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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #100 on: November 28, 2018, 04:05:03 PM »
At Ipswich it was all too obvious that we were time wasting and it cost us 2 (possibly 3) bookings. We need to be a lot cuter about
"managing" the closing stages.
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #101 on: November 29, 2018, 03:11:52 PM »
Poor for the goal yesterday.  Not a great shot,  straight at him and he dives and punches it to the only attacked in the box.

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« Reply #102 on: November 29, 2018, 04:27:19 PM »
Still not convinced by this lad. If we get back in the Prem i'd like to see us go for Heaton instead.

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« Reply #103 on: December 22, 2018, 05:58:12 PM »
Still hasn't conceded a penalty this year. Was that his third or fourth save from 12 yards?
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #104 on: December 22, 2018, 06:08:54 PM »
Still hasn't conceded a penalty this year. Was that his third or fourth save from 12 yards?


Penalty looked like it hit the post.
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« Reply #105 on: December 22, 2018, 06:22:57 PM »
Wish he'd stop time wasting.  Pulis was rightly criticised for it but at least that was in the Prem against teams we needed to kill the game against.  This was against Rotherham, when we were two-nil up after 30 mins and we were clearly the better side.

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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #106 on: December 22, 2018, 06:31:24 PM »

Penalty looked like it hit the post.
it did, Johnstone dived the other way.

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« Reply #107 on: December 22, 2018, 09:29:03 PM »
Wish he'd stop time wasting.  Pulis was rightly criticised for it but at least that was in the Prem against teams we needed to kill the game against.  This was against Rotherham, when we were two-nil up after 30 mins and we were clearly the better side.

I'd be amazed if he was deciding to do that of his own volition, he'll be directed to go slow on goal kicks etc if we're ever 2 goals up. He just over-egged it.
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #108 on: December 22, 2018, 11:44:13 PM »
it did, Johnstone dived the other way.

But how many penalties have we had against us now? Stoke blues rotherham? Still hasn't conceded a penalty
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #109 on: December 23, 2018, 10:43:35 AM »
Wish he'd stop time wasting.  Pulis was rightly criticised for it but at least that was in the Prem against teams we needed to kill the game against.  This was against Rotherham, when we were two-nil up after 30 mins and we were clearly the better side.

I'm not sure he was time wasting - and it was rather rubbish from the referee to book him really - a warning would have been sufficient

Johnstone was waiting for someone to move into space to beat the press - unfortunately our outfield players seemed rather glued to their original positions

One thing I did notice yesterday was the amount of encouragement and praise he gets from Graeme Jones. I took note of several goal kicks yesterday where Jones immediately appeared to clap or put his thumb up to Johnstone when he had beaten the press
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #110 on: December 23, 2018, 11:34:24 AM »
Johnstone takes his time even when we're behind / level. I remember the Blackburn game he took his time then when we needed a goal. I think he's just so laid back I think that's the sort of character he is.

Nothing at all seems to bother him or knock him out of his stride. Not a bad thing for a goalkeeper.

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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #111 on: December 23, 2018, 12:33:50 PM »
But how many penalties have we had against us now? Stoke blues rotherham? Still hasn't conceded a penalty

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« Reply #112 on: December 23, 2018, 06:07:36 PM »
Hopefully this clean sheet gives him the confidence boost needed for the second half of season. A consecutive clean sheet would do him World of good. Been flashes of a good keeper in there (he has some David James moments trying to play football) we have been spoilt by having foster of recent times who was and still is a class above
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« Reply #113 on: December 23, 2018, 07:58:48 PM »
We needed a replacement for Fozzie (because he was getting old).
Sam needs to cement his place by really commanding his box.

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« Reply #114 on: December 23, 2018, 08:26:27 PM »
Hopefully this clean sheet gives him the confidence boost needed for the second half of season. A consecutive clean sheet would do him World of good. Been flashes of a good keeper in there (he has some David James moments trying to play football) we have been spoilt by having foster of recent times who was and still is a class above
Been watching Foster. Some of the goals he has let in for Watford. I would think Sam would have saved.I think he is a very good young keeper. We need a good solid CB like Olsson Gmac.Who wants to be here.And a RB of course.
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« Reply #115 on: December 23, 2018, 08:31:54 PM »
Been watching Foster. Some of the goals he has let in for Watford. I would think Sam would have saved.I think he is a very good young keeper. We need a good solid CB like Olsson Gmac.Who wants to be here.And a RB of course.
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #116 on: December 23, 2018, 08:35:11 PM »
Been watching Foster. Some of the goals he has let in for Watford. I would think Sam would have saved.I think he is a very good young keeper. We need a good solid CB like Olsson Gmac.Who wants to be here.And a RB of course.
Have you noticed any of the outstanding saves he's made ? He is still top notch and a class above Johnstone and the vast majority of other GKs.
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« Reply #117 on: December 24, 2018, 12:00:47 AM »
Been watching Foster. Some of the goals he has let in for Watford. I would think Sam would have saved.I think he is a very good young keeper. We need a good solid CB like Olsson Gmac.Who wants to be here.And a RB of course.
I have a Watford pal who says Foster has made a big difference this season. Still feel a bit sore the way he left. Its not just his keepers ability, he had a natural authority organising in the box.
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« Reply #118 on: December 24, 2018, 12:34:40 AM »
Foster is superb, Johnstone is... Average, a decent reflex save keeper, dreadful from outside the box (Joe Hart suffers similarly) and very weak on crosses. Hopefully at 26, plenty of scope for improvement.
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« Reply #119 on: December 24, 2018, 09:30:58 AM »
Foster was the best keeper we've had down here for a long time.  I agree with Jaco, Johnston is a decent reflex save keeper but the rest of his game could be improved.  He had a good game Saturday to be fair to him.

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« Reply #120 on: December 24, 2018, 05:17:13 PM »
So far I'm really impressed with him - he's clearly a solid keeper and is still young so can improve. Foster was our best ever in my view, so he was never going to be replaced; but I don't think we could do much better than Johnstone.

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« Reply #121 on: December 24, 2018, 06:48:54 PM »
I strongly doubt Foster could have coped as well as Sam does with the new style 'play it out from the back' system. Foster only had one option in his kit bag and that was to lump it up long with the occasional lump it and bend it out to the wing. Very rarely did he look to roll or throw it out quickly 
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #122 on: December 25, 2018, 08:32:33 AM »
I wish people would stop trying to compare him to Foster. He has nowhere near his experience give him time to improve.

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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #123 on: December 25, 2018, 08:39:23 AM »
Easy to start seeing Foster through rose tinted glasses, yes he was a very good keeper for us, but he also had iffy spells, very good around his area and a commanding presence though.
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« Reply #124 on: December 25, 2018, 10:19:06 AM »
Easy to start seeing Foster through rose tinted glasses, yes he was a very good keeper for us, but he also had iffy spells, very good around his area and a commanding presence though.


You don't need rose tinted glasses. He's still playing at the top level and winning Watford points virtually single handedly.
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