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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #750 on: September 18, 2019, 10:18:08 PM »

When we revert back to Pulis Ball? The brilliance of Foster also coincided with are best back line in recent memory and also the most defensive managers in the entire country! Bilic is renown for leaky defences due to the way he sets up his team, to pin the blame on the goalkeeper for a trend of conceding a goal a game is a weak argument.
I blame the keeper only for the bad errors he makes

Personally I remember under megson, Clarke,Hodgson ....many clean sheets across various keepers
Our defence is one of the best in the league, the keeper is just not good enough
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« Reply #751 on: September 21, 2019, 09:22:06 PM »
After today performance by Foster, I'm starting to think Sam is an upgrade!
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« Reply #752 on: September 21, 2019, 09:59:40 PM »
After today performance by Foster, I'm starting to think Sam is an upgrade!
Thought it had been made illegal to compare them?

Tomorrow we play Huddersfield at home, they have 1 point
If he manages to keep a clean sheet I’ll do some dingle based forfeit
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« Reply #753 on: September 22, 2019, 09:52:54 AM »
After today performance by Foster, I'm starting to think Sam is an upgrade!

Did anyone else have a little smile at the thought of Foster and Dawson being so humiliated?  I know they aren’t our players or our problem anymore but still...

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« Reply #754 on: September 22, 2019, 10:12:31 AM »
How about we get behind him and give him a better than normal reception this afternoon, give him a boost?
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« Reply #755 on: September 22, 2019, 12:42:16 PM »
How about we get behind him and give him a better than normal reception this afternoon, give him a boost?
Both SJ and Bartley need that but without the ‘s’. The sooner the better

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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #756 on: September 22, 2019, 12:48:05 PM »
One decent game in how many?

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« Reply #757 on: September 22, 2019, 12:48:50 PM »
Nearly half time. No attempt at a save for either goal. Culpable playing out from the back too. Let it end please.
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« Reply #758 on: September 22, 2019, 12:53:02 PM »
Two shots on target in that half from Huddersfield and two goals. Ground hog day all round.

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« Reply #759 on: September 22, 2019, 12:57:29 PM »
I haven’t criticised him up till now, but his left arm on both goals never moved. For the the first goal, he used his left hand to cushion his fall instead of outstretching it like their keeper did attempting to save our goal.
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« Reply #760 on: September 22, 2019, 01:02:35 PM »
Two shots on target in that half from Huddersfield and two goals. Ground hog day all round.
Agree and take Bartley with him both of them shocking!

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« Reply #761 on: September 22, 2019, 01:03:14 PM »
This 3 good passes then 1 howler is beyond a joke from him now.
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« Reply #762 on: September 22, 2019, 02:18:30 PM »
Laughable, but hey, got to blame someone.
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« Reply #763 on: September 22, 2019, 02:23:15 PM »
Laughable, but hey, got to blame someone.
No laughable at all Johnstone and Bartley are going to cost us big time.

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« Reply #764 on: September 22, 2019, 02:25:40 PM »
Hegazi will replace Bartley, everything will be fine then.
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« Reply #765 on: September 22, 2019, 02:29:19 PM »
In my view, from what I saw, he had little chance with either goal being exposed by defenders in front of him
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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #766 on: September 22, 2019, 02:30:32 PM »
It's not often you see a keeper not dive at this level.  Johnstone does it all the time.  He's miles off saving them.

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« Reply #767 on: September 22, 2019, 02:38:17 PM »
I have kept my opinion on SJ to myself thus far however there is a trend which is not showing any evidence of change at this point in time which SB will be all too aware of !!
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« Reply #768 on: September 22, 2019, 02:54:55 PM »
In my view, from what I saw, he had little chance with either goal being exposed by defenders in front of him

Exactly
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« Reply #769 on: September 22, 2019, 02:55:14 PM »
Hegazi will replace Bartley, everything will be fine then.

Hegazi was a virtual ever present last season and we still conceded for fun. A decent keeper is the only way things will improve IMO.
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« Reply #770 on: September 22, 2019, 03:02:58 PM »
I’m not an SJ fan but not much he could do about those 2 today.

Thought he came and claimed a few more balls in today to ease pressure.

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« Reply #771 on: September 22, 2019, 03:32:26 PM »
Sums it up when people are blaming him for the goals conceded today

Could go up for a corner and score a last minute winner for us and people would moan he's in the wrong penalty box

I wasn’t a big fan of him at the start of last season, but the constant criticism for him I actually feel sorry for him now and back him more than I did before
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« Reply #772 on: September 22, 2019, 03:49:14 PM »
Sums it up when people are blaming him for the goals conceded today

Could go up for a corner and score a last minute winner for us and people would moan he's in the wrong penalty box

I wasn’t a big fan of him at the start of last season, but the constant criticism for him I actually feel sorry for him now and back him more than I did before

Made me chuckle that.

True though. I don’t think he’s the best keeper in the world, but he didn’t do anything wrong today other than one overhit pass (and his distribution is actually very good in truth).

I’m the first to have a go when he makes a glaring error, but he didn’t today and as I said earlier, came out and claimed a number it crosses towards the end which settled us.

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Re: Sam Johnstone
« Reply #773 on: September 22, 2019, 04:05:35 PM »
Hegazi was a virtual ever present last season and we still conceded for fun. A decent keeper is the only way things will improve IMO.


He didn't have Ajayi alongside him then.

Bringing Hegazi back will be a big help but there's still Johnstone and Gibbs who I guarantee will make too many individual errors for us to be consistently solid at the back.

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« Reply #774 on: September 22, 2019, 04:16:21 PM »
Hegazi will replace Bartley, everything will be fine then.
It won't , there's too many of the same mistakes in Johnstone's game that happen every three or four games .
He not the only one like that but I'm afraid he's a main one for me.
I'll give you an example , five out of six of his kicks will be a damn good pass . The sixth will nearly always cost us a chance or worse a goal .
I also thought he could have tried to close the angle or spread himself a bit for the 2nd goal Today .
The shame is these errors on repeat ruin a decent keeper.
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