^That Defoe goal on the weekend had me thinking about distribution. The Sunderland GK put a perfect 60 yard ball into the edge of the box to start that play.
I've always loved Hamid, ever since this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=erdYfgregHs
^That Defoe goal on the weekend had me thinking about distribution. The Sunderland GK put a perfect 60 yard ball into the edge of the box to start that play.
I've always loved Hamid, ever since this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=erdYfgregHs
Last edited by ensco; 04-07-2015 at 05:35 AM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
He moves....obviously.
I just like his attitude.Originally Posted by OgtheDim
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Hell of a shot stopper. That's about all people didn't whine about him but hey...nostalgia.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Shit, Nick Rimando man. It happens so often they've started using the term Rimando'd to describe OTHER goalkeepers stoning people all night. Tim Howard at Metro Stars, Luis Robles at Red Bullls; there have been some exceptional keepers through MLS. Kevin Hartmann stood on his head regularly.
Again, though, the example isn't exactly a rule. Pantelimon does not routinely pick out guys on the edge of the box. Also, I've seen Bendik put the ball to the same spot multiple times; I've never seen one of our strikers get anywhere near it.
Bendik is fine. I've seen no goals that other goallies might have stopped in particular. The second goal Vs Chicago went under his body, but he was also completely unsighted - it would have taken a very good save to see the ball so late to get down to make that save. You can equally blame the outfield players for not closing down the shot quick enough. The free kick was well taken, but the wall wasn't big enough and nobody (other than Osorio) tried to close down the shot.
I think we are clutching at straws a little bit if we think replacing Bendik will make all the difference right now.
My $.02, let Konopka suit up.
A keeper is supposed to make a couple of good saves every game, for a long time I thought that it was just Bendik's distribution that was lacking, which if he was an amazing shot stopper I could live with, but I think that Konopka at least deserves a shot, could he be worse? Of course, but he could be MUCH better and I would rather lose a game trying him out than lose a game not trying him out.
WE DID IT!
But he often sent the rebounds straight back out resulting in goals, instead of sending them out to the side. A cardinal sin for a goal keeper.
But it looked fantastic when he was doing it, and folks often ignored this.
Players make mistakes. Players in the MLS generally make more mistakes due to the lower calibre. When it's your keeper making mistakes it is far more noticeable
Is Bendik great? Nope. Is he a serviceable MLS keeper, for sure.
Red cards seem to be part of the problem. Unless Bendik earns one of those, I'd say he's fine.
Besides, this is MLS 2015… now with a 60% chance to make the playoffs. Why worry?
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...ve-week-week-5
Ironically, Bendik is up for save of the week.
I still don't know how DCU didn't score on that Shea save sequence
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Bendik let in a few bad goals, although he also made a few good saves during the game so everything balances out.
You need a decent back line in front of him to really make any kind of judgement.
There was one play vs Chicago where Bendik was getting blasted with 3-4 shots in a row and the rest of the team was just standing around watching the ball.
Fuckin pathetic.
This needs to change real soon.
Bendik sucks. the team needs to look hard at this and do something about it. He scares me when he has the ball at his feet. he can't kick other than blasting it to nowhere.
How do we know that he isn't being told to kick the ball long? This might not be "Bendik chosing only to kick" - this may be a forced tactic to get the ball clear of our back line and to let Altidore/number 9 striker try and hold the ball up.
If that's your quantifier, ball distribution, then most of our keepers struggled as much or more. It's also not the top priority for a keeper.
Sucks in a description, sucks.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
He's very weak in the area, more so than his predecessor. Routinely bottom quartile compared to his peers. For a while when I was checking the stats last year he was fighting one other guy for dead last. His technique is pretty bad as well. OP might be dramatic, but not making this up. Distribution, ability to sweep for a high back line, command of the box... All things people should be looking for more out of the keeper in the modern game, definitely not overrated.
I'll stand by the fact we have bigger areas of concern, but not particularly a fan.
Last edited by ag futbol; 04-09-2015 at 03:10 PM.
Incredibly reasonable and factual.
Very helpful when comparing any positives to those rather large negatives.
Cheers, Rollerblader!
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
haha just seen this on reddit
http://i.imgur.com/PoR67A8.gif
^definitely an A+ moment for Bendik.... ..The problem is that in comparison to Frei Bendik sucks a lot. In actuality he only sucks a normal amount.
Frei wasn't much better according to GK stats last season.
You might be right (i havent compared the stats too closely) but i still believe there is a very large improvement that can be made in goal.
Question is what would have happened had Frei not got injured?
Would the team be the same as it is now?
I will say he's the best keeper the team has had in the 9 years its been around and its not even close.
I think the question with Bendik is are you willing to gamble on a foreign keeper on a free to improve the position?
How desperate are you?
http://www.theplayersagent.com/profi.../gino_coutinho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpSx5rz6F3k
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...abis-farm-haag - charged with illegal hemp cultivation, forgery and money laundering (6 months jail, 240 hours C&S)
Last edited by portu; 04-13-2015 at 10:13 AM.
Bendik looked terrible last night. I am even more convinced he is not the right guy. I lol'd when it was almost 4-0 because the ball almost went right through his legs, but by dumb luck it hit off of his ankle.
Clearly our club will be the rock of stability he needs to turn it around. We'd find out in six months he's converted half the players to low level crack dealers.
Try Q for a week or two. Least he can catch a ball, sort of a usual requirement of a goal keeper unless u is called Punchdik
We see how Roberts performs as he playing starter GK tonight in place of Bono v Shite craps
Last edited by Leedsoronto; 04-19-2015 at 05:06 PM.
no.....
I havent really liked him.
try a blowup doll of Ronald McDonald
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