Dont agree, it was a hell of a strike, it swerved and dipped all over.
Dont agree, it was a hell of a strike, it swerved and dipped all over.
I strongly disagree.Yes other players should have done better but come on though, a championship standard keeper has to be saving those kind of shots. He had a clear view and can see it all the way, the ball didn’t move that much and by the time he dives it’s past him. Very poor but what else can we expect? The club brought in two keepers in the summer who have always been second choice, it was clear neither is anywhere near good enough for a long time now but we didn’t replace them in January despite money being available
Even Shearer who never has an opinion on anything said the keeper should have done better.ZERO knowledge of footy if you are blaming the 2nd goal on lumley. Ball was smashed and moves in the air once all of lumley's weight is going the other way
If a goal goes in its Lumleys faultWas directly behind the shot for the second goal, it swerved wickedly and Lumley had no chance.
I joked with my mate that someone on FMTTM would be saying it was his fault.
I think he was more at fault for the first than the second, he wasn't brave enough, seemed to pull out of trying to block Lukaku's finish. It wasn't an out and out error, but he might have had a 2% chance of stopping it if braver....might have broken his fingers and had his season finished tooNothing changes
Fingers crossed. I admire your optimism. You are right, he has improved a bit. To be fair some keepers develop late, so maybe that's the case here. However, I have a few friends who are QPR fans, and they say he was given numerous chances, but couldn't cut out the silly mistakes. At the QPR game when he passed the ball to one of their players for their second goal, they described him as the gift that keeps on giving. One of my mates couldn't believe we signed him to be first choice.It does tell us he wasn't their no 1 and they're may be now more too come Cuthbert. He had improved this season and they're may still be improvement to come
To be fair I have seen Ziyech score a couple like that he hits the ball really early and always gets a bit of movement on it. He’s scored past better goalkeepers than Lumley with similar efforts, very good player. Agree Lumley had a fair game and to be honest seems to be in a good little vein of form. Hope he’s got some confidence now for the final push as we are gonna need him to keep it upThe first goal was a result of a high press that did not come off. We over committed too high and Paddy was left exposed. It was a precision pass and an immensely clever finish by Lukaku tbf. I thought Fry was perhaps guilty of failing to stop the cross reaching Lukaku. No blame on Lumley
The second goal, again we lose the ball get caught out and Taylor was caught out positionally. The shot swerved and dipped significantly. I think for a split second Lumley had his weight on the wrong foot (perhaps anticipating a near post strike) and when he reacted it was difficult, could he have done better, possibly, but the blame truly lies with what went on much higher up the pitch and ill discipline from the midfield and defenders as Chelsea pulled players around losing our shape. He was left exposed by the outfield players more than anything and the gap that encouraged the shot was cavernous. It was not one individuals fault, but several really, Lumley had a fair game yesterday.
I still would like a new keeper come August, but the burden was elsewhere across the park. Sometimes we need to recognise class in the opposition and some of our current team are well short of Premier League quality. 0-2 was not embarrassing, Up front we lacked ideas and once again were over reliant on Jones.
Good assessment, agree with all of that.The first goal was a result of a high press that did not come off. We over committed too high and Paddy was left exposed. It was a precision pass and an immensely clever finish by Lukaku tbf. I thought Fry was perhaps guilty of failing to stop the cross reaching Lukaku. No blame on Lumley
The second goal, again we lose the ball get caught out and Taylor was caught out positionally. The shot swerved and dipped significantly. I think for a split second Lumley had his weight on the wrong foot (perhaps anticipating a near post strike) and when he reacted it was difficult, could he have done better, possibly, but the blame truly lies with what went on much higher up the pitch and ill discipline from the midfield and defenders as Chelsea pulled players around losing our shape. He was left exposed by the outfield players more than anything and the gap that encouraged the shot was cavernous. It was not one individuals fault, but several really, Lumley had a fair game yesterday.
I still would like a new keeper come August, but the burden was elsewhere across the park. Sometimes we need to recognise class in the opposition and some of our current team are well short of Premier League quality. 0-2 was not embarrassing, Up front we lacked ideas and once again were over reliant on Jones.
Very u fortunate that after putting United and Spurs out the sporting gods decreed our task got ever harder and yes Chelsea were a step too far. The gap between the haves and have nots is too wide a chasm.Good assessment, agree with all of that.
It's easy to be critical after any defeat, but that needs to be tempered by the quality of the opposition last night, plus its not a good measure to use when debating whether the current team, and players within it, are 'good enough' for the PL.
Chelsea are an exceptionally talented team and all in all we played reasonably well against them, but it was always going to be a step too far after the last two rounds I think.
Well you are right about that!If a goal goes in its Lumleys fault