Nick Pope

[wykikitoon 22870]

[Dazzler 11818]

41 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

[David Kelly 1340]

8 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Perfect example of it last night. We had a free-kick in the LB area, for some inexplicable reason we go back to Pope, next thing you know it's a West Ham throw-in inside our half just in front of Trippier.

To be fair to Pope, that freekick was an absolute abortion well before it got to him.  And when it did he was immediately being pressured.  He didn't do great with it but you have to look at the players in front of him making ridiculous decisions and poor passes first. 

[Holden McGroin 7624]

Agreed but then he wouldn’t get pressed as much if he wasn’t a liability with his feet.

[David Kelly 1340]

In general I agree, but in that instance we'd fucked about with it so much, if we'd Allison in goal he'd still have had the fuck pressed out of him.

[wykikitoon 22870]

One thing on Pope.Last night the ball over the top where he came off his line to head it. Dubs IMO stays stuck to his line. 

[David Kelly 1340]

50 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

One thing on Pope.Last night the ball over the top where he came off his line to head it. Dubs IMO stays stuck to his line. 

Wasn't last night in effect the same match (ie the one before the cup final) where Pope got sent off trying to do the same thing against Liverpool and ball dying in front of him and him handling it?  I certainly had flashbacks of that watching it last night.  Pope is without any doubt better at sweeping than Dubs.

[Dazzler 11818]

2 hours ago, David Kelly said:

Wasn't last night in effect the same match (ie the one before the cup final) where Pope got sent off trying to do the same thing against Liverpool and ball dying in front of him and him handling it?  I certainly had flashbacks of that watching it last night.  Pope is without any doubt better at sweeping than Dubs.

Nah it was the equivalent match that Gordon got sent off vs Brighton - that's how scary the comparisons between the two run ups have been.

[Toonpack 11364]

3 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

Nah it was the equivalent match that Gordon got sent off vs Brighton - that's how scary the comparisons between the two run ups have been.

 

With the exception that we won our last match before a cup final for first time in  last 5 attempts.