Reply With QuoteReally? Maybe his defenders could stop putting him under pressure if anyone should be dropped it’s Morrison
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His kicking was awful yesterday, worse than usual. Couple of good saves but couldn't do much about the goals.
Would bringing in Smithies improve things at the back?
Just saying.
Really? Maybe his defenders could stop putting him under pressure if anyone should be dropped it’s Morrison
He's had better games but there's no way I would drop him for one mediocre performance.
No.Originally Posted by jeremy corbyn
Agree about Morrison
I think that's the strangest suggestion I've read on here in a good while. Etheridge has been our best player this season... Whereas Smithies' two cup performances hardly filled me with confidence.
You said yourself that Etheridge couldn't do much about the goals, so what are you expecting Smithies to do differently?
Just saying his kicking is so bad that it invites pressure back on us.Smithie can to us with a big reputation as a shot stopper. WE need one at the moment big time.
Whereas kicking is not the strongest part of his game, Etheridge has been superb this season (my player of the season so far) so dropping him would be a huge mistake.
what a silly post
That makes no sense, sorry. You're criticising Etheridge's kicking and then calling for Smithies to come into the team as he's a "shot stopper".
Etheridge has saved us countless times this season... A lot like Marshall in our last season in the Premier League. Dropping him would be the worst decision I could think of.
Absolutely not.
Yes, Smithies for Morrisson might be an improvement?
I think he'd be better off just keeping his clearances simple and giving the ball to an available defender.
Can't blame him for following orders, though. It's clearly an instruction from on high to whack everything into the opposition half.
lol
Peter Shilton was once dropped by Leyton Orient because he couldn't kick the ball as far as the club's second choice keeper. I took this as proof that the world had gone mad - what else can it mean when the one member of a team that can use his hands to keep the ball out of the net is a candidate for the axe because of what he does with his feet rather than his hands?
No
I wouldn't drop him, he's had a good season, although alot of the saves he has made, he should've anyway, that's his job, a bit like complimenting a fullback for getting tight and making tackles-It's what they're there for. His kicking is poor, he doesn't look comfortable and he doesn't seem to be able to put his foot through the ball or direct it, it can cause problems, especially the way we play as Warnock is never going to have him throwing the ball out to fullbacks. Overall he's been brilliant, Excellent value.
Which begs the question what are they doing in training
Remember Smithies attempt at a save in the cup? Etheridge is a much better option.
His kicking has been dreadful ever since he came here, but he more than makes up for it with his saves.
Trying to improve it i would've thought. His kicking did improve for a bit but it seems to have got worse since christmas. Maybe he'll never be great at kicking the ball, a bit like Zohore and his heading, Sol Bamba with his passing, Josh murphy's Delivery, Morrisons positioning etc. Some players just have weaknesses, the best ones acknowledge those weaknesses and compensate in different ways. I suppose that every one of our players have a weakness to their game that can lead to mistakes, that's probably the difference between playing for us and a team in the top ten-fine margins.
I haven't seen it become worse since Christmas, bar one or two games where it was slightly worse than normal, and I wonder how much saving the football with his face for their offside goal may have had an impact Friday. I agree with the theme of the post.
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