Toonpack 15195 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 38788 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 14 minutes ago, strawb said: Aren’t you 5’4”? Which was tall for a ten year old. Pity he stopped growing at that point. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 9709 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 1 hour ago, strawb said: Aren’t you 5’4”? That was tall for that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50300 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: TBD in the middle fucking bragging on about his goalkeeping prowess. Keith Flint doesn’t look happy mind. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 10334 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 6 hours ago, thebrokendoll said: at this point the ball is much closer to him than it is his left post. he doesn't move, at all. once the ball has hits the bottom of the post and goes in it dawns on pope that he should've at least attempted a save so decides the only way to save face is to try recreate the steven taylor v arsenal incident and pretend to have been shot. he might've fooled you, but he didnt me. Na 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 13887 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 34 minutes ago, OTF said: Na I can see ive got my work cut out convincing you on this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycap 26 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Best keeper we've ever had in my opinion. If we had him in the keegan years we'd of won the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 15932 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 I'm more of the opinion that a prime Shay Given in the hands of Eddie Howe would be the greatest goalie of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12413 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andycap said: Best keeper we've ever had in my opinion. If we had him in the keegan years we'd of won the league. That's given. Edit - sorry I mean, the best keeper we've ever had is Given. Edited October 8 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 9709 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Pope is better than Given for me. Given was equally shite with his kicking but Pope is more commanding and is hard to beat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43364 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Pope's better at crosses although you could argue we defend better at corners as a defence anyway so usually helps Pope. (We'll forget about the arsenal game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1831 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Don't think we've ever had a truly great keeper. Pope doesn't make some of the exciting looking saves that Given made but I would say that he's the hardest to beat of any keeper I can remember us having (going back to Martin Thomas and Kevin Carr). But then I'm not convinced I've ever seen us have a stronger defence than we have had since Pope has been here and that certainly helps him (goes both ways tbf mind). Not sure Pope would look as good with Bramble and O'Brien in front of him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 11963 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Just now, David Kelly said: Don't think we've ever had a truly great keeper. Pope doesn't make some of the exciting looking saves that Given made but I would say that he's the hardest to beat of any keeper I can remember us having (going back to Martin Thomas and Kevin Carr). But then I'm not convinced I've ever seen us have a stronger defence than we have had since Pope has been here and that certainly helps him (goes both ways tbf mind). Not sure Pope would look as good with Bramble and O'Brien in front of him. I agree with all of this. Pope is part of the best defence I've seen us have. He'd look quite exposed with an average defence in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1831 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Maybe I'm being harsh on Jimmy Lawrence saying we've never had a great keeper mind. 432 games, 3 league titles and one FA Cup is pretty impressive. But unless Noelie is around I don't suppose any of us can say whether he was actually that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycap 26 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 11 minutes ago, David Kelly said: Don't think we've ever had a truly great keeper. Pope doesn't make some of the exciting looking saves that Given made but I would say that he's the hardest to beat of any keeper I can remember us having (going back to Martin Thomas and Kevin Carr). But then I'm not convinced I've ever seen us have a stronger defence than we have had since Pope has been here and that certainly helps him (goes both ways tbf mind). Not sure Pope would look as good with Bramble and O'Brien in front of him. He sweeps which would help out the likes of Bramble. And comes and takes crosses which takes pressure off our back four. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycap 26 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 I mean we won the cup with pope coming out and claiming the ball alleviating any pressure liverpool had in the game. Made it so comfortable for us to win our first major trophy in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26064 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 pope does the stuff he's paid to do - shot stopping and coming for crosses - as well as any keeper i've ever seen play for us. he's also good at sweeping up behind the back four. the less said about his playing out from the back, the better. but i hope he'll be better with botman and thiaw in front of him. just play an easy ball to one of them and let them start to build the attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 41797 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 I think a lot of fans are a bit complacent about how good he is and are over critical of Pope. He’s been a massive part of the success we’ve had of late. Obviously he’s not great with his feet but overall he’s a top keeper. You’d be talking about serious money for an upgrade 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8124 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 25 minutes ago, Alex said: I think a lot of fans are a bit complacent about how good he is and are over critical of Pope. He’s been a massive part of the success we’ve had of late. Obviously he’s not great with his feet but overall he’s a top keeper. You’d be talking about serious money for an upgrade Completely agree with this tbh. I have friends who genuinely thought Dubs was the better keeper, and while I do rate the guy I remember I was always panicking when he had to do anything compared to Pope. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 11963 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Dubravka was nowhere near Pope’s level. I was expecting Pope to rock up at Man Utd, Arsenal or Spurs before we signed him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 7284 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 7 hours ago, Craig said: I agree with all of this. Pope is part of the best defence I've seen us have. He'd look quite exposed with an average defence in front of him. He never did for Burnley, he was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 11963 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Just now, Andrew said: He never did for Burnley, he was excellent. Fair point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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