Minhosa Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Anybody got any idea how he's doing up at Falkirk? Any scotland based fans seen him in action? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Doing pretty well behind of one of the worst defences in the history of football from what I can gather from people I know up in Scotland and media reports. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Apparently conceded many goals, but is well thought of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross magoo Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'v only seen him once against Dundee United. He made a couple of decent stops and wasn't at fault for any of the goals. He's doing reasonably well in a crap team. Falkirk get a good press because Russell Latapy plays for them but they're a poor outfit. They try to play football the right way but that doesn't win you games in that league. Artur Boruc, Alan McGregor and Gregorzs Szomutulski are probably the three best 'keepers in the league at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 He's getting a hell of a lot of practice and managing to keep the scores in single figures. The defence in front of him is attrocious, no better than your average Sunday morning pub teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Doing pretty well behind of one of the worst defences in the history of football from what I can gather from people I know up in Scotland and media reports. If he's good enough, not a bad thing to be stuck behind a lousy defence tbh. Did Ben Foster a power of good spending 2 seasons at Watford. If he had stayed fit, I think Foster would have had the England jersey by now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 IF they do stay up it will be down to Krul, even Cech would let in loads of goals with that defecne in front of him!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Have a read: http://www.onefinfalkirk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15628&hilit=krul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Most seem fairly happy with him then. A few fairly unsure, too... Meh. Would be nice to see him with a Championship club. He'll be up against some decent attacks in that division, but when he's playing behind a defense like that then it's a lot for him to take in his first first-team experience. Put him somewhere where he's got a decent outfit infront of him and it might prove a more fruitful switch for him. He's just gaining experience at the moment really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Worryingly those who aren't that impressed seem to be listing the exact same faults Given and Harper are critisised for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Worryingly those who aren't that impressed seem to be listing the exact same faults Given and Harper are critisised for. Yeah, i noticed that. Needless to say, Krul has time on his side. It's a shame that Given's been inconsistent fitness-wise, because it'll probably mean that Krul will stay with us for the rest of the season when he comes back. Would be great to see him go out to the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Worryingly those who aren't that impressed seem to be listing the exact same faults Given and Harper are critisised for. Yeah, i noticed that. Needless to say, Krul has time on his side. It's a shame that Given's been inconsistent fitness-wise, because it'll probably mean that Krul will stay with us for the rest of the season when he comes back. Would be great to see him go out to the Championship. Personally I think that the kind of stuff used to criticize Given (good shot stopper but no command of defense/aerial ability/distributing) is just the universal method people use when they want to find fault in good keepers. Since they're shot stopping is so good, people just assume that their other, less observable abilities must be horrible. Granted, I'm not saying that Given has great distribution or anything, but still, it's something to think about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 His apparent poor kicking ability stood out for me. Ropey on crosses too... Given's never been a particularly dominant goalkeeper, but i think it's a bit of a myth saying that he's bad when it comes to telling the defense what to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 this made me laff from the Falkirk msg board "Get him tae fcuk out of our defence before somebody gets hurt" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc_geordie Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 this made me laff from the Falkirk msg board "Get him tae fcuk out of our defence before somebody gets hurt" Sounds like something we should have been saying when Bramble was here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpinho Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Krul's height will give him an advantage in terms of improving his aerial dominance. There are not a lot of good young goalkeepers around so we should be thankful that we have one of the potentially top keepers in Europe. He should be at a good championship side though rather than cannon fodder up in the SPL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Krul's height will give him an advantage in terms of improving his aerial dominance. There are not a lot of good young goalkeepers around so we should be thankful that we have one of the potentially top keepers in Europe. He should be at a good championship side though rather than cannon fodder up in the SPL. But he's not really that tall, for a GK anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE6 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Better than Craig Gordon I heard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Well he was super impressive in the match against Palermo last season. Long time ago, but its the one thing in my memory that sticks out, its also apparent from reading the Falkirk board that most of the people with a clue have been impressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 i always thought he has a good kick on him, as he's left-footed.. surprised they mention kicking as his main weakness.. as for 'aerial dominance' most young keepers are shit at that, but that can only be learned through match experience.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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