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I'm not having that Howard is a better keeper than Hart and Friedel, basically.
11th is probably a few postion tho, maybe lower based on this Season.
billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
What else could we measure? Punches? Kicking? Throwing? It gives us a snapshot. Few 'keepers have saved more long range efforts than Howard but only three goalies have saved fewer shots inside the box. Maybe his reflexes aren't all that great?
Strangely I would say thats his strongest point.
billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
It's FORM. Hart's head has gone a bit this season and Friedel might be feeling his age.
billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
He seems to save quite well with his feet when a striker is bearing down on him but he very often doesn't move when headers go past him.
Yes.
Organisation and distribution is at least as important as shot stopping.
To use an extreme example a goalkeeper who is excellent at claiming crosses and organising his defence might never even face a shot. I know Peter Shilton said that his best games were when he didn't have to save shots because he cut out the balls before it even reached the striker.
And Cruyff used to love goalkeepers who came out of the box quickly and so could distribute it accurately further up the pitch, he said that every time they got chipped would be balenced out by two goals their team would score because the opposition would be on the back foot.
Give Southall a one year deal.
billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
I've quickly found some distribution stats dated 9 Oct. It only gives the top 10 and Howard isn't in it.
Al-Habsi 73%
Hart 71%
Schwarzer 67%
De Gea 66%
Guzan 66%
Mannone 61%
Cech 58%
Begovic 57%
Jaaskeleinan 57%
Mignolet 57%
According to EB Howard plays only 29% of our long balls compared to Cech's 59%. He continues "only 1 in 3 of Howard’s long balls finds a team mate (one of the worst ratios in the league).....Howard’s kicking is something which Southall identified as a weakness to the American’s game in his recent interview."
"He dealt with 11% of all high crosses Everton faced last year by claiming or punching. There were 14 other No 1′s below him in this regard. Howard faced less one-on-ones than any other keeper in the league last year". So can we presume that fewer strikers make it as far as seeing the whites of our 'keepers eyes than with other teams and that's why his close distance stats are low?
"This (long shots) is often the greatest criticism you hear about Howard. He often looks leaden-footed or on his heels when shots come in from distance. Comparing the number of goals conceded from shots outside the box to the number of saves made from them, Howard, again more than held his own in the division. There were 13 keepers below him in this regard last season. Howard let in 14% of all shots from outside the box that needed dealing with. There were 9 keepers letting in 20% and more – the worst being Paul Robinson who let in a shocking 35%".
Steve0
Player Valuation: £35m
Yeah with this 'new' ball goalies don't have any chance if it's struck sweetly. We see Howard let in lots of long shots but it probably doesn't register how often other goalies do it.
It's more his flapping, decision, making, decision making, command of penalty area etc that needs addressing.
It's more his flapping, decision, making, decision making, command of penalty area etc that needs addressing.
Apparently we will be struggling for players next week as there is some kind of virus doing the rounds at finch farm...
Moyes said don'#t worry about Howard though lads .....chances are he won't catch it anyway !!
Moyes said don'#t worry about Howard though lads .....chances are he won't catch it anyway !!
Has anyone else noticed that he ends up a mile behind his goal line if he tries to make a save, that and hes terrified of clatter of a post.
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