gbandit Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Massive confidence boost for him. Hope this makes him feel more comfortable in his decision making about whether to come out and when to claim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Superb. MOTM after Trippier. Didn’t really put a foot wrong. Even his kicking was passable by his standards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Once he got over lamping everything first half he looked like nick pope of old, really assured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 I love him but panic when anyone gives him the ball to his feet to do something with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Fabulous game all round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 My MOTM tonight. So composed and calm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Did everything right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I'm always so nervous every time he leaves the penalty area. Needs to be tethered to the goal posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Pope's been excellent over the last week. Not a criticism of the guy - really love him. But when watching the NLD yesterday it was noticeable how much more comfortable the GKs were with their feet. Like both GKs arguably better than Lascelles on the ball. Spurs built-up with a back 3 consisting of the GK and 2 defenders. Bissouma would drop deep to create 4 proper ball players. It's just a level above in that build up phase of play. And it dawned on me that to really hit the top (not saying Spurs are at that level) we'll need better than Pope on the ball. Love Pope mind. Been a top player for us. But just had a thought into the future. I thought Pope might be with us to the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 But our 2 CB's destroy both Spurs CB's with the ball by a far far far margin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Pope's been excellent over the last week. Not a criticism of the guy - really love him. But when watching the NLD yesterday it was noticeable how much more comfortable the GKs were with their feet. Like both GKs arguably better than Lascelles on the ball. Spurs built-up with a back 3 consisting of the GK and 2 defenders. Bissouma would drop deep to create 4 proper ball players. It's just a level above in that build up phase of play. And it dawned on me that to really hit the top (not saying Spurs are at that level) we'll need better than Pope on the ball. Love Pope mind. Been a top player for us. But just had a thought into the future. I thought Pope might be with us to the top. Been pretty obvious for awhile imo. It would be a major upgrade as good as Pope is, a GK with feet would improve the team all the way up the pitch due to the positive impact on our style. Likely to be one of the final pieces of the puzzle though, but massive for us when it happens imo. Take Ederson/Allison out of their respective teams and replace with just a regular top shot stopper and I guarantee they lose a huge part of their game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Raya is honestly not that good with his feet. Better than Pope like, but I reckon Ramsdale's better. In fact if Ramsdale becomes available we might look at him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Hope someone can get some confidence into Pope for catching as well. Tries to punch too often and miss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Smal said: Raya is honestly not that good with his feet. Better than Pope like, but I reckon Ramsdale's better. In fact if Ramsdale becomes available we might look at him. Was thinking more about the Spurs keeper tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I don't know anything about the newly promoted teams keepers, but out of the other regularly starting keepers in the league Pope is comfortably the worst of the lot with his feet. Having a keeper you're comfortable passing the ball to is so important when so many teams uses high pressing. We lose possession often due to having to aimlessly lump the ball up top when pressed instead of playing it to the keeper (which admittedly is the better option for us considering how crap Pope is at controlling the ball with his feet). As far as first team improvement goes, getting a ball playing keeper (is that a term? )would be one of the most transformational signings we could make at the moment. Difficult to fine one who is even close to Pope in all other aspects though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Pope has been a very good short to medium term signing. Not only is he an excellent shot stopper, but his sweeping counters the lack of recovery pace in the back line. Long term though, I'd be shocked if the plan isn't to get a keeper who's decent with the ball at his feet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Signing a keeper who’s better with his feet will be easy. But finding one who will match his shot stopping, handling and sweeping won’t. Ramsdale wouldn’t be an upgrade for this reason IMO, plus he’s a weird cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Its a conundrum because as a pure goalkeeper he is right up there but looks like he cant kick for s**t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 16 hours ago, Smal said: Raya is honestly not that good with his feet. Better than Pope like, but I reckon Ramsdale's better. In fact if Ramsdale becomes available we might look at him. Had similar thoughts. I think Ramsdale might be our next goalkeeper. Fits the profile—personality, skill set wise, and top quality but still only 25 with room for improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 4 clean sheets in a row but sadly a couple of wayward kicks in a storm wind so he need to go, the absolute wanker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, Disco said: 4 clean sheets in a row but sadly a couple of wayward kicks in a storm wind so he need to go, the absolute wanker. Would rather have the Pope Francis kicking it from the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On his day he's one of the best in the world. 4 clean sheets and hopefully he'll be able to make them 5 on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 It's fine to criticise his shit kicking mind The City goalkeeper's foot work was a class above Pope's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Not to pile on, but I don’t even understand the mechanics of his kicking. I’m wank at football but I can strike a ball with style. Still a lush lad like. Just can’t understand it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Starting to rack up those clean sheets numbers again. Let's hope we can go on a good run of non conceding again. Our record went to total shit at some point last year and had carried through to this. But the boys seem to be getting back to locking teams out again. 😊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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