Popular Post Jimbo Posted 17 July 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 17 July 2023 2 hours ago, LestaLad said: He is gonna be so so good in the system Enzo wants to play. Not so sure. Having personally witnessed 2 Danish goalkeepers for us in the last 12 or so years I'm convinced it's drilled into them from a very young age to just boot the ball out of play down the left hand side 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EnderbyFox Posted 17 July 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 17 July 2023 2 minutes ago, Langston said: Is that Kristiansen he kicks it to around 1.47? Hadn't even occurred to me they might have been teammates with Denmark youth groups, assumed the age gap was too wide. Ooooh Danish friend 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUHILL Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 Can he catch the ball from corners and free-kicks though? He is short for a keeper! Loved Kasper, but that was a major flaw of his and this guy is smaller judging by pictures. We are going to face a lot more teams in the Championship that lump balls into the box, and we seem to have a real lack of height in midfield and defence at the moment, if we take out Vesta and Souttar, which I think is likely. Perhaps Souttar will start but not so sure. Anyway, just playing devil's advocate, hopefully he has a good leap on him and no problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 2 minutes ago, STUHILL said: Can he catch the ball from corners and free-kicks though? He is short for a keeper! Loved Kasper, but that was a major flaw of his and this guy is smaller judging by pictures. We are going to face a lot more teams in the Championship that lump balls into the box, and we seem to have a real lack of height in midfield and defence at the moment, if we take out Vesta and Souttar, which I think is likely. Perhaps Souttar will start but not so sure. Anyway, just playing devil's advocate, hopefully he has a good leap on him and no problem! Sadly, I think that has been listed as one of the areas of his game that could be improved. That's why the price is £6M and he's being signed by a Championship club instead of Premier League one. But he's young, and we could improve that area of his game. The argument is that the positives outweigh the negatives. We might also change the keeper based on who we are playing against and use Iversen / someone else if we play a more physical team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 28 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said: Ooooh Danish friend Number 8 gutsav isaksen too, he’s be great at this level too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxdiamond Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 15 minutes ago, STUHILL said: Can he catch the ball from corners and free-kicks though? He is short for a keeper! Loved Kasper, but that was a major flaw of his and this guy is smaller judging by pictures. We are going to face a lot more teams in the Championship that lump balls into the box, and we seem to have a real lack of height in midfield and defence at the moment, if we take out Vesta and Souttar, which I think is likely. Perhaps Souttar will start but not so sure. Anyway, just playing devil's advocate, hopefully he has a good leap on him and no problem! Kevin Poole did OK for us and I think he is under 6ft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 2 hours ago, 5waller5 said: Most Sunday league players could control those diagonal balls, I think we’ll be ok I'm sure that Daka will be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 3 hours ago, Dahnsouff said: He is 6'1 and Kasper is 6'2, so close but yes marginally shorter Shorter than Cags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxes1 Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 41 minutes ago, STUHILL said: Can he catch the ball from corners and free-kicks though? He is short for a keeper! Loved Kasper, but that was a major flaw of his and this guy is smaller judging by pictures. We are going to face a lot more teams in the Championship that lump balls into the box, and we seem to have a real lack of height in midfield and defence at the moment, if we take out Vesta and Souttar, which I think is likely. Perhaps Souttar will start but not so sure. Anyway, just playing devil's advocate, hopefully he has a good leap on him and no problem! Zelcko Kalac was over 6 ft tall and he couldn't catch a ball at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 4 hours ago, StanSP said: Nice. Obviously right footed but pinged some out with his left foot too. It's high risk but also high reward the more times we get it right. Yes, there may be a mistake or two, but I hope that wouldn't overshadow all the other stuff he'll be brought in to do that goes beyond shot-stopping - the ability to start moves or attacks will benefit us. Would be interesting to get a stat, though, on how many goals we conceded as a direct result of kasper, ward & iversen not being able to kick a ball to the sideline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 (edited) - Edited 17 July 2023 by Lillehamring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 1 minute ago, Lillehamring said: Height is no guarantee of aerial ability. Vestergaard is a giant but can barely leave the ground, ndidi is 16cms shorter and can jump to far greater heights. Yes but we are talking about goalkeepers, who have to reach. The club will no doubt be discussing his lack of inches , they know it could be important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 Reckon this is announced tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 6 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: Yes but we are talking about goalkeepers, who have to reach. The club will no doubt be discussing his lack of inches , they know it could be important. Yes, but they don't reach from the ground, they reach whilst jumping - the difference in height is a few inches, the difference in vertical jump could be a foot or more. We also need to factor in arm length, which is not always absolutely related to height. So a few inches difference in height isn't the only or most important factor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 1 minute ago, Lillehamring said: Yes, but they don't reach from the ground, they reach whilst jumping - the difference in height is a few inches, the difference in vertical jump could be a foot or more. We also need to factor in arm length, which is not always absolutely related to height. So a few inches difference in height isn't the only or most important factor. Many a time , Kasper had his view blocked at corners by 6-4 defenders crowding him. Its a tactic you will always use against shorter goalkeepers. Iverson is obviously less vulnerable. Kasper often opted to stay on his line rather than go for the ball but he had genius reactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKLFox Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 (edited) Banks, Shilton, Clemence, Zoff, Casillas, Jennings, Valdes all 'only' 6ft & they were fairly decent as was Barthez & he was under 6ft, i think as long as you can command your area & leap like a Salmon you'll be fine. Edited 17 July 2023 by BKLFox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 Oh no arguing about lack of inches never ends well 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 5 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: Many a time , Kasper had his view blocked at corners by 6-4 defenders crowding him. Its a tactic you will always use against shorter goalkeepers. Iverson is obviously less vulnerable. Kasper often opted to stay on his line rather than go for the ball but he had genius reactions. Tbf, Iversen is a unit but he’s as timid as anyone on a corner or cross. Newcastle pinpointed in the game at the end of the season resulted in a couple of goalmouth scrambles. They’d watch the tape on the error v Notts County last pre season and exploited it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 1 hour ago, mozartfox said: Shorter than Cags? Not in the main department though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 1 hour ago, mozartfox said: Shorter than Cags? Prone or active? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosseSpark Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 Iversen was not put in to the team earlier, because, despite being a great shot stopper and general goalie, it later became evident he had only recently been introduced to kicking a football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxmeister Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 2 hours ago, Foxdiamond said: Kevin Poole did OK for us and I think he is under 6ft The club had a gk trial day, my other half's nephew appled for a place and was rejected because his mum is only 5'3" (yes it actually had to go on the form). He's 12 and 5'11". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 10 minutes ago, FosseSpark said: Iversen was not put in to the team earlier, because, despite being a great shot stopper and general goalie, it later became evident he had only recently been introduced to kicking a football. And yet he can easily boot it from one penalty area to the other , a tactic that might be useful in the Championship now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 4 hours ago, Dahnsouff said: He is 6'1 and Kasper is 6'2, so close but yes marginally shorter But has ****ing long arms........:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 17 July 2023 Share Posted 17 July 2023 In all likelihood we'll be conceding relatively few corners and IFK's this season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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