Team of the week - John Ruddy

[Making Plans 936]

GOALKEEPER - John Ruddy (Norwich)

A first clean sheet in four Premier League games and

the Canaries are singing again. John Ruddy''s save from Sunderland''s Wes

Brown during

Saturday''s 2-0 win

removed any chance of the Wearsiders getting anything from the game

and pushes them nearer the trap door. The manner in which Norwich

performed for manager Chris Hughton and Alex Tettey''s sensational goal

gave me the distinct impression that if they are in danger of going down

they won''t go quietly.

Did you know?

Ruddy''s total of 96 Premier League saves is only bettered by Cardiff''s David Marshall this season.

[Flying Dutchman 744]

Of which about half of those Marshall saves have come against us.

[It's Character Forming 1,160]

A bit strange for him to be in team of the week for making one save.

 

But then thinking about it...  we had Chelsea, Man C, Stoke all scoring plenty so not much scope for a goalkeeper to be in team of the week in those games - on the one side picking the ball out of the net, on the other with hardly anything to do. 

And there''s no need to mention Liverpool beating Cardiff by one set to love.  Or the West Ham goalie conceding from nearly halfway (haven''t seen it yet but it can''t be good for the keeper.. 

 

So yes, I can see how one save and a clean sheet are good enough this week !

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557]

Also worth noting that Garth Crooks, who picks the ''Team of the Week'' is very good friends with Hughton and stick up for and give praise to him whenever he can.

 

But it wasn''t a great week for goalkeepers or defenders generally.

[Tetteys Jig 830]

Whatever helps get him to the world cup.

Yobo, Snodgrass, Hoolahan, Tettey and Howson were all contenders though.

[splutcho 173]

I can''t really pay much attention to these as Garth Crooks is an imbecile. Last week he was lambasting goal line technology for giving the correct decision. I don''t know why he''s in a job.

[The Great Drinkell 50]

He also prevented Borini from getting a yellow card by just "getting on with it after a late challenge"

Would rather MOTD show this and comment rather than strikers kicking keepers then falling over for a penalty.

[ZLF 271]

He is spot on about the timing of his save;    sunderland were on top at that stage and going 2-1 would have made the game extremely tense.

 

After the save sunderlands resolve waned and we saw the game comfortably out.

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He is spot on about the timing of his save;    sunderland were on top at that stage and going 2-1 would have made the game extremely tense.

 

After the save sunderlands resolve waned and we saw the game comfortably out.

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I remember Gary Neville giving Joe Hart the MOTM on MNF once after he made just one meaningful save. It was a one sided 1-0 win and Neville said that he''d done excellently to keep up his concentration and make the excellent save so late in the game after having nothing to do.

[Nexus_Canary 1,016]

Deserved, now the biggest question ( ignoring Hoootan)Will Ruddy still be a Norwich player come the 14/15 season ??

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[quote user="Nexus_Canary"]Deserved, now the biggest question ( ignoring Hoootan)

Will Ruddy still be a Norwich player come the 14/15 season ??
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Depends what league we''re in