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Beach Hut
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Excellent chance for him to prove everyone wrong.
HP Seagull
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- Sep 26, 2008
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Let's hope he does well today. Not ideal conditions for a keeper admittedly! Great chance for him though.
Oh dear........
Superseagull
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- Jul 8, 2003
- 2,123
To bey fair to him, the four defenders in front of him have not helped his cause!
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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JB suggests Smith positioning for the 1st may have been at fault but that the 2nd was taken with Premier League quality by Beckford. I have no idea, obviously, FDM also makes mistakes sometimes but I guess Smith is gonna get crucified again tonight.
No. but he still lets in more than twice as many as the FDM, playing behind the same defence.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Couldn't have stopped any today imo.
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- Feb 8, 2005
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Is that a piss take, his kicking was good. Not quite sure what he was meant to do to stop the goals and as for staying on his line it means he doesn't get stuck behind a bloke in an attempt to run did it cost us a goal? All be it knock him (or anyone) when he deserves it but did nothing wrong at all
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- Feb 8, 2005
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Couldn't disagree more, he sliced one kick which went straight in the air but no harm came of that the rest were placed and on another day when Murray is not up against the giant number 17 they would have started attacks. With out watching the whole game again you will have your view though and no talking you out of it
The stats are starting to stack up against him. Today he let in more shots than he saved (Leeds had 5 shots on target, three of them went in).
OK, perhaps he's brilliant, fantastic, not to be criticised or blamed for any of the loads of goals he's let in - but just unlucky?
So, do we need an unlucky GK any more than we need a bad one?
OK, perhaps he's brilliant, fantastic, not to be criticised or blamed for any of the loads of goals he's let in - but just unlucky?
So, do we need an unlucky GK any more than we need a bad one?
Smith was way off his line again for the 1st goal - teams are wise to him not being the tallest and habitually standing way too far off his line, even Wycombe tried it on wednesday night. He may well be a decent keeper but how many more chances does he have left? His kicking as on the whole worse than fdm but more concerning is his dreadfully slow disribution, he had plenty of opportunities to get us on a quick counterattack but chose to wait and try to hoof it in the general direction of Murray who unfortunately 90% of the time was clattered by their defenders. In short if smith put the same effort into his positioning that he puts into shouting crap he could well be solid between the posts! Fdm is the only choice right now, if his injury is longer than short term we need a keeper on loan and fast.
Schrödinger's Toad
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- Jan 21, 2004
- 11,957
Everyone loves a scapegoat ...
Have to say, he looked a good keeper to me the few times I saw him
Have to say, he looked a good keeper to me the few times I saw him
Dirty Dave
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I thought his positioning was all wrong for the first goal which maybe could have been prevented. I also thought at times there was very liitle communication between him and the defence
BensGrandad
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I have read some bollox on here in the past but that takes the biscuit.
His kicking is far far superior to FDM and on most occassions he actually kicks it to a Brighton player. He is always looking for a quick kick out or throw to his defenders.
He will occupy the position for the next 3 weeks as according to FDM speaking to a fan sat next to him, that is how long he will be out for