Jamal Blackman

[Pinchy]

Weer u erd dis pal?

And what does a “start” on the bench entail?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Being reported Baldock not ready for tonight.

If true, this would for me hasten the need to add a loan for this position in January. The wingback roles are too important to our style to not have a specialist in there that can keep fit, and the length of time it’s taking Baldock suggests he might be stop-start for the rest of the season. We can’t afford that.

 

[BushBlade]

If true, this would for me hasten the need to add a loan for this position in January. The wingback roles are too important to our style to not have a specialist in there that can keep fit, and the length of time it’s taking Baldock suggests he might be stop-start for the rest of the season. We can’t afford that.

Sadly, you could be right. If Freeman is still some time away from being fit, we can't do half a season with only one RWB. Even if Baldock isn't injury prone he could still get clattered and injured, or clatter someone and get a three match ban.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I wouldn't know about that. I haven't seen much gentle criticism on here. It tends to be quite brutal, although I think that's partly because a lot of posters are too familiar with the language of the tabloids and the hyperbole of football talk in the media. And, of course, the written word can lack the nuances of spoken conversation.

STFU

 

[Sean Thornton]

Sadly, you could be right. If Freeman is still some time away from being fit, we can't do half a season with only one RWB. Even if Baldock isn't injury prone he could still get clattered and injured, or clatter someone and get a three match ban.

What if Gearge Long gets injured? Who do we call back off loan?

 

[BushBlade]

What if Gearge Long gets injured? Who do we call back off loan?

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[stringer]

Any more fuck ups and he will be bench warming

Don’t you first have to make a fuck up before you make any more?

 

[Lane Ender]

Don’t you first have to make a fuck up before you make any more?

QPR, Birmingham come to mind

 

[stringer]

QPR, Birmingham come to mind

Yes, any other ‘keeper would have held onto the ball after crashing down from a great height. It’s the first thing taught in goalkeeper school. And keeping out 25-yard curling efforts. Elementary stuff

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

QPR, Birmingham come to mind

QPR - a collision, not an error.
Birmingham - stunning goal, few goalies at any level would have kept that out.

There have been goals where you think it might have been saved, but all goalkeepers have those. He has not let in a howler this season. If you want to see howlers, watch Match of the Day/Channel 5 on a Saturday evening. Most weeks there are several disasters, some by well-known keepers. That's not to say he won't make errors, but so far, no problem in my view.

 

[Lane Ender]

Yes, any other ‘keeper would have held onto the ball after crashing down from a great height. It’s the first thing taught in goalkeeper school. And keeping out 25-yard curling efforts. Elementary stuff

Does any of our senior keepers install you with confidence?

 

[Lane Ender]

QPR - a collision, not an error.
Birmingham - stunning goal, few goalies at any level would have kept that out.

There have been goals where you think it might have been saved, but all goalkeepers have those. He has not let in a howler this season. If you want to see howlers, watch Match of the Day/Channel 5 on a Saturday evening. Most weeks there are several disasters, some by well-known keepers. That's not to say he won't make errors, but so far, no problem in my view.

Bristol will be shooting on site tonight and my heart will mouth every time they get a site of goal

 

[DifferentClass]

I'm sorry, but you just saw a tall black bloke with a hi top and assumed it to be our Jam.

It's me mate Dave and he's a pig

 

[stringer]

Does any of our senior keepers install you with confidence?

Yes, they both do. One a little more than the other, which is why I'd stick with him. Oh for the days of Howard (who I thought was OK) and Simonsen

 

[Lane Ender]

Yes, they both do. One a little more than the other, which is why I'd stick with him. Oh for the days of Howard (who I thought was OK) and Simonsen

There’s a young man in our u23s who is the real deal time will tell.

 

[stringer]

There’s a young man in our u23s who is the real deal time will tell.

He may be. Until then, Blackman and Moore are a very good No.1 and No.2

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Bristol will be shooting on site tonight and my heart will mouth every time they get a site of goal

Let's hope the defenders/midfielders do a good job on closing them down between 25 yards out and the edge of the penalty area.

 

[LJBlade]

QPR, Birmingham come to mind

If you really expected him to save the Birmingham goal then you really are expecting too much and no keeper we have will be good enough for you

 

[itsinyerblood]

Bristol will be shooting on site tonight and my heart will mouth every time they get a site of goal

Your heart will what!!?!??!!

 

[Jehovah]

I'm amazed some people think the qpr howler was not a howler. It was utterly ridiculous.

 

[Guesty]

The fault for the Birmingham goal didn't lie with Blackman but with letting their kid have the freedom of the park to line up his shot. Specifically, Fleck should have closed him down quicker. Or at all.

I remember a couple of years ago we conceded a unusually high number of goals from distance and they were treated as divine providence rather than something we could actually help to avoid. Thank God we've got a manager now who might spot these trends and help teach his players to avoid them.

 

[LJBlade]

I'm amazed some people think the qpr howler was not a howler. It was utterly ridiculous.

It most definitely was a howler but was the sort of howler that could happen to just about any keeper anywhere and wasn’t as a result of how good Blackman is or isn’t.

 

[blade too long]

Does any of our senior keepers install you with confidence?

didnt know they were available as a download

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I'm amazed some people think the qpr howler was not a howler. It was utterly ridiculous.

2 players going to stop ball and opponent collide - that's an accident, not a howler. Look at errors by Mignolet, Carson ( at the Lane for Derby), etc., if you want to see proper howlers.

 

[Booker4]

Being reported Baldock not ready for tonight.

Please be wrong! If he is out, I hope Wilder swaps CCV for Basham, so that Bash is back in the middle and CCV can attack more freely out at right wing back.

 

[Jehovah]

2 players going to stop ball and opponent collide - that's an accident, not a howler. Look at errors by Mignolet, Carson ( at the Lane for Derby), etc., if you want to see proper howlers.

No communication from blackman didn't help the situation. He doesn't speak.

 

[blade too long]

baldock in

 

[LJBlade]

No communication from blackman didn't help the situation. He doesn't speak.

I see this sort of comment a lot on here and I always wonder how people know. I sit fairly close to the front of the kop, behind the net, and I’ve never heard Simon Moore making any noise but everyone is always saying he never shuts up. In actual fact I never hear any of our players but I’m sure some of them must be talking, how do people know that Blackman never speaks?

 

[robbiez666]

I see this sort of comment a lot on here and I always wonder how people know. I sit fairly close to the front of the kop, behind the net, and I’ve never heard Simon Moore making any noise but everyone is always saying he never shuts up. In actual fact I never hear any of our players but I’m sure some of them must be talking, how do people know that Blackman never speaks?

Have you considered consulting a medical professional?

 

[stringer]

how do people know that Blackman never speaks?

They don't. It's just nonsense. As I've said before, Blackman obviously shouts at CCV at QPR. That's why he doesn't try to head the ball. Unfortunately, he can't simply evaporate into mid air to avoid colliding with Blackman