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Apart from his 1st game when he seemed a little rusty I thought he hadn't put a foot wrong afterwards. I also think Etheridge isn't quite pulling off the saves you'd normally expect him to make. Should he have saved today's goal ? Maybe..
Anyone think Etheridge should’ve saved that goal?
Yes absolutely. Looked not too far away from him.
Took a deflection off flint looks like etheridge was covering where the shot was going but the deflection pu paid to that
Etheridge had a mare with his kicking but not sure if it was his fault for the goal. It so poor defensively, not many tracking back so they created the extra man and then the defence were scared of getting drawn out so didn’t close Brownhill down. It was a good strike tbf but so much easier when you’re under no pressure.
His distribution hurts us. I feel Smithies is a more rounded keeper than Etheridge, whilst Etheridge has fantastic shot stopping he is questionable everywhere else. Wonder how strong the interest in him was over the summer, feels like we missed an opportunity to make a tidy sum.
I've just seen the goal back, Etheridge has to do better for me
Etheridge always looks nervous, thought he would have grown out of that by now.
We have been a better team with Smithies in goal this season. Etheridge's kicking is so bad that it actively hurts us and the rest of his game isn't good enough to make up for it.
Of course Etheridge could have done better, he could have saved it. We could have defended it better too. I think it would be harsh to blame Etheridge though. It was a hell of a strike, and the ball dipped a lot.
People are pissed if they think he should have saved that. It was dipping and moving all over the place.
His distribution is questionable, yes, but he’s an excellent shot stopper.
If youre looking for a scapegoat look no further than the dinosaur in the dugout.
Look at Etheridge's goal scoring record,It's there for all to sse
I was behind the ball when it was hit, and it dipped severely at the last second. It was as if Brownhill slammed an air ball really.
But put this in comparison, 33% of the goals we have conceded while Smithies was in net were his fault.
And if we are commenting about the shocking kicking of our goalkeepers, Etheridge was the better of the two!
Smithies distribution is far superior to Etheridge NQAT
Etheridge has been poor imo and I’d feel better with Smithies playing. He was getting better every game..