by Nameless »
16 Mar 2021 17:34
Snowflake Royal Absolutely rather than a good shotstopper who is weaker on distribution than a great distributor with cabbage hands.
I think you've got to think about what the distribution criticism is and who it's from. Jaakkola got a lot of distribution criticism. His kicking was fine, he just wasn't good at playing out. That's a management problem IMO. Either don't play someone who isnt good at what you want, or play them and do something different.
Cabral on the other hand, his long kicking isn't great and his short passing can be hairy too. But he's brilliant on point blank saves.
I doubt there is a keeper whodoesn’t have the odd hairy moment with the ball at his feet. It’s not their core skill, they are always doing it under pressure, they are often used as the escape route by defenders being closed down and their errors get magnified.
Again I’d question whether Rafael makes more errors than some of our defenders - Rino, Morrison, Holmes, Richards, Ejaria, Esteves, Yiadom haveall put us in trouble with errors and they are supposed to be the superstars !
I also think he deserves credit for more than being good at point blank saves. If he had a problem with long range stuff then other teams would have been right on it and they would be shooting at every opportunity - not seen it. He made a couple of errors a while back but like Joao has missed a couple of straightforward chances recent.y that doesn’t make him suddenly rubbish in the penalty area