joe hart

[Deleted member 52846]

Does anyone really need stats to see Joe has been poor for a long time now,let's all hope he gets back to his best.Otherwise he will be replaced.

I think poor is overstating it. Take for example his save from Campbell following Garcia's back header, cracking save. The ball that was lofted over Lescott's head for Campbell to chase, Joe came out made himself big denied Campbell the opportunity, good keeping. Point blank save from Campbell, great save, unfortunately our defenders didn't react quick enough and Cardiff scored their opener.

Against Hull, raced out to Aluko made himself big which forced Aluko into skewing his shot, again good keeping. He dealt with everything high in his area against Hull too. Yes he had a dip in form last season but he has been nowhere near as bad as many like to make out.

A top keeper making good saves is standard and Joe is good for this,it's the rest of his game that needs work on,positional sense,commanding his area,when to come and when to stay and of course distribution.

It needs work; but its far from poor!

 

[cucumberman]

Joe seems to claim crosses much less than before. But I put that to me being made aware and constantly reminded to how bad Joe Hart supposedly is. Every reflex every distribution gets overanalysed and i think this is what is happening now to Joe Hart.

 

[Rolee]

Does anyone really need stats to see Joe has been poor for a long time now,let's all hope he gets back to his best.Otherwise he will be replaced.

I think poor is overstating it. Take for example his save from Campbell following Garcia's back header, cracking save. The ball that was lofted over Lescott's head for Campbell to chase, Joe came out made himself big denied Campbell the opportunity, good keeping. Point blank save from Campbell, great save, unfortunately our defenders didn't react quick enough and Cardiff scored their opener.

Against Hull, raced out to Aluko made himself big which forced Aluko into skewing his shot, again good keeping. He dealt with everything high in his area against Hull too. Yes he had a dip in form last season but he has been nowhere near as bad as many like to make out.

A top keeper making good saves is standard and Joe is good for this,it's the rest of his game that needs work on,positional sense,commanding his area,when to come and when to stay and of course distribution.

I don't disagree but I think we need to look at the positives too when we're criticising just for balance.

I think his distribution has improved already this season from what I've seen, perhaps because he's getting the ball back into play quicker.

His commanding of his area has always been where he hasn't been top notch but I was impressed with him in this aspect against Hull, hopefully it's a sign of things to come, although to be fair he was hardly overworked.

One more thing, in regards Campbell's first header. Now I know Joe should've gone through Gunnarson and got something on that ball but I have to ask what Gunnarson is doing there if he has no intention of playing the ball? The general consensus seems to be that keepers get too much protection but if a player is there specifically to obstruct the keeper then they are fouling them and it's a free every time.

 

[Davs 19]

So, 5 clean sheets out of 6.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Credit to Joe and to the defences that have kept his work to a minimum.

 

[Davs 19]

Credit to Joe and to the defences that have kept his work to a minimum.

No Tim, you know the rule.. If we concede, it's the keepers fault..if we don't, well done the back four for protecting him ;.)

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Outstanding save off the deflection today

 

[kaz7]

Really good today,looking more like the joe we know and love,hopefully back on form

 

[SkyBlueUSA]

Man of the Match

 

[Davs 19]

Really good today,looking more like the joe we know and love,hopefully back on form

Yep, class is permanent, form is temporary......