Well this is awkward isn't it...

[McRightSide]

The more I watch it the worse it gets 

 

What was he thinking?

 

Why would a goalkeeper stop when the ball was rolling slowly towards the line?

[Emerson Thome]

2 hours ago, snaykz said:

Wildsmith's legs were moving rapidly but he wasn't actually going anywhere. It was like watching a glitch in FIFA 96.

 

Also, I appreciate he had virtually no time to think about it, but in that situation he should have just dropped on the ball. Better to concede an indirect freekick for a backpass than watch the ball go into the net.

 

 

He didn't even need to dive on the ball, if he had run forward rather than trying to run alongside it he could have just booted it clear.

[Kew Owl]

Just seen it for the first time - Wildsmith is so inept, its staggering.

 

Did he think it was going wide and out for a corner ?

[MrsHall]

4 hours ago, matthefish2002 said:

Still think Wildsmith could have done better.

But summed up the evening.

He gave up on it ….  Capital offence.  Tw4t. UTO.

[S25OWL]

4 hours ago, matthefish2002 said:

Still think Wildsmith could have done better.

But summed up the evening.

Absolutely agree should have broke his neck trying to stop it !

[Guest mrbluesky]

5 hours ago, Brommers said:

Nice finish from a tight angle

The Mrs once said this 

[Spookone]

First time I’ve seen it as I can’t be bothered with the pizza cup but it does look like Wildsmith made very little effort

[Willie Henderson]

Maybe Wildsmith is gluten and)or dairy intolerant and couldn't face another pizza night?

[Wednesday_Jack]

It was that bad even their striker couldn’t be bothered busting a gut to tap it in…think he was thriving on the embarrassment!! 

[mcmigo]

Brilliant from wildsmith.

 

that is a special man’s pace that is rarely deployed- only when you want to look like you are trying very hard to do something, but in reality are not.   I generally only deploy that special pace of movement when 

 

1.  I am in a lift , the doors are closing and someone comes to the lift door to get in. The only way they get in is if I move across the lift and push the door open button.  This will make my own lift journey slower, but it’s always important to look like you try, but ultimately fai

2. Apply same to having a seat on a full train and someone old gets on: you want to move quick to show willingness to give your seat up, but crucially you don’t want to be quickest. You want to come second - get the cudos for making the gesture, but keep your seat.

 

it takes great guile and practice to do it convincingly. 
 

well done joe .

 

[Cypriot Owl]

Post match interview:
Brown to reporter, "The gaffer wants me to add goals to my game. It's nice to get on the scoresheet."

 

[Devonstrix]

Quite simply, Wildsmith was in the middle of a nightmare. We’ve all had them for sure. 
 

In the nightmare, you are faced with incredible danger. All it takes to escape said danger is to simply run in the opposite direction, but no matter how hard you try your legs won’t work properly and the zombies manage to catch up with you, even though they can’t run very fast. 
 

If you’re fortunate, you wake up in time. 
 

Which is WTF Wildsmith should have done when the ball started rolling past him!

[SiJ]

Did Wildsmith get trapped in a cartoon when he started "running"?

 

You know, where they don't actually move and the same background goes pass them again and again.

 

 

[@owlstalk]

 

Can't see Wildsmith in the first team ever again to be honest

Think that's the end for him now

[SiJ]

1 minute ago, @owlstalk said:

 

Can't see Wildsmith in the first team ever again to be honest

Think that's the end for him now

He's bloody useless.

 

Last season a friend of mine watched one of our televised matches.

 

Camera panned to Wildsmith and my mate said the following:

 

"He looks like a bloke hanging around the smoking area at Corporation."

 

Yep.

[@owlstalk]

Just now, SiJ said:

 

 

"He looks like a bloke hanging around the smoking area at Corporation."

 

Yep.

 

 

OUCH

 

 

[Joburgowl]

I didn’t watch the game. However, I believe Brown had a nightmare.
 

But… that was Wildsmith off his line IMHO. He could have and should have done much better with that back pass and his positioning was awful. Don’t understand why Brown gets such a hard time for that, sorry.

[WalthamOwl]

Just embarrassing 

[WalthamOwl]

Brown is useless, Wildsmith should have gone years ago. 

[Brommers]

7 hours ago, Mike Hunt said:

The more you watch it the more Wildsmith has to take 50% of the blame if not more 

50%?

If that had been a shot by the opposition  would you have said he had a 50/50 chance of saving it?