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2024/25 Jordan Pickford

NathDogg said:
Dont be so defensive about your mate the manager, we’ve nearly always played deep, probably due to the pace of our cbs, and I think Pickford plays better when the defence is higher, like Englands normally is, hence my comment.

It’s not an attack on your mate.
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Good to know that it's not an attack on my mate. Because he's my mate. Mate.
 
Timbucktoo said:
Not criticizing the player but just the over reaction by some folks when he has an excellent game like he did v West Ham. There`s plenty of folks that really go over board in singing his praises every time he plays well, and equally when he costs us a goal folks go really over board the other way. Just different opinions for different people.
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I think he gets a bit to much stick tbh. When its deserved fair enough. But he's pulled off some top class saves for club and country this week so fk it call it as it is.
Anyway ive taken you off the fan club membership list and cancelled your pickford badge.
 
Gilbert.. said:
I think he gets a bit to much stick tbh. When its deserved fair enough. But he's pulled off some top class saves for club and country this week so fk it call it as it is.
Anyway ive taken you off the fan club membership list and cancelled your pickford badge.
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Keeper is a very unforgiving position to play, the smallest mistakes can have huge consequences, mistakes normally end up in the net and can cost points or end cup runs, where as a forward can miss 3 or 4 chances in a game that he should be putting away and some else can step up and score, then all is forgotten about.
Hope the West Ham performance was a sign of what we can expect over the next few months as we will be coming up against tougher opponents. I might even get my membership and badge back.
 

Timbucktoo said:
He has a major flaw with dealing with crosses, especially into his 6 yard box and when opposition teams have focused on this weakness we nearly always get punished. Dealing with crosses is a basic part of goalkeeping and that is a big part in why a lot of folks think he`s as great as his fans do.
As for wanting to be here he`s earning huge money and getting played every week no matter how bad he plays, and none of the clubs playing CL have made an effort to sign him despite them all having signed keepers since he has been Engerland No 1.
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You just don't like him, for some reason, do you? No point in us, or any one else, arguing about him really. It is opinions and some are irrational. So, I suggest we leave it to the stats... and then all is clear.
 
Timbucktoo said:
Watch the last 5 minutes of Bournemouth, Villas fist goal a few weeks back, and throw in his stupid mistakes v Greece at Wembley. 1 MOM performance for us and 1 for Engerland, wont change the mind of folks that thing he`s not as great as his fan club think he is. West Ham performance is what we should be expecting every week, not what we get week in week out.
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Jesus Christ, you just don't like him... He saved us MANY times in the last few years, he has been our best player, end of. Look at the stats.
 
Gilbert.. said:
Fan club? Why do people talk like that. Its weird. He's not a perfect keeper. I can only think of Neville Southall who had the lot. His job description is also keeping the ball out the net and he's pulled off at least half a dozen top saves in the last 2 games so he deserves a bit of credit. Thats it. He's been good.
I mean the comment about Greece last month. He's been more or less flawless for England for years. That comment sounds straight out of the kopites/horse punching Newcastle fans who hound him on social media.
Boring.
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Great reply.
 

Timbucktoo said:
Not criticizing the player but just the over reaction by some folks when he has an excellent game like he did v West Ham. There`s plenty of folks that really go over board in singing his praises every time he plays well, and equally when he costs us a goal folks go really over board the other way. Just different opinions for different people.
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Not exactly mate. I for one, do not go over the top about Pickford, nor any player. I look at the big picture. He has been our and England's most reliable (you see, I did not say best) player for years. The only way to argue about any of this, because some just don't like him, is to look at his stats. Please do.
 

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