Danny Ward

[ithuriel]

1 minute ago, Mike1983 said:

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About sums him up, a calamity waiting to happen.

When the season started I really hoped that he would settle in and that last seasons disaster at Forest was a one off but then I got to see that was not the case.

To me, at this level, he is the opposite to most keepers, who can have an off game, with him he can have a good game.

[FoxTimmy2]

1 hour ago, Mike1983 said:

 

 

That's quite horrible, not sure how it can be explained.

[Fox92]

4 minutes ago, FoxTimmy2 said:

That's quite horrible, not sure how it can be explained.

Well quite easy, it's a 40 second video of one mistake. I could do this with every goalkeeper in the World, probably ever.

 

Ward has his faults, I've been critical of him, I certainly don't think he's a number one but I'd argue the last 5 goals (Liverpool and Newcastle) he hasn't had much of a chance with what we've conceded. He certainly hasn't made howlers. 

[It'sblueupnorth]

On 30/12/2022 at 21:06, beepee1984 said:

The worst thing about Ward is he is a confidence keeper

When confident He is a good GK 

Personally I would like to see better

But the worse thing we can do is get on his back

His confidence will drop again and we will go back to the awful GK we had at the start of season (or Wales had against England) and he is better than that.

Better to be a Leicester Support and support him even when he is not at his best

 

There’s only so much supporting you can do, fact of the matter is if he’s not confident enough in himself to be a premier league keeper then he shouldn’t be playing at this level. The comparison I would make to him would be that of a David nugent or Jordan Rhodes, they’re probably too good to be championship but don’t have enough faucets to their game to play in the prem. He’s not above average at anything in his game, and he’s a very ordinary shot stopper which I would say is the bare minimum for a prem keeper. 
I saw a metrics table of all keepers in the prem the other day, and it may have changed but he was rock bottom. If we want to challenge for Europe and collect a few trophies we need a good goalkeeper and it would personally be my number 1 priority this summer

[gurru991]

I think the defence have lost confidence in Ward.. The body language is not good.

[smudger63]

51 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Well quite easy, it's a 40 second video of one mistake. I could do this with every goalkeeper in the World, probably ever.

 

Ward has his faults, I've been critical of him, I certainly don't think he's a number one but I'd argue the last 5 goals (Liverpool and Newcastle) he hasn't had much of a chance with what we've conceded. He certainly hasn't made howlers. 

Although he did get off with the howler, when he kicked the ball at Salah and they scored but was offside.

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, smudger63 said:

Although he did get off with the howler, when he kicked the ball at Salah and they scored but was offside.

Oh course, forgot about that one.

[smudger63]

10 minutes ago, It&#x27;sblueupnorth said:

There’s only so much supporting you can do, fact of the matter is if he’s not confident enough in himself to be a premier league keeper then he shouldn’t be playing at this level. The comparison I would make to him would be that of a David nugent or Jordan Rhodes, they’re probably too good to be championship but don’t have enough faucets to their game to play in the prem. He’s not above average at anything in his game, and he’s a very ordinary shot stopper which I would say is the bare minimum for a prem keeper. 
I saw a metrics table of all keepers in the prem the other day, and it may have changed but he was rock bottom. If we want to challenge for Europe and collect a few trophies we need a good goalkeeper and it would personally be my number 1 priority this summer

It would have been my number one priority this month, given Rodgers clearly has no intention of playing Iversen in the league games. Ward will cost us some points between now and the end of the season. We just have to hope those points don't prove to be costly come the final table.

[Mike1983]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Well quite easy, it's a 40 second video of one mistake. I could do this with every goalkeeper in the World, probably ever.

 

Ward has his faults, I've been critical of him, I certainly don't think he's a number one but I'd argue the last 5 goals (Liverpool and Newcastle) he hasn't had much of a chance with what we've conceded. He certainly hasn't made howlers. 

You're right about the first video, but the 2nd video clearly shows fundamental problems such as very poor positioning. 

[Dan]

Can't name another team in the league who would let one of the most iconic players in the clubs history go and not even bother replacing them. The drop in standards that allowed this to happen annoys me far more than Ward himself, who is doing his best but just simply not up to it.

 

The whole episode symbolises what's going on here.

[Dahnsouff]

1 hour ago, Dan LCFC said:

Can't name another team in the league who would let one of the most iconic players in the clubs history go and not even bother replacing them. The drop in standards that allowed this to happen annoys me far more than Ward himself, who is doing his best but just simply not up to it.

 

The whole episode symbolises what's going on here.

Man Utd and Ronaldo?

