I've only just seen the save from last night

decent reaction, but awful positioning.

Anyone naturally athletic with good reflexes can throw themselves about. The true art of goalkeeping is positioning, judgement, and good handling (though they mostly punch these days).

Posted By: jamesward on July 3rd 2024 at 10:37:34

Message Thread

That save (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 10:06:22
- Haven't seen you make a great save recently (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 3, 13:54:12
  - Someone was complaining they wouldn’t get Wimbledon tickets (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 14:31:25
    - Was more a prediction than complaint (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 3, 14:49:05
      - Are you one of those twats who laughs at a succession of lets? (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jul 3, 19:28:41
- very good save; not in the same league as banks' (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 3, 13:43:45
  - Bang average save (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 13:48:57
- Everything/everyone is shit (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jul 3, 10:45:33
  - Yep, nobody can enjoy anything anymore..... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jul 3, 15:41:10
  - Wimbledon isn’t (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 10:52:01
    - Has been since the 90s (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Jul 3, 12:57:12
      - It's gone shit (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jul 3, 13:24:12
        
        Enjoyed the Euros, Government is shit, the next government will be shit (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Jul 3, 13:48:14
        
        Our refs are brilliant (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 13:30:06
        
        You're shit aaaaaaahhhh (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 3, 13:27:04
    - It is today (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 3, 12:46:31
- The bar does seem to be set a little lower for keepers to do incredible things (Other Football) - norwaay, Jul 3, 10:29:22
  - Everything is the best or worst ever (Other Football) - Ben, Jul 3, 12:16:02
    - Worst summer ever (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 3, 13:20:12
    - Bellingham’s goal was pretty fucking amazing (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 3, 12:22:20
      - Not as good as Pelé in Escape to Victory though. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Jul 3, 12:27:45
  - Agreed - if that had gone in, it's straight down the middle at a good height to be saved (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jul 3, 11:07:34
  - Most good saves are poor finishing... (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 3, 10:32:31
    - Martinez in the World Cup final (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 10:34:51
      - I've only just seen the save from last night (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 3, 10:37:34
        
        At the time i said it was like Gordon Banks (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 10:42:02
        
        Apart from Banks was not wearing gloves the size of foam hands! (n/m) (Other Football) - BSE Canary, Jul 3, 10:46:50
        
        and pele was about a yard out and headed it down (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 3, 13:45:17
        
        and they were wearing short shorts so less movement (n/m) (Other Football) - BSE Canary, Jul 3, 14:21:02
- If it wasn’t the last 5 seconds of the game we wouldn’t be mentioning it (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jul 3, 10:15:27
- Yeah....i thought that when i watched it back....head it back into the corner son (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Jul 3, 10:13:13
  - It's a decent save, I think the best thing about it is how far he pushes the ball away (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jul 3, 11:08:34
  - The keeper is almost standing on the post (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 3, 10:21:11

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