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Keeper craziness

Keeper craziness

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europne

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We have seen this recently with Maxwell, and Brizzles keeper tonight.

What makes keepers change into irrational maniacs once they charge outside their areas?

They seem to become on suicide missions in enemy territory.

Surely a touch of composure would help greatly.
 
Maxwell is a sweeper keeper and Fielding isn’t. There lies the difference. Maxwell would have read the situation quicker and would have cleared the ball without any problem. That’s just my opinion. This is the point lots of fans have been making about Maxi. He cuts down the amount of 1 on 1s by his excellent reading of the game.
 
It serves an important purpose enabling the defence to push up
more with the keeper as sweeper, a vital part of our pressing game.

Errors are bound to happen, but that's a calculated risk, imo worth taking.
 
Hitchhiker said:
It serves an important purpose enabling the defence to push up
more with the keeper as sweeper, a vital part of our pressing game.

Errors are bound to happen, but that's a calculated risk, imo worth taking.
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I’m not against keepers coming out of their areas, and I understand why, what I’m asking is why they become crazed irrational maniacs as soon as they venture out of the penalty area, they seem to go into serious panic mode.
 
europne said:
I’m not against keepers coming out of their areas, and I understand why, what I’m asking is why they become crazed irrational maniacs as soon as they venture out of the penalty area, they seem to go into serious panic mode.
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Agreed - timing and composure seem like valuable components of the sweeper keeper
but often it's more blind panic.
 
Thought fielding was unlucky to be sent off, on the replays the contact was negligible at best and the player went down to easy as well, just dangled his leg and was going down before he “ made contact”

Some of the older refs would likely not even given a free kick. Keepers main fault was giving the ref the decision to make.

Really dislike how the wolves players go down at the hint of a draft passing them and wave the imaginary card.

Cynical football at its worst.
 
The thing with Maxwell is that, so far, he has saved countless goal threats and not one of his sweeper clearances has led to a goal. Most keepers make the occasional rush of blood leading to them thinking they can tackle resulting in a red card, a terrible miss kick leading to an easy goal for an opponent, being too cocky and losing possession in their own box etc.

Yes Maxwell raises the stakes, but the evidence so far seems to be that he does so well. WHEN the eventual goal does get conceded, ask yourself - how many has he saved by doing what he does? And how many other keepers have made clangers at a greater rate?

To date the only real mistake Maxi has made was the failed punch at Fulham. Shit happens, and we move on. The rest might raise the heart beat a little, but in my view that’s no bad thing, especially if it’s contributing to more clean sheets!!


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Absolutely not, look again. The basll had long gone and the keeper took the players legs- sending off all day.

Funny how people see things so differently.
 
anotherstaffor_ said:
Thought fielding was unlucky to be sent off, on the replays the contact was negligible at best and the player went down to easy as well, just dangled his leg and was going down before he “ made contact”

Some of the older refs would likely not even given a free kick. Keepers main fault was giving the ref the decision to make.

Really dislike how the wolves players go down at the hint of a draft passing them and wave the imaginary card.

Cynical football at its worst.
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He wasn't already going down. Keeper caught his ankle and it was definitely a red card.
 
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europne said:
We have seen this recently with Maxwell, and Brizzles keeper tonight.

What makes keepers change into irrational maniacs once they charge outside their areas?

They seem to become on suicide missions in enemy territory.

Surely a touch of composure would help greatly.
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Absolutely no idea what you are typing about.
 
mozzchops said:
Maxwell doesn't need to change for me.
He's saved us more points than lost us.
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11 clean sheets isn’t it?

I can only think of one mistake that has cost us and that was Fulham Away, aside from that Maxwell is using the pressure of Rudd being available well and alongside our defence has been superb overall.
 
JK said:
11 clean sheets isn’t it?

I can only think of one mistake that has cost us and that was Fulham Away, aside from that Maxwell is using the pressure of Rudd being available well and alongside our defence has been superb overall.
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Of the three games I've seen lately he went walkies at Burton and got away with it. At barnsley and Cardiff, a couple of slightly iffy kicks aside he was superb, all you could want in a keeper. Barnsley friends said that his save when he knocked it away after parrying a shot was superb.

No one is irreplaceable but at present he is going to have to get injured or dramatically lose all form for Rudd to have any chance.
 
I wasn’t having a go at Maxwell starting this thread.

The point was that keepers in general seem to completely lose their cool as soon as they step out of the penalty area, and that a little more composure and not blind panic would be better.
 
JK said:
11 clean sheets isn’t it?

I can only think of one mistake that has cost us and that was Fulham Away, aside from that Maxwell is using the pressure of Rudd being available well and alongside our defence has been superb overall.
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Really ?
I doubt he is using the pressure of Rudd. Why create needless pressure on yourself
I do think though that his confidence is high which is no bad thing just so long as his forays out of his box are measured decisions
He had seen some fortitune when the ref missed his handball but for many fortune favours the brave
 
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