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We all know he is a confidence player and we really need to get behind him. He should be feeling good after the past two games, let's keep that momentum going.
Had a very good game, thought Green and defence were fairly solid throughout, sign of how well they played was both of Bolton strikers subbed by 70th minute.
Still relative strangers when it comes as playing as a unit but signs are there for better to come, a big pat on the back to all, would be churlish to pick out any sloppy play some players may have been guilty of, excellent goal, worked along the deck which made it even better.
What today's game did show was that last season's fiasco is being put right, still plenty of tougher games to come but for now the players and supporters can enjoy the moment.
Yep. The first one was right in the corner. It was a stunning save
Agreed, and the second one was just as good. Hit hard and low near his feet, one of the more difficult places for a keeper to get to, but he got down so sharply and kept his wrist solid when others would have folded. Handling sound and one poor kick aside no nervy moments.
It was a typical performance from him in so many ways.
One or two decent saves, that I felt he always should have made, a couple of great takes and catches from corners, and then one extremely dodgy clearance that he had so much time to execute, and another unusual dodgy throw out that put Danny Simpson in bother and went out for a throw.
But in the main, when he was called upon and needed, he was there, so this was a good block building performance for his confidence. He can be pleased, because as always with keepers, there are times when they have little to do and maintaining your focus and concentration isn't always easy.
It was a typical performance from him in so many ways.
One or two decent saves, that I felt he always should have made, a couple of great takes and catches from corners, and then one extremely dodgy clearance that he had so much time to execute, and another unusual dodgy throw out that put Danny Simpson in bother and went out for a throw.
But in the main, when he was called upon and needed, he was there, so this was a good block building performance for his confidence. He can be pleased, because as always with keepers, there are times when they have little to do and maintaining your focus and concentration isn't always easy.
Kin ell whats the bloke got to do ?? "that you thought he always should have made" . He went full length and tipped one heading for the top corner on to the post . Then saved the points in the second half as he did last week .
But you still managed to get the word dodgy in twice .....
Every one of those takes and catches from corners would have given Cesar a problem .
Kin ell whats the bloke got to do ?? "that you thought he always should have made" . He went full length and tipped one heading for the top corner on to the post . Then saved the points in the second half as he did last week .
But you still managed to get the word dodgy in twice .....
Every one of those takes and catches from corners would have given Cesar a problem .
So what if I did?
When I said it was a typical performance from him, I meant that it had a bit of everything that's good and bad about him, all of his traits, and all on show when he had relatively little to do overall.
His distribution was dodgy on the two occasions I mentioned, both are different types of distribution, both where he had time to assess his options and what to do. The first, the kick, he had an awful lot of time to execute good technique, he even had enough time to take a touch and put it on his right foot, which is his stronger foot, but for some reason chose to kick with his left. That's probably why he connected poorly. The second, was a throw out, where even if Simpson were to get control of the ball, he was under pressure from two opposing players and put in an awkward position. It was probably best the throw went straight out into touch, but again, he had time to assess this before he released the ball and therefore both were poor decisions.
The problem with this, is that it's happening in every game. So he has to try and reduce that probability as much as he can.
As for those saves, it wasn't a criticism, but I think he would have been disappointed had he conceded either of those two efforts. They are relatively routine saves to make (decent saves as I said) for the majority of goalkeepers at that level, and usually on the long range strikes, his footwork often leaves him with more work to do than he should, so perhaps it is a better save for him in that respect than is ordinary.
He can still improve and work on these aspects of his play, why not? It's up to him and the coaching staff to make sure he does and he should want to. For me, those reasons are the reasons why he was never signed by a bigger club.
...and yes, I also said his catches were great, and I've said in the past on here, that's where he excels and is also probably why he is chosen ahead of Julio Cesar at this level. He's better suited to it overall, but that shouldn't mean he can't look to improve on his weaknesses.
I just say it how I see it, I've nothing personal against him.
When I said it was a typical performance from him, I meant that it had a bit of everything that's good and bad about him, all of his traits, and all on show when he had relatively little to do overall.
His distribution was dodgy on the two occasions I mentioned, both are different types of distribution, both where he had time to assess his options and what to do. The first, the kick, he had an awful lot of time to execute good technique, he even had enough time to take a touch and put it on his right foot, which is his stronger foot, but for some reason chose to kick with his left. That's probably why he connected poorly. The second, was a throw out, where even if Simpson were to get control of the ball, he was under pressure from two opposing players and put in an awkward position. It was probably best the throw went straight out into touch, but again, he had time to assess this before he released the ball and therefore both were poor decisions.
The problem with this, is that it's happening in every game. So he has to try and reduce that probability as much as he can.
As for those saves, it wasn't a criticism, but I think he would have been disappointed had he conceded either of those two efforts. They are relatively routine saves to make (decent saves as I said) for the majority of goalkeepers at that level, and usually on the long range strikes, his footwork often leaves him with more work to do than he should, so perhaps it is a better save for him in that respect than is ordinary.
He can still improve and work on these aspects of his play, why not? It's up to him and the coaching staff to make sure he does and he should want to. For me, those reasons are the reasons why he was never signed by a bigger club.
...and yes, I also said his catches were great, and I've said in the past on here, that's where he excels and is also probably why he is chosen ahead of Julio Cesar at this level. He's better suited to it overall, but that shouldn't mean he can't look to improve on his weaknesses.
I just say it how I see it, I've nothing personal against him.
His clearance along the ground should have been punished. For his saves he was probably worth 7/10.
Still an accident waiting to happen. Last year it was long range shots, this year it's a fettish for playing his defenders into trouble. What's he got to do? Stop doing that.
Still an accident waiting to happen. Last year it was long range shots, this year it's a fettish for playing his defenders into trouble. What's he got to do? Stop doing that.
Still an accident waiting to happen. Last year it was long range shots, this year it's a fettish for playing his defenders into trouble. What's he got to do? Stop doing that.
The strange thing about that particular error was that it was completely unforced, as he had just made a nice catch and had plenty of time. So much of football is about judgement, and that was a poor piece of judgement.
Probably his greatest critic but I thought he got 9/10 for that performance.Great presence in the area,lovely tip onto the post,strong left arm to scoop away a nailed -on chance.Good stuff,keep it up.
The one he pushed on to the post in the first half was a fantastic save .
One thing that always gets a grin out of keeper - he makes a fantastic fingertip save and you say "should have held it mate."Try it next time you're sitting behind the goal.
Your post suggests people are imagining these things because they don't like Green.
Not a case of like or don't like, my point was about people will always find a fault with Green even when he plays well. I'm not saying he didn't make a couple of mistakes, but how many players have a game when they don't make a mistake. I repeat that in my mind it was a very good performance.
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