The scapegoat for this season will be..............

[DouDou_87]

We've done this year in year out for as long as I can remember, one player always gets ripped to pieces all season.

It must be nice for a player to move to a new club, play his first game with a defense he has never played with before competitively, be at fault for 1 of 5 goals and then hear his own fans shouting for other kepers and then everyone getting on his back. Tell you what, If i joined a club that had such thick fans, I'd be tempted to pick up my 50k a week and not give a toss all season.

It might be worth getting behind him. Then we might see why he's played over 250 Premiership games, was England number 1 for 3 years and is spoken of so highly by Norwich and West Ham fans. Then again it's probably just easier to keep digging at him until we sign a replacement.

[MattyRangers]

Id love to know which 3 goals Green was at fault for.

[Bluehoop]

The fact that, on his debut, Green was receiving ironic cheers and applause from the usual suspects for collecting a simple ball, says all you need to know. What with that and Paddy Kenny chants towards the end, the guy probably wonders what he has done joining.
There is simply no point in responding to some of the criticism he has received, which is all based on public perception (and largely as a result of that mistake in the WC) because so many people have decided from that and subsequent abuse streams that he isn't a good goalkeeper.
It is so often that keepers' form is built on confidence - high and low and they perform to a standard commensurate with that level of confidence. Sadly for Green, he had a wobbly start before he had the chance to find his feet at the club and a lot of people have judged him before he's had a chance to show what he's got. I didn't realise we had so many budding goal keepers in our fan base - and before anyone says anything, how many of you are qualified to make the expert comments made.
Judge him for what he does over the course of the season, not for what you've seen highlighted to date (one disaster in the WC, for which there is clear evidence to support his position) and poor reactions over the first goal on Saturday. I doubt Kenny would have even got a hand on the first goal as it took him a week to react to that kind of shot last season and he wouldn't have saved any of the other goals either - they were all down to absolute pony defending and not the keeper.

[loftlag]

Rob green was at fault fOr three goals??? Don't tell me you watched it via stream

He was at fault for the 1st I think the 2nd in at the near post he racted to slow to but not totaly his fault, the 4th came out slow and allowed the player to pick his spot not saying he would have stopped it but should have made a better effort ,Stayed on his line didn't command his area for a man that has been England number 2 with his expirience criminal , and no saw all goals from the upper loft

[SammyKojoe]

He was at fault for the 1st I think the 2nd in at the near post he racted to slow to but not totaly his fault, the 4th came out slow and allowed the player to pick his spot not saying he would have stopped it but should have made a better effort ,Stayed on his line didn't command his area for a man that has been England number 2 with his expirience criminal , and no saw all goals from the upper loft

Second was a top class finish. No keeper was saving that. Unless you meant to say the 3rd goal?

The fact that Rob Green is England number 2 is more a reflection on the state of English goalkeeping and not on the ability of Rob Green.

[Hitman34]

i watched it on a stream but am looking forward to going to norwich this weekend to see his preformance first hand or in lampost's case........NO HANDS

[MattyRangers]

He was at fault for the 1st I think the 2nd in at the near post he racted to slow to but not totaly his fault, the 4th came out slow and allowed the player to pick his spot not saying he would have stopped it but should have made a better effort ,Stayed on his line didn't command his area for a man that has been England number 2 with his expirience criminal , and no saw all goals from the upper loft

Youre having a bubble regards the 2nd goal aint ya? You dont save that finish. The 4th was, IMO, wholey the defence's fault. Shocking marking.

[DouDou_87]

he was at fault for 1 of the 5 goals on saturday, just 1!

[QPR Richard]

This is ridiculous. Digging out the goalie on debut? Shut up and give the guy a chance FFS!

We've got two ex-keepers in the management and coaching team. Do you honestly believe they didn't do their homework on Green and wouldn't be able to coach against any weaknesses he may have?

There isn't a goalkeeper in the game, past and present, who hasn't made mistakes. Take a look elsewhere on the field to see some proper mistakes. Green can't be expected to keep the ball out of the net all the time when others around him screw up.

[Bluehoop]

Green was at fault for the first goal and the first goal alone. The second was a quality finish but he should not have been allowed the space he was by our centre mid and centre halves - anyone who watched the horror show that was MOTD would have seen the red channel used to highlight the space he had and the distance he covered through the final third of the pitch without anyone so much as trying to shut down the space. Still, it's easy to blame Green for that too I guess.

[loftlag]

Second was a top class finish. No keeper was saving that. Unless you meant to say the 3rd goal?

The fact that Rob Green is England number 2 is more a reflection on the state of English goalkeeping and not on the ability of Rob Green.

Yeah there was 2 top class strikes I'm not trying to #### him off what I'm saying he didn't have a good game didn't look convincing and I thought on this site he got off lightly taking into account the stick Mackie got ,
There's a post saying his debut yes in somuch as 1st league game but he must have played 4 or 5 games and trainded with his team mates for a month he has to TRY to instruct his defence the keeper is and should be boss of his area wich he needs to get right or he will become a regular whipping boy, he had next to no cover from his defence , the defence had no cover from the M/field ,so who was responcable pobably everybody

[loftlag]

Youre having a bubble regards the 2nd goal aint ya? You dont save that finish. The 4th was, IMO, wholey the defence's fault. Shocking marking.

Matty Matty read it I said I THINK the 2nd wich Kojoe correct to the 3rd, I dont understand why people want to misread what people post I have never said he was at fault for 3 goals what I said was his part in 3 of the goals I dont say he could have saved 2 of the 3 what I have said he should have been seen as making a better effort for the goal at his near post [3rd] and the slow reaction to come off his line to the 4th

[Mellowhoop]

Some people on here are out of their depth when it comes to discussing football.

[SANDERSON8]

This is ridiculous. Digging out the goalie on debut? Shut up and give the guy a chance FFS!

We've got two ex-keepers in the management and coaching team. Do you honestly believe they didn't do their homework on Green and wouldn't be able to coach against any weaknesses he may have?

There isn't a goalkeeper in the game, past and present, who hasn't made mistakes. Take a look elsewhere on the field to see some proper mistakes. Green can't be expected to keep the ball out of the net all the time when others around him screw up.

Yes thats very true but some make more than others

[themodfather]

i have never rated green ,never will.
that's me..he drops clangers here there and everywhere..ie v usa...however the 1st v swans is all down to him...accepted poor defending but a pea roller from 20 yards, he gets 2 hands on it and it still goes in!???

so nervy back 4 with a even more nervy goalie = oh dear.