He stepped up and it's the second one we missed, so yes he does get the blame. If our goalkeeper kept coming for crosses and missed the every time , he would get the blame. CMS has also got stick for not playing well. Everybody body is in agreement that we need to convert our chances, so if players are not, then look around the bench and find someone who will. Keep playing him is not changing anything is it? That includes CMS
I guess to a degree I'm generalising. There are a few odd people who will take any chance to criticise CMS, but on the whole, he doesn't get the widespread criticism some of our other players would get for the same things. After barnes missed his penalty v Leicester (and went on to be praised for his performance in the rest of the match by the commentators so it's not because he was generally poor) a thread was started laying into him for that penalty miss. No one started one when CMS missed his penalty v leeds. So, while individuals may have acknowledged his miss cost us points, on the whole he was excused his miss.
Yes, he got dogs abuse towards the end of last season, but, that reiterates my point - he failed to score in the last 11 games last season. He has started this season with 9 in 15, so people aren't criticising him yet. It's only been three games since he last scored, so people are easy on him at the moment, generally speaking.
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