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Originally posted by Bluehoop
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Sorry but that is another fallacy - his foot speed and reaction is immense and compares to any 'keeper in the top flight. I cannot publish the figures as there are legal issues surrounding the tests that players undergo. But I have seen them (and was party of a group of people that was involved in statistical information collection when 10 (unnamed) internationally acclaimed 'keepers took a series of tests at St George's Park late last year. All done as part of my B licence course for goal keeper coaching.
There's a host of theories on all goal keepers in and around the top leagues in Europe and Green is considered to be fragile in terms of his mental process rather than technical ability - and that goes back before the USA debacle which, by the way, could have happened to anyone given the bobble the ball took. But it doesn't suit those that belittle him to recognise that fact. he is still thought of very highly in terms of his ability but a lot of what goes on inside the FA comes down to character and mental capacity rather than that - even though the general consensus is that you have to be mad to be a goalie anyway
There's a host of theories on all goal keepers in and around the top leagues in Europe and Green is considered to be fragile in terms of his mental process rather than technical ability - and that goes back before the USA debacle which, by the way, could have happened to anyone given the bobble the ball took. But it doesn't suit those that belittle him to recognise that fact. he is still thought of very highly in terms of his ability but a lot of what goes on inside the FA comes down to character and mental capacity rather than that - even though the general consensus is that you have to be mad to be a goalie anyway
OK. I lost this one by a large margin.
I sometimes Wonder how Green and other goalkeepers like it when they have to defend for the first 45 minutes. It surely
must affect them mentally?
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