Nick Pope

[Rich]

Class interview, clearly going to be number one given how long Howe’s been after him.

[Yorkie]

Really enjoyed that. Absolutely love that he's got the Bootham Crescent goalposts, naturally.

 

High hopes for him, think he'll be a really good addition. 

[LV]

15 minutes ago, Rich said:

Class interview, clearly going to be number one given how long Howe’s been after him.

Don’t think Dubs will take that well. 

[Coffee_Johnny]

2 minutes ago, LV said:

Don’t think Dubs will take that well. 

Hear there are potentially some Schmeichel sized shoes available for him to slip into. 

[The Prophet]

Another great addition to the dressing room.  Good stuff.

[bowlingcrofty]

Can anyone do the c+p honours?

[Guest reefatoon]

1 hour ago, Danh1 said:

Cracking interview with that.

 

The signings we’ve made recently all seem to be decent people. 

 

 

It's so important for morale and togetherness to bring the right characters in. Love that we are going down that route.

 

 

Edited August 3, 2022 by reefatoon

[Rich]

Here's the article

[Kanji]

Class article. 

[BlackandWhite]

Hard to think of anyone who’s had an easier debut for us. We were so dominant today, we’d still have won with no goalkeeper playing.

[Guest HTT II]

Hard to judge as he had fuck all to do, collected every high ball and cross mind and I like how he looks to release the ball so quickly.

[David Edgar]

 

 

From the horse's mouth.  Howe rates him higher.

[Hanshithispantz]

15 hours ago, HTT II said:

Hard to judge as he had fuck all to do, collected every high ball and cross mind and I like how he looks to release the ball so quickly.

Aye, the obvious moment that stood out was his throw to Maxi after collecting a high ball. He absolutely bolted out as soon as he grabbed it and launched a fast, flat ball within a second or two. It should be even more prominent when teams come at us more and we have space on the break.

 

It's been pointed out on here but Debravka has a habit of running to the end of his box and shrugging his shoulders.

[David Edgar]

Pope's throws were world class.  As you said, lightning fast from catching the ball to getting it to our player in a good position.

 

I do think Pope looks weak with the ball at his feet.

[Mazzy]

15 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

 

 

From the horse's mouth.  Howe rates him higher.

 

And rightly so I would say. He'll have sterner tests than Forrest this season but I do have more confidence in him than Dubs, especially when claiming crosses and at corners.

[Guest]

That Forest corner where they all started outside the penalty area and rushed in. Watching Pope come out and claim it, I thought Dubs still wouldn't have tried. 

[David Edgar]

That corner

 

"I've got a plan.  We'll float a slow hanging cross to the 6 yard box.  And give Nick Pope all the space in the world to catch it."  

[Fantail Breeze]

4 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

 

And rightly so I would say. He'll have sterner tests than Forrest this season but I do have more confidence in him than Dubs, especially when claiming crosses and at corners.

 

Really? He dropped a clanger part way through the second half.

 

He had absolutely nothing to do, but thought he looked great at the quick throws and poor with his feet. Seemed fairly comparable to Dubravka imo, but time will tell who is the better keeper.

 

Unsurprising really having come from Burnley under Dyche where 90% of the game is played in the air.

[54]

That corner was hilarious, it's just the juxtaposition between Forest going "We have something that's going to proper bamboozle them", to Pope just calmly coming out and collecting the ball in the middle of his box

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

 That corner man. When they went outside the box Trippier was marching round, finger on head in a "think"/be alive to it gesture to our lot. Loved that.

[gbandit]

There was nothing wrong with the idea of the corner, makes it harder to mark but the delivery has to be perfect to make that sort of thing work otherwise it’s a way lower percentage option

[Fantail Breeze]

Those floated corners are absolutely terrible, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a success made of them and 95% are easily collected by the keeper.

 

Corners need to be hit with pace.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

4 minutes ago, gbandit said:

There was nothing wrong with the idea of the corner, makes it harder to mark but the delivery has to be perfect to make that sort of thing work otherwise it’s a way lower percentage option

That’s it. Could’ve been a good idea but the execution was pathetic.

[duo]

Pope has 'presence' - looks a commanding GK 

[54]

5 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said:

Those floated corners are absolutely terrible, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a success made of them and 95% are easily collected by the keeper.

 

Corners need to be hit with pace.

Remember during the Pardew era when we went 3 years without scoring from a corner as we'd continually float it to the back post for Mike Williamson, good times