Pre-emptive post

[Stanley]

...before the inevitable myopic criticisms appear.

Rob Green was NOT at fault for their second goal for four reasons:

1) He was unsighted
2) Took a nasty deflection
3) Very skiddy surface
4) Bounced just in front of him and the spin changed the direction.

#justsaying

[Rangers77]

Looked at fault from the Ellerslie. Though Kelvin was very slow closing the player down. Sandro wouldnt have let him get a shot off.

[maidstone_hoop]

Was not the greatest goalkeeping in the world and 100% should be doing better.

[Hitman34]

the deflection was 30 odd yards out. he had time to put the farking kettle on before diving to save it. as for skiddy surface, it did not effect stockdale.

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Either way he still doesn't fill me with confidence. The fact our defensive record is so good the last 8-9 games is partly down to him so not the time for anyone to be jumping on his back.

[Stanley]

You guys need to watch the sky replays.

He was totally unsighted (not to mention the aforementioned).

Extremely harsh to criticise him for it IMHO.

[bakes8]

??? It was a slight deflection 30 yards out and went under him. Awful mistake.

[Stanley]

??? It was a slight deflection 30 yards out and went under him. Awful mistake.

See the post just above yours

[bakes8]

He wasn't unsighted. There was noone between hall 30 yards out and him in goal. ####ing awful mistake, ball went in the middle of the goal. Stockdale would've thrown his cap on that.

[maidstone_hoop]

Ive seen the replay and still think he should of done better...

Think it was a very weak goal. Agree he was slightly unsighted but his reactions were far to slow from that distance out.

You would expect a keeper like green to save shots like that 7/8 times out of 10. Unfortunately for us tonight it was the 2 out of 10 times when he balls it up and it cost us.

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Haven't seen a replay Stan but according to my pal he said Austin said in his interview 'Greeny' would of wanted to do better? That says a lot if true.

[MattyRangers]

He should definitely have done better tbh it was poor but oh well life goes on. Great game tonight! Not going to be putting a downer on it by Green bashing.

[bakes8]

Focus on the positives tonight and there were plenty. Green wasn't one of them.

[Brian Wilson]

Not easy but he has gotta block it IMO. Should at least get something on it and give the defence a chance to clear the rebound.

[maidstone_hoop]

Main thing to take from the game is the way we played. The team spirit to comer back against a very good defensive outfit who are top of the league.

Play like that against most teams and we will seriously push on.