | Rocky |
I wouldn't swap Walton for any keeper in this league - apart from Michael Cooper of Plymouth - who'll be a Premier keeper within a season or two. |  | | |
| Christian Walton on 05:27 - Dec 30 with 2747 views | Terra_Farma |
His performances are diminishing.
Great keeper who we need to hold onto - however, his feigning injury isn't what ITFC are about | | | |
| Christian Walton on 08:38 - Dec 30 with 2450 views | pointofblue |
Walton’s like Burns for me - a good player, but who’s performances are not consistently hitting the heights of last year. | |
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| Christian Walton on 08:58 - Dec 30 with 2402 views | Wickets |
| Christian Walton on 22:26 - Dec 29 by textbackup |
he maybe does if he stands the other side of goal.
not been hugely impressed with him the last maybe 2 months, dont have anywhere near the confidence in him that i did last season |
I do think he gave the free kick taker too much to shoot at but think it was almost unsaveable , was it a free kick ? looked to me Morsy won the ball by the direction it went . Both the first 2 goals pretty dubious TBH . I will have to watch the highlights but think Burgess did a good job of not celebrating his goal as he knew he was offside / maybe the Lino thought Ladapo was the scorer other wise i cannot think why he did not raise his flag . |  | | |
| Christian Walton on 09:00 - Dec 30 with 2397 views | DJR |
It's strange because last season he seemed invincible but that isn't the case any longer. I know confidence can play a part with goalkeepers, and I do sense his confidence is not as high as last season, perhaps due to some of the mistakes he has made. On the other hand, perhaps this season we have conceded more goals from close range, and someone of his size is just not so agile in such situations, as compared to shots from distance. |  | | |
| Christian Walton on 09:01 - Dec 30 with 2393 views | Ely_Blue |
| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 by Swansea_Blue |
If he stands the other side of the goal (where the ball went), he’s behind the wall and leaves half the goal completely unprotected. Which would be far, far worse. It was a great free kick and nothing he could do about it - end of. |
the fact that the free kick went in off the underside of the bar/join between bar and post means 2 keeps wouldnt have stopped that going in, sometimes you've got to hold your hands up and say what a good free kick it was |  |
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| Christian Walton on 09:14 - Dec 30 with 2343 views | GlasgowBlue |
His form has been of concern since the Charlton game. He isn’t making the match winning saves that we saw last season. Wycombe away springs to mind.
Remember when Hladky joined the club and every shot at him went in? It’s getting that way with Walton.
Like you, I wouldn’t drop him. He’s shown that he’s a class above in this league. But the difference between us and Plymouth is the goalkeeper imo. |  |
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| Christian Walton on 10:25 - Dec 30 with 2157 views | Battersea_Blue |
I'm going to disagree with your statement that "he defo wasn't saving that".
He is responsible for setting up the wall. Just before the free kick was taken, I did think to myself he's left too much leeway on his left side, the wall nowhere near covered the left 3rd of the goal. Therefore, that was his side, irrelevant if it hit the post/bar before going in.
He ended up betwixt and between. In situations like that, with a wall set up like that, he has to totally guard his left hand side. If the taker is good enough to get it over the wall and dip in on his right side, fair enough, great goal and that's when I'd say "he defo wasn't saving that".
He's not playing at his best at the moment, not commanding his 6 yard box like he did at the beginning of the season. He needs a strong "word" in my opinion. | | | |
| Christian Walton on 10:35 - Dec 30 with 2123 views | Ryorry |
| Christian Walton on 10:25 - Dec 30 by Battersea_Blue |
I'm going to disagree with your statement that "he defo wasn't saving that".
He is responsible for setting up the wall. Just before the free kick was taken, I did think to myself he's left too much leeway on his left side, the wall nowhere near covered the left 3rd of the goal. Therefore, that was his side, irrelevant if it hit the post/bar before going in.
He ended up betwixt and between. In situations like that, with a wall set up like that, he has to totally guard his left hand side. If the taker is good enough to get it over the wall and dip in on his right side, fair enough, great goal and that's when I'd say "he defo wasn't saving that".
He's not playing at his best at the moment, not commanding his 6 yard box like he did at the beginning of the season. He needs a strong "word" in my opinion. |
Anything to do with the rest of our defence looking a tad shaky?
