03-12-2014, 18:35
Some very sensible comments on the match on here.
I'm coming round after the last few days of depression, and want to put another view on an incident in the game....that of Ben Foster's 93rd minute venture into the WHam penalty area:-
I always think any goalie going up for a corner is ridiculous. I know a 6'3" extra bloke to mark is a handful for defenders but (apart from Glass the Carlisle keeper, who kept them in the League some 20 years ago) I've never seen it doing any good. And more often the defending team break quickly and score. Irvine must have been having kittens, especially as Ben stayed up while the ball was played back out to the right wing. I wondered whether he was going to take the next throw-in!
Alan Wade, the old FA Coaching guru used to say that it's better not to fill the box with attackers because with 20+ players in the 18 yard box the space is restricted, and players just get in each others' way.
Don't do it again, Ben.
I'm coming round after the last few days of depression, and want to put another view on an incident in the game....that of Ben Foster's 93rd minute venture into the WHam penalty area:-
I always think any goalie going up for a corner is ridiculous. I know a 6'3" extra bloke to mark is a handful for defenders but (apart from Glass the Carlisle keeper, who kept them in the League some 20 years ago) I've never seen it doing any good. And more often the defending team break quickly and score. Irvine must have been having kittens, especially as Ben stayed up while the ball was played back out to the right wing. I wondered whether he was going to take the next throw-in!
Alan Wade, the old FA Coaching guru used to say that it's better not to fill the box with attackers because with 20+ players in the 18 yard box the space is restricted, and players just get in each others' way.
Don't do it again, Ben.