BoyBlue_1985
Well-Known Member
stonerblue said:Len Rum said:Allow me to explain.stonerblue said:fuckin hell, you're determined to show us how shit Joe is aren't you?
Your idea of a mistake by the keeper, resulting directly in a goal, is a long long way from mine.
If a corner kick is taken which the keeper should catch or punch, but he does neither, and the opposition score, then the goal is primarily the fault of the keeper, even though " a mistake by the keeper, resulting directly in a goal" hasn't been committed (Cardiff's second goal).
If the corner is flighted such that it is arguable whether the keeper should attack the ball or stay on his line then the keeper has to take one of these options. What he shouldn't do is come for the ball then change his mind and retreat to his line which is what Joe did for Cardiff's third goal.Consequently he wasn't in a position to either punch or catch the corner or save it,instead he was floundering in 'no man's land'. Admittedly the corner should have been cleared by a defenderbut if Joe had made the right decision he could have cleared the corner or maybe saved it despite the defender's error.That is why I stated he was partially at fault.
For Scotland's goal, he has only been defended by one 'expert' -Chris Woods - albeit belatedly. Just about everybody else was of the view that an international keeper should have saved that shot.
Good goalkeeping is about more than just "not making mistakes which lead directly to a goal".
You said it, yet you want to drop Joe because he didn't catch one corner?
Using your management skills we'd have a different keeper every other week.
I thought Hart was fouled in one of the corners scored, cant remember which one as I was quite pissed