blackthorn slice Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 is this bloke ever going to know how to command is box?don't know if anybody noticed how commanding hudders keeper was coming out for anything in the air and shouting at is back 4 all game.i know he is a very good shot stopper but surly he,s been there long enough to know the basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Like put a man on each post at corners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest City positive Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Did you notice their keeper come for the cross that we scored our first goal from ? He missed it!!! and we scored. Perhaps you were to busy trying to pick fault whith our goalkeeper to notice.If Steve had made the same mistake he would have been hammered If the opposition keeper f___s up its not noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn slice Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Did you notice their keeper come for the cross that we scored our first goal from ? He missed it!!! and we scored. Perhaps you were to busy trying to pick fault whith our goalkeeper to notice.If Steve had made the same mistake he would have been hammered If the opposition keeper f___s up its not noticed. ← pick fault?what have u been watching all season. :@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claloudav Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 i have been watching soem great saves made by phillips, remember the everton game? or did you miss that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 He's a goalkeeper who has a fault, shock horror. Lets leave the lad alone he puts in the effort and dishes out the orders in open play. To use the everton game as an argument for him is being harsh on phillips he is a lot better than that one game. He got us that point on saturday with the wxcellent one-on-one save in the first half (tipped onto the post). He'll win us points and he will lose soft goals, every player does it, it is merely magninfied as he plays in goal. Tommy at cardiff in the play off first leg anyone? Or coles in the play off final? I could go on, but i just want to ensure that people understand its not just him who makes mistakes to give away goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 What annoys me is that yes he is a good shot stopper, but he is crap at comanding his area and leaving his line, whether to come for crosses, corners, through balls etc. I'm sorry but he is not that good a goalkeeper! I used to play in goal to a pretty high standard and am sure any other goalkeepers on the forum would agree. Billy Mercer was a far better keeper and so was Keith Waugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claloudav Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 What annoys me is that yes he is a good shot stopper, but he is crap at comanding his area and leaving his line, whether to come for crosses, corners, through balls etc. I'm sorry but he is not that good a goalkeeper! I used to play in goal to a pretty high standard and am sure any other goalkeepers on the forum would agree. Billy Mercer was a far better keeper and so was Keith Waugh. ← well i spose everyone has their different opinions of him personally i have to agree here with matt31 - david james eat your heart out!!! phillips for england! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Anyone else remember Keith Welch being susceptable to letting in goals at his near post, or am i just imagining things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 What annoys me is that yes he is a good shot stopper, but he is crap at comanding his area and leaving his line, whether to come for crosses, corners, through balls etc. I'm sorry but he is not that good a goalkeeper! I used to play in goal to a pretty high standard and am sure any other goalkeepers on the forum would agree. Billy Mercer was a far better keeper and so was Keith Waugh. ← I play in goal but only 5-a-side. I respect that he has gotto come for more crosss, even if like the end of last season he punches the ball away than that is better than someone getting a header in from 6 yards out. It's a case of the defenders doing their jobs and when he is needed phillips to come out for crosses etc. He's started to read the game better in regard to decisions for through balls but crosses are a major confidence thing for him i believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 well i spose everyone has their different opinions of him personally i have to agree here with matt31 - david james eat your heart out!!! phillips for england! ← I appreciate some of the fantastic saves he pulls off and rightly applaud him. But, for example, all good centre backs do more than just tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Don't be too harsh on Phillips.He is after all a Division One 'keeper.If he was better at commanding his box and coming for crosses then he'd be playing higher up. There is hope for him though'. Some will remember some classic howlers from Phillips early on his career mostly to do with his kicking.At Oxford and Wolves spring to mind. Well, he's sorted out that part of his game and is now capable of kicking reliably with both feet.More than you can say for his manager! Hopefully he will apply the discipline of improving his kicking to coming for crosses and commanding his box and he'll become a far better 'keeper than he is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Don't be too harsh on Phillips.He is after all a Division One 'keeper.If he was better at commanding his box and coming for crosses then he'd be playing higher up. There is hope for him though'. Some will remember some classic howlers from Phillips early on his career mostly to do with his kicking.At Oxford and Wolves spring to mind. Well, he's sorted out that part of his game and is now capable of kicking reliably with both feet.More than you can say for his manager! Hopefully he will apply the discipline of improving his kicking to coming for crosses and commanding his box and he'll become a far better 'keeper than he is now. ← I hope does improve! I don't actively wish that nay of our players are bad. I think it's like spongebob said, it's probably a confidence thing rather than ability. Hopefully this will grow as he gets older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesco Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Phillips has made a number of fantastic saves this season but that isn't what the topic is about it's about him commanding his box which he can't do. The bloke is fairly tall so why o why does he stay on his line. We have conceeded something like 6 goals which have been headers inside the six yard box this season, everything within that box is the keepers ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Phillips has made a number of fantastic saves this season but that isn't what the topic is about it's about him commanding his box which he can't do. The bloke is fairly tall so why o why does he stay on his line. We have conceeded something like 6 goals which have been headers inside the six yard box this season, everything within that box is the keepers ball. ← Confidence mate. It's half the battle with goalkeepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Not sure if it was on here that someone said it or not (too lazy to look!) but it is true that Stevie has stopped improving his game since Bill Mercer retired. He was coming on leaps and bounds when Mercer was coaching him, and you could see him improving aspects of his game year on year. Trouble is that seems to have stopped since Stowell's been coaching him, so maybe the issue isn't with Phillips, but more with the coaching he is receiving. A fruitless suggestion as the board won't bring someone in to replace Stowell due to costs, but I think we could do worse than to try and get a top ex-keeper to come in as goalkeeping coach (Shilton, Southall etc, or even try and convince Mercer to come back!). So in short, not many of the above posts can be disputed.....top shot stopper, crap at commanding his area. Give the guy some quality coaching and we may see the very best of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C.T.I.D Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 is this bloke ever going to know how to command is box?don't know if anybody noticed how commanding hudders keeper was coming out for anything in the air and shouting at is back 4 all game.i know he is a very good shot stopper but surly he,s been there long enough to know the basics. ←he came off his line a few times so he is improving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Was it Skuse who saved the day today and cleared the ball off the line?Dollymarie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsKev Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Was it Skuse who saved the day today and cleared the ball off the line?Dollymarie←I thought it was Woodman, maybe wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthorpe69 Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I thought it was Woodman, maybe wrong.← yeh it was woodman. i was rite behind it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest I bleed red 'n' white Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Bump←why the hell did you reply to a post from 11 months ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Woody saved us but he did make a blunder too. Phillips does need to command his box better but hes a great shot stopper. His kicking can be dodgy at times. He did slice the ball on a couple of occasions today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I'd rather have an all round keeper. If we had a keeper who could come out and catch the ball from set pieces then we would barely have any shots to deal with. All the 'great' saves Phillips makes are usually his own making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I'd rather have an all round keeper. If we had a keeper who could come out and catch the ball from set pieces then we would barely have any shots to deal with. All the 'great' saves Phillips makes are usually his own making.←Can't agree with that.He's saved far more goals than he's been responsible for. By a long way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buanryoh Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 well i spose everyone has their different opinions of him personally i have to agree here with matt31 - david james eat your heart out!!!phillips for england! ←Whats wrong with you people? David James isnt Englands No1 anymore~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Champagne Football Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Whats wrong with you people? David James isnt Englands No1 anymore~!← Look at the date of this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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