Match Ratings v Oldham away

[tommopie8]

I have a genuine bug bear when it comes to keepers and penalties. Why do most dive before the ball is kicked? The number of penalties that are poorly struck or poorly placed - if the keeper stood still and moved once the ball is struck would give the keeper a greater chance of saving.
If the penalty is well struck in a corner, the odds are you won’t get there anyway. So why make a shootout a lottery by hoping you go the way the ball is struck? Put the odds in your favour, stand still.

The Peter Shilton technique - didn't work.

[Notts78]

The Peter Shilton technique - didn't work.

He was dead tall though… an astonishing 6ft.

[laddo]

The Peter Shilton technique - didn't work.

Is the correct answer. Undeniable world class goalkeeper, but who waited for the ball to be struck on penalties before moving. His record for saving them was notoriously poor.

[lunaspie]

Is the correct answer. Undeniable world class goalkeeper, but who waited for the ball to be struck on penalties before moving. His record for saving them was notoriously poor.

Aaaah,but to a Thatcherite such as himself there's method in the madness :

There
Is
No
Alternative.

[1955pie]

Perhaps someone would like to go through the press reports for each of the 10 matches that weren’t saved ( as per the previous transfermrkt link and give an analyses of how many he went the right way for.
We know for the one he “saved” he went the wrong way.

[Elite_Pie]

Aaaah,but to a Thatcherite such as himself there's method in the madness :

There
Is
No
Alternative.

Cor! Tina!

On the back seat allegedly.

[jacobncfc]

It wasn't a concious attempt to dribble or play the ball out, he failed to control his first touch by 6 yards. He gifted the goal by his poor play and decision making.
Slocombe's distribution should be restricted to underarm/throwing the ball or close passing to feet if there is no opposition close by. Anything else should be landing in row Z or the oppositions box.
Points dropped through absolute carelessness.

If Slocombe is sticking it into the stands or long every time he gets the ball under some pressure, we become a fundamentally different team. As we’re having an amazing season, that would probably be a bad thing.

This will happen every couple of months, it is what it is. The positives massively outweigh the negatives with it.

[Magpies1959]

I think there are times when it is necessary for Slocombe to put it in Row Z, and Sunday's game was one of them. Given how far out of his area he was, and how close to the touchline he was, it left him/us very vulnerable to any loss of control which is exactly what happened.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Cor! Tina!

On the back seat allegedly.

Rita sue and bob to...! Although that was the passenger seat ...!

[jacobncfc]

I think there are times when it is necessary for Slocombe to put it in Row Z, and Sunday's game was one of them. Given how far out of his area he was, and how close to the touchline he was, it left him/us very vulnerable to any loss of control which is exactly what happened.

Oh definitely, he should’ve done in that specific scenario, but it’s not our default, generally we’ll want him to try and retain possession. So sometimes he’ll make the wrong decision, but it’s better accepting that than just saying to him ‘always clear it’.

To be fair to him as well it’s actually Cameron who loses it with a shocking blind pass. It’s an error from Slocombe but there’s still more than enough opportunity for us to deal with it even after that.