McRightSide Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Seen a few comments on this but no thread. Natural to want to look to apportion blame - it makes us feel there’s a reason for conceding, but sometimes you have to accept the quality you face. Heres my view on why it wasn’t a Westwood error...(actually, the error was losing the ball earlier -Harris?- and not getting back in shape quick enough) I know it looks like Westwood was at fault, but there’s not much he could have done due to the quality of the ball. There’s a group of players (about 3 I think) who look like they might touch the ball sp he has can’t gamble on them not touching it...that means he reacts late. He also can’t deflect it because there’s a player right behind him in case he does. Because pf the late reaction time he can’t catch it so his only option is to parry it as strongly as he can into a gap (so as not to hit against an onrushing player) If you just look at Westwood then you’ll say it’s his fault. If you look at the context of the situation you’ll realise it isn’t...it’s just a really good freaking cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando17 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, McRightSide said: Seen a few comments on this but no thread. Natural to want to look to apportion blame - it makes us feel there’s a reason for conceding, but sometimes you have to accept the quality you face. Heres my view on why it wasn’t a Westwood error...(actually, the error was losing the ball earlier -Harris?- and not getting back in shape quick enough) I know it looks like Westwood was at fault, but there’s not much he could have done due to the quality of the ball. There’s a group of players (about 3 I think) who look like they might touch the ball sp he has can’t gamble on them not touching it...that means he reacts late. He also can’t deflect it because there’s a player right behind him in case he does. Because pf the late reaction time he can’t catch it so his only option is to parry it as strongly as he can into a gap (so as not to hit against an onrushing player) If you just look at Westwood then you’ll say it’s his fault. If you look at the context of the situation you’ll realise it isn’t...it’s just a really good freaking cross thought the same myself bud,somebody said Westwood could av put his cap on it,av a look at the defending before you blame the keeper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Madden Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Nonsense it was terrible keeping 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I blamed Westwood, I’ll watch it again later though , you make a fair point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 It was a good ball but if he can get much of hand on it then he should be dealing with it much better than he did. Nowhere near his high standard this season, how many mistakes is it now? On what i've seen of both then Dawson is breathing right down his neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Oh just to add, watch his reaction he knows full well it wasn't good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Madden Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Just now, Royal_D said: I blamed Westwood, I’ll watch it again later though , you make a fair point I just did he could have parried away from goal or caught it It looks panicked and he ends up pushing it in the middle of goal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Been saying the last couple of games that Westwood seems to be parrying shots that he would normally catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Just now, Lawrie Madden said: I just did he could have parried away from goal or caught it It looks panicked and he ends up pushing it in the middle of goal My initial reaction was pretty much that , just a really poor clearance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Catch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 poo keeping for me. No excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Just now, meggoisgod said: Catch it! Agree. In days gone by a GK would have caught that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotter Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Had that been Dawson he would have been hung out to dry on here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Will be a situation that requires a brave decision soon with Westwood, lot of fans will have a meltdown about it but I think Dawson is pushing hard for that No 1 jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockyowl Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Poor by Westwood, decent ball in but if he's not going to catch it there a double fisted punch away from the danger zone would have been a far better option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls2k Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) Westwood's played 7 matches this season, comical error vs Reading, questionable at best for the Millwall goal and was at clear fault today. What's probably even more worrying is how poor his kicking is at the moment, and it was never great to start with. Before Carlos got the boot he'd started that season poorly, last year he was great when he came back (Leeds game in particular he was a colossus) however this season he's been making too many errors. It's a weird situation as he is pretty much undroppable as we have two young understudies rather than a seasoned pro pushing him like when Kirkland was here. A difficult one, but he needs to improve. Edited September 21, 2019 by Owls2k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Good assessment that, Owls2k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew6666 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 If Westwood is getting the blame, then shouldn't the midfielders and defenders share that blame for letting the cross come in, in the first place? Also for not clearing/stopping it before it got to Westwood? It does look like a flap by Westwood, but that ball shouldn't have go to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Also a bad error versus Luton he got away with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Powell Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Thought he should have held it, but not the howler its been made out to be . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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