Robin Olsen (The World's Number Two)

[brontebilly]

Couldn't move his feet quickly enough for the fourth, a PL standard keeper stops that one, Martinez deals with it easily. Konsa turning his back on the shot also needs to take some of the blame there. Wouldn't blame him for the others, can't have strikers running in unopposed on our goal.

[Rotterdam]

Speaking to a fella at work, he had no chance with the deflected goal as his weight was transferred to his left, as soon as that happens it is near impossible to adjust and change direction. A better example is this stuttering penalty run up thingy; the taker is waiting to see a weight shift to one side, then go the opposite way.

[Drummond]

His effort on the deflected goal was abysmal. Even with the deflection it was coming right at him, and he just didn't get his hands right.

I've watched replays of that this morning, and I don't agree.

The bit I'd question is whether he should have just tried to block it rather than flick it over.

[paul_e]

I think he was justa  bit slow to get his hand up to it and had no other choice than to try to push it up over the bar. Martinez probably saves it because a big part of what makes him so good is that he has exceptional reflexes.

[PeterWithe]

Having now watched the replays he did as expected, maybe in an alternate game Emi stands up longer for the second and saves with his legs, maybe Emi gets lucky with the last one and it hits his arm and goes over. I don't think any teams second string keeper saves any of them.

[OCD]

I would put greater fault on Konsa for not closing the distance down better.

[Risso]

His effort on the deflected goal was abysmal. Even with the deflection it was coming right at him, and he just didn't get his hands right.

I've watched replays of that this morning, and I don't agree.

The bit I'd question is whether he should have just tried to block it rather than flick it over.

He got to it just fine, it was just that he was neither trying to save it, or punch it/palm away. It just seemed to ricochet off the back of his hand. It's what people talk about twhen they say he's got weak hands. I don't think he was at fault at all for the first or third goals, but I think he could have done better for the second and fourth. As could several other players as well, to be fair, it's not all on him by any stretch.

[Smithy]

His effort on the deflected goal was abysmal. Even with the deflection it was coming right at him, and he just didn't get his hands right.

I've watched replays of that this morning, and I don't agree.

The bit I'd question is whether he should have just tried to block it rather than flick it over.

He got to it just fine, it was just that he was neither trying to save it, or punch it/palm away. It just seemed to ricochet off the back of his hand. It's what people talk about twhen they say he's got weak hands. I don't think he was at fault at all for the first or third goals, but I think he could have done better for the second and fourth. As could several other players as well, to be fair, it's not all on him by any stretch.

I think he was trying to lift it over the bar (and messed it up), rather than just trying to stop it and maybe pushing it back into play.  Personally, in cases like that, when you're wrong-footed and scrambling, I'd prefer the keeper just keep it out and then worry about any goal-scoring opportunity created in the next phase.

As others have said, Emi definitely keeps that out.

[Percy McCarthy]

I can’t find the argument for persevering with Olsen. He’ll likely be on decent wages yet if you look beyond some caps for Sweden (in competition for who for the number one spot is the question) his club career has actually been pretty poor at the highest level. The Roma move is the anomaly and they very quickly wanted him out with a series of uninspiring loans before we bought him. It would make much more sense to get him off the books and have a kid working with Martinez and playing some games. Even Nyland some great moments for us. Olsen’s only consistency is that he’ll ship goals and breed worry in his defence.

I wonder what absolute transfer genius signed him for Roma.

Yes, that’s always nagging at the back of my mind.

[eamonn]

I would put greater fault on Konsa for not closing the distance down better.

Well deflected goals should be banned anyway. Evil things.

[KRS]

For their first goal, Lenglet was at fault for stepping up. If he holds his ground with their centre forward then that flick either doesn’t happen or get to him.

A combination of Cash Digne/Lenglet failing to hold the line properly, and then Olsen stepping off his line in to no man’s land results in their second goal. Olsen wasn’t solely to blame but I think Emi pulls off a save there.

Luiz arms are raised for the penalty so can’t really complain although it has to be said that he was jumping and was less than a yard away from the player so it was very much ball to hand.

Olsen was wrong footed by the deflection for their fourth but he did get a weak hand to it. Again, I think Emi saves that.

At the end of the day, Olsen just isn’t a very good goalkeeper. His name on the team sheet is enough to worry both fans and the players in front of him, and his decision making in passing out from the back doesn’t help…I’m actually surprised he didn’t gift them one last night too.

[PeterWithe]

I thought Cash played their lad on for the first, Digne for the second?

Without any evidence whatsoever, I get the feeling some of the players don't believe in, or trust the offside trap anymore. We certainly don't do it anywhere near as well when the 2x CH's aren't Konsa and Torres. For large parts of the past year I really thought that our defensive system was robustly trained into all squad members so that even when we swapped players in and out, they all acted as one and we looked secure and unlikely to concede. Somethings changed in the mindset.

[Smithy]

I thought Cash played their lad on for the first, Digne for the second?

Without any evidence whatsoever, I get the feeling some of the players don't believe in, or trust the offside trap anymore. We certainly don't do it anywhere near as well when the 2x CH's aren't Konsa and Torres. For large parts of the past year I really thought that our defensive system was robustly trained into all squad members so that even when we swapped players in and out, they all acted as one and we looked secure and unlikely to concede. Somethings changed in the mindset.

I don't think that's true, I just think the back four takes their cue from Pau on how high the line is (or isn't), and when he doesn't play, it's not as finely tuned as it is when he does play.

[OCD]

I would put greater fault on Konsa for not closing the distance down better.

Well deflected goals should be banned anyway. Evil things.

Except when they work for you, then they're perfectly acceptable.

[KRS]

Yeah it was Cash that played him on by a toe nail on the other side of the pitch, but Lenglet stepping up leaves their centre forward unmarked to receive the flick and a free run in on goal. You’re right about the second…their centre forward got in behind it Digne and Lenglet, not Cash.

The defensive line was a mess last night. They were stepping up and losing their markers all over the place, which I’ll simply put down to a lack of cohesion due to Lenglet and Olsen being thrown in to the mix.