tgarve Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 40 minutes ago, Klaus said: Funny that Pickford is the opposite of pope. Makes loads of errors for Everton, but is good for England. I can’t remember many errors for Everton lately like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, OverThere said: Well he cant be injured sitting on the bench so all in all a great result tonight IMO Hopefully hes done enough to get out the squad altogether Trippier can hoy his retirement in as well Fuck ing er land Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Mattoon said: Poor game for Pope tonight, his distribution was suspect and was nearly at fault with a heavy touch early on. Hopefully he has that out his system now and back to being his glorious best for us at the weekend. He played poorly but was subjected to some bad back passes. Not his best game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 6 hours ago, tgarve said: I can’t remember many errors for Everton lately like Not lately but did go through a really bad spell (including a game against us) but in that spell were England games where he was really good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Has he played himself out of the squad? Can see Ramsdale and Henderson going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I think Henderson has a lot to do to get into the squad, crazy to play Pope in both games tho and not have a look at one of the other two Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Eddie needs to get him working on his footwork, it's a glaring weakness of his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Long as it doesn't impact his confidence here then I'm not that arsed tbf. It is a huge weakness though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Honestly, at the level they play at you can hardly become a "technical" player overnight through training. You either have the skillset or you don´t. Pope is OK with his feet but he is not a ball player, would say he is better than average... You can certainly get better but let´s not start hoping for beckenbauer between the posts any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 It must make you a bit jittery with McGuire in front of you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 10 hours ago, tgarve said: I can’t remember many errors for Everton lately like Errors that lead to goals no.Errors such as not commanding his box or pushing shots back into dangerous areas then yes.These weaknesses in Prickford’s game are only mentioned when they lead to a goal being conceded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, buzza said: Honestly, at the level they play at you can hardly become a "technical" player overnight through training. You either have the skillset or you don´t. Pope is OK with his feet but he is not a ball player, would say he is better than average... You can certainly get better but let´s not start hoping for beckenbauer between the posts any time soon. Without trying to be too technical,Pope never seems to be,let’s say elegant,when kicking.His left foot seems to be a tad short of where it should be when connecting with the ball.I wouldn’t say he’s poor when kicking,just not top notch.As for Prickford’s kicking,more often than not his long kicks end up as punts up to the centre forward or Everton’s wide left attacker.BDB would relish such balls coming in his direction.Very few goals are classed as goalkeeper assists.Too much nonsense is spoken about keepers and their ball skills being an integral part of football today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 10 hours ago, jack j said: Hopefully hes done enough to get out the squad altogether Trippier can hoy his retirement in as well Fuck ing er land I’m 100% with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 57 minutes ago, tomlynnherrington said: Errors that lead to goals no.Errors such as not commanding his box or pushing shots back into dangerous areas then yes.These weaknesses in Prickford’s game are only mentioned when they lead to a goal being conceded. They’ve conceded the second least in the league this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Gutted for him to be honest. Really enjoy seeing our players start for England, shows the massive gap already between today and the Ashley era Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prefabtoon Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I think it was a big mistake by Howe, Dubs should have been no 1 with pope as understudy. We are now left with no back up off any quality. Karius is going to be just a body between the sticks. with very little confidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Just now, prefabtoon said: I think it was a big mistake by Howe, Dubs should have been no 1 with pope as understudy. We are now left with no back up off any quality. Karius is going to be just a body between the sticks. with very little confidence. Based on what you have seen of Pope for us. You think he should be on the bench and Dubravka playing ahead of him? Game of opinions and all that. But I find that astonishing. Pope has been our best player this season, IMO. Not really put a foot wrong. Just had one ropey performance for England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, prefabtoon said: I think it was a big mistake by Howe, Dubs should have been no 1 with pope as understudy. We are now left with no back up off any quality. Karius is going to be just a body between the sticks. with very little confidence. Absolute rubbish, pope is miles better than dubs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Dubravka used to give me anxiety when a cross would come in - definitely he would've made a mistake or 2 if he had played the same amount of games as Pope. Pope is a smooth operator Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenlau88210 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Pope obviously better than Dubs hands down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 That mistake was a sickener. He'll know that's blown any chance of starting at the World Cup if Pickford is fit. But starting both games shows he's Southgates number 2. I hope it doesn't impact his confidence. IMO he doesn't make that mistake for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 (edited) Pope has been excellent this season. Kicking aside, I've been shocked by just how good he is comparatively to Dubravka. He had a stinker last night, nothing more than that. Hopefully it doesn't knock his confidence too much. Edited September 27, 2022 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 As long as he continues to do the job for us (he's surprised me how well he's done tbf), then I couldn't give two fucks what happens with England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I like Dubs but Pope is clearer a step above. Not even close Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 55 minutes ago, LiquidAK said: I like Dubs but Pope is clearer a step above. Not even close Yeah, he’s significantly better. Always was an underrated signing IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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