| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... 10:17 - Sep 16 with 1798 views | tractorboy1978 |
Sure, he didn't exactly have a great game but I think it does Philogene a disservice. I am not sure what more he could have done re goals 2 and 3? It was just class from a player that if he can find consistency is going to prove too much for virtually all full backs at this level. |  | | |  |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:28 - Sep 16 with 1717 views | trncbluearmy |
Don't think I have seen a professional footballer just give up as he did against Clarke, more I look at it the more shocking it is.
Yes, Philogene was unplayable |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:31 - Sep 16 with 1676 views | coote |
He wasn’t just crap on Friday. He is crap. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:34 - Sep 16 with 1659 views | homer_123 |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:28 - Sep 16 by trncbluearmy |
Don't think I have seen a professional footballer just give up as he did against Clarke, more I look at it the more shocking it is.
Yes, Philogene was unplayable |
Taking nothing away from Clarke or Jaden.
Ben Godfrey, I am sure, actually has struggled since Covid - I don't think he has ever fully recovered and it affects him in matches and training. |  |
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| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:47 - Sep 16 with 1501 views | Basuco |
Add in Leif's performance to make sure Tanganga was unable to back him up didn't help either. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:57 - Sep 16 with 1410 views | _clive_baker_ |
There's an element of that, Philogene was cooking and on his day he's too good for this level. It was a perfect storm of both being true I think, the 1st was far too soft and Godfrey wasn't tight enough, there was already a warning sign a few minutes earlier that Cooper saved. similar for the 3rd albeit harder to stop when Billy can go both ways and punish teams like that. 5th was just dreadful, Clarke had no right to do him so easily.
2nd a bit unlucky to be fair, he shows him inside and Matos steps across him.
Godfrey's getting binned after that performance for me though, nowhere near good enough but certainly still a huge amount of credit to Philogene for punishing that. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:01 - Sep 16 with 1349 views | TractorJack |
I am wondering why he's at full back now. Wasn't his best spell in the middle? |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:05 - Sep 16 with 1329 views | BloomBlue |
As I said on another thread, re Philogene 3rd goal.
He had scored two with his right foot and every defender is trained to force a player onto his weaker foot. Godfrey did that for the 3rd, he kept in front of Philogene's right foot, but Philogene switched to his weaker left foot and smashed it into the net. When a footballer is in that form in a game you need help from another player.
Same with the runs from Leif, not a single SU player tracked Leif, that added to Godfrey's problems. If Philogene had played the ball to Leif and Leif had scored a couple, people would blame the FB, Godfrey, for allowing Leif to run beyond him.
Look at the 2nd goal, Godfrey had moved Philogene across the pitch, there were CBs and midfielders there, and not one got a block in.
Yes, Godfrey was poor, but Philogene was unstoppable. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:09 - Sep 16 with 1290 views | BiGDonnie |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:05 - Sep 16 by BloomBlue |
As I said on another thread, re Philogene 3rd goal.
He had scored two with his right foot and every defender is trained to force a player onto his weaker foot. Godfrey did that for the 3rd, he kept in front of Philogene's right foot, but Philogene switched to his weaker left foot and smashed it into the net. When a footballer is in that form in a game you need help from another player.
Same with the runs from Leif, not a single SU player tracked Leif, that added to Godfrey's problems. If Philogene had played the ball to Leif and Leif had scored a couple, people would blame the FB, Godfrey, for allowing Leif to run beyond him.
Look at the 2nd goal, Godfrey had moved Philogene across the pitch, there were CBs and midfielders there, and not one got a block in.
Yes, Godfrey was poor, but Philogene was unstoppable. |
Philogene said in the post match interview that his weaker foot is his right. |  |
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| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:21 - Sep 16 with 1195 views | textbackup |
JP played well, and took his chances very well.
But he won’t have an easier defender to play against all season |  |
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| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:22 - Sep 16 with 1186 views | Everydayblue |
Don't underestimate the work Leif was doing either.. No one was tracking him.
Godfrey didn't know whether to stick or twist a few times. And those short moments of hesitancy are exactly what the hard running is designed for.
Phylogene took full advantage.
Godfrey had a stinker. But there were a few of ours that were really good. And a few of theirs that showed very little fight and effort.
Incidentally, I watched the Bundesliga highlights. And they have a graphic showing the speed at which the ball is travelling if a player leathers one in.... I wonder what the speed of Phylogene's third goal was travelling at.?.. He caught that so sweetly. | | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:23 - Sep 16 with 1164 views | Churchman |
Godfrey got taken to the cleaners. He was also left high and dry by his team mates. But Philogene certainly was excellent. I can’t remember a hat trick quite like that. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:31 - Sep 16 with 1109 views | charlie1 |
One of the first games where Philogene has consistently gone at, and past, the full-back.
