Re: Etheridge vs Smithies
Re: Etheridge vs Smithies
Having watched the both live on a few occasions , you do learn more about then close up and I would say Etheridge is a fine stop shopper and likely to save a penalty or some super shot , however his body language as he has to deal with late back passes , kicking to a player on the floor or in the air seems very uncertain saw players saying something yesterday about creating the extra space so they could use him ?
Smithies makes better use of ball .
Its difficult to match stats in my view as Smithies has had less game time compared to Etheridge
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life on mars
Its difficult to match stats in my view as Smithies has had less game time compared to Etheridge
Unfortunately, this point is wrong as they both have played 10 games each. If anything, Smithies has had more game time as Etheridge has been subbed (during the Wigan game)
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life on mars
Having watched the both live on a few occasions , you do learn more about then close up and I would say Etheridge is a fine stop shopper and likely to save a penalty or some super shot , however his body language as he has to deal with late back passes , kicking to a player on the floor or in the air seems very uncertain saw players saying something yesterday about creating the extra space so they could use him ?
I do agree, he does seem unconfident. Whenever the ball comes back at him, I feel he is just as worried as us. I feel this may impact him and cause the worry. I didn’t hear the thing about extra space... could you elaborate?
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So bugger all between them except for your opinion that Smithies makes lots of errors while Etheridge hardly ever does.
That's bollocks, isn't it?
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Eric the Half a Bee
So bugger all between them except for your opinion that Smithies makes lots of errors while Etheridge hardly ever does.
That's bollocks, isn't it?
Some of your posts are a bit long winded for me, but you post them with really good info backing up your point.
This post.. well. Less said the better.
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dembethewarrior
Some of your posts are a bit long winded for me, but you post them with really good info backing up your point.
This post.. well. Less said the better.
Is it your opinion that Smithies makes lots of mistakes while Etheridge rarely does?
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Eric the Half a Bee
Is it your opinion that Smithies makes lots of mistakes while Etheridge rarely does?
I’ve re read my post, apologies, I meant “this post” in regards to OP.
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Eric the Half a Bee
So bugger all between them except for your opinion that Smithies makes lots of errors while Etheridge hardly ever does.
That's bollocks, isn't it?
Nah, Basically Etheridge is a better shot stopper and passer while Smithies makes errors and saves penalties.
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dembethewarrior
I’ve re read my post, apologies, I meant “this post” in regards to OP.
It is an opinion based upon the goals we conceded while Smithies was playing. Smithies, conceded soft goals to a number of sides, which could have been easily prevented. Etheridge, does (and has been let off by general defence/midfield), but I believe this is made up by the extra 20 saves and higher % save.
Re: Etheridge vs Smithies
If we had the same competition for places all over the pitch that we have in goal, we would be comfortably.in the top six For me, Etheridge's only real weakness is his kicking (it's too poor to be called passing!), but when it's as bad as it was yesterday, it affects the way we play, so, as someone who values what a goalkeeper does with his hands over what he does with his feet, even I have to concede that it could lead to him being left out. I'd say Smithies is a good standard Championship keeper and Etheridge a bit better than that, but I have my doubts whether there is much that can be done now to cure his poor kicking.
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jon1959
Brian Murphy it is then.
Does anyone know why we signed him? Has he played? Four Senior Goalkeepers and people reckoned Malky wasted Tan’s money! Which two keepers will go in January in Neil Harris’s slimmed down Squad?
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Ianto13
Does anyone know why we signed him? Has he played? Four Senior Goalkeepers and people reckoned Malky wasted Tan’s money! Which two keepers will go in January in Neil Harris’s slimmed down Squad?
I believe he was always third choice. Every club “wastes money” on them. You need them.
Joe Day was brought in as one of Smithies/Etheridge was off, think it was Smithies until Etheridge got injured.
You think you’d know stuff like this, seein as you go to loads of games and clearly have mates that follow the city and talk about rumours etc close season.
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CardiffCitySince1927
Passing:
5 v 3
We all know the kicking capabilities of Etheridge who regularly sprayed balls into the crowds. However, what we don’t know is that the common misconception that Smithies is a better passer. Etheridge’s 32.3% pass percentage is nothing to be proud of, but Smithies 27.9% is worse. That is undeniable.
How are those figures being calculated? I'm guessing they're from whoscored.com, which has Etheridge attempting 38 'passes' yesterday, of which only 13 were 'long balls', which doesn't seem quite right.
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Smithies did nothing wrong to get dropped but was dropped anyway.
