Robin Olsen (The World's Number Two)

[Rudy Can't Fail]

There is no way he should have been beaten by that shot for the second goal.  Awful defending in the lead up to it, but he has got to save that.

He could have kicked it away it was that close to him. Given the pace of the shot he was never going to get down in time. The less said about the rest of the team defending that corner. As others have said I don't think it would have happened on Mings' watch.

[kippaxvilla2]

His biggest problem apart from being awful, is the absolute lack of confidence and bedwetting he instils in the defence.  Dendoncker proved the point yesterday.

[astonvilla82]

Migraine playing up terrible today

[ozzjim]

Dendonker only had to play that ball back and let Olsen hoof it, but chose not to. Awful keeper, genuinely worse than Nyland and Enkleman which is an achievement.

[Flin5tone]

I called it early on in the Summer that we were in DESPERATE need of a top no.2 , with Martinez having extended breaks away from the club we really needed to replace Tom Heaton with a shot stopper of the same ability, we should go back in for him.
As usual it ended in me told to 'stop banging on about a no.2'

Looks like I was right

[PeterWithesShin]

A soon to be 37 year old that's played half an hour of first team football in the last three years is exactly what we need.

[astonvilla82]

Dendonker only had to play that ball back and let Olsen hoof it, but chose not to. Awful keeper, genuinely worse than Nyland and Enkleman which is an achievement.

just kick the f**ker into the stands,we seen this passing the ball out from the back and we are crap at it and it's come to bite us on the arse big time

[aj2k77]

Dendonker only had to play that ball back and let Olsen hoof it, but chose not to. Awful keeper, genuinely worse than Nyland and Enkleman which is an achievement.

just kick the f**ker into the stands,we seen this passing the ball out from the back and we are crap at it and it's come to bite us on the arse big time

Twice in 4 games already.

[LukeJames]

3 in 7.

[ozzjim]

Argument is that you have to embed it as a style. Arsenal got caught out with it time and again when Emery and Arteta implemented it there, but over time have improved with it. We need to get better at it, not can the principle of it. In the 86th minute though, just get rid!

[Risso]

Argument is that you have to embed it as a style. Arsenal got caught out with it time and again when Emery and Arteta implemented it there, but over time have improved with it. We need to get better at it, not can the principle of it. In the 86th minute though, just get rid!

Surely then, that's another argument for starting with your best keeper and using the match to drill it into him and the defence a bit more?

[ozzjim]

Oh I would not have had Olsen in the vacinity of the ground. Martinez is the kne I would start whatever the fixture!

[RamboandBruno]

Oh I would not have had Olsen in the vacinity of the ground. Martinez is the kne I would start whatever the fixture!

He truly is a terrible keeper, not even a shot stopper, even Nyland had that in his locker if nothing else. I said to my son when Stevenage got their penalty, he’s one of them keepers that dives after the ball has already hit the net.

I thought it was a bit harsh at the time, but now with hindsight, with Martinez in goal there is no way Man City come back and beat us 3-2 last season

[pauliewalnuts]

Listening to thevillapodcast yesterday, they said, correctly that Olsen is a keeper who doesn’t make saves, and that a shot on target = a goal.

Depressingly accurate.

[LeeB]

Listening to thevillapodcast yesterday, they said, correctly that Olsen is a keeper who doesn’t make saves, and that a shot on target = a goal.

Depressingly accurate.

Carson was the other that stood out for me in that respect.