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Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:25 pm
by Raptor
He's marginally the best of the worst crop of English keepers ever. When you see other keepers talk about him they're usually quite disparaging, which says it all when they usually stick together.
He's ok for a mid to lower table prem team, it is what it is
Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:22 pm
by AjaxAndy
He's a very good keeper who's in bad form. He's been great for us for the past 2 seasons and usually rock solid for England and has performed great in big matches.
For whatever reason as soon as his form dips, as every player's does at points, it's like this is the norm for his ability rather it being abnormal.
Hopefully he regains form quickly but it'll always be just one error or bad patch of form before people start claiming Ramsdale or Pope should be number one again, even though they're nowhere near as good.
Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:40 pm
by The Doc
Yeah I love him, gets a massive wide berth for his dips in form after keeping us up twice. Top keeper, with a few weaknesses.
Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:55 pm
by Raptor
The Doc wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:40 pm
Yeah I love him, gets a massive wide berth for his dips in form after keeping us up twice. Top keeper, with a few weaknesses.
Few weaknesses? Never claims anything in the box, gets beat more than any keeper in the league from distance, terrible at one on ones, and is erratic as fuck. Technically you're right, these are a 'few' weaknesses, but fuck me, they're quite significant weaknesses compared to his strengths - good shot stopper, can kick the ball from one goal straight out of play to the other end
Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:55 pm
by Cods
AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:22 pm
He's a very good keeper who's in bad form. He's been great for us for the past 2 seasons and usually rock solid for England and has performed great in big matches.
For whatever reason as soon as his form dips, as every player's does at points, it's like this is the norm for his ability rather it being abnormal.
Hopefully he regains form quickly but it'll always be just one error or bad patch of form before people start claiming Ramsdale or Pope should be number one again, even though they're nowhere near as good.
I hear Dubravka has an English grandmother...
Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:05 pm
by Mouse
Raptor wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:55 pm
Few weaknesses? Never claims anything in the box, gets beat more than any keeper in the league from distance, terrible at one on ones, and is erratic as fuck. Technically you're right, these are a 'few' weaknesses, but fuck me, they're quite significant weaknesses compared to his strengths - good shot stopper, can kick the ball from one goal straight out of play to the other end
Fortunately, we've been comfortable enough the last few years to manage with a shite keeper

Re: Pickford
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:09 pm
by Jamokachi
Love this debate -__-
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:22 am
by Toddacelli
For the last few years he’s been our most important and consistent player and won us more points than any other mofo.
Edit: yeah, his dips are bad tho
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:36 am
by Cereal Killer
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:01 pm
by Silas
I'll be made up when we've improved enough that Pickford is a big problem for us.
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 3:14 pm
by OldEnglandToffee
Toddacelli wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:22 am
For the last few years he’s been our most important and consistent player and won us more points than any other mofo.
Edit: yeah, his dips are bad tho
His hummus is ok to be fair
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:16 pm
by The Doc
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 3:10 pm
by Escalator
Pickford dropped for Henderson
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 3:44 pm
by Kerryblueboy
Was bound to happen lads his form last few games hasn’t been great plus he is an easy target for the fans rather than look at the bigger problems
Re: Pickford
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 3:50 pm
by Raptor
Hopefully he'll use this as a wake up call as he hasn't been good enough