2023/24 Jordan Pickford

[DualityNSNO]

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40% strike rate with long passes.

Compared to Ederson.

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61%.

I have nothing to add, was just interested in the numbers.

Interesting to note that he attempts a long ball 3 times as much as Ederson does tho.

As many in the last season as Ederson in 3

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

Issue with going long for England is that Kane has spent the last decade backing into defenders and not jumping at all, to try and look like he is being held. It’s his equivalent of that nonsense we used to see where strikers would jump early to make it look like they had been pushed back down. Difference being it’s a miracle Kane hasn’t ended somones career (or worse) by letting them jump awkwardly over his shoulders and land on their own head/neck. No interest in flicking it on, all about winning a free kick. Great to his feet and chest, but above his head from a long clearance, no chance. Not interested.

Pickford will spend his whole England career with the same criticisms. We concede a goal, “could he have done better?” as it rifled into the corner. We keep clean sheets, “the defence did a fantastic job restricting chances”. Does everything asked of him. Gives it a defender, gets it back after 3 pointless passes. Probably his fault he was passed the ball after we took a short corner.

The great thing is he really doesn’t seem to care one bit what they write about him. Its taken until this tournament for his excellent stats to even be mentioned. At the end of his England career it will become obvious that it will be very difficult for anyone to better them.

If he saves a couple of pens in the final, Saka will win BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

 

[summerisle]

He doesn't want to come back home and watch Freeview.

 

[Lapeno77]

 

[summerisle]

About bloody time.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Really annoyed at Gary Lineker.

On his podcast The Rest is Football he waxes lyrical about the penalty takers (which is fair enough, especially Saka) ) but not a single sodding mention of Jordan’s important save that reduced pressure on our players and increased it for theirs and was the ultimate difference between the two sides.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Really annoyed at Gary Lineker.

On his podcast The Rest is Football he waxes lyrical about the penalty takers (which is fair enough, especially Saka) ) but not a single sodding mention of Jordan’s important save that reduced pressure on our players and increased it for theirs and was the ultimate difference between the two sides.

I love the fact that the media hate us

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[I can't even]

Southgate must be screaming at him at half time to stop pumping long balls.

But he just keeps doing it.

Legend.

 

[Gilbert..]

Really annoyed at Gary Lineker.

On his podcast The Rest is Football he waxes lyrical about the penalty takers (which is fair enough, especially Saka) ) but not a single sodding mention of Jordan’s important save that reduced pressure on our players and increased it for theirs and was the ultimate difference between the two sides.

Also seen a few of these watchalong clips yesterday with England fans saying just before the shoot out whats pickford like at saving pens? Eh? England would probably be defending Euro Champions if a few had slotted 4 years ago due to pickford keeping them in the shoot out.

 

[maccavennie]

The jorginho pen save is immense. So low down, very difficult dive to make. That should have been a trophy winning save that one.

 

[yakublue]

I hadn't realised that Pickford has been our official player of the season 4 out of the 7 seasons he's been with us. That's pretty remarkable.

 

[Ring master]

 

[summerisle]

 

[formerly manx toffee]

I hadn't realised that Pickford has been our official player of the season 4 out of the 7 seasons he's been with us. That's pretty remarkable.

Kept us in the league. Don’t listen to the naysayers. Pickford, Tarks, Branthwaite and Gueye are what makes us solid at the back