Danny Ward

[ithuriel]

14 hours ago, Area88 said:

He looked like a different keeper today. I couldn't tell it was Danny Ward at first.

 

Some tactical genius by BR. Finally, his faith in his keeper is starting to pay dividends. A clean sheet!

One shot on target all game is what kept us a clean sheet, though Amartey did nearly set up a superb opening with that under hit back pass 

[phoneticerror]

Just now, ithuriel said:

One shot on target all game is what kept us a clean sheet, though Amartey did nearly set up a superb opening with that under hit back pass 

They had a decent shot in the first half, which missed the crossbar by about a few inches. Good job really because Ward didn’t even move.

[ithuriel]

Just now, phoneticerror said:

They had a decent shot in the first half, which missed the crossbar by about a few inches. Good job really because Ward didn’t even move.

Not on target

[phoneticerror]

5 minutes ago, ithuriel said:

Not on target

Well yes, I’ve kinda said that in my post. But it was close enough for him to react! Missing the point mate, but thanks for the contribution 😂

[ithuriel]

Just now, phoneticerror said:

Well yes, I’ve kinda said that in my post. But it was close enough for him to react! Missing the point mate, but thanks for the contribution 😂

You quoted me about him having only one shot on target talking about what was a miss

[phoneticerror]

Just now, ithuriel said:

You quoted me about him having only one shot on target talking about what was a miss

I wasn’t correcting you, just making a point about a moment where his reactions were useless again. He just stood there like his mind was elsewhere.

[ithuriel]

1 minute ago, phoneticerror said:

I wasn’t correcting you, just making a point about a moment where his reactions were useless again. He just stood there like his mind was elsewhere.

Personally I think he is a pod person, they're taking over....................

[Dan]

On 15/10/2022 at 14:28, Will1981 said:

Good today great save earned us a point.

I already want him gone but if he'd let that in I'd want him catapulted into outer space.

[phoneticerror]

On 15/10/2022 at 17:03, phoneticerror said:

Premier League app notification whilst I was walking home from the game. Utter lunacy. 

 

I wonder if Premier League have gone full snowflake. Everybody can get man of the match once per season to make it ‘fair’ like at kiddies training. Or… today, Danny Ward decided that he identified as MOTM 😂😂😂

[somebum]

2 minutes ago, phoneticerror said:

I wonder if Premier League have gone full snowflake. Everybody can get man of the match once per season to make it ‘fair’ like at kiddies training. Or… today, Danny Ward decided that he identified as MOTM 😂😂😂

It has

[Lambert09]

I still think he's utter tosh, but hes not jumped out of the way of anything in the last 2... which I guess is an improvement.  He's not good enough but he is better than he's shown us so far. If we can get a bit of confidence in him he will improve... but then again thats a low bar to reach. We need a few big performances to help us shift him in the summer. 

 

If we can avoid relegation, one mega game against a big side could be enough for us to fool some promoted side to sign him 

[phoneticerror]

4 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

I still think he's utter tosh, but hes not jumped out of the way of anything in the last 2... which I guess is an improvement.  He's not good enough but he is better than he's shown us so far. If we can get a bit of confidence in him he will improve... but then again thats a low bar to reach. We need a few big performances to help us shift him in the summer. 

 

If we can avoid relegation, one mega game against a big side could be enough for us to fool some promoted side to sign him 

It’s not confidence he needs. He lacks the skills.

[moore_94]

4 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

I still think he's utter tosh, but hes not jumped out of the way of anything in the last 2... which I guess is an improvement. 

He did pretty much jump out of the way and over the ball for Bournemouth’s 2nd goal 

[moore_94]

 

[CrazyKopCorner]

17 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

I've never rated Pickford  

[francis39]

7 hours ago, phoneticerror said:

It’s not confidence he needs. He lacks the skills.

yes, form is temporary, class is permanent 

[lcfc81]

He seems to have really slow feet meaning he dives late/slowly and then gets beaten by shots he should save. Very frustrating to watch but hopefully it's just early form and by game 38 we are singing his praises. 

[Mike1983]

9 hours ago, moore_94 said:

 

So according to this he’s underperforming by 25% which also happens to be the worst in the league (we knew this already). 5.8/23 does seem far too generous - another stat that was previously posted had him at around 40% underperformance.   

Edited 18 October 2022 by Mike1983

[Ian Nacho]

Even though he had sod all to do against Palace, it was the most assured he has looked all season (which isn’t saying much). Looked more confident with the ball at his feet. 

[FoxTimmy2]

6 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

Even though he had sod all to do against Palace, it was the most assured he has looked all season (which isn’t saying much). Looked more confident with the ball at his feet. 

Yes he does seem to perform well when he’s not facing any shots on goal.

[Tielemans63]

I've been massively critical of Ward but he's been very solid tonight. Well played Danny.

[wardyfox86]

Very good tonight. Quick off his line and collected a few crosses.

 

Kick on from here now.

[Will1981]

Faultless tonight.

[Beachyboy]

Ward has had a lot of criticism but the guy probably hasn't played 11 games in the last 4 years, let alone a season, it's started very shaky, with a leaky defence in front of him, 3 clean sheets in the last four, he looked visibly more confident tonight, let's hope this is the turning point. 

[phoneticerror]

I’m Ward’s biggest critic as some of you will know. He impressed me tonight.