would you say Friedel dominates his area at set pieces or distributes well? Personally I think he does ok at those but nothing special, but because of the team in front of him his abilities and "steadiness" are perfect. Given his age I'd be more than happy with Krul or Vorm, although I'd still have Foster too.
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I can see us getting Krul before the start of his last season in contract - by which point, Friedel may be on the way out. Might be perfect for all the parties concerned - Krul gets a step up (assuming that Newcastle start slipping & don't stay where they are in the table), Newcastle get a decent amount of money for a keeper who would leave for nothing, we get him at the right time & when he's cheapest.
Oh, and playing Kranjcar/Pienaar on the right would have at least shown whether we do have 'strength in depth' rather than them just being resources we don't draw on - I think Redknapp was so keen to keep all the people who expect first team football happy that he didn't want to give someone a chance who could do the job.
Oh, and playing Kranjcar/Pienaar on the right would have at least shown whether we do have 'strength in depth' rather than them just being resources we don't draw on - I think Redknapp was so keen to keep all the people who expect first team football happy that he didn't want to give someone a chance who could do the job.
drwinston001 said:
Yeah I'd probably agree, but he is very solid at those things. Vorm would frighten me he looks such a liability, Foster isn't even that good at shot stopping let alone the other basics.
exactly. I don't have a clue what I'm talking about.
I think Brad plays it fine - he takes crosses he is confident on - and seems to get them all the time. Others he lets the defenders deal with, if they dont he is there to try and make a save.
IMO much better than Gomes cmoing out and causing carnage all the time.
I think his distrobution is very good too. You can jsut see his is calm and collected and his years of experience show I think. As Ledley said - he has calmed the defence down.
IMO much better than Gomes cmoing out and causing carnage all the time.
I think his distrobution is very good too. You can jsut see his is calm and collected and his years of experience show I think. As Ledley said - he has calmed the defence down.
While people have given Friedel a bit of credit, I think he deserves significantly more. He's got everything that you could ask for in a keeper. When looking around the league, i don't think there are many keepers with his level of consistency. He's been one of the top keepers in the EPL for years. While I agree that Krul would be a great signing, at this point, he is not as reliable as Brad.