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Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:28 am

blueboyboyblue wrote:This passing out from the back , I know it's the new way in football but it only works if the team can pass , city have lost it by the half way line so I don't get why they don't just goal kick it at least they'll lose it in the other sides half , basics in football and we can't do it , do they pass out from the back in training with no other opposition, because surely it's not suiting the team


I agree entirely with your comments, as we are so slow at it as well. Unfortunately, it is a horrible part of the modern game!

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:31 am

blueboyboyblue wrote:This passing out from the back , I know it's the new way in football but it only works if the team can pass , city have lost it by the half way line so I don't get why they don't just goal kick it at least they'll lose it in the other sides half , basics in football and we can't do it , do they pass out from the back in training with no other opposition, because surely it's not suiting the team


I agree entirely with your comments, as we are so slow at it as well. Unfortunately, it is a horrible part of the modern game!

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:41 am

blueboyboyblue wrote:This passing out from the back , I know it's the new way in football but it only works if the team can pass , city have lost it by the half way line so I don't get why they don't just goal kick it at least they'll lose it in the other sides half , basics in football and we can't do it , do they pass out from the back in training with no other opposition, because surely it's not suiting the team


I agree entirely with your comments, as we are so slow at it as well. Unfortunately, it is a horrible part of the modern game!

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:41 am

Bluebird1977 wrote:His ball distribution is dogsbit at best also. I don't think he can land a ball on a helicopter pad from 30 meters tbh let alone to a Cardiff player.


I reckon that would be quite tough. Helicopter landing pads are concrete and would roll.

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:01 pm

Horvath a better kicker most of the time Alnwick kicks out of touch but horvath I’m not comfortable with his controlling his penalty area Alnwick is an average keeper

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:15 pm

They are both average keepers in an average team & we've been spoiled with keepers for a while so that probably makes them look worse than they are.

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:30 pm

Welshman in CA wrote:They are both average keepers in an average team & we've been spoiled with keepers for a while so that probably makes them look worse than they are.


It's not that though.

We have had top quality keepers in recent years like Marshall, Etheridge etc.

Not asking for him to be that good but to be competent at Championship level.

By the way this isn't a knee jerk reaction to his performance yesterday, I've been saying for months that he's not as good as people make out.

Horvath made a terrible mistake at Burnley but should get his chance again now.

Re: Alnwick

Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:13 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:
Welshman in CA wrote:They are both average keepers in an average team & we've been spoiled with keepers for a while so that probably makes them look worse than they are.


It's not that though.

We have had top quality keepers in recent years like Marshall, Etheridge etc.

Not asking for him to be that good but to be competent at Championship level.

By the way this isn't a knee jerk reaction to his performance yesterday, I've been saying for months that he's not as good as people make out.

Horvath made a terrible mistake at Burnley but should get his chance again now.


So they're both incompetent or just Alnwick is incompetent? People were screaming for Hovarth to get dropped after his clanger earlier in the season but now they're wanting him over Alnwick but my point was that they both have clangers in them & both are average so I'm not sure what the answer is or what you're disagreeing with because we seem to be in agreement about their capabilities. Unless I missed something somewhere.