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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Incredible. You'll be saying next that Im responsible for the pile of errors he's committed this season that's left us midtable.
He's not good enough. You're defending the indefensible.
Pickfords 'starting position' was too close to his line but this isn't a fault of his, it is as a result of two mistakes a very time time earlier, Walcott's 50p head and Keane's slice, the speed of the change from easy to deal with balls to under very real pressure meant that Pickford didn't have time to get his starting position right. If you freeze frame and frame advance from when Vardy is shaping to shoot you can see Vardy has a massive amount of goal to aim at, there is no chancer Pickford could get a foot out to it yet almost manages to get a hand on it. Pickford is completely blameless and anyone suggesting otherwise may have a bit of an agenda against him.
Again, that ball is too far wide for him to reach with his foot....at least he'd have made a decision. Something he's always in two minds about at key moments.
BTW, it was EASIER to save with his feet than his hands. Saving with a hand at a moment like that robs you of crucial time to get something on a shot. That's something a good GK would know instantly and just decide that any low shot will be dealt with by the feet.
I suppose "he's young and will learn that though".
And the same applies, if he goes with his foot and doesn't reach it then you'd be in here saying why hasn't he dived. The bottom line is you'll be in here criticising him whether it is warranted or not. It just makes you sound ridiculous in the long run that every goal conceded is the keepers fault. I'm all for criticising him for the mistakes he's made, and you've had plenty to get your teeth into recently, but this is not one of them.
ijjysmith
Calm
You are the worst judge of keeper going though.
No excuses for his previous performances and how dodgy he actually was last game. But that was just a normal goal.
EFC78
Player Valuation: £25m
No I won't. But equally, I assume you ignore the numerous saves he makes in a lot of matches which means we don't fall behind or concede when ahead. Pickford has made some costly errors this season, there is no denying that and he needs to improve overall. But he has also saved us on plenty of occasions.
You don't seem capable of appreciating it was a shot from 8 yards out, struck with power by one of the best finishers in the Premier League. That to me suggests you are blinded in your bias against him.
EFC78
Player Valuation: £25m
He was 8 yards out...It was a powerful shot. It flew past him in an instant.
Pickford naturally had no idea where Vardy was going to put it so he was always at a disadvantage with that situation. Vardy could have put it either side. The shot wasn't as far in to the corner as Pickford probably expected and that is what meant he didn't get a hand on it.
But it was struck with power and Pickford had very little chance of saving it.
He's got to cover the near post first and foremost. The covering defender sliding in is intent on covering the angle across goal.
His positioning his fine, his reflexes are fine - it's just a solid finish.
Pickford can be blamed for a lot of things lately; that goal isn't one of them.
evertonarntwe
Player Valuation: £35m
...at least he'd have made a decision. Something he's always in two minds about at key moments.
BTW, it was EASIER to save with his feet than his hands. Saving with a hand at a moment like that robs you of crucial time to get something on a shot. That's something a good GK would know instantly and just decide that any low shot will be dealt with by the feet.
I suppose "he's young and will learn that though".
Dave why are you talking like your peter shilton or something ? you are not a keeper, not an England international.
I get why you and some others have a problem with pickford, but blaming him for that when the other obvious mistakes building up to it is just pathetic
vinvinvin
Player Valuation: £1m
It's got pace on but it's not as if Vardy has burst the net, it's rolling over the line not drilled into the corner. Pickford is covering his near post and the area of the goal near to him, if Vardy puts it an inch inside the post then fair play to him it's a great finish but it is near enough to the keeper to be saved. Could he have got down quicker? I think at his best he could. Could he have stepped out at the last second and made himself big? Possibly, he can see Zouma coming and it would have been a job for Vardy to lift it over him under pressure from both of them. It's a fairly standard goal to concede and I wouldn't blame him, but I feel Vardy showed enough of it to him that if he was on top form he might have saved it. I made a similar comment in a post after the Spurs game questioning whether or not he could have done better with the Alli strike from the edge of the area (which was very similar to the Vardy goal in that it was struck low and hard but near to Pickford), the Eriksen volley from the edge of the area (great strike but from behind the goal you can see Pickford is on that side) or the Son 1 on 1 (narrowed the angle well then conceded through his legs). As with the Vardy goal he was left completely exposed by his defence for all of them, and you certainly wouldn't say they were his fault, but if you only assess the keepers contribution to the goals based on shot stopping, positioning, 1 on 1s then I would say Pickford has just been 'standard' for all of them.
SteStocksDJ
Player Valuation: £8m
Wow. I’m going back to bed after reading this.
It was just a well placed finish from a striker who has done it many many times over the last few years.
It was just a well placed finish from a striker who has done it many many times over the last few years.
wba83
Player Valuation: £8m
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
I would not come back to read this thread if i was you with some of the rubbish in here by certain people who think they know everything,its going way past just trying to blame him for things that are not his fault,hes been blamed for anything and everything lol
Jamie Vardy vs Any Goalie 1on1 usually results in a goal
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