[shade]

14 hours ago, It&#x27;sblueupnorth said:

There’s only so much supporting you can do, fact of the matter is if he’s not confident enough in himself to be a premier league keeper then he shouldn’t be playing at this level. The comparison I would make to him would be that of a David nugent or Jordan Rhodes, they’re probably too good to be championship but don’t have enough faucets to their game to play in the prem. He’s not above average at anything in his game, and he’s a very ordinary shot stopper which I would say is the bare minimum for a prem keeper. 
I saw a metrics table of all keepers in the prem the other day, and it may have changed but he was rock bottom. If we want to challenge for Europe and collect a few trophies we need a good goalkeeper and it would personally be my number 1 priority this summer

David Nugent could turn the tap on when he wanted 

[murphy]

3 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

Can't name another team in the league who would let one of the most iconic players in the clubs history go and not even bother replacing them. The drop in standards that allowed this to happen annoys me far more than Ward himself, who is doing his best but just simply not up to it.

 

The whole episode symbolises what's going on here.

Leicester City - Riyad mahrez

[funkyrobot]

16 hours ago, It&#x27;sblueupnorth said:

There’s only so much supporting you can do, fact of the matter is if he’s not confident enough in himself to be a premier league keeper then he shouldn’t be playing at this level. The comparison I would make to him would be that of a David nugent or Jordan Rhodes, they’re probably too good to be championship but don’t have enough faucets to their game to play in the prem. He’s not above average at anything in his game, and he’s a very ordinary shot stopper which I would say is the bare minimum for a prem keeper. 
I saw a metrics table of all keepers in the prem the other day, and it may have changed but he was rock bottom. If we want to challenge for Europe and collect a few trophies we need a good goalkeeper and it would personally be my number 1 priority this summer

Harsh on Nuge. Great player for us, even in the Premier League. A much better footballer than Rhodes too. 

[FoxTimmy2]

He's played 20 PL games the last 10 years he's been in the PL where 17 of them has been this season. Tbh it makes sense that he has looked nervous, especially at the start of the season.

[Fox92]

5 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

Can't name another team in the league who would let one of the most iconic players in the clubs history go and not even bother replacing them. The drop in standards that allowed this to happen annoys me far more than Ward himself, who is doing his best but just simply not up to it.

 

The whole episode symbolises what's going on here.

This is the issue for me. Kasper was an aging goalkeeper, albeit still good, that apparently already said he wanted to play in Europe again. We should have been looking at replacements for him years before he left.

[RedSoxUK]

5 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

Can't name another team in the league who would let one of the most iconic players in the clubs history go and not even bother replacing them. The drop in standards that allowed this to happen annoys me far more than Ward himself, who is doing his best but just simply not up to it.

 

The whole episode symbolises what's going on here.

 

Not only are we supposed to replace, but we're supposed to improve because when you start replacing at the same level of worse, you end up massively regressing. 

 

Scouts/analysts have to be pissed off as there's no way they've gone the last 2-4 years without highlighting natural GK regression and upcoming replacement, current improvements. 

[Clever Fox]

Utd looking for a Keeper now, Maybe we can get our money back from them for Ward.

[Chico1958]

2 hours ago, murphy said:

Leicester City - Riyad mahrez

     Leicester City - Kante   

[Buzzell]

1 hour ago, FoxTimmy2 said:

He's played 20 PL games the last 10 years he's been in the PL where 17 of them has been this season. Tbh it makes sense that he has looked nervous, especially at the start of the season.

Just goes to show that we really should of replaced Kasper instead of relying on a GK that had only ever played in a handful of Premier League games.

[Tommy Fresh]

5 minutes ago, buzzer_b said:

Just goes to show that we really should of replaced Kasper instead of relying on a GK that had only ever played in a handful of Premier League games.

Well to most of us it looked as if we were lining up Iversen to do just that, hence the progression with his loans each season. It's genuinely baffling that the club didn't go with him.

 

Also worth remembering a handful of folk wanted Ward over Iversen simply because sitting on his arse is apparently 'earning' a chance once Kasper left.

Edited 2 January 2023 by Tommy Fresh

[StanSP]

£12m on Ward and he should be delivering more. He's not as disgustingly bad as people make out, but spending that much on a back-up keeper was a mistake anyway. Expect more for that fee paid. 

[FoxTimmy2]

15 minutes ago, StanSP said:

£12m on Ward and he should be delivering more. He's not as disgustingly bad as people make out, but spending that much on a back-up keeper was a mistake anyway. Expect more for that fee paid. 

£12m on a player who had 2 PL appearances in 8 years. Senseless...

 

I'd rather get a hungry GK from the lower leagues who are desperate for playtime, the kind of mentality Kasper had.

[RumbleFox]

I’ve never understood why teams feel out when they don’t have sone old back up keeper and sign some 30+ year old. I know managers must be scared of an injury but it seems mad to me. Just stick the youth keeper on the bench. 

[Mike1983]

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