Too often he has put his foot on the ball and laid it off.
How much of Friday was due to Davis bombing on, Jaden's confidence or Godfrey just making it too easy for him will become clear soon enough. | | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:31 - Sep 16 with 1106 views | ReusersTown |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:57 - Sep 16 by _clive_baker_ |
There's an element of that, Philogene was cooking and on his day he's too good for this level. It was a perfect storm of both being true I think, the 1st was far too soft and Godfrey wasn't tight enough, there was already a warning sign a few minutes earlier that Cooper saved. similar for the 3rd albeit harder to stop when Billy can go both ways and punish teams like that. 5th was just dreadful, Clarke had no right to do him so easily.
2nd a bit unlucky to be fair, he shows him inside and Matos steps across him.
Godfrey's getting binned after that performance for me though, nowhere near good enough but certainly still a huge amount of credit to Philogene for punishing that. |
The Cooper save was definitely dreadful by Godfrey, seemed like he just backed up all the way past the 6 yard box and let Philogene just keep going. | | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:34 - Sep 16 with 1082 views | RIPbobby |
It would be interesting to see if there are stats for Godfrey at ITFC and SUFC. I don't think I ever saw him attempt a tackle for us. All he did was jockey a player and back off and he played just like that for the blunts. I feel for the lad as he was once a decent player, but something is clearly wrong with him now. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:38 - Sep 16 with 1029 views | Swailsey |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 10:34 - Sep 16 by homer_123 |
Taking nothing away from Clarke or Jaden.
Ben Godfrey, I am sure, actually has struggled since Covid - I don't think he has ever fully recovered and it affects him in matches and training. |
Yep, a real shame.
https://www.toffeeweb.com/season/21-22/news/41367.html |  |
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| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:38 - Sep 16 with 1017 views | itfcsuth |
He was poor Friday.
Although I'm sure, like anybody, he'll improve as the season goes on, with a flow of games.
He just hasn't played enough football since leaving Everton, 3 for us, 3 so far for Sheff Utd - he'll be a solid operator at this level when he finds a flow. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 12:24 - Sep 16 with 791 views | Stenvict |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:09 - Sep 16 by BiGDonnie |
Philogene said in the post match interview that his weaker foot is his right. |
I think he misunderstood the question. He is definitely right footed. He also said on Radio Suffolk he enjoys playing at here at Playford Road. | |
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| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 12:28 - Sep 16 with 749 views | TractorWood |
Getting within 3 yards of his man might help?
Great for us and Jaden but that's the worst individual performance I've ever seen from a defender. |  |
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| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 12:28 - Sep 16 with 745 views | bobbyramsey |
Makes you wonder how the fk he's still playing and why clubs sign him up. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 12:31 - Sep 16 with 720 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:31 - Sep 16 by charlie1 |
One of the first games where Philogene has consistently gone at, and past, the full-back.
Too often he has put his foot on the ball and laid it off.
How much of Friday was due to Davis bombing on, Jaden's confidence or Godfrey just making it too easy for him will become clear soon enough. |
Also had the conditions to do it, finding him early on the counter attack, with others making intelligent runs to create him space. Rather than facing up against 10 men parked inside their own box like we saw at Preston and against Derby. | | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 13:07 - Sep 16 with 477 views | Hciwspi |
Almost as though they remember how crap he is and they deliberately targeted him. |  | | |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 14:50 - Sep 16 with 57 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Seen a lot of talk of Godfrey being crap on Friday... on 11:22 - Sep 16 by Everydayblue |
Don't underestimate the work Leif was doing either.. No one was tracking him.
Godfrey didn't know whether to stick or twist a few times. And those short moments of hesitancy are exactly what the hard running is designed for.
Phylogene took full advantage.
Godfrey had a stinker. But there were a few of ours that were really good. And a few of theirs that showed very little fight and effort.
Incidentally, I watched the Bundesliga highlights. And they have a graphic showing the speed at which the ball is travelling if a player leathers one in.... I wonder what the speed of Phylogene's third goal was travelling at.?.. He caught that so sweetly. |
"Incidentally, I watched the Bundesliga highlights. And they have a graphic showing the speed at which the ball is travelling if a player leathers one in.... "
The TownTV GeniusIQ game replay shows this. The full game replay isn't out for the Sheffield game yet, so can't say how fast it was. Here's how it's shown from the Derby game..
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