Mark Garrett wrote:Hart perhaps could have done more with the first goal, although he clearly couldn't see it and with it being so close in and so many bodies in the way he had virtually no reaction time.
The second goal he could do nothing about. The cross came in as nobody pressed the ball, the Polish lad peeled cleverly onto Sagna instead of Kompany, the ball bisected them both and it looped in off his shoulder, off the post and in. Joe had no chance with the header and it was too far out for the cross.
So far we only have 4 players who are playing well this season and one of them is definitely Joe Hart.
As for his distribution, a few went astray last night, but this constant urging for him to release it quickly, too many times there is no counter-attacking option on. Equally we have little height further up the field so kicking it long is difficult to pick a pass and teams are pressing us high up the pitch as they know we like to play from the back, hence why him releasing it early is not always easy and not always on.
As for Neuer - yes he is better than Hart but I thought his distribution was ordinary last night - several times in the first half he played short passes to a City shirt or played one of his team-mates into trouble. He made a couple of good saves.
Mark Garrett wrote:As for Neuer - yes he is better than Hart but I thought his distribution was ordinary last night - several times in the first half he played short passes to a City shirt or played one of his team-mates into trouble. He made a couple of good saves.
All the comments are interesting & just goes to show how many ways people view things.
shortagain wrote:All the comments are interesting & just goes to show how many ways people view things.
I think Joe Hart is a good keeper & would be difficult to improve on, but why can't he improve on some of the problems himself. Distribution is the most obvious and seems to be a no brainer to me, yet at 27 with loads of experience he doesn't seem to be able to remedy that flaw in his game.
Perhaps it the coaches responsibility!
City64 wrote:There are a heck of a lot of seriously average keepers playing at the top level , let's be thankfull we have England's number one and a good one at that .
Sideshow Bob wrote:City64 wrote:There are a heck of a lot of seriously average keepers playing at the top level , let's be thankfull we have England's number one and a good one at that .
True but all of our "rivals" in PL and Europe have far better. We don't score enough to cover for joes mistakes anymore. IMO we need to move on.
Sideshow Bob wrote:City64 wrote:There are a heck of a lot of seriously average keepers playing at the top level , let's be thankfull we have England's number one and a good one at that .
True but all of our "rivals" in PL and Europe have far better. We don't score enough to cover for joes mistakes anymore. IMO we need to move on.
City64 wrote:Sideshow Bob wrote:City64 wrote:There are a heck of a lot of seriously average keepers playing at the top level , let's be thankfull we have England's number one and a good one at that .
True but all of our "rivals" in PL and Europe have far better. We don't score enough to cover for joes mistakes anymore. IMO we need to move on.
Only Chelsea possibly have a better keeper in the PL for me , but then again Joe Hart has won two titles , an FA Cup and a Carling Cup .........think the Chelsea keeper has won fuck all ? ;-)
dazby wrote:Nonsense Wooders. He's as good as any out there and I wouldn't swap him for anyone.
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