01 Nov 2017 11:50:39
Love how Gordon absolved himself of any blame at the goal last night. Pointed the finger at Boyata (who I agree should have headered it away) but then claimed he did well to force the player wide to allow players back on the line. This guy is a clown got him gone in If not in January then definitely in the summer. You cannot gift the opposition goals at this level.
01 Nov 2017 12:39:03
Was listening on radio, did the Bayern player handle the ball just before the first goal? .
01 Nov 2017 12:52:52
Yes he handled it and this is what allowed him to take it past CG. If it didn't hit his arm he wouldn't have manged to get past and be able to take his shot. However DB should be heading that ball instead of allowing it to bounce like he did, he will learn I suppose.
01 Nov 2017 13:31:25
It definitely hit his hand but was debatable if it was deliberate as the ball bounced up and hit him.
With regards to who was at fault, I would say both.
A defender should never let the ball bounce, which Boyata did. It should have been an easy ball to deal with but I think he must have switched off momentarily as he was slow to react to the punt from the GK.
With regards Gordon, if he is going to come for that ball he has to make sure he wins it but he was a fraction too slow.
Anyway, not going to dwell on it as it was a great performance, although the result could have been better. We win and lose as a team and other than this incident I thought both players played well.
01 Nov 2017 13:36:40
What was boyata thinking. if he heads it then it's not a goal simples.
01 Nov 2017 13:48:12
Think it's about always trying to play the ball? Sometimes a player has just to clear his lines. Maybe he thought it would run through to Gordon, who knows but poor judgement. We have all been saying we need at least 1 very competent centre back AND a goal keeper. Gordon makes poor decisions. Good shot stopper but anytime he is asked to come out to the edge of the box to clear it up he makes an error or takes out the player. Need to make a change there.
01 Nov 2017 15:39:25
For me, Boyata should be sticking his nut on it. But the defence has been trained to play possession football, so I think Boyata is either assuming Lustig will have Coman covered, and able to play a simple pass, or Boyata just misjudges the bounce. Craig Gordon certainly doesn't help the situation mind, as has been said before about him, he's dangerous when he comes out of his area.
01 Nov 2017 18:18:23
I agree on all the above but would add that despite the nightmares that happen when he has to come out, his distribution is awful-near random. When he connects, it's luck. He has improved on that in the league and I realise it's a huge skill but Bayern's strong pressing notwithstanding, he isn't up to it at that level.
01 Nov 2017 18:46:53
Boyata should have cleared it but gordon making dashes out of his box is a rash decision i tyhink if he didn't then the bayern lad still has to do a bit as lustig was coming in an boyata could have got back and put the lad off. Usual us giving daft goals away. Solid performance too just hope we can keep that kind of performance up and get the results along with it.
01 Nov 2017 19:27:02
Big Boyata made a mistake by not heading the ball but the blame for the goal lies squarely with Gordon. If he never rushed out the player would have had to beat 2 defenders and himself but again he costs is a goal. He is a good shot stopper but a terrible goal keeper. His passing it terrible and he has no command of his box.
02 Nov 2017 19:00:20
Big Boyota made a mistake and he knows it . So what every player makes mistakes .
Gordon hadnt got time to weigh up pros and cons of dashing out or staying on line . He was already at the edge of the box awaiting the nod back . He came and that was seen in hundreds sight to be wrong, if he had retreated towards the goals and they scored the know- alls would have torn stripes off him for not coming out
If we had converted our chances and some of our half chances there would be little post mortums on our defensive lapse.
03 Nov 2017 12:12:08
i think armstrongs early miss was an absolute howler and if it went in we would have won the game. All ifs and buts now, it was an immense effort from the lads.