| Lillis 17:39 - May 3 with 6840 views | Albert_Whitehurst |
Guilty again of not coming off his line. Dangerous for a young defence, will cost us next season. |  | | |  |
| Lillis on 00:31 - May 4 with 1612 views | irisaln |
Lillis is a shot stopper.
A goalkeeper is required to command his six yard area which is something
Josh fails to do.
Yes, he has improved this season under the new coach.
He is not the tallest of keepers which is a problem.
I shudder at every corner and free kick into the box.
Many supporters that i know are of the same oppinion.
Like myself they are not close friends with Josh as some seem to be on here.
NiebieskiCzarny has a valid point and is entitled to his opinion as am i.
This is a forum. No need to get nasty!!!!!!! |  | | |
| Lillis on 00:34 - May 4 with 1604 views | judd |
| Lillis on 00:31 - May 4 by irisaln |
Lillis is a shot stopper.
A goalkeeper is required to command his six yard area which is something
Josh fails to do.
Yes, he has improved this season under the new coach.
He is not the tallest of keepers which is a problem.
I shudder at every corner and free kick into the box.
Many supporters that i know are of the same oppinion.
Like myself they are not close friends with Josh as some seem to be on here.
NiebieskiCzarny has a valid point and is entitled to his opinion as am i.
This is a forum. No need to get nasty!!!!!!! |
I'd take the professional players opinions over yours and the OP any day. |  |
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| Lillis on 00:49 - May 4 with 1586 views | irisaln |
| Lillis on 00:34 - May 4 by judd |
I'd take the professional players opinions over yours and the OP any day. |
What makes you think that i;ve not been a pro goalkeeper at 6'-2".
You never know who posts on a forum.
You clearly know little about the beautiful game!!!!!! | | | |
| Lillis on 00:52 - May 4 with 1583 views | judd |
| Lillis on 00:49 - May 4 by irisaln |
What makes you think that i;ve not been a pro goalkeeper at 6'-2".
You never know who posts on a forum.
You clearly know little about the beautiful game!!!!!! |
Oh.
Fair enough.
Current Dale squad got it wrong then. | |
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| Lillis on 00:58 - May 4 with 1575 views | dingdangblue |
Lillis has had a wonderful season - one of the main reasons we have gained automatic promotion - whatever he did or didn't do today mattered not one jot - Chesterfield won. |  |
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| Lillis on 01:04 - May 4 with 1567 views | SaxonDale |
Great save by their keeper for Lund's pen. |  | | |
| Lillis on 01:04 - May 4 with 1568 views | judd |
| Lillis on 00:58 - May 4 by dingdangblue |
Lillis has had a wonderful season - one of the main reasons we have gained automatic promotion - whatever he did or didn't do today mattered not one jot - Chesterfield won. |
How tall are you? | |
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| Lillis on 01:25 - May 4 with 1551 views | olympicdale |
| Lillis on 01:04 - May 4 by judd |
How tall are you? |
he may exaggerate inches though |  |
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| Lillis on 01:36 - May 4 with 1540 views | TVOS1907 |
| Lillis on 00:31 - May 4 by irisaln |
Lillis is a shot stopper.
A goalkeeper is required to command his six yard area which is something
Josh fails to do.
Yes, he has improved this season under the new coach.
He is not the tallest of keepers which is a problem.
I shudder at every corner and free kick into the box.
Many supporters that i know are of the same oppinion.
Like myself they are not close friends with Josh as some seem to be on here.
NiebieskiCzarny has a valid point and is entitled to his opinion as am i.
This is a forum. No need to get nasty!!!!!!! |
I think the timing of the OP is more the case here. |  |
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| Lillis on 02:44 - May 4 with 1512 views | JimmyRustler |
FWIW I agree with the OP with regards to Lillis' shortcomings but today is definitely not the time to bring it up. There's almost always a reason why a player's playing lower league football and it's usually because they fall short in a couple of areas, whilst players further up the footballing pyramid are more rounded. It almost has to be accepted that a keeper will make errors these days (as does any player) and for a large majority of the season Lillis has been extremely solid. If we did bring another keeper in (which we don't need to and won't) then it'd probably be a trade off with better commanding of the six yard box meaning shot stopping of said keeper would be of a lower calibre than Lillis'. Anyway you should be celebrating our promotion so stop being a moaning tvvat and get a beer down you! |  | | |
| Lillis on 03:31 - May 4 with 1498 views | nordenblue |
| Lillis on 00:49 - May 4 by irisaln |
What makes you think that i;ve not been a pro goalkeeper at 6'-2".
You never know who posts on a forum.
