The Brad Guzan Depreciation thread.

[Chris Smith]

I was screaming at him from the Holte to get in the middle of the goal for the free kick. It was obvious to everyone in the ground where that ball was going apart from Guzan.

I remember a keeper I used to play with saying that the keeper likes to see the ball off the free kick takers foot and lose that if they are behind the wall meaning they get no time to react. So it is in effect a gamble that the player isn't good enough to do what their bloke did yesterday.

Having said that it looked to me like he took it to extremes yesterday.

[pbavfckuwait]

Well Chris he should have known that guy was good enough, as he done it to him Boxing day down there ground.

The other thing with his kicking to the right of the pitch, I think this is an instruction from Dim Tim, as yesterday we hardly played anything down the left it all went to our right, that's why there was so much room for their second goal down our left.

[David_Nab]

His positioning was so unbelievably poor ,the free kick really wasn't that good he was just too far to his left to do anything.

[Witton Warrior]

No mention yet of the piss-taking cheers every time Guzan kicked in the first half?
Thought it was really strange - people laughing and expecting a f-up
Ironically the Swansea keeper seemed even bleeding worse at kicking!

[PeterWithesShin]

Does he know when he kicks the ball he needs to get it in between the white lines? Every kick goes way right. Definitely confidence shot and not the keeper he was.

That's where our players often were so he was actually aiming at Gestede etc rather than it was a case of him shanking it. I said to Leeg that it was strange our players were so wide as the slightest miskick and it would go out of play as there wasn't much margin for error.

[CT]

No mention yet of the piss-taking cheers every time Guzan kicked in the first half?
Thought it was really strange - people laughing and expecting a f-up
Ironically the Swansea keeper seemed even bleeding worse at kicking!

Very true. Symptomatic of the feeling in the crowd yesterday. When the team was read out there was hardly any reaction to any of the players. The place seemed dead and resigned to its fate.

[Witton Warrior]

No mention yet of the piss-taking cheers every time Guzan kicked in the first half?
Thought it was really strange - people laughing and expecting a f-up
Ironically the Swansea keeper seemed even bleeding worse at kicking!

Very true. Symptomatic of the feeling in the crowd yesterday. When the team was read out there was hardly any reaction to any of the players. The place seemed dead and resigned to its fate.

The "boo/mumble" when Lescott was announced was noticeable

[LTA]

Wonder if we've sent the last of him? Sounds like Bunny did ok though not a huge amount to do tonight

[PeterWithesShin]

He hardly had anything to do. They had 1 shot on target, that I can't remember unless it was the Okore clearance, 0 corners and no crosses of note that I remember. He could have spent most of the game having a kip. Which makes a nice change.

[Des Little]

Wonder if we've sent the last of him? Sounds like Bunny did ok though not a huge amount to do tonight

I do hope so. Guzan can sling his hook now for all I care.

[andyh]

The crowd have turned on him big time.
I'll be very surprised if we ever see him again.

[PeterWithesShin]

I've always been a fan of the "once you're in the jersey, it's yours to lose" theory so hopefully we'll stick with him for a while.

[olaftab]

When subs names were announced Guzan was booed by supporters however I think he should come back into the team. Bunn had nothing to do but was very nervous and his kicking and distribution was poor.

[Chris Harte]

We can't judge Bunn on a handfull of games so I still think we need to bring someone in. I simply don't trust Guzan and from the crowd reaction tonight when his name was read out the support generally don't like him.

[PeterWithesShin]

When subs names were announced Guzan was booed by supporters however I think he should come back into the team. Bunn had nothing to do but was very nervous and his kicking and distribution was poor.

That one goal kick late on that went straight into the Trinity was awful. I'd still definitely keep him in Saturday though.