Slough match thread

Quoted from 123614

This may be really left field, but why give the free kick taker a massive hole to aim at, especially now as it seems every Tom, male private and Harry can hit a top corner fairly regularly.  Give yourself a better chance to save the kick by standing in the centre of the goal.

I always thought when I played (i was a keeper at a decentish level  ) to not bother with a wall if it was over 30 yards (ish) out and just to stand relatively central , like you say so I don't completely disagree as you have the time the ball is travelling vs the benefits/negative of having a wall (the obvious visual impairment of the wall /bodies ) interestingly most the times I did it the oppo didn't score , sometimes they would put a wall in themselves, not sure if teams still do that ?

But that wall here didn't really jump for us did it , was pretty poor for me -- would Cartwright have saved it without a wall , stood in the middle ?

Maybe ,but it was what 25 yards out ? If he didn't have one and Davies top bagged it , he would have got absolutely battered for not having a wall wouldn't he .

Quoted from Mappers

I always thought when I played (i was a keeper at a decentish level  ) to not bother with a wall if it was over 30 yards (ish) out and just to stand relatively central , like you say so I don't completely disagree as you have the time the ball is travelling vs the benefits/negative of having a wall (the obvious visual impairment of the wall /bodies ) interestingly most the times I did it the oppo didn't score , sometimes they would put a wall in themselves, not sure if teams still do that ?

But that wall here didn't really jump for us did it , was pretty poor for me -- would Cartwright have saved it without a wall , stood in the middle ?

Maybe ,but it was what 25 yards out ? If he didn't have one and Davies top bagged it , he would have got absolutely battered for not having a wall wouldn't he .

You are probably right, however my point is that if he had been stood in the middle of the goal, he would have had a lesser distance to cover to make the save.  It's just an observation that to me, makes a little sense.

Quoted from 123614

You are probably right, however my point is that if he had been stood in the middle of the goal, he would have had a lesser distance to cover to make the save.  It's just an observation that to me, makes a little sense.

Fair mate .

I do think Cartwright has done really well the last 2 games in general though -- he looks the polar opposite in style to Eastwood who has a somewhat unorthodox technique .

Hoping he can keep it up on Saturday , a good characteristic to come back from a dodgy start - he's almost a complete contrast to the rest of our team .

Quoted from Mappers

Fair mate .

I do think Cartwright has done really well the last 2 games in general though -- he looks the polar opposite in style to Eastwood who has a somewhat unorthodox technique .

Hoping he can keep it up on Saturday , a good characteristic to come back from a dodgy start - he's almost a complete contrast to the rest of our team .

Not criticising Cartwright at all, it's just an general observation on the use of walls.  Another thought was if the wall is central, it will probably have 4 or 5 players in it, reducing the number of players we have available to mark the opposition players.