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An odd season in many ways.

 

Can’t think of a goal that was definitively and obviously his fault. A couple (Spurs, mackems) that probably resulted from his indecisiveness in dealing with crosses. 
 

But then, the Man Utd game apart, I can barely remember him making a save of note.

 

The exact opposite of Pope basically.

 

 

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Pretty funny reading this thread from the start - must be the first time in a long while the majority were in agreement that he's shite.

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1 hour ago, La Parka said:

Take care lad. Was mostly inoffensive. Miles better with the ball at his feet.

Believe it or not, he wasn’t that much better than Pope with his feet. About 6%.
 

 

 

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Had a handful of okay games but that's where it starts and ends. Still remember being in the Gallowgate during Chelsea at home and that free kick was very very saveable. That's what put Chelsea back in the game.

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14 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

Should have kept Dubs:
 

 

Is that not owing to the virtue of Burnley being Burnley under Scott Parker and his 6-ft under low block? Surely he faced the most shots by some margin.

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A lot better than I expected but in the end, not good enough. 

 

That overhead kick from Romero should have been saved. Those points could have turned our fortunes. 

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5 minutes ago, Casey said:

Is that not owing to the virtue of Burnley being Burnley under Scott Parker and his 6-ft under low block? Surely he faced the most shots by some margin.

 

Most likely, I was just posting as I was looking through keeper rankings. Squawka also had Darlow ranked No. 1 :lol: in their system: 

https://www.squawka.com/en/features/position-ranking-premier-league-best-goalkeepers-right-now/

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2 hours ago, The Bonk said:

Should have kept Dubs:
 

 

 

Dubs, Darlow, Sels and Vlach have all made a decent fist of being decent keepers once they left us [emoji38].

 

This bloke bound to get himself a decent gig in the PL again next year and get back into the England squad [emoji38]

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He's not a terrible keeper by any means but he clearly doesn't communicate with the defenders well.  You could see clear hesitation from the defenders where they would be expecting him to come for a ball, or at the very least shout that he wasn't, and it led to mistakes and poor clearances.

Ultimately, players will prefer to play alongside someone they trust even if they're technically worse.

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12 hours ago, McEwan said:

So as of now it's just Pope, Vlachodimos, Aidan Harris, and Gillespie.

 

Getting a bit worried as to how we're going to pad our bench out when we have injuries to outfield players next season 

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17 minutes ago, Andy said:

 

Getting a bit worried as to how we're going to pad our bench out when we have injuries to outfield players next season 


For preseason they may as well sell tickets for the bench as there is going to be that much space free

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On 02/06/2026 at 18:04, Hudson said:

Believe it or not, he wasn’t that much better than Pope with his feet. About 6%.
 

 

 

 

Always felt that people thought he was better with his feet than he actually was, probably because he wasn't Pope, but even so that surprises me a bit.

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