Joel Robles

[davids]

why should he get more criticism for guessing it goes down the middle instead of one of the sides?

http://www.scienceofsocceronline.com/2009/04/penalty-kicks-by-numbers.html
Goal keeping behavior explains part of the goal scoring successes. In attempting to stop the penalty kick, goal keepers jump to the right or left 94% of the time. In doing this, they guess correctly only about 40% of the time (i.e. jump left, shot placed left). However, even when they guess correctly, they only stop 25-30% of the shots. The most intriguing part of the Dr. Bar-Eli’s analyses is that when goal keepers remain in the center of the goal and the shot is placed in the center, they make the save 60% of the time. Given that about 30% of penalty kicks are placed in the center third of the goal, remaining stationary in the center of the goal increases the keepers chances of stopping the shot from about 13% to more than 33%.

 

[hetion]

Also - I genuinely wouldn't have been surprised if Vardy had tried a panenka yesterday, given the occasion. Robles would have been my absolute hero if he'd just stood there and calmly caught it.

 

[blue61]

Also - I genuinely wouldn't have been surprised if Vardy had tried a panenka yesterday, given the occasion. Robles would have been my absolute hero if he'd just stood there and calmly caught it.

Robles wouldn't have been there yesterday mate

 

[hetion]

Robles wouldn't have been there yesterday mate

Lol. It's been a long weekend.

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Imagine the score in the last 2 away games if Howard was playing. 68 shots for gods sake.

 

[davids]

Joel must have been delighted to read this quote from the Deluded One.
“A young player who could maybe have been caught by the occasion was Matty Pennington and he was the only player who played with intent, with meaning and desire and it is a shame no one else on the pitch could match that focus.”

 

[The Blue Watch]

Remember when he played against Krasnodar at home last year, he was NEA about the goal he conceded.

And now these days he's one of the few who are actually arsed.

 

[Joey66]

Joel must have been delighted to read this quote from the Deluded One.
“A young player who could maybe have been caught by the occasion was Matty Pennington and he was the only player who played with intent, with meaning and desire and it is a shame no one else on the pitch could match that focus.”

Yes Bobby Brown shoes shoots himself in the foot again!
KM showed desire, and scored Robles stopped us getting hammered with some great 1 on 1 saves - RM will soon hopefully relived of his duties?

 

[davids]

Remember when he played against Krasnodar at home last year, he was NEA about the goal he conceded.

And now these days he's one of the few who are actually arsed.

I think then it was more about however well he played Tim was going to slot right back in.Must have been soul destroying for him to know how much better a keeper he was, yet always going to be the number 2 then.

 

[DRINGO]

I like the way we're all pretending Joel actually saved the second penalty.

Can we have soviet style revisionist history for the rest of the season too? Remember when we won 8-0 at anfield, lads?

i felt he deffo got under Vardys skin which is why he said something to joel when he scored ! which in turn made made him feel the pressure for the 2nd pen ! it was also great seeing joel give it to him when he missed ! love this fella ! someone said he's got the snides about him which howard doesnt have and i like that !

 

[Abertonian]

Appologies if this has been posted already, but surprising if only Lloris, Cech, Hart, Courtois and De Gea are paid more.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/514079/Premier-League-goalkeeper-wages-revealed

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

I can't see him being on 62 grand a week.

 

[Abertonian]

I can't see him being on 62 grand a week.

Seems odd given he was signed as a backup from Wigan.

 

[Joey66]

I can't see him being on 62 grand a week.

I think thats more like Timmy pay than Robles pay no way would we pay a no 2 keeper that salary and not play him only just now?

 

[blue61]

I can't see him being on 62 grand a week.

He probably got his people to talk to Kenwrights people and told them if they binned Howard, he'd get us Champions League.