sarah_jane_wow said:Maybe having Shay Given on the bench helped Joe Hart 'retain his focus'. JH does seem to have slipped down a notch or two, concentration-wise, since Shay's unfortunate departure. On current form, he is our weakest link.
oakiecokie said:Santiago Street . said:At fault again for the goal tonight.
He's clearly the best at the club and one of the best in the league and he's only a kid so he should improve.
Let's just hope it's a little blip because if he's still parrying shots back out into the 6 yard box in 6 months time, it'll be time to start looking elsewhere for a custodian
Utter bollocks !!
I`m more concerned that De Jong didn`t compete in a 50/50 challenge which resulted in the goal.
city diehard said:I know that he's doing brilliantly for us however he has been partially or maybe even solely at fault for some goals.
1. Against Munich he spilt the ball to Gomez for 2nd goal.
2. Against Villareal he spilt it to Cani.
3. On Sat against Wolves he spilt it to an encroaching Doyle (hence pen and Vinny being sent off)
I find that a few long range shot as shown above, he is not holding them or even parrying them into a wider area away from goal. This is one small criticism I have of him; apart from that he is superb but these have been costly for us and he does have to improve at them.