You clearly know little about the beautiful game!!!!!! |
So you need to be tall to be classed as a good keeper,this football education just gets better and better,I put forward "Taffy" Edwards your honour.I could go on but cant be bothered | | | |
| Lillis on 05:00 - May 4 with 1488 views | Dale92 |
Rochdale fans like many others have/ and will always pick on keepers for lacking a certain attribute ie gilks and his kicking. We have to expect we won't ever have a petr cech or de gea. We have to accept an occasional mistake from our players because they aren't 'world class', they are very. Good players in their own right and better than we will ever be. They have fought courageously and against financial odds to get promoted over money bags such as fleetwood and Oxford. I will always accept mistakes but I won't accept lack off effort and all our squad and management have not only delivered the effort required but also shown they have talent required ( even gorgeous George) |  |
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| Lillis on 10:12 - May 4 with 1365 views | 442Dale |
Is Lillis really considered "not the tallest"? You can obviously pick fault at some aspects of his game, he wouldn't be at Dale if he was the perfect keeper, but his height has never been an issue.
Lillis has gone from being a capable goalkeeper (during his loan spell in L1), to a keeper who was struggling along with the rest of his defence (under Coleman, but Gordon Banks would have had problems behind Ryan Edwards), to one which has improved to the point he's now deserving to be ranked along with the club's other great keepers.
Defensively as a whole we haven't got set-pieces right this season, Mansfield was the exclamation mark on that, but that's something the whole team need to work on - Lillis included of course. However his handling and distribution is now so good that he's become a vital part of the way we play. You never know who's posting and although I've only played about five games in goal in the Rochdale Sunday league, I reckon that Lillis is as good as anyone in dealing with shots straight at him and launching an attack straight away. Those low efforts you see some keepers spill are collected effortlessly and the ball is out within seconds to a player in space.
Right now I'd put Lillis on a par with Keith Welch, both capable of match winning saves and players who their team mates wouldn't swap for anyone else. |  |
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| Lillis on 10:18 - May 4 with 1355 views | stigmundo77 |
What a bell end comment to make. Lillis is class | | | |
| Lillis on 10:34 - May 4 with 1325 views | 442Dale |
And now having seen the goals, where exactly should Lillis have come off his line? The defence just doesn't hold its line for the second and drops too deep. | |
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| Lillis on 10:38 - May 4 with 1283 views | macro |
I've eaten humble pie over the Lillis situation this season, I thought he should have been dropped early season but have been proved wrong. He's had an excellent season and has been a class act. I can't see how he was at fault yesterday |  | | |
| Lillis on 10:42 - May 4 with 1276 views | KenBoon |
I actually think Lillis' dealing with crosses, distribution and controlling his area has been really good, especially the second half of the season. If he keeps improving he'll be class in League One. |  | | |
| Lillis on 16:32 - May 4 with 1160 views | TomRAFC |
Josh's shot stopping and distribution are top notch.
Another pre-season working with Collis and with a prospect like Thompson pushing for a place and I'm sure he can get even better. | |
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| Lillis on 18:16 - May 4 with 1101 views | Daley_Lama |
My personal list of "agent provocateurs" is shining brightly in this thread.
Can somebody have a go at Hilly next for not shaking every single fans hand? |  |
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| Lillis on 18:50 - May 4 with 1071 views | RotherhamDale |
I was skeptical of Lillis before the season started, but he has been absolutely superb all year long. His distribution is the best i've ever seen from a Dale goalkeeper. Sometimes I do wish he'd command his box a bit more, but if he's not confident of getting the ball, he's got to stay on his line. He never really gets caught in no mans land with the net completely empty.
It won't cost us next season either, that's a load of rubbish. |  |
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| Lillis on 19:16 - May 4 with 1045 views | D_Alien |
| Lillis on 18:16 - May 4 by Daley_Lama |
My personal list of "agent provocateurs" is shining brightly in this thread.
Can somebody have a go at Hilly next for not shaking every single fans hand? |
He didn't shake mine, but I'm not single |  |
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| Lillis on 19:21 - May 4 with 1039 views | sandy_dale |
I'm sure the problem was that he game of his line surely? either way hes saved us many times this season, and especially in the second half of the season he has been superb in my opinion. |  | | |
| Lillis on 19:25 - May 4 with 1028 views | SalwaDale |
| Lillis on 18:16 - May 4 by Daley_Lama |
My personal list of "agent provocateurs" is shining brightly in this thread.
Can somebody have a go at Hilly next for not shaking every single fans hand? |
What about us married fans? |  |
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| Lillis on 19:34 - May 4 with 1018 views | Daley_Lama |
You get tax breaks for being stupid and getting married, what more do you want? | |
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| Lillis on 19:51 - May 4 with 994 views | D_Alien |
| Lillis on 19:34 - May 4 by Daley_Lama |
You get tax breaks for being stupid and getting married, what more do you want? |
You get tax beaks for being stupid??? | |
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