izzou: [color=royalblue]I didnt watch yesterday's match. Had to catch up with the highlights this morning. But i dont see why Kepa is being fried.
Yes, i know he can be terrible, but the two goals(from the 2 shots on target) were not his fault, and most keepers can do nothing about it
Someone is blaming Kepa for coming out in the first goal. Like seriously?
And for the second goal, Bellerin was given enough space and less pressure to take that shot. I cant remember who was standing there, but he ought to be on Bellerin, not looking while he prepares for the shot.
Maybe i'm wrong, but those goals scored has nothing to do with Kepa[/color]
Our problem with Kepa is not that he didn't save those shots but that he almost NEVER saves those shots. A reasonable keeper may be expected to save certain shots every now and then but not Kepa.
When you look at the shot in isolation, you would say the keeper only has 30% chance of saving it and won't blame him for missing the save, but when you have a volume of shots, you expect the keeper to save 30% of them while Kepa will only save 10% of them.
Add to the fact he makes regular mistakes so he has no Goodwill in the first place.
Besides, a taller keeper would likely save that 2nd goal. Kepa is too short!
Lana1: That second touch from Martinelli was too heavy. Na wetin confuse Kante. He was expecting Martinelli to run at him. Maybe he wasn't expecting an easy loose ball that he could intercept at that stage of the counter.
No, you got it wrong.
He slipped because he was about to take the wrong decision and go after Pepe rather than Martinelli. When Martinelli miscontrolled, he then tried to change direction abruptly to face Martinelli again and fell over.
Why it's an error is because of poor communication with Emerson and poor visual awareness.
In such a situation, Emerson is better placed to track Pepe while he face Martinelli. Emerson had some chance of catching Pepe but no chance of catching Martinelli so it is up to Kante to recognise Martinelli as the greater threat. At worst he can place himself partly in-between but more veered toward Martinelli who is the greater threat.
Instead he put his whole body in the direction of Pepe, then tried to change direction when his brain has not fully processed the first instruction. His brain is saying one thing, and his body is doing another thing. That's network problem.
Unlimited22: We need a right winger, preferably a left footed one. More pressing IMO however are the left back and central attacking midfield positions.
diggz: I'm not sure what Lampard sees in Barkley tbh! Probably introduced him yesterday to kill the rumours or because he needs to assure him that there's still a chance for him with us.
I say fcck Barkley! We can manage this small boy instead...
joshuaakindele7: American football is a very lucrative sport. Far more lucrative than football. As at today, American Football is the highest grossing sport in the world. The Dallas Cowboys of the USA is the richest sport club in the world with net-worth value of $5billion. Only real Madrid came close with $4billion. I am certain Nigeria will definitely profit from this sport if we look into it.
It's wealth is however concentrated in one league, whereas football wealth is spread over dozens of countries.
Heywhizzy: It was way better than Khaligraph's.. He could have done better delivery wise though but Jones was outbarred and it's not debatable
Khaligraph had the right approach in terms of aggressiveness but lacked creativity to really land his punches. Blaq on the other hand lacked aggressiveness but has better creativity.