I was looking at Kaspar Schmeichel's distribution last night. Virtually every time he went long, he was aiming for a team mate and was looking for a precise pass. Etheridge, whether through instruction or not, just whacks everything as long as he can. If Schmeichel is representative of a top half PL goalkeeper, then Etheridge has lots to do to get to that standard, though, distribution apart, he has been generally very good this season.