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The good, The bad and Tim Howard
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First statment i would like to make is 'Thank heavens for Segundo' ? I think his solid performance (and goal) is what stopped us from being totally screwed over by Leige (as well a Mikey who had an awesome game apart from his crosses)
The good, is that we still have a fighting chance of beating Leige over the two legs; the bad is that we, defensively, were quite frankly shite! Their first goal you would get a bollocking for a Sunday League team, the second was unfortunate but avoidable. The Yak and Segundo's goals were both fantastic.
Finally we have Tim Howard, who i personally thought was crap, not just against Leige but also against Stoke. The Stoke game, he refused to get off his line to come and catch / clear the long throw-ins from Delap, resulting in Jagielka scoring a own goal; then against Leige he again refused to come off his line to simply scoop up a free ball resulting in Yobo scoring a own-goal. I see a pattern emerging...
I think the Leige own-goal was the biggest sickner as there wasn't a single red shirt in our box, he could have called for Yobo to leave it and simply picked it up. First off, I think he needs to work on his communication skills, it shouldn't be too difficult as his first language is English even if its a slightly modified version. Secondly he needs to stop this love affair with his line. Even my old man noticed it, and he supports the shite. So has limited knowledge of football.
I think a Janurary transfer needs to be a decent 'keeper. Not that Tim Howard can't be, he's just inconsistent. But it would keep him on his toes, he would know that couldn't just walk into the first team, but instead had to fight for it.
Craig Ashford, Posted 19/09/2008 at 19:01:17
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Get rid of Howard - he is a turkey...
Let’s have Nash in there - he’s our Cech...
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Our defence was rock solid last year, let’s at least give them a proper chance, and the proper support they need, to prove their worth.
But he’s not going to change who he is: a shot stopper. He is average in the air, he is average off his line. But games will turn on his big saves.
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1 Posted 20/09/2008 at 18:25:09
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