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Maxwell's big chance tonight. As others have said... perform well and the gloves are his.
Goalkeeper thread.
Cant say I agree with this. Rudd never comes off his line, takes charge of a situation & takes the pressure off the defence. That's why I've always said my preference would be Maxwell & I bet our defenders would say that too
I agree with this. I always feel more comfortable with Maxwell in goal.
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Were very lucky to have, at this level, 2 excellent keepers. Heres the thing, like every other player keepers are prone to making mistakes. The problem with a keeping mistake is that they almost inevitably lead to conceding a goal.
For the style that we play I think Maxwell is the better keeper in that he allows the defence to press far higher up the field when we are in posession. For that reason Id prefer Maxwell but have to say its marginal at best. Both are more than decentin the sticks.
For the style that we play I think Maxwell is the better keeper in that he allows the defence to press far higher up the field when we are in posession. For that reason Id prefer Maxwell but have to say its marginal at best. Both are more than decentin the sticks.
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Bang on. The weakness of a high press is that it is susceptible to the ball over the top.
A sweeper keeper counteracts this threat perfectly, meaning we can push higher both in and out of possesion
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I don't think there is too much between our two keepers but fair play, if one has the jersey and his form dips it's only right to give the other one a go. It's what having two keepers is all about and should work by keeping both on their toes.
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the accusation rudd never comes off his line was thrown about strongly after the stoke second goal where he was meant to run through 5 players to reach crouches snowcapped back of his head
for what its worth i'd be looking for a new keeper full stop
for what its worth i'd be looking for a new keeper full stop
This is shit for Maxwell imo. He gets his chance and it's going to be at free scoring Leeds, we are in for a hammering tonight imo and Maxwell will be busy. 4 1 Leeds.
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Hopefully Leeds will play a 2nd string with a match against Middlesbrough coming up, I think on Friday night.
Things in football can change quickly. You may be right. But there again.....
Hopefully mate Cup run be good for us but then again any money made it appears Neil won't see it.
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A cup run would indeed be good. I've been watching PNE since 1972 and don't think I've even seen us in a quarter final of anything!
Last time in FA Cup last 8 was 1966 against Man Utd who we also met at an earlier stage the year you started watching. As far as I know last 16 is best in league cup though I haven't double checked and someone may correct me.
To return to subject of post I'd try Maxwell for next couple of games at least and hopefully beyond that as don't want goalkeeper changes too often.
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Last 16 in the League Cup is correct. We have never made the QFs of this competition.
As for the keepers, I would be asking Southampton about the availability of current 3rd choice, unless he is injured, Fraser Forster on loan till January.
You don't ask etc...
You don't ask etc...
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8 points dropped through a whole season.
Stoke at home - Rudd stayed rooted to his line instead of coming and clearing the ball in that Crouch eventually scored from.
Derby away - two howlers from Rudd.
4 points dropped in 2 games. What's your point? Maxwell has a better command of his area and his style always means that he's likely to cock something up but his clean sheets record speaks for itself. Maxwell over Rudd every day of the week, for me.
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You cant blame Rudd for the Crouch goal. 6 feet 7 striker with champions league and world cup experience, outside the 6 yard box at the near post. No keeper is coming and claiming that ball, not even Maxwell.
But, the idea is correct. By rarely coming to claim the ball Rudd makes far fewer 'howlers' than Maxwell does, however being rooted to his line there is a greater level of pressure on the defence, leading to us conceding more.
Maxwell receives heavy criticism because his mistakes are very obvious to any observer, Rudd's mistakes are, in my opinion, less visible but he makes more of them. His clean sheet record is a direct product of these mistakes
Maxwell is always going to make a few more glaring errors because he takes way more risks than Rudd - I prefer Maxwells style because for the most part it works and he is a proactive keeper who takes pressure off his defence.
Rudd probably makes less direct errors but more indirect errors so he might not always look directly culpable but his clean sheet record is surely no coincidence. He is rooted to his line and never sweeps up, it means the defence has less confidence in him imo.
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Neither are excellent at this level, both are alright. They both make too many mistakes to be classed as excellent.