tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
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Stockdale worse keeper in the Championship , if he is in goal next year expect another relegation battle
No it wasn't. It's simply Stockdale's fault. Stockdale covered his area. But then moved away from it. The ball was hit almost straight at his original position. That would not have beaten many keepers in the league, the whole league!
He took up the correct position then moved. You may disagree sobeit I however am right.But his original position wasn't the right place to be. It's all very well with hindsight knowing now where the ball ended up but if Stockdale had stayed hard to his right Kermogan would have had all of the other side of the goal to aim for. And now to compound the absurdity we have people not only saying Stockdale should have saved it he should have made an easy catch! For what it's worth I can't think of any Albion free-kick being struck so well this season save Holla's against the bar at The Den. Interestingly nobody in the Albion camp is apportioning blame on the 'keeper.
What did you think of the penalty save on the stroke of HT against Birmingham or the reflex save against Derby that was also on the stroke of HT?
But his original position wasn't the right place to be. It's all very well with hindsight knowing now where the ball ended up but if Stockdale had stayed hard to his right Kermogan would have had all of the other side of the goal to aim for. And now to compound the absurdity we have people not only saying Stockdale should have saved it he should have made an easy catch! For what it's worth I can't think of any Albion free-kick being struck so well this season save Holla's against the bar at The Den. Interestingly nobody in the Albion camp is apportioning blame on the 'keeper.
And the other 40 games?
Yes tell us all the 'mistakes' in those 40 I'm on the edge of my seat in anticipation
Stockdale increasingly looks like he will be the second choice goalie next season.
Who is going to be first choice? We'll probably sell Walton if we get a decent bid. Our biggest problem is the strikers not the goal keeper.
Stockdale increasingly looks like he will be the second choice goalie next season.
And the other 40 games?
Stockdale increasingly looks like he will be the second choice goalie next season.
Exactly. A small error/misjudgment and we conceded. It was not as bad an error as Halford playing their guy ondside for the second goal, or Best's tame shot when through on goal or Dunk charging upfield and losing the ball or no-one covering him when he did or...
I find to astonishing that people are able to write so much guff defending Stockdale in this case. He's not,a bad keeper, he's fine to have in the team, but he made a howler there. What's the point of the wall if you step behind it when the ball is struck? When we see it again, I'm confident that the replays showed that it was a very quick and silly step to his left for no obvious reason and then he was scrambling back to the right. Very odd thing to do.
Oh and I'm not really sure why people are having a go at Dunk on this one. The bloke was as good as clean through, and Dunk took one for the team. Defenders do it week in and week out, and the balance of probability on scoring the free kick meant it was probably a good decision. Dunk couldn't have predicted such poor keeping.