Standard of goalkeeping

[Priory Doctor]

Lost count of the number of woeful goalkeeping errors at the weekend.

There are some very average keepers earning good money in top flight football these days.

[G Richards]

I agree with this. Whatever happened to solid? They don’t all have to be world class, but you would expect a higher level than what we’ve been seeing.

[Tony Moanero]

There used to be loads of good, solid goalkeepers, who were never close to being world class. Phil Parkes (the QPR and Weat Ham one), Tony Coton, Nigel Spinks, Nigel Martyn, John Burridge, etc. Then again, in those days, every little mistake wasn't highlighted, like it is today.

[Bjornebye]

To counter the shit goalkeeping, Gomez was outstanding yesterday for Watford. 2 or 3 truly world class saves. 

[magicrat]

Keepers I reckon used to be protected more,  Defenders defended and weren't expected to be wingers and midfield playmakers

[Allan]

Keepers I reckon used to be protected more,  Defenders defended and weren't expected to be wingers and midfield playmakers

 

Defenders were allowed to defend as well. These days you can commit a foul without actually touching an opponent. It's no wonder that the overall standard of defending in top flight football is at the lowest level for as long as I can remember.

[dockers_strike]

Having a ball that changes direction several times in flight makes it harder.

[Lee909]

Your right there

These new balls are shite.

Players (Lampard was a prime example) just belted the ball slightly off centre and they would swerve all over the place

[ATXRED]

Your right there

These new balls are shite.

Players (Lampard was a prime example) just belted the ball slightly off centre and they would swerve all over the place

To be fair to Mr. Lampard, he would also hit a half dozen other players with his shots as well.

[Grinch]

Put it this way, all of our laughing stock gks, James, Friedel, Dudek etc. Were all better keepers than Mignolet.

[milky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4lGpc9uCAk

[VladimirIlyich]

Having a ball that changes direction several times in flight makes it harder.

This is largely,but not completely the answer. Footballs have been designed to move more and make goals more likely under orders from FIFA. They have toyed with the idea of bigger goals but me hostility so the next best thing is to mess with the football. Unless you are a keeper or keeper coach its not easily noticeable. British goalkeeping coaching is years behind the continentals and why we can't produce top class keepers any more.

[stringvest]

It's defo the balls.  It's much harder being a goalie these days.  Except when getting challenged in the box, when it's much easier.  

[Bob]

I've just watched some Chelsea loanee (who'll likely never play for them) score an own goal for vitesse from the weekend.

 

It could well be dodgy, but if nothing more than a fluke fuck up, the goalkeeping is genuinely in existent.

 

Not even tried.

 

http://www.sportbible.com/football/funny-watch-chelsea-loanee-scores-the-best-own-goal-youll-ever-see-20171119

[VladimirIlyich]

This is largely,but not completely the answer. Footballs have been designed to move more and make goals more likely under orders from FIFA. They have toyed with the idea of bigger goals but me hostility so the next best thing is to mess with the football. Unless you are a keeper or keeper coach its not easily noticeable. British goalkeeping coaching is years behind the continentals and why we can't produce top class keepers any more.

I think British goalies fell behind when coaches refused to acknowledge punching and foot control as essential parts of the art of goalkeeping and the back pass rule helped foreign keepers massively.

[lifetime fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4lGpc9uCAk

 

 

That game is bent!

[VladimirIlyich]

That game is bent!

They were just awful mistakes.....but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they weren't.

[Bob]

Certainly looks that way. The last one is difficult to work out what he was even attempting.

[Trumo]

I've just watched some Chelsea loanee (who'll likely never play for them) score an own goal for vitesse from the weekend.

 

It could well be dodgy, but if nothing more than a fluke fuck up, the goalkeeping is genuinely in existent.

 

Not even tried.

 

http://www.sportbible.com/football/funny-watch-chelsea-loanee-scores-the-best-own-goal-youll-ever-see-20171119

 

They have that clip on the BBC football page and to my mind, the bigger fuck-up is the goalkeeper's. As you say, he didn't even look like he was trying. He obviously couldn't touch it with his hands as it was a back pass, but he had a lot of time and space to chest it down or even head it clear. Eurosport used to show highlights from various European leagues including the Eredivisie, and the goalkeeping was always awful.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

There's an old bat who sits behind me at the match who still bangs on that we should have signed Joe Hart in the Summer.

[Chip Butty]

"He's a good shot stopper"

 

Hate that line, its what they're all supposed to fuckin do!

 

 

He's good at swimming, that life guard.

 

Sound how he's good at flying that plane, the pilot.

 

That runner, he's really good at running in a straight line dead quick, isn't he. 

 

 

Hate that line.