Blackburn v Barnsley goals

First goal. Awful defending in the wall which was at completely the wrong side of the net allowing him a clear line of sight straight through the huge gap AGAIN. Same thing has happened more than once so far this season.

Second goal. Do we not bother getting within 20 yards of the person crossing the ball these days? Despite having TWO left backs on the pitch not one of them managed to close their player down. In the box we had 5 Barnsley players (who I can see) and as the cross comes in not one of them is marking anyone. How is that humanly possible from championship players? Wiseman, yet again is in no mans land. Not marking the near player, nor the far. It seems he may have improved some aspects of his defending but when it comes to this absolutely vital element he is still as naive as a Barnsley fan believing that the catering was going to improve. I am convinced that had Bobby Hassell been on the pitch in either O'Brien or Wiseman's place then this goal would not have happened.

Third goal. Kennedy (I think) proved for about the 700th time this season that he's got absolutely no pace and doesn't know what his right leg is for. Had Steele come out quicker people would have been saying he was stupid for racing out, if he had stayed on his line it was an easy goal. He has to wait and give the defender time to clear it before coming out and trying to narrow the angle.

Fourth goal. Yet again we have absolutely nobody who can defend down the right (our left) hand side. Golbourne isn't good enough and neither is kennedy. Yet again poor marking when the cross came in. I'm sure Bobby would have positioned himself better than O'Brien.

Fifth goal. Absolutely piss poor defending yet afeckinggain down that same side. Absolutely no attempt to mark anybody allowing them to receive the ball with no pressure and hit the ball home. Poor poor goalkeeping by Steele who must have absolutely no confidence in the players in front of him.


I said a few weeks ago that we are pissing in the wind signing striker after striker when we haven't strengthened in our weakest position at all and that position has led to 4 goals coming from that side today. How many more goals can we lose because of the same players failings?

 

So had we got a decent 'keeper what you're really saying is we could've nicked a point from yesterday or lost by just 3-2 despite going down to 10 men early on?

Steele needs to be dropped, he's not good enough, captain or not. Wish more people could see it. He makes crazy saves whoopee doo, thats what he gets paid for, otherwise his command of his six yard box is suspect never mind the 18. comes out when he shouldn't, doesn't when he should and has no idea of the difference. Can't kick. Punches when he should catch. Flaps when he should punch. Poor, not 'one of the best in this division' like I've seen on here, but one of the worst and something our opponents are beginning to exploit and target. Our weak 'Keeper

 

1st Goal. Unstoppable.

2nd Goal. Nobody anywhere near the crosser and no excuses either as we had all our players back. Probably Wiseman's fault to be honest, it's his man and he must know that Jim has no chance (as he's not a defender!). Who told Flicker that Jim is a right back!?

3rd Goal. Keeper, I'll say no more.

4th Goal. Heaven only knows why Dagnall ended up at left-back but fair play to him he didn't stop running even though he had no chance of catching him. It's a very good dangerous ball into the box, if Wiseman even gets a nick on it it probably goes in as an OG. Jim simply outpaced at the back stick. We were probably playing too high a line but it's always difficult with less men.

5th Goal. Keeper.

On the plus side, our second was a cracking team goal and a great strike.

 

2 out of 5 then, some ratio over a whole season.

 

Except it isn't over a whole season is it.

By your logic Chris Dagnall scores 50% of all Barnsley goals.

 

Maybe he will but no it isn't, but I'll bet at least 10 if not more will be goalkeeping errors.

 

I'll be absolutely ecstatic if we only concede another 13 goals all season.

 

From goalkeeping errors? really? how mediocre.

 

Looked like we scored 2 good goals yesterday but you`re the first I`ve seen mention it.

Strange.

 

We will not get a better keeper than Steele at this level. If he didn't make a few errors/kick it straight out too frequently he would be in the prem. It's the fact that he is not perfect that keeps him with us at this level answer should be grateful because he has saved us many times more points than he has ever cost us.

I suppose football will always divide opinions but I genuinely can't understand the negativity against Steele here.

 

Won't we? Not if we don't look. Do you watch other teams keepers? they, more often than not do look better than ours, and aren't 'playing in the prem'. He saves some shots that save us points. How true and if he didn't well he'd be worse than mediocre then wouldn't he? He's paid to save shots mate that's what a keeper does, that's what they all do. Yet most, at this level can also command their box and kick straight.

I suppose football does divide opinions but I really can't understand the fan boy love for Steele on here, he's no better than average.

 

No, in total. You reckon he will be at fault for 40% of our goals this season. You also reckon he will be at fault for 10 goals, that means we will only concede 25 goals. We've conceded 12 already so you reckon we'll only let in another 13 before the season's out.

Either that or you were talking out of your arse and plucking random figures out of a hat in an attempt to make Steele look like a poor goalkeeper.

 

From that clip Blackburns's 1st goal Jordan Rhodes to me looked just off side.

 

NO , you are the one playing stupid arse games with numbers, twisting what I wrote to be clever.
The fact is he will cost us over and over again. Not every week , but enough for it to make a difference. I don't need to pluck random figures to make Steele look like a poor goalkeeper, fact is ,he's a poor goalkeeper. There are no figures to tell how many of his useless kicks are aimless or into touch. I'm not counting , but they still are. There are no figures to say how many times he goes walkabout in his area or stays rooted on his line, yet still he does. These are plain as day for everyone to see. I can start counting if you need the figures to believe it, but really I CBA. Then you can count the saves he makes and say how they 'saved us a point' or 'got us the win' as if somehow a 'keeper saving the ball is doing something remarkable. You love him, I don't ok.

 

Now that you mention it you never mentioned any numbers. I completely imagined the following

2 out of 5 then, some ratio over a whole season.
at least 10 if not more will be goalkeeping errors.

 

If he`s rooted to his goal line how can he go walkabout in his area? Just an observation like.

 

Good post.

 

Why do we have a player who can't command his 6 yard box as captain of the team?

Lets take away that responsibility and let Steele concentrated what he should be doing ie. goalkeeper

 

He comes out when he shouldn't and doesn't when he should. Hope this helps.

 

Personally never thought a keeper should be captain, but its probably summat to do with wages being able to give him that bit extra like.

For me Perkins should be captain.