| We have a Goalkeeper issue 09:46 - Jan 27 with 6155 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
I have been reluctant to call players out/criticise players all season. I don't actually think I have done it all season because I absolutely appreciate just how big a step up this is.
But I think we have a big issue in the goalkeeper department.
The flaws of Muric were clear for all to see. Had some really good moments but his kicking was hit and miss and he was making too many mistakes at important times. Walton got his shot and had a good start vs Chelsea, but I think he has been pretty poor in the last few games. There was the one that dribbled under him vs Brighton. I thought he should've been stronger a couple times vs City, mainly the Mcatee goal. I also think he could have done better with a couple Liverpool goals yesterday, albeit I haven't seen the game back.
When you are in the position we are in, you cannot afford to have constant goalkeeping mistakes, its makes a tough task even tougher.
Out of the 2 we have now, I think I would go with Muric. Higher upside. But I would have seriously considered getting another keeper in this month. |  |
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| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 14:51 - Jan 27 with 572 views | tractorboy1978 |
| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 14:38 - Jan 27 by ronnyd |
Ramsdale is a good keeper, it's just that Soton's defence is even more suicidal that ours. He was unlucky to lose his place to Raya at Arse too. |
And yet he's statistically worse than Muric on every major metric. |  | | |
| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 15:05 - Jan 27 with 531 views | Herbivore |
| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 14:18 - Jan 27 by tractorboy1978 |
It's mad Walton is playing for me. He's so obviously inferior to Muric. I know you can't just ignore the brain farts but really we are talking about two of them that have cost us points Brentford and Bournemouth, the City game we lose anyway. He's made big saves in a few other games that have helped us pick up points. His goals conceded vs expected based on xG is bang on 0. He has the best cross collection % in the division. The way some people bang on, he's terrible and has no redeeming features. |
I think the problem is that the big mistakes are so big that they are hard to ignore and they damage confidence in him. It's the life of a goalie, sadly. He might pull off a couple of worldy saves and pluck every ball into the box out of the sky, but if he then gets tackled dawdling on the ball, or comes rushing out and ends up in no man's land, or he lets a tame cross bounce past him into the corner, then that's what people remember. If a goalie does a howler then it's very obvious and usually leads to a certain goal, which isn't always the case for outfield players.
I'd lean towards going with Muric. He does many things well but he has to start making better decisions or he's never going to have a long career at the top of the game. He has the raw attributes for sure, which unfortunately Walton doesn't, so he's worth persevering with. |  |
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| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 15:14 - Jan 27 with 509 views | ronnyd |
| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 14:51 - Jan 27 by tractorboy1978 |
And yet he's statistically worse than Muric on every major metric. |
I see your point. I do think that sometimes statistics can over complicate things. | | | |
| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 16:24 - Jan 27 with 446 views | BlueOura |
| We have a Goalkeeper issue on 13:44 - Jan 27 by Europablue |
Burgess has looked solid and I cannot understand why he was replaced and has not had a look in since. |
He played against Man City, and was far from solid unfortuantely.
Most of our players are at a similar level, top end Champ / lower Prem, and that means they are going to make mistakes when playing against the better teams in the PL.
People seem to have this obsession with members of the L1 team being the answer to all our problems, and this is simply not the case. Ultimately we have spent a lot of money on the likes of Greaves and Muric and I believe they have more potential upside than the players they have replaced. For that reason we should largely stick with them. |  | | |
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