2018/19 Jordan Pickford

[neil999]

The only way of avoiding a third derby day calamity is by not playing him. This fixture has him pegged now. He'll never get out from under the cloud of derby balls ups. It's in his head and it wont shift. We'll have to score three in a derby to secure a win if he's in goal for us against them in the future.

i know much of your ire is concentrated on pickford here, but how did you think we played..pleased with silva?

 

[-Rob-]

But c’mon Rob; you’re calling the man an insignificant supporter?

What would happen if Dave didn't watch the next match? No one would notice.

Yes, the club needs it's supporters but no single supporter is actually significant to the club and however much a defeat hurts, it hurts the players more if it's their error that costs a goal.

 

[davek]

i know much of your ire is concentrated on pickford here, but how did you think we played..pleased with silva?

More than pleased. And the team's development is astounding under him. Which is what's making this all the harder to take.

 

[Khalekan]

His distribution is his most overrated feature, sure every now and again he pings a nice ball out but a lot of the time it's very iffy

Agreed.

I don’t see any great ball “distribution” from him.

He generally hits it to one or other wing leaving the receiving player tight on the touch line with a tricky enough task to control the pass, let alone do sommat creative with it.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

He's won us many more points than he's lost us and that is a fact, keepers are prone to a howler now and again.

Don't let what happened at the end cloud how we played at the pit yesterday.

 

[Khalekan]

He gets a big hand to it and puts it over the bar. Its Goalkeeping 101. There is no other option.

I think goalies overthink things these days, get it away from danger, that's what they are there for.

If they score from the resulting corner then they score from it. No blame would go on the goalie there as he did his job.

Indeed.

It is almost like his first thought was to catch the ball in order to start a quick counter attack rather than merely keep the ball out the net.....and tipping it over was the safe and sensible option.

 

[McBain]

We will never ever progress when giant mistakes are met with an ‘who cares, everyone makes midtakes’ attitude.
I dont actually think we need to shift Jordan because of this, but he’s screwed us twice against the rs now and a third should never happen.

Watched the highlights in real time - he has to go for that. Obviously he needs to put it out for a corner, but the ball could have really done anything there.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

More than pleased. And the team's development is astounding under him. Which is what's making this all the harder to take.

We are a season too early to really turn them over at the pit Dave, better equipped next time round.

 

[McBain]

The only way of avoiding a third derby day calamity is by not playing him. This fixture has him pegged now. He'll never get out from under the cloud of derby balls ups. It's in his head and it wont shift. We'll have to score three in a derby to secure a win if he's in goal for us against them in the future.

Crock of crap.

What school of mistakes did you graduate from? The Peter Perfect School of Talking Out Your Arse sounds like.

Would have been 7 goals scored if everyone took the chances on offer.

 

[Caolam]

i know much of your ire is concentrated on pickford here, but how did you think we played..pleased with silva?

Most of it, but not because he made an error that cost us a draw, because he didn't hold his hands up and say he should have gone with one hand and just made sure the ball cleared the bar. We played well and should not have lost. Very pleased with Silva.

 

[Nymzee]

Hope Jordan's ok. I;d hate to think he feels bad about it.

We just need him focussed for the equally massive game against Newcastle now. A good performance against them will put things right....

You were slagging him off and wanting him sold a few hours before this you tit.

 

[BlueStevie35]

If I was in that team yesterday and Pickford came through the door into the dressing room i;d have tried to knock him out. 96 minutes up in flames after that arrogant spanner wnats to play to the cameras. And no mate, I dnt think it is just you and me and a few others who are livid at this feller. Only a handful of people on a forum think what he did was defensible and/or accaptable in light of whatever else he's done.

Dave stop being an utter prat, your faux outrage is cringe worthy and just makes you look an even bigger clown than you usually are. Wanting a player knocked out for a mistake, Jesus wept

 

[BlueStevie35]

A day later and if anything the feeling has got worse. I’d sell him for what we paid for him right now. I’d give stek a run ffs.

Shut up Kev, see your mate Sam is in the running for Southampton this morning

 

[davek]

Some people dont see the scale of the problem we have against Liverpool, and their backing up Pickford is part of that problem.

It's an unvirtuous circle we've gotten into as a fanbase: the acceptance of smackdowns from that lot which is conveyed to the players who then accept their 'fate' in a derby which is then accepted again by fans and then on we go to more and more reversals.

Understand this: no wins in a derby since 2010 and no wins at Anfield for 19 years is an unbearable stigma and an utter humiliation that cant be handled by many of us anymore.

Pickford's howler and his woeful post match comments have to be seen in that context.

 

[davek]

We are a season too early to really turn them over at the pit Dave, better equipped next time round.

We had that game secured yesterday. Almost. Then Pickford happens. Again. Nothing to do with too soon.