[Albion] Bart

[GoingUp]

It's hard to judge on him on yesterdays game, so I'll reserve judgement for now.

 

[Washie]

If he had defenders in front of him I would judge him more. Not much he could have done today

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I assume he was picked as RDZ views him as the better option for dealing with set pieces, which West Ham were going to look to utilise.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Thought he commanded his box well. No chance on any of the goals. Unfortunate that he had little protection on the goals.

Yep l agree, felt sorry for him having to pick the ball out of the net three times.

 

[willalbion]

Yeah not on him, but I was shocked when Steele wasn’t picked. He’s had a great start to the season.

 

[Zeus]

Bart did nothing wrong but changing keepers for the sake of it is disruptive for the defenders. I’m really not sure what attributes of Bart’s RDZ was expecting to give us an advantage over a West Ham low block that would be better than we’d have with Steele?

 

[Horses Arse]

Thought he looked excellent. No chance on the goals, looked tidy with the other shots he has to deal with and came and dealt with crosses very effectively. That ball in where Soucek got injured was a horrible ball to deal with - he did it brilliantly.

Absolutely. Great keeper, the future

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Bouncing keepers constantly doesn’t help. Make him our number one and decide whether JS is playing cups. Then stick to it.

 

[US Seagull]

As per the thread recently started by Bozza, our xGA was 3.4, so he has at least outperformed that. .

Did he? Since you can concede 0.4 of a goal, conceding 3 on an xGA of 3.4 sounds entirely on par to me.

 

[US Seagull]

It's hard to judge on him on yesterdays game, so I'll reserve judgement for now.

This. It sounds a bit daft to say he "didn't have much to do" in a game where three goals are conceded, but he really didn't have much to do.

He was left exposed by our defense for the goals, so he really had no chance to save them. Outside of that West Ham didn't really test him or press him.

Should he keep his place for the next game? I really don't know based on what I've seen of him. Luckily the coaching staff see him in every training session and know where he's at in terms of being ready. So I'll trust in that.

 

[Hovegull]

We didn’t get to see much of him, so hard to judge. Defending was poor, and the goals weren’t his fault.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

I do think Verbruggen should shoulder some of the responsibility for the first goal. Whilst it is certainly poor from Webster, Verbruggen is indecisive on whether he is showing for the ball to be played back to him or not. If he didn’t want the ball played back to him he should’ve made that verbally clear.

I just can’t see that mistake happening if Steele had started. He is very vocal.

 

[AstroSloth]

This. It sounds a bit daft to say he "didn't have much to do" in a game where three goals are conceded, but he really didn't have much to do.

He was left exposed by our defense for the goals, so he really had no chance to save them. Outside of that West Ham didn't really test him or press him.

Should he keep his place for the next game? I really don't know based on what I've seen of him. Luckily the coaching staff see him in every training session and know where he's at in terms of being ready. So I'll trust in that.

Couple of shots hit at him that he caught both of. Quick off his line to deal with a chance in the second half. Commanded his box excellently, great punch when he injured Soucek and at least one other great claim through a crowd before launching the counter attack.

Also looks extremely confident on the ball. Very exciting player for me.

 

[dwayne]

I do think Verbruggen should shoulder some of the responsibility for the first goal. Whilst it is certainly poor from Webster, Verbruggen is indecisive on whether he is showing for the ball to be played back to him or not. If he didn’t want the ball played back to him he should’ve made that verbally clear.

I just can’t see that mistake happening if Steele had started. He is very vocal.

Agree. And Antonio had a 1 on 1 after the 3rd goal where verbruggen was so slow coming out. Worrying that we have conceded so many the two games he's played. Touch of the Matt Ryan's there , but early days.

 

[Justice]

Someone said yesterday Steele had took a knock in training Friday no idea if it’s true or not.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

I’d love to hear what RDZs logic was for starting him yesterday. He’s obviously got something, but starting him yesterday felt unnecessarily disruptive and it proved to be the case, even if he wasn’t directly responsible for the goals.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Never mind the 'keeper............ditch Webster who put the 'keeper under pressure !

 

[el punal]

Crazy decision by RDZ in my opinion. Why upset a defence that had only conceded a couple of goals by changing goalie? Steele had done absolutely nothing wrong and based on yesterday's performance is the better goalie.

So by implication you are saying that Steele would have stopped all three goals? Oh well, forget the fact that Bart was left totally exposed on all of them.

 

[dazzer6666]

Bart needs first team experience…….got to play at some point. No reason why yesterday wasn’t a sensible opportunity

 

[el punal]

I’d love to hear what RDZs logic was for starting him yesterday. He’s obviously got something, but starting him yesterday felt unnecessarily disruptive and it proved to be the case, even if he wasn’t directly responsible for the goals.

Disruptive? How? Did he make any errors? No. Yet you contradict yourself by stating he wasn’t directly responsible for the goals.