jackyboy Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Pep got rid of Joe Hart of Joe Hart because of his weakness with the ball at his feet and I think Hart was England number 1 at the time. Modern day managers don't want to see the ball hoofed up the field, they want it passed out from the back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Strangely shaky a couple of times tonight claiming the ball. Very out of character, hope it doesn’t knock his confidence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. TC Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Man of the match today in my book Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Fucking mad man at times. But I love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Scares the absolute shit out of me sometimes but he's so, so good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Brilliant goalkeeper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Banter keeper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Putting on a show for his boss rising from the dead tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 What a season for him, and for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Some good saves and some shakey moments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Aiston said: Some good saves and some shakey moments. His distribution is awful a lot of the time, but pulls some brilliant saves. Sometimes when he’s pressured on the ball I close my eyes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheikBoom Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 His pen save was fantastic by the way. Dips right ever so slightly then dives left. Sold Toney down the river. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, CheikBoom said: His pen save was fantastic by the way. Dips right ever so slightly then dives left. Sold Toney down the river. Unlucky with the second , pulled us out of the crap a couple of times also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Love him. What a keeper. What a signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 His Chris Benoit style diving headers every other game are mad like, has he taken up sniffing fet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Special day for him today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 For someone so aggressive off his line he’s not very good with his feet. It’s that bravery which makes him a much better player than the likes of Dubs who is glued to his line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magvicar Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Who would swap Nick Pope at this point? Not me. Not for any keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 He just seems jittery at times and more so since he was sent off. 99% of his game is fantastic though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) got lucky again when he came out. jumped up with his back turned and erm out - lucky again it hit him on the back. he's brilliant but he's always inches from a red. Edited April 9, 2023 by huss9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Think a switch was definitely flicked with that red-card, like. Used to have so much faith in him sweeping up behind the centre-backs and coming out for crosses but he has me on edge ever since now and doesn't seem as commanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 In the same way that I wasn’t surprised when Dubravka was upgraded, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pope was upgraded this Summer, although to a lesser degree I suppose. It’s less of a priority but he has looked very nervous since Liverpool. Hopefully he shakes it off over the Summer and resets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 He’s definitely lost confidence since Liverpool and he’s still not great with his feet, though improving/has improved, but let’s not forget he was at consistent levels higher than most/any of us had seen from any keeper until that game. He’s still got loads of credit in the bank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Said in the match thread I hope it's not his Ginola/Dixon in that he's not the same player after it. He's still been good overall since then but he's went from elite level before Liverpool to 'good'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Teams have clocked us a bit as well, I think, in that our press is lethal and our back four is seriously lacking in athleticism for the style we play, and are going so direct against us compared to earlier in the season. Even Liverpool and Man Utd played a lot of percentage balls against us, and Villa lived off them yesterday. I feel like early on he was coming up with critical world-class saves a lot, but he was needed to sweep much less than he seems to be now, and he wasn’t being involved so much in general play by the outfielders. They would deal with stuff themselves or between themselves without going back to Pope. Trippier and Schär still do, as much as they can, but Botman and Burn are struggling in that respect for me. Their quick, short use of the ball has been lacking and they struggle to get out of trouble on the dribble or with a turn at times, so the ball ends up with Pope. We want him having as few touches as possible. Just another symptom of us somehow becoming a top-level PL team overnight, it’ll get sorted, but I hope Pope’s got a while left in him yet. We will reach a point where we can sign someone who does everything he does to a similar level but can also play, I’m sure, and it will give us another dimension. But that’ll cost about 5-8 Popes in the current market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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