We always knew Etheridge's distribution was bad but it seems to have got worse if that's possible.
I'd put Smithies back in straight away as Etheridge looks like a calamity waiting to happen.
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Joe Gillis
Smithies did nothing wrong to get dropped but was dropped anyway.
We always knew Etheridge's distribution was bad but it seems to have got worse if that's possible.
I'd put Smithies back in straight away as Etheridge looks like a calamity waiting to happen.
I feel more confident with Smithies in goal.
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CardiffCitySince1927
I do agree, he does seem unconfident. Whenever the ball comes back at him, I feel he is just as worried as us. I feel this may impact him and cause the worry. I didn’t hear the thing about extra space... could you elaborate?
The ball was caught in the corner by away fans and our full and Flint were surrounded by Barnsley lads Etheridge stood on his line instead of moving towards them to create a triangle . Flint waved his hand at him in frustration .
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dembethewarrior
I believe he was always third choice. Every club “wastes money” on them. You need them.
Joe Day was brought in as one of Smithies/Etheridge was off, think it was Smithies until Etheridge got injured.
You think you’d know stuff like this, seein as you go to loads of games and clearly have mates that follow the city and talk about rumours etc close season.
I think the decision to re engage Murphy was ludicrous when you consider that there is a goalkeeper at the club about whom the following was said in an article last week;-
"At 19, Ratcliffe is Wales' regular under-21 goalkeeper and seen as the natural heir apparent to Wayne Hennessey in the senior side."
and
"Cardiff don't want a situation where Giggs hands him his senior Wales debut before he has even played a first team game for the Bluebirds."
Now, even allowing for a writer going somewhat over the top perhaps, it does strike me as very odd that George Ratcliffe is currently our fifth choice keeper (sixth if you include Matt Hall who regularly plays for the Under 23s) - if Ratcliffe is really anywhere near as good as the hype, he should not have so many senior keepers in front of him.
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the other bob wilson
I think the decision to re engage Murphy was ludicrous when you consider that there is a goalkeeper at the club about whom the following was said in an article last week;-
"At 19, Ratcliffe is Wales' regular under-21 goalkeeper and seen as the natural heir apparent to Wayne Hennessey in the senior side."
and
"Cardiff don't want a situation where Giggs hands him his senior Wales debut before he has even played a first team game for the Bluebirds."
Now, even allowing for a writer going somewhat over the top perhaps, it does strike me as very odd that George Ratcliffe is currently our fifth choice keeper (sixth if you include Matt Hall who regularly plays for the Under 23s) - if Ratcliffe is really anywhere near as good as the hype, he should not have so many senior keepers in front of him.
Totally agree Bob. Smithies and Etheridge in the squad and Ratcliffe brought into the first team squad would be better than us having Day and Murphy here. Although you can’t replace the experience he’s getting now of first team football.
Would he be better off gaining experience around the first team, training every day etc, or would he be better off playing week in week out?
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dembethewarrior
Totally agree Bob. Smithies and Etheridge in the squad and Ratcliffe brought into the first team squad would be better than us having Day and Murphy here. Although you can’t replace the experience he’s getting now of first team football.
Would he be better off gaining experience around the first team, training every day etc, or would he be better off playing week in week out?
I think the best way to have gone about it would be to let him play for Barry each week while spending most of his time training with us and having an arrangement that he would be available for us if one of Etheridge or Smithies was not available for some reason - if he really is so good, then shouldn't he be our third choice keeper by now?
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the other bob wilson
I think the best way to have gone about it would be to let him play for Barry each week while spending most of his time training with us and having an arrangement that he would be available for us if one of Etheridge or Smithies was not available for some reason - if he really is so good, then shouldn't he be our third choice keeper by now?
I nearly typed myself about him training with us and playing with Barry, certainly worth looking at.
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LeningradCowboy
How are those figures being calculated? I'm guessing they're from whoscored.com, which has Etheridge attempting 38 'passes' yesterday, of which only 13 were 'long balls', which doesn't seem quite right.
To be fair, the 38 passes include the 25 put into the dug out. Long balls only count as being successful.
Re: Etheridge vs Smithies
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the other bob wilson
I think the best way to have gone about it would be to let him play for Barry each week while spending most of his time training with us and having an arrangement that he would be available for us if one of Etheridge or Smithies was not available for some reason - if he really is so good, then shouldn't he be our third choice keeper by now?
Isn’t there a rule that a player cannot play for the same side three times (if changed from A to B to A to B and back to A?)?