Tom Heaton: gone

[Dogtanian]

Trio, Triiiiiiiiooooooo
Tyrone, Engels and a Heaton keeper too.

Then again.   

[darren woolley]

He's going to be another great signing by us his reaction saves are brilliant.

[Oscar Arce]

At last we've got the goalkeeper we needed, top keeper, dominant, good talker, great shot stopper, very good debut.

[Ger Regan]

I too was impressed with him, however i did think that his distribution wasn't perfect, he put 2 or 3 out for throw ins after aiming them towards our left wing.

[Dogtanian]

It seems to be all the rage.  Sam Johnstone used to kick it straight out of play and Steer spend a good portion of his time in goal doing the same.

[Risso]

I too was impressed with him, however i did think that his distribution wasn't perfect, he put 2 or 3 out for throw ins after aiming them towards our left wing.

Yes, three kicks in a row were down the left side, with two going out for a throw I think.  I think that was more lack of options from a tiring side than any weakness in his game to be honest.  I think against Bournemouth he'll be gently rolling it towards Tyrone to do his distribution thing.

[Pat McMahon]

One thing that really impressed me was that he was practically in the centre circle geeing up the players after Spurs 2nd goal (I  think). I like that. A Burnley mate reckons he is a real leader and I saw that on Saturday.

[Toronto Villa]

On the evidence of Saturday Tom Heaton will save us points and win us points all season. The header aside, and ok, a little better distribution overall he was excellent.

[Risso]

On the evidence of Saturday Tom Heaton will save us points and win us points all season.

Erm, are they not exactly the same thing from a keeper perspective?!

[Toronto Villa]

On the evidence of Saturday Tom Heaton will save us points and win us points all season.

Erm, are they not exactly the same thing from a keeper perspective?!

From our perspective we could be 0-0 and he keeps it that way to gain us a point. We could be winning 1-0 and keeps it that way to help us claim 3. We could also be losing, on the verge of conceding a second or a third and he keeps us in the game long enough for us to score ourselves, thus gaining a point, and dare I say I say it, even go on to win the game. In essence winning us three points.

[richtheholtender]

Someone in the office today pointed out that his kicking was particularly poor. I did don’t notice it. Anybody else pick up on it?

[Dogtanian]

Landed in my pint at one point.

[Risso]

Someone in the office today pointed out that his kicking was particularly poor. I did don’t notice it. Anybody else pick up on it?

Yes, as mentioned a couple of posts above.

[PaulWinch again]

Yes excellent saves, but some dreadful kicks which he needs to work on. It wasn’t a deciding factor or anything but it contributed to their ease in getting the ball back.

[Drummond]

I think you need more time off.