Newcastle Fan Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Looked very solid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 His distribution really helped us maintain control of the game. Impressed with him tonight. Still a good goalkeeper no matter what anyone says, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 His kicking was noticeably better than Pope’s. But that’s hardly a surprise to anyone. He did well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Had Jack shit to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: His kicking was noticeably better than Pope’s. But that’s hardly a surprise to anyone. He did well. Aye. I don’t think he had a save to make of note or had to deal with many crosses or come off his line. But his kicking was better than we are used too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Not good enough for Man U apparently. Could have taken a library book out onto the field for the second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 What was his biggest save? The Mount effort? Still, he did what he needed and it's great to have such a capable deputy. Who knows, maybe actually seeing him play a game and knowing there's competition might give Pope a bit of a push, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Actually forgot how decent his kicking is Compared to Pope he looks like Ederson Obviously Pope is better in every other aspect but long term a keeper with good distribution would be ideal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Dubravka has always been a decent Premier League standard keeper like, before his injury issues a few years ago, I always thought he was in the top 5/6 keepers in the league. He lost confidence afterwards though, as he used to command his box really well, especially under Benitez, but that was noticeably lacking after his injuries. While he's not as good as Pope, if Pope did get injured, and we had to have Dubs for the rest of the season, I don't think I'd be worried at all tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I don't see much difference in quality between Dubravka 21/22 under Howe and the Pope we've seen this season. He was very good and that was before we signed Botman and only played behind Trippier a few times. He's more than fine for a spell imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) Dubravka was always poor at reading danger and getting out to sweep up. Which can cost goals in our setup. That's in general he played well last night. Edited November 2, 2023 by andycap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 01/11/2023 at 23:11, The College Dropout said: Aye. I don’t think he had a save to make of note or had to deal with many crosses or come off his line. But his kicking was better than we are used too. made a great save at the near post with his foot at the beginning of the second half. had they scored there it would have given them some kind of momentum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 So fucking glad we kept him. Pope is better but Dubravka is still excellent and I'm sure he'll show it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Clean sheet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 My MoM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Pope is clear, but thank fuck we still have this turncoat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Aiston said: So fucking glad we kept him. Pope is better but Dubravka is still excellent and I'm sure he'll show it again. Basically, I have no concerns with him starting to be honest, his kicking is actually better then Pope's too which is a plus. Only concern with him is that since his long term injury, he's not been the most commanding of his box, hopefully he's back to that form he showed before it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 He’s a solid keeper but am hoping Pope is back asap. He just commands the box better and probably edges it for out and out shot stopper.. Dubravka is far superior with his kicking though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 He's gonna win a league cup medal again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 It'll be interesting to see how he does, hopefully people realise just how active Nick Pope is across the penalty area now. Dubravka has been working on it, but he's still a goal line keeper, so always feel a little unnerved when the crosses come in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, OCK said: It'll be interesting to see how he does, hopefully people realise just how active Nick Pope is across the penalty area now. Dubravka has been working on it, but he's still a goal line keeper, so always feel a little unnerved when the crosses come in. To be honest, before he got them two back to back injuries, I remember him being really commanding of his box, since then though he's stayed on his goal-line, hopefully given the time since that last injury he's a bit more confident in hos box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Hopefully that take late in the game has set the tone. No problems with him playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Hopefully he's been Howe'd. Could be better than Pope now if so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaj Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 The main thing we will miss is Pope‘s sweeping (Liverpool last year aside). He’s better on the ball than Pope and is a solid shot stopper, albeit not as good as Pope. I have faith that he will see us through until Pope is back, but these injuries are ridiculous, half of them are so unlucky! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Dubravka has two clean sheets against Man U this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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