Claudio Bravo - 2016/2017 performances (continued)

[Don Karleone]

It was a heavy touch and a mistake but he recovered well and it was never a penalty.

 

[Rolee]

Of course a heavy touch is a mistake. What else is it - let's just sell our midfield and buy a non league midfield that can't trap a bag of cement on that basis. It was 100 percent an error

Fair enough, you're right. What gets me though is you see heavy touches from players all the time, I guess as a keeper you don't get the same leeway for this particular type of mistake as others.

 

[Rolee]

Tbf it really is mistake, he didn't intend to try and trap it 6 feet away and let Rooney have a sniff, not sure how you stand on his two footed lunge on the twat mistake or not ? I thought we were lucky to get away with it myself.

Two footed?

 

[Blue Hefner]

A very very very poor one.

Not really. He keeps the ball very, very well. If a better shot stopper was in net, who frequently gave the ball away(Cech, Hart for example) then we would face more shots and potentially let even more goals in

 

[bluealf]

Two footed?

Was it not two footed, ah well it was months and months ago, should we call it a lunge on Rooney then ?

Just looked at a video of it, you are right it was just a one foot lunge with the other off the ground but curled up.

Still given the refs tendencies to give the rags easy pens, it is still amazing that it wasn't a pen and a red card.

 

[bluealf]

Not really. He keeps the ball very, very well. If a better shot stopper was in net, who frequently gave the ball away(Cech, Hart for example) then we would face more shots and potentially let even more goals in

Jesus, really, is this the best you can do in his defence.

It is okay if he lets every shot in as long as we keep the shots down to an absolute minimum lol

 

[Rolee]

Was it not two footed, ah well it was months and months ago, should we call it a lunge on Rooney then ?

Maybe, it's debatable I guess but then it's so inconsistent from refs these days it's difficult to say one way or the other.

For me it's a perfectly good challenge.

 

[bluealf]

Maybe, it's debatable I guess but then it's so inconsistent from refs these days it's difficult to say one way or the other.

For me it's a perfectly good challenge.

Oh don't get me wrong I don't for one moment think it was either but then I am old school, it was rash given the circumstances is all.

The bad touch elicited the next incident and could have proved disastrous, tbh it was a shame as for the first 41 minutes he looked everything Pep wanted, we dominated utd totally but then the mistake/misunderstanding with Stones and his confidence disappeared and let's be honest never came back again.

41 minutes of near perfection, if only we could finish but that is an argument for another thread :)

 

[edinburgh123]

Fair enough, you're right. What gets me though is you see heavy touches from players all the time, I guess as a keeper you don't get the same leeway for this particular type of mistake as others.

No - that point is absolutely valid and the more we ping it at him the more mistakes he will make (as will anyone) unfortunately last line of defence makes it more obvious. But ultimately it was still an error

 

[mosssideblue]

Jesus, really, is this the best you can do in his defence.

It is okay if he lets every shot in as long as we keep the shots down to an absolute minimum lol

He does have a valid point though. You might not agree which is fine, but he is right to point out that giving the ball away needelessly through the good old hoof, would invite more pressure which is now not our style of play