There's Only One F In Fulham
Sunday, 16 November 08, 01:06 AM · Comments (246)
'Arry has come out and said he wants fans who throw coins banned for life. After this game against Fulham it would be interesting to know what action he might propose against players who throw matches.
This isn't a cue for Gomes haters to form an orderly queue.
I want to push the boundaries of Blogging. Work with me. Let me see if this works. I'm going to type this really slowly. I'm telling you - Gomes is a great, great goalie. Supporting a man when he's down isn't easy. The easy route is to shout ' he's rubbish!' and demand the search for the replacement.
I try not to do blind faith. Well, beyond our badge and Eddie Rocket's Buffalo Wings anyway. The good that Gomes has done since putting on our shirt has been extraordinary. The bad has been sad but not a lamentable as some might make out.
"He's a top keeper, he's a brave keeper," Redknapp told reporters. "He doesn't hide on his line and let people head balls at his goal.
"If he thinks he can come out and deal with the situation he will do it. Everybody who has watched him over the years in Holland thinks he's a world class keeper.
"I like him, he's a character," added Redknapp. "He can go on to become a top goalkeeper in the Premier League."
Is it a trade secret that Andy Johnson is two bob? Then someone should tell Woodgate.
And is it that Gareth Bale is so determined not to move to Manchester United that his tactic is to play like a man who's attentions are more on his naffing hair than the ball - so no functional alchoholic in their right mind would court his services?
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Your right about Bale, Harry! He's not cutting the mustard right now, and we need Assou-Ekotto back in the squad, pronto! COYS!
So the solution for Bale "not cutting the mustard" is to bring in Assou-Ekotto, a liability to everyone every time he steps on the pitch? I'd rather see Bale not cut the mustard than see Assou-Ekotto with anything that can cut.
Secondly, that first image of Bale losing the ball then engaging in a race with Zokora to see who can get to Dempsey first, only for them both to get skinned by a simple cut inwards, could have easily been avoided if (1) one of them had called the other off Dempsey or (2) if Zokora wasn't such a bloody idiot and had tracked back when he saw Bale was clearly going to get there first. Instead we've got no one covering the middle and two men covering deep. Dempsey could have also put a pass across the middle to the other Fulham player who was in position for a one-time shot on goal. stupid stupid stupid.
ahhh The Bale Curse 
how do we get the monkey out of our backs 
I called Gomes a cnut after the game but who wouldn't after he chucks the ball into the back of the net, the rest of the game he had a blinder some great saves. "he can go on to become a top keeper" but how long do we have to wait for it to happen until we are in the coke cup? 3 goals in the last 2 games & you can't blame anyone else. I watched Zamora back into him every corner by the time the ball got here he was almost in the back off the net. Same thing happened the other night before Sanchez came on, he set the backs at the 6 yard box so he had room to move. I hoped like hell when they let Robinson go the gaffes would go with him, but no they seem to be here to stay, at least he can stop a shot from 25 yards though. I just hope we have time. By the way totally agree with the woody comment
Look, if we're talking about shot-stoppers, then we've had two of the best ones playing right now. Gomes is incredible with some of the saves he makes. Unfortunately, there's more to being a keeper than acrobatics. That blunder was a million times worse (yes, a million) than Robinson's wiff against Croatia. Gomes has nothing to blame this on other than a lapse in concentration. Instead of catching the ball in his arms, he chose to try to catch it with his hands.
I know it's extremely difficult to make that split second calculation to determine that the ball has got a lot of spin on it and will sharply spin out to the side when it hits a flat surface (i.e. your hands), and it's easy for me to judge that watching a replay in slow motion, but we're not being paid to know that kind of stuff, he is.
I'm sick to death of these "he's a confidence player" excuses. Is that a joke? The one player on the pitch who we absolutely cannot afford to suffer from a "lack of confidence" is the bloody keeper. you think Peter Schmeichel let his past mistakes affect his mindset and performance in the next game? it is ridiculous and testament to DC's ineptitude that we would sign a keeper who was well known for having lapses in concentration after the Robinson situation. people were warning about it on this blog as well as in the papers.
I apologise. Upon further review, it seems as though Gomes did try to catch the ball (not very convincingly though) in his arms and belly and not with his hands. I'm still not happy, and he cannot be our long-term solution at keeper.
I'm keeping the faith in Gomes. He has been used to winning the regularly and playing in a team that can defend. From that he joined a team whose start can only be described as shambolic.
Harry got the best out of David James another keeper who has been maligned by the press and fans nationwide. And he will try and do the same for Gomes in the short term at least, but I don't think it would surprise me or many other people if he did try to get a proven Premiership keeper in the New Year.
In the meantime let's support our goalie. Or is the "Darren Bent is shit" brigade back out in force.
Fickle Spurs fans? Where do we get that reputation from.
Top man Harry for talking some sense on here as usual.
We've all done it. 
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Well put Harry.
Thats an interesting one Arry, am trying to see where you are going with it, where are you going with it?