MrsJohnMurphy Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 33 minutes ago, baldeagle said: I’m especially enjoying him catching high balls and crosses
HybridFox Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 (edited) Cult hero! God status if he keeps Haaland & Co out next week Edited 23 October 2022 by TK95
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 Credit where it's due, he was exceptional today - the save at 2-0 just before half time was massive. 2
Guest nathan. Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 Solid again. I bet Haaland is having nightmares about Saturday.
Fazzer 7 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 No one can Deny him 3 clean sheets on the bounce.
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 30 minutes ago, westernpark said: These are improved performances, that mean this weak point in the team becomes less of an urgent priority to fix. Nonetheless it should still be a priority. I still maintain his performances have been nearly on par with Ricardo and Kirkland, with Hamer ranking above. Even Conrad Logan. As mentioned by some members here, he is not that bad when he doesn’t need to make too many saves. once the backline cannot protect him, he is done! Remember, we has 3 wins in 12 matches —- but they all come against the bottom 3 teams.
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 34 minutes ago, westernpark said: These are improved performances, that mean this weak point in the team becomes less of an urgent priority to fix. Nonetheless it should still be a priority. I still maintain his performances have been nearly on par with Ricardo and Kirkland, with Hamer ranking above. Even Conrad Logan. still statistically the worst starting goalkeeper among 20 teams this season…
majaco Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 Delighted at how well he did today. If this continues, I am one of the posters who will need to find a good recipe for humble pie. 1
lee7 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 Fair play to him. I criticised him when he looked like he couldn't catch a cold but he has been superb recently. He made big saves at important times. You can't ask for any more than that from your keeper.
moore_94 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, francis39 said: still statistically the worst starting goalkeeper among 20 teams this season… 4th best keeper in the league since the start of October / in the last 5 games / since this run of form though so he is definitely improving Edited 23 October 2022 by moore_94 3 1
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 22 minutes ago, francis39 said: still statistically the worst starting goalkeeper among 20 teams this season… And in the last 5 games Daniel?......... 3
studentofthegame Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 1 hour ago, Vindaloo FOX said: After 7 games Leicester had conceded the most in Premier League . After 12 games Leicester have the joint 2nd highest number of clean sheets this season. Might need to read that twice. To be fair about half the league is joint 2nd on 4 clean sheets, but technically true, the best kind of true! I have been very vocal about Ward not being good enough, I still don't think he is, but he is clearly playing better than he was to start the season, had an easy run of games so will have to see how he does in tougher fixtures. Can't fault him for keeping clean sheets though.
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 15 minutes ago, moore_94 said: 4th best keeper in the league since the start of October / in the last 5 games / since this run of form though so he is definitely improving The CS run coincides with playing against the 18,19 and 20th best teams in the league. So you cannot simply look at these 5 matches (he conceded 3 and was awful against Bournemouth too) Without looking at the games in which we played against big teams… We have to look at the season as a whole. Whether he has improved or not I dont know— we didnt play against bad teams which r so weak in taking their opportunities, and had Less than 2 big chances per match.
Spiritwalker Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 1 hour ago, ithuriel said: Better but not certain if he has improved or the team's we've recently played are a bit naff at present. He’s definitely improved in the last couple of games.
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 9 minutes ago, studentofthegame said: To be fair about half the league is joint 2nd on 4 clean sheets, but technically true, the best kind of true! I have been very vocal about Ward not being good enough, I still don't think he is, but he is clearly playing better than he was to start the season, had an easy run of games so will have to see how he does in tougher fixtures. Can't fault him for keeping clean sheets though. I think so. Our fixtures r not evenly distributed. We should have cut him some slacks earlier in the season when we played 4 big teams in like 7 matches. But we should also bare in mine that the recent run is against 3 bottom teams. So his whoscored scores about summed up his season— 6.33 points, the worst starting goalkeeper in the league. Whether he is good enough to be a no.1 in the club, we may have to see for a few more months. But anyway, I dont think his performance this season will bring him a starting berth in the WC—his improvement in form(which coincided with a easy fixture) comes too late, and given that he was given 0 mins against Poland and Belgium, i dont think Rob Page will suddenly replace Hennessey with him as the defence have formed a bonding throughout this year.
Leeds Fox Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 47 minutes ago, francis39 said: still statistically the worst starting goalkeeper among 20 teams this season… Give it a rest @francis39. We’re all aware how bad we started the season off. Most are just saying he’s improved of late, which is true. 2
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 2 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said: He’s definitely improved in the last couple of games. We may have to observe his performance in the next few games, against ManCity, WHU and EVE at home before making conclusion. lWolves, Leeds and Forest are shit this year,
5waller5 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 Massively improved over the last few games. Was nice to see him coming for crosses today. 1
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 1 minute ago, Leeds Fox said: Give it a rest @francis39. We’re all aware how bad we started the season off. Most are just saying he’s improved of late, which is true. Are we just that bad at the beginning of the season? Or just becoz of the fixtures?
Jakemoore Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 The one thing so many people forget is that these players are just humans like anyone else. Danny Ward had played less than 5 PL games before this season. He may not have been a young keeper in terms of age but he was and still is a young keeper in terms of actual experience. The lack of confidence he was clearly suffering from seems to be evaporating before our very eyes which is great. The whole team is getting better in fact. There is still a way to go and we are not suddenly going to challenge the top 7 but we ain’t going down either. It’s a good Sunday evening all round 💙
Guest Col city fan Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 I did say weeks ago it was not helping him at all having a mickey mouse defence ion front of him. Since we've become more solid defensively, Ward has looked much better No coincidence whatsoever in my mind
Leeds Fox Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 16 minutes ago, francis39 said: Are we just that bad at the beginning of the season? Or just becoz of the fixtures? Well in regards Danny Ward, he’s been better recently. He can only deal with what’s put in front of him… which he has been doing recently. I’m not his biggest fan but I can’t knock him for the recent performances.
PAPA LAZAROU Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 2 hours ago, phoneticerror said: He did alright today again. Saturday is going to be the test. To be fair, Saturday will be a big test for each and every one of them, not just Ward. 2
francis39 Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 10 minutes ago, Leeds Fox said: Well in regards Danny Ward, he’s been better recently. He can only deal with what’s put in front of him… which he has been doing recently. I’m not his biggest fan but I can’t knock him for the recent performances. lets see how he fares against Man City. then we can have a primary assessment on whether he has the potential to be our no1
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 23 October 2022 Posted 23 October 2022 18 minutes ago, Col city fan said: I did say weeks ago... 2
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