QuoteGet in, Shane Long! That keeper's looking dodgy from long shots.
good thing United have Gibson in their own ranks!
Dodgy goalkeeping but great start for Shane. Thrilled for him.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Heard on the radio it was a mistake by the keeper but I have not seen it yet, will check out youtube lol.
Great to see him score. Will give him a huge confidence boost. Wouldn't be surprised to see him get a second in this game.
[edit - video removed as expected ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4AXKnztSM
Weird goal, the keeper did not see able to get down quick enough, looks different from different angles, bot
sure if it is fair to put it down as a mistake by the keeper but he hardly covered himself in glory.
The will probably delete the video so be quick!!
Last edited by tricky_colour; 14/08/2011 at 5:08 PM.
It wasn't really a mistake by the keeper; people are making a big deal about it because all eyes are on De Gea to see how he starts at United. He just made a pretty lame effort at getting down to stop it but nothing too out of the ordinary. Long did very well to get a shot in and score from the angle.Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Yea I think it's always hard for a big keeper to get down to the ground quickly, afterall they have a *Long* way to go
You can't fall faster than the law of gravity dictates so gotta give credit to Long for getting a quick low shot in.
shame about the own goal from Reid, nothing he could do about that
Credited to Doyle on Errortel. God bless RTÉ.
Great to see. Wouldn't underplay how poor the keeping was though - slow reaction, bad technique.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
I think the main problem is Shane gets in pretty close with a quick shot, it is hard for the keeper to get down quick enough.
I even did the maths (I was bored) assuming the centre of gravity of the keeper is 1 meter high it takes him 0.44 seconds to
get to the ground. Only takes about 0.2 seconds for the shot to reach the net. Mind you, he should be able to get a hand to it quick
enough so that was a pointless exercise lol.
I think the problem is the shot seems to dip viciously and the keeper expects a much higher ball, but it is still poor keeping,
I can't see Shay Given missing that one!!
I uploaded the video to my Cliche-O-Meter and the resultant print-out said: 'You have to save those at that level.'
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
Still great for Shane to be joint top of the premiership scorers table!!
(with 11 others including Stephen Ward).
Looks like the Brom player at the back post could have been in line for a tap in even if the keeper had managed to get down.
and Wes Hoolahan.
All ex-LOI players.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Yes I had a quick scan though the to list to make sure I had not missed
anyone out, I didn't do a a very good job!! Apologies to Wes for that!!
I remember thinking when I heard he scored that people will have to pay more
attention to him now, it seems I have a short memory!
If there was no LOI these players would just head over to England straightaway and get discovered much earlier. Just think, if Kevin Doyle hadn't had to play for Cork City he would have just gone over and played for a League 2 team and would have been scouted much earlier. Time to get rid of the LOI, I was looking at the league table there yesterday and there's a team that has lost twenty matches in a row! What a joke, you'd never see that in the Premiership.
Hey maybe Kevin Doyle didn't want to go to England at a much younger age!
Yeah, because the greens of Ireland are filled with world class players who didn't want to leave their mammies at age fourteen to become professional footballers in England.
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