Comments on: Where are our primetime goalkeepers?

By: Melon Man

Melon Man — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:27:26 +0000

No, a really good article spots a truth few people have the wit to identify, then deconstructs it in an impartial, informative way.
Articles stating the bloody obvious are insulting and boring, and those presented with an obvious bias are the worst.
You haven’t committed yourself to the uncertainty of the headline, only given us an overview of English goalkeeping which hasn’t enlightened us in the least as intelligent observers of our national sport, and worse, delivers no insights we couldn’t find outside of the redtops.
Martin Samuels delivers top quality articles under his own name, and I’m sure he is responsible for the “sportsmail reporter” articles designed to get the hackles up and circulation flowing – that’s where the best writers should be aiming for – mollify the plonkers with unassigned rumour and wind up, inform the more discerning with genuinely insightful and intelligent analysis, but don’t be afraid to stand by your opinion – no fudging, or else tedium will set in, then you’ve lost your audience.

By: Will Taylor

Will Taylor — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:00:17 +0000

Isn’t that the basis of any good article, to cover or highlight all angle/possibilities?

I thought I had positioned myself nicely on one side of the fence, by claiming that the Premier League has a distinct lack of goalkeepers in their prime.

I can’t believe no one has picked me up on the fact that I basically labelled Ben Foster the best goalkeeper in the league!

By: Melon Man

Melon Man — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:59:16 +0000

What was the point of this article’s headline if you’d already covered all possibilities?

Get off that fence, you’ll get splinters in a painful place

By: Will Taylor

Will Taylor — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:42:25 +0000

“A goalkeeper can only ever be as good as the rest of the back line.”

Hmm, now where have I read that before. Ah yes, I alluded to the very same fact in this article.

“A goalkeeper can only be as good as the defence in front of him”

If you’re going to criticise my writing, at least gift me the courtesy of reading it properly first.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:06:50 +0000

What utter tripe. A goalkeeper can only ever be as good as the rest of the back line and the last couple of seasons all the top clubs have had problems with injuries to their main defenders and Liverpool more than any with such a slimed down squad.