Salopian 1 Posted February 8, 2017 The defence seems inconsistent at the moment. Ruddy, who showed excellent judgement in dealing with crosses on Saturday, was somehow reluctant to to leave his line on occasions last night.I don''t blame him, because on Saturday his excellence covered up the fact that we are just not good enough at dealing with crosses. Other teams have surely noticed!The coaches surely deal with this issue in training, but somehow in the heat of battle our defenders lose sight of danger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 0 Posted February 8, 2017 [quote user="Salopian"]The defence seems inconsistent at the moment. Ruddy, who showed excellent judgement in dealing with crosses on Saturday, was somehow reluctant to to leave his line on occasions last night.I don''t blame him, because on Saturday his excellence covered up the fact that we are just not good enough at dealing with crosses. Other teams have surely noticed!The coaches surely deal with this issue in training, but somehow in the heat of battle our defenders lose sight of danger.[/quote]Having viewed the goals, especially the first one, its a simple case of not winning headers, and I have no idea why.Alex Neil made the point about the overall height of our defence, and how we should be dealing with these situations.One thing I will say is that the defence has cut out a lot of the really silly mistakes that we have seen over the last few months. Maybe its a case of us studying this too hard, at the end of the day, every defence concedes goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 Thought you''d gone for a nap, as noticed you were getting a little, erm, tetchy.Feeling better now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DDD In The Fine City 1 Posted February 8, 2017 Second goal was down to Ruddy, why build a wall in the middle of the goal and stand behind it? Wall one side in line with the post and keeper stands the other side, basic goalkeeping ain''t it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 0 Posted February 8, 2017 [quote user="DDD In The Fine City"]Second goal was down to Ruddy, why build a wall in the middle of the goal and stand behind it? Wall one side in line with the post and keeper stands the other side, basic goalkeeping ain''t it?[/quote]Yeah I think he could definitely could have done better, he barely moved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 I thought the same DDD, good point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,996 Posted February 8, 2017 I''m afraid for me Ruddy''s reluctance to leave his line is a major, although not the only, factor in our defensive weakness.Last night the first goal from the corner was about 3yds out and pretty central - surely at any level of football you would have expected a keeper to either claim it or hold it.Fair play to him for Saturday but sadly I think last night was more typical of his performances over the last 2-3 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 Ruddy''s save at the end was quality tho, I do feel he is nearing his better form for us.I''d like to see him stay, and ncfc take their option at the end of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 0 Posted February 8, 2017 [quote user="Creative Midfielder"]I''m afraid for me Ruddy''s reluctance to leave his line is a major, although not the only, factor in our defensive weakness.Last night the first goal from the corner was about 3yds out and pretty central - surely at any level of football you would have expected a keeper to either claim it or hold it.Fair play to him for Saturday but sadly I think last night was more typical of his performances over the last 2-3 years.[/quote]You could also say, though, that you would expect your defender to win his header.I have just rewatched their second goal about five times, and what strikes me most is that what the hell was our wall doing? One of their players feinted a run at goal, which took two of our defenders out of the wall., leaving Bogle space to shoot through. Bit naive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 The fact it goes over them doesn''t matter then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 I have just rewatched their second goal about five times, Did u struggle to get past 5 or run out of fingers?Obviously if you were proper born and bred Norfolk you would have got to 6 on one hand!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,526 Posted February 8, 2017 You''re tedious Greavsy. I''m Norfolk born and bred and proud to be so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,457 Posted February 8, 2017 Good grief Greavsy, have a day off from being a d1ckhead for once Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 0 Posted February 8, 2017 Is this where he apologises, again, promises to stop it, then carries on anyway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,023 Posted February 8, 2017 Smudger always was a tw@t...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diane 500 Posted February 8, 2017 Im pretty sure Greavsy isnt Smudger, not his style and Smudger would have lost his cool ages ago and resorted to a few choice words by now.Back to defensive weakness agree Ruddy should have done much better for the 2nd goal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 morty wrote the following post at 08/02/2017 1:01 PM:Is this where he apologises, again, promises to stop it, then carries on anyway?I''ve only ever apologised to the genuine posters whose enjoyment of this forum has been affected. Read what I''ve typed, not what you think I''ve typed, or wish I''d typed. Much appreciated. 2 weeks and counting.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 nutty nigel wrote the following post at 08/02/2017 1:00 PM:You''re tedious Greavsy. I''m Norfolk born and bred and proud to be so. And I salute you for it Nigel, respect, and no offence intended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 99 Posted February 8, 2017 We should sign Trump in place of Ruddy, he would build a ruddy wall that would do its job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 Like it Lessingham, wouldn''t the yanks get confused with soccer and it''s real name though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,653 Posted February 8, 2017 Speaking of real names, what''s yours? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 99 Posted February 8, 2017 HogesarSpeaking of real names, what''s yours? Mistaking here for match.com? hogs;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 Sorry to disappoint hogs, but youre not my type! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,737 Posted February 8, 2017 I think any club in The Championship would be more than happy to have Big John between the sticks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 Agreed Tilly, hence why I''d like city to take his option for next season. We aren''t going to be able attract anyone better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,653 Posted February 8, 2017 [quote user="Greavsy"]Sorry to disappoint hogs, but youre not my type![/quote]I''d treat you better than your precious Tyrone would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,412 Posted February 8, 2017 Sorry hog that''s gone totally over my head! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,599 Posted February 8, 2017 Yeah the second goal was poor by Ruddy- he takes a step to the left just before the ball is hit and makes it easy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barclay seats 4849 the 3rd 0 Posted February 8, 2017 Having watched both of their goals again ,,, do you think Ruddy had a few quid on. Boggle scoring twice ? 😳😬 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,023 Posted February 8, 2017 Not sure I agree with you Diane, I think the mask slipped with the little dig at people from Norfolk, as picked up by Nutty, and I cannot think who else would spend so much effort stalking Morty all over this message board....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites