St. Ciervo

(The House is on Fire) S-R, S-R, SR is on Fire! We dont need need no water, Let the m-fer burn.

I reflexively defend keepers as I feel they are too easily made the scapegoat. But my oh my... I cant be bothered to try. 2 of those goals today fell squarely on his shoulders.

More of a clumsy trip that results in a foul usually. But it is in the books.

Our chance to counter-attack blown with a backwards pass. Surprised?

Seems like our streams are matched up.

I hope you are right. Ramsdale is a top keeper, and he is pure class in my book. You list him as competent. Others have used more underwhelming words. All to say that Peretz is stepping into a tough job. He probably has no idea what he just signed up for.

We have a long history of fixing droughts for other teams/players. Expect them to make it rain.

A normal side-effect to supporting this club.

Tonda would say that you "have an idea and a pair of eyes," but that you should trust them instead. The real question is, do you have hungry eyes?

I think he is that level of a difference maker that one of those top teams will come hunting. His impact on our team is as great or greater than Lavia or some of our other big ticket sales. The age is working against him for the top-flight deals. So perhaps he will be looking at an Everton or Brentford. Either way, he won't be here for long. I will enjoy his short cameos until then.

For brevity, surely. Fair enough. But time will be a better judge than chatgpt.

2 things can be true at once. He can not be up to the job and have a shit defense. The latter is especially true, and if the new keeper comes in and is below average, that might help us diagnose the actual problem.

This excerpt is from a scouting report posted by another user in the Peretz thread... Sound familiar? Playing Style & Strengths Modern GK: Comfortable with the ball at his feet, good short distribution, suits possession-based teams. Weaknesses: Aerial/command of area: Biggest area for improvement – can be hesitant on crosses/high balls. Experience: Still raw at top level; needs consistent games to develop (reason for loans). Long distribution: Prefers short passes; less effective in direct styles.

Great point. But could you let me be excited for a few minutes? Of course, we will be flush on that Scienza-money we all know will be coming from Chelsea/Liverpool in the Summer.

He didn't start on Monday... Is he gone in January?

Damion Downes is arguably ahead of Sargent in the US squad. It's absolutely nutter butters.

Say that any louder and SR might give you a contract.

To be fair, his ability with the ball is not quantified in any way by xG. Macca would start -1 each game if it were. Baz is not a world beater. But he isn't as bad as some of you make him out to be. Too many on here thought Ramsdale wasn't up to task which was fantastical. Its easy to blame the keeper when the defense is crap.

The drop off comes from Scienza truly being able to last 60 minutes at his blistering pace, and we are a one trick pony.

Perhaps. But he would have fluffed a pass out of the back during Norwich's press. This is not to say Baz did great, I just think we lose regardless of the 2 keepers we have, just in a different way perhaps.

So difficult to choose. If we are going up, CF #1. If we are staying down, a goalie to challenge Baz. But we are in limbo, so reach into whatever hat you got Scienza out of...

Has it happened yet? Im like a kid waking for presents!

Aribo had 2 good outlets and chooses to stop and play sideways. Makes a mess of it and gets a yellow. What a waste of space again today.

That was a rocket and he was working to see around the traffic. I would have loved him to catch that, but that wasn't on Baz. Also, that kick save he made off the deflection a few minutes back was prime.

Gray off. We can see it out now. 3-1 final.