Wallace Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 just my thoughts after watching motd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboMarc Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Fuller is a good player for Stoke and causes the defence problems. Gordon however, seems to have been really poor for Sunderland since he moved. Im starting to think we got luck with the amount paid for him! Then again he was outstanding for us, and Scotland too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groot Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Fuller is a good player for Stoke and causes the defence problems. Gordon however, seems to have been really poor for Sunderland since he moved. Im starting to think we got luck with the amount paid for him! Then again he was outstanding for us, and Scotland too. Missed MOTD tonight but in Craig's defence it's his first game in about a month due to an ankle injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian039 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 just my thoughts after watching motd you would be poo as well with the bomb scare defence that sunderland have... keane has to go today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cueball88 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Yes mate i am sure, he is in no danger anything near poo, as you say.Give him two seasons in the prem and watch him sign for the big four!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighusref Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Saw a tiny little bit of Soccer Saturday yesterday, Chris Kamara stated that Craig Gordon had made some excellent saves. Put Lev Yashin behind that defence and he would toil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambonian Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Craig Gordon might be a decent shotstopper but i was never convinced about the way he commanded his box he was too quiet in controlling defenders in front of him. I was in Majorca when the news came through that Sunderland were willing to pay ?7m for him, when i got home, we'd sold him for ?9m! Excellent piece of buisness! Still think Sunderland was the wrong club for him though, hopefully, one of the bigger teams come in for him eventually, don't think he'll improve by staying there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Canada Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Think Gordon has gone backwards since he left us, luckily for him McGregor is not having a great season either or his Scotland place would be in serious jeopardy. Sunderland's defence is abysmal though and that's bound to affect his confidence. He's still a young guy and I'm sure he'll bounce back and recover the kind of form he had with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishall Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 To be fair to him of the four goals Bolton scored yesterday I'd say only one as perhaps savable.....he was constantly left exposed by his terrible defense. I certainly don't think he is poo as the OP suggests. That said i agree with the sentiments that he wont improve playing at Sunderland. Good goalkeepers need good defenses, at this rate his confidence will be shot to pieces.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Root Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nonsense. Gordon put in some tremendous saves yesterday, and just back from around a month out with an ankle injury. The Sunderland defence is a joke. Zero confidence and less ability, if Keane doesn't boot them all out in January and bring in new blood he may as well grab his coat and get himself to feck. Gordon is 10x the goalie McGregor is and ever will be, his No1 place is assured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nonsense. Gordon put in some tremendous saves yesterday, and just back from around a month out with an ankle injury. The Sunderland defence is a joke. Zero confidence and less ability, if Keane doesn't boot them all out in January and bring in new blood he may as well grab his coat and get himself to feck. Gordon is 10x the goalie McGregor is and ever will be, his No1 place is assured. Correct all round. Ok I'm biased but prior to watching MoTD I'd been led to believe CG was badly at fault for all of them. The old doesn't command his area chesnut. Not one came from a cross he should have went for. Jamie MacDonald was rightly applauded for for picking out a couple of cross balls yesterday. But he also started to come for a few and stopped as he knew he wasn't going to get there. But hey, some fans out there believe goalies should come for everything. Better to leave yourself badly exposed because it makes you look commanding. (Note McGregor's loss in form of late) First was the only dubious one. The fact he got his fingertips to it make it look worse as it's a case of what if. Should his starting position have been 6 inches further back? If he'd just let it loop over his head and go in it might not have looked as bad. And the 3rd at the near post was an excellent finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Craig is still a great keeper. The problem with Sunderland is that their back 4 are utterly clueless and constantly leave him totally exposed and hung out to dry. This makes the big man look crap but it's the defenders in front of him that need replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckauskas Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Play him in a team that doesn't leave him exposed at every possible oportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondejamtart Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nonsense. Gordon put in some tremendous saves yesterday, and just back from around a month out with an ankle injury. The Sunderland defence is a joke. Zero confidence and less ability, if Keane doesn't boot them all out in January and bring in new blood he may as well grab his coat and get himself to feck. Gordon is 10x the goalie McGregor is and ever will be, his No1 place is assured. Couldn't have put it better myself - well said, that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123kid Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Gordon has a terrible defence in front of him, buffon would struggle with that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Rob Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I spoke to a Sunderland fan a few months back and they definitely seemed to rate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Put Lev Yashin behind that defence and he would toil. The Hulk would struggle behind Sunderland's defence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Correct all round. Ok I'm biased but prior to watching MoTD I'd been led to believe CG was badly at fault for all of them. The old doesn't command his area chesnut. Not one came from a cross he should have went for. Jamie MacDonald was rightly applauded for for picking out a couple of cross balls yesterday. But he also started to come for a few and stopped as he knew he wasn't going to get there. But hey, some fans out there believe goalies should come for everything. Better to leave yourself badly exposed because it makes you look commanding. (Note McGregor's loss in form of late) First was the only dubious one. The fact he got his fingertips to it make it look worse as it's a case of what if. Should his starting position have been 6 inches further back? If he'd just let it loop over his head and go in it might not have looked as bad. And the 3rd at the near post was an excellent finish. Yep, commanding your area a la Schmeichel is only one way to be a GK. Craig Gordon has a different style and it works but only if you have CBs who are dominant in the air like Pressley and Webster were for Craig, but then Schmeichel had good CBs too. Sunderland?s whole back line is mince. Clearly Keane spent too long studying the managerial style of Gordon Strachan and not enough looking at Alex Ferguson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedevries Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Fuller is kwality - as Csaba would say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Keano spent over ?70million on that team as well. Nugget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paris 84 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 just my thoughts after watching motd Ricardo was brilliant for us ..no doubt. However anyone who thinks Craig Gordon is anything else other than a fantastic goalkeeper is, an attention seeker!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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