Pre-Season 17/18 Blackman

[Ancient blade]

Well before half-time it was clear that our goalie was wasting time on his goal kicks and the only surprise

to me was that that the ref took so long to book him.

 

[GrayBlade]

Really? Who was he playing for preseason?

 

[Roygbiv]

Not a fan of goalies wasting time in pre season

 

[GrayBlade]

Well before half-time it was clear that our goalie was wasting time on his goal kicks and the only surprise

to me was that that the ref took so long to book him.

I didn't think he was that bad to be honest AB but it's all about opinions mate.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

I didn't think he was that bad to be honest AB but it's all about opinions mate.

He might be ancient Gray...but he's not rod! And neither are you.
And it's abart mate,abart.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

More than his time-wasting at goal-kicks, it is the extra second he takes in open play before kicking that scares me. Plenty of goalies in trouble with this already this season, and I hope he is not the next. In the pre-match warm-up he was practising long-throws, and getting them accurately well over the half-way line; they went lower than his kicks, and would be easier for our small strikers to compete for. And they didn't look as likely to go straight out for a throw-in. But I have not seen him do this in matches yet.

 

[DronnieBlade]

He needs to work on many things.

His starting position for one. Times several he could have claimed the ball / acted as sweeper keeper in recent games. Needs to be more vocal and commanding in this regard.

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