Was it a fluke?

[London Irish]

Yes Atsu comically slices his shot and then it grazes off Murphy's boot. But it looks to me that Diame then angles his foot to direct it goalbound with only a millisecond to react to his teammates' miskicks. So I think this could be a decent bit of technique by Diame

 

[bWize]

Of course it was a fluke! It will probably feature on YouTubes "Top 10 Flukiest goals of 2017"

 

[Kazenga <3]

The touch was intentional, that it spun into the top corner was by luck far more than judgement. Good improvisation but he had very little control over where it ended up.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

are you high?

He made a slight movement in reaction to the ball coming to him.
There was no technique involved. He wasn't intending to send it goalwards

 

[Hammer15]

The touch was intentional, that it spun into the top corner was by luck far more than judgement. Good improvisation but he had very little control over where it ended up.

Pretty much how I read it having seen a couple of replays.

 

[Bozza]

I've not heard nor seen an interview myself, but I travelled home with Albion staff who mentioned that Diame confessed it was a complete fluke and he knew nothing about it.

 

[London Irish]

are you high?

He made a slight movement in reaction to the ball coming to him.
There was no technique involved. He wasn't intending to send it goalwards

Your 2nd par contradicts your 3rd - and it appears you don't have the excuse of drugs?

 

[portlock seagull]

It was a fluke goal that produced a deserved victory. And that's all that matters. You can also argue 'flukes' (which count the same as goal of the seasons) tend to happen more when inviting non stop pressure for most of the game. The harder I work, the luckier I get and all that.

 

[Megazone]

Diame confessed after the match to Sky sports it was a fluke.

Thread closed.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Might as well have listed the scorer as Flukey McFlukeface

 

[GT49er]

Might as well have listed the scorer as Flukey McFlukeface

........but there's still some idiot on another thread claiming it was a Stockdale error!

 

[ROSM]

Clearly that's your archetypal continentals innit

The ability to see a ball ping 2 ways and to sort out the angle, slice and speed to get the ball spinning wildly over the despairing keeper and defender on the line. Only the highly intelligent can see what a planned goal it was.

Also the same highly intelligent people who are the only ones who can see how great a leader corbyn is.

I pity those so blind as they cannot see it

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It was a decent payback for the hours that Newcastle spend on the training ground, practising flukey ways to defeat the opposition.

 

[heathgate]

........but there's still some idiot on another thread claiming it was a Stockdale error!

Flapping at the corner was....

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[heathgate]

It was a decent payback for the hours that Newcastle spend on the training ground, practising flukey ways to defeat the opposition.

Sky earlier in the day showed 2 goals as NUFC goal highlights... both penalty area ping pong finally falling at the feet of one if their players... so yes, it seems flukes play a part.

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[Normal Rob]

It was clearly a fluke - he's said so now but even fron his immediate reaction you could tell. It was the only way they were going to get that first goal. Stockdale even passed the ball to Gouffran in front of goal and they still mucked that up.

 

[Hotchilidog]

It was a fluke, he wasn't even looking at the ball. Still you make your own luck I guess it was not unmerited equaliser.

 

[Icy Gull]

Yes Atsu comically slices his shot and then it grazes off Murphy's boot. But it looks to me that Diame then angles his foot to direct it goalbound with only a millisecond to react to his teammates' miskicks. So I think this could be a decent bit of technique by Diame

Nope he admitted on SKY that it was a fluke so nothing to do with technique. He even smiled as he admitted it was just plain lucky.

 

[Simster]

Yes Atsu comically slices his shot and then it grazes off Murphy's boot. But it looks to me that Diame then angles his foot to direct it goalbound with only a millisecond to react to his teammates' miskicks. So I think this could be a decent bit of technique by Diame

Tell me, have you ever played the game at any point since you were 7 years old? Even five a side? I only ask because if you had, you'd appreciate that this sort of thing happens and when you're the one who scores it, you immediately put your hand up to acknowledge a complete fluke. You're just over analysing it and there's really no need - he simply stuck his foot out in the millisecond he had to think about it.

 

[Exile]

Tell me, have you ever played the game at any point since you were 7 years old? Even five a side? I only ask because if you had, you'd appreciate that this sort of thing happens and when you're the one who scores it, you immediately put your hand up to acknowledge a complete fluke. You're just over analysing it and there's really no need - he simply stuck his foot out in the millisecond he had to think about it.

Yes, that. Very strange post indeed. We might as well start a thread about whether Stockdale deliberately passed the ball to Gouffran, so that he could get his save stats up.