Do you notice a south west geographical coincidence occurring there?Newport - by the howler 0-1
Yeovil - contributed but lost by more than 1
Forest Green - by the howler 0-1
Exeter - by the howler 0-1
Also why do the howlers happen in first 30 mins. Then obviously teams sit on this for rest of the game.
if anything that helps as it gives us a chance. If it was last 10 mins, it would almost certainly be fatal.
Look at that way or First goal in this league is crucial. So don’t buy that.
It’s constant time wasting after that.
you'd rather we conceed a howler at 0-0 in the last 10 mins or in the first 10 mins ?
If we score first we win, when we don’t it’s tough. As like today, even though they were at home Exeter were not interested in 2nd goal. Just sat on their lead. It’s tough to get behind when all 11 are behind the balll.
It's the degree of the mistake I am focusing on. All keepers will make errors, but the one today was truly horrendous. As were the two O'Brien ones.Other clubs must have the same issue. Keepers that are consistent and never making mistakes aren't playing in L2.
Very good point.I can’t remember a massive howler in our favour. Maybe McNulty against Grimsby But it seems that we’ve lost more points from our ineptute than we’ve gained from other team’s being bad. Capitalising on mistakes is what league two is what it’s all about in this league and it doesn’t seem like we’re doing that
Other clubs must have the same issue. Keepers that are consistent and never making mistakes aren't playing in L2.
Other clubs must have the same issue. Keepers that are consistent and never making mistakes aren't playing in L2.
I have seen 24 other keepers in this league who are better. And in those matches haven’t seen an opposition make a howler.Burge is a good shot stopper, but is always capable of making the odd mistake, but I agree that all keepers at this level could also do the same
601 games for the club. Oggy saved us a lot more than he cost us. Spurs 1996?It's not just L2. Check out some of oggy's mistakes. Even in the cup final.
But are they better or is it our strikers that make them look better?I have seen 24 other keepers in this league who are better. And in those matches haven’t seen an opposition make a howler.
Not so sure.Burge deserves criticism for the howler yesterday but suggestions that he’ll cost us promotion are very far fetched unless we’re talking about a howler during the playoffs. It’s the lack of goals that are costing us this season. It’s a tight tight league. One loss causing us to drop from automatics to outside of the playoffs at this point in the season shows this. We need more goals and we’ll clinch third and automatics. Otherwise we’re in the lottery of the playoffs or maybe even the lottery of making the playoffs.
Let's see how Robins reacts now LOB was dropped after his errors .. over to you Mark
601 games for the club. Oggy saved us a lot more than he cost us. Spurs 1996?
Not so sure.
There are three games highlighted above. 3 howlers, 3, 1-0 defeats. Without those that would have equated to 3 points more.
3 points more would put us in 3rd place and in the automatic positions and not 8th place outside the playoffs.
And as someone said last night, it's not just a mistake like that IN the playoffs, what happens if it happens if we need a point for promotion, or to get IN the playoffs?
Howlers like this, this level of howler, could cost us so very dearly.
Scenario for you. Say the league positions are as they were on Saturday at 5 to 3. Imagine it's the last game of the season.But if we scored more goals those points lost through goalkeeping errors (a trait of goalkeepers at this level) wouldn’t count as much. It’s the teams that score goals go up automatically. All goalies at this level are prone to mistakes but not all teams at this level struggle for goals (helped by the aforementioned quality of goalies at this level no doubt). It’s the lack of goals that will cost us. Unless of course it’s a goalkeeping howler that knocks us out of the playoffs.
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