As for "needing a strong word", I think that's the last thing anyone going through a dip in confidence needs (if CW is actually going through one of those, since none of us really knows). |  |
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| Christian Walton on 10:40 - Dec 30 with 2099 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Christian Walton on 10:35 - Dec 30 by Ryorry |
Anything to do with the rest of our defence looking a tad shaky?
As for "needing a strong word", I think that's the last thing anyone going through a dip in confidence needs (if CW is actually going through one of those, since none of us really knows). |
Personally, this season we've seen the version of CW that made him 5th choice keeper at Brighton.
Ropey with his distribution, not commanding his area, watching the replay of the 2nd goal, I wonder if he should have dealt with the first header better as it drops to the scorer... [Post edited 31 Dec 2022 16:07]
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| Christian Walton on 10:45 - Dec 30 with 2074 views | Ryorry |
| Christian Walton on 10:40 - Dec 30 by FrimleyBlue |
Personally, this season we've seen the version of CW that made him 5th choice keeper at Brighton.
Ropey with his distribution, not commanding his area, watching the replay of the 2nd goal, I wonder if he should have dealt with the first header better as it drops to the scorer... [Post edited 31 Dec 2022 16:07]
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Hasn't seemed so commanding of his area in the Dec. iFollow games I've seen, I agree.
Will have to re-watch that second goal, but you could see it coming from half a minute or so beforehand, our defence generally just wasn't looking right. | |
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| Christian Walton on 11:03 - Dec 30 with 1994 views | Sixto6 |
| Christian Walton on 10:45 - Dec 30 by Ryorry |
Hasn't seemed so commanding of his area in the Dec. iFollow games I've seen, I agree.
Will have to re-watch that second goal, but you could see it coming from half a minute or so beforehand, our defence generally just wasn't looking right. |
Walton is a superb keeper for L1 and will be very capable in the Championship.
Some fans are too quick to find fault in players when results don’t go our way.
Walton has bailed out many players that have made mistakes ahead of him, as a keeper he doesn’t have that luxury !
He’s class and we’re lucky to have him.
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| Christian Walton on 11:14 - Dec 30 with 1896 views | Chrisd |
| Christian Walton on 10:40 - Dec 30 by FrimleyBlue |
Personally, this season we've seen the version of CW that made him 5th choice keeper at Brighton.
Ropey with his distribution, not commanding his area, watching the replay of the 2nd goal, I wonder if he should have dealt with the first header better as it drops to the scorer... [Post edited 31 Dec 2022 16:07]
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Blimey, I was reading some nonsense last night that he should've come for the initial cross for their 2nd goal. It's those sort of comments when you realise those fans haven't really played the game. | |
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| Christian Walton on 11:20 - Dec 30 with 1862 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Christian Walton on 11:14 - Dec 30 by Chrisd |
Blimey, I was reading some nonsense last night that he should've come for the initial cross for their 2nd goal. It's those sort of comments when you realise those fans haven't really played the game. |
Defo not for the initial cross. I'm just unsure about where the ball drops for Bishop.. should Walton have got there first etc.. very hard to tell on the replay but its always something of a thought when the ball drops inside the 6 yard Box. That's the keepers box. | |
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| Christian Walton on 11:26 - Dec 30 with 1845 views | Chrisd |
| Christian Walton on 11:20 - Dec 30 by FrimleyBlue |
Defo not for the initial cross. I'm just unsure about where the ball drops for Bishop.. should Walton have got there first etc.. very hard to tell on the replay but its always something of a thought when the ball drops inside the 6 yard Box. That's the keepers box. |
I'm not sure he could really Frimmers. CW has worked himself across the goal while the ball is in the air from the cross to get in a position to deal with a possible attempt at goal from the header, there's bodies in front of him too. As a keeper you can't anticipate everything. Credit to Raggett that was a really good header down into a dangerous area and the finish was instinctive. | |
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| Christian Walton on 11:30 - Dec 30 with 1831 views | portmanroadblue |
| Christian Walton on 22:32 - Dec 29 by Swansea_Blue |
If he stands the other side of the goal (where the ball went), he’s behind the wall and leaves half the goal completely unprotected. Which would be far, far worse. It was a great free kick and nothing he could do about it - end of. |
Disagree, wall should have covered the left side of the goal as you look at it from the Portsmouth player taking the free kick allowing Walton to be more central in the goal. Great free kick tho, and not sure many keepers would have saved it. |  | | |
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