28 Apr 2023 09:11:43
Just to pour fuel on the fire, is anyone else getting tired of Pickford constantly giving possession away? Once the ball is in his hands, and he's had his customary whinge, he then proceeds to kick it as hard as he can only for the other keeper to just catch it after a bounce or two. I lost count how many times he done it last night.
I know we don't play out from the back well, but giving the ball to the opposition that often is surely a worse choice?

1.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 09:41:30
Now Pickford is getting blame, fantastic, yet no one ever wants to criticise Onana, who has been awful all season except for that one game against Arsenal.

Our outfield players are all terrible, I don’t trust any of them in possession. Pickford has done more than enough over the past 2 and a half seasons for me to not care what he does with the ball so long as he stops it going in our net, something he’s done constantly but is let down by our lamppost defenders who couldn’t tackle their way out of a paper bag.

2.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 09:55:00
My biggest bugbear with him is his constantly wanting to punch the ball away - just try and catch it!

The amount of times he punches it when it looks a simple catch are ridiculous, also no control over where the ball goes when he punches it as shown with the first goal last night!

He makes some world class saves and has probably kept us in the relegation fight - however until he stops the punching will not be a world class keeper.

3.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 13:01:19
Swan i'm not having a go at his saving skills. Onana was poor at times too. Bit pickfords constant hoofing is not helping anyone.

4.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 14:02:55
Pickford isn't the problem if anything he keeps us in games.

5.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 14:32:55
Pickford is a top class keeper, but I must say his distribution now is awful compared to his first couple of seasons. Those days he could clear it onto the proverbial sixpence. That said, we would have gone down last season and already gone this without him.

6.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 16:18:49
He's doing a great job saving, no doubt there. But if you can, just look how many times he just launches it hopefully. Not saying he's the problem at all but with those kicks he's not helping.
Iwobis final passes/ crosses.
Myko out of position.
Godfrey just watching people pass him.
And so on. They all could do better.

7.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 17:09:52
pickford was crap when we bought him and i have not seen anything since to change my opinion can't even get his angles right let alone catch a ball.

8.) 28 Apr 2023
28 Apr 2023 21:00:48
Hes one of the best shot stoppers around. And he may have been instructed to fire the ball up everytime, but its not working.