henke Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 The heart the size of a pea thing. If the keeper was 6'6" but didn't come to take crosses, or he wouldn't drop at attackers feet, then maybe you could say he was a shithouse. Not sure any of that applies to Forster though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Can't remember if it was during last season or post season, but I read a lot of Celtic boards and posted a cross section of opinion on Foster over here. I believe the general feeling ranged from, possibly worth a punt for a maximum of £1-2m to others who agreed with the lacking bravery angle and were pretty unimpressed. He may have improved since then though, fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Germany 1 up v Holland, not been impressed with the dutch keeper so far like. Seemed a Harper-esque attemt to save the goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Just realised im watching a delayed transmission on ESPN. What a clown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mainsy Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 that's what happens if you pick another keeper over tim... you get smashed 3-0 off the germans. tut tut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Was it Steklenburg or whatevershisname? He's a good keeper, not great maybe but experienced and earned his keep, bad games allowed. This may persuade them to go with Krul whose maybe more of a risk with youth but got oooodles of potential Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Needs to stop panicking and hoofing when he gets the ball back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Needs to stop panicking and hoofing when he gets the ball back Spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Shit at pen saves! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Shit at pen saves! Pitiful post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 When was the last time one of our keepers actually saved a pen? Given at Villa away? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 His save against Balotelli's header in the first half was immense. His kicking is still getting slightly dodgified though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 When was the last time one of our keepers actually saved a pen? Given at Villa away? Surley not. Given saved one against Bolton in 2008/2009 at SJP. Don't know if that was the last one, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 s*** at pen saves! He does seem easily fooled mind when it's a short run up. Similar to Anelka in the Carling Cup last season. Think if he'd just picked a side rather than trying to read it, he'd have had a 50% chance of saving that first one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Ah, right. He saved one from Nolan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 We've never had a keeper that is good at saving penalties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 What can "good" even mean in terms of saving penalties? One out of every five? Ten? They're the closest thing to outright awarding the other team a goal for a reason and "not saving too many penalties" is seriously the pettiest criticism of a keeper ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Given was fucking terrible at saving penalties - maybe because he was so short, it was difficult for him to intimidate opponents into taking poor penalties by trying to hard to put into the corner. Can't remember Harper saving any either Have a bit more hope for Krul, as he's quite tall and very agile. Just needs to work on his pre-penalty posturing and be decisive/pick a direction to dive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 What can "good" even mean in terms of saving penalties? One out of every five? Ten? They're the closest thing to outright awarding the other team a goal for a reason and "not saving too many penalties" is seriously the pettiest criticism of a keeper ever. It wasn't a criticism, just an observation, so keep your hair on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Given was fucking terrible at saving penalties - maybe because he was so short, it was difficult for him to intimidate opponents into taking poor penalties by trying to hard to put into the corner. Can't remember Harper saving any either Have a bit more hope for Krul, as he's quite tall and very agile. Just needs to work on his pre-penalty posturing and be decisive/pick a direction to dive. Harper saved one that won us the (only in history iirc) penalty shootout against Watford in the CC in 2006/2007 under Roeder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 What can "good" even mean in terms of saving penalties? One out of every five? Ten? They're the closest thing to outright awarding the other team a goal for a reason and "not saving too many penalties" is seriously the pettiest criticism of a keeper ever. It wasn't a criticism, just an observation, so keep your hair on. Your post set off a musing, I wasn't arguing with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Given was fucking terrible at saving penalties - maybe because he was so short, it was difficult for him to intimidate opponents into taking poor penalties by trying to hard to put into the corner. Can't remember Harper saving any either Have a bit more hope for Krul, as he's quite tall and very agile. Just needs to work on his pre-penalty posturing and be decisive/pick a direction to dive. Harper saved one that won us the (only in history iirc) penalty shootout against Watford in the CC in 2006/2007 under Roeder. Can't remember it, sadly. Take your word for it though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Newcastle keeper Steve Harper eased the pressure on under-fire boss Glenn Roeder with a crucial save in the penalty shoot-out win at Watford. Harper saved from Jordan Stewart after a thrilling 2-2 extra-time draw. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6116360.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The only keeper that was actually 'renowned' for his record of penalty saving was Mark Crossley - ex Forest - and even then not sure why, or what his record was! Probably because he actually saved a Matt Le Tissier one once. To be honest the problem is we've given too many away already this season - not that Krul is not good at saving them! No keeper is particularly great at saving penalties, there's not that much of a science to it! Steve Harper also got two penalties scored past him yesterday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Harper could have been beaten by them goals yesterday, I say we cash in on Krul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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