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Rise of Keepers Has Had Negative Impact on Game
in response to reader comment: Typical lack of understanding

Submitted by Bri, Aug 25, 2007 12:40

Typical Paul Gardner. I agree with most of his criticisms about the modern game but his overstatement becomes tiresome. Goalkeeping is pretty low on the list of threats to the Beautiful Game. The only point above he makes sense with is that about goalkeepers booting it from box to box. But that's more to do with the culture of English football which Gardner so loathes than with the position of goalkeeper. You don't see keepers in South America, whose football Gardner drools over (and I prefer myself), doing that sort of thing.

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The goalkeeper. They also call him doorman, keeper, goalie, bouncer or netminder, but he could just as well be... [MORE]

adam

Sep 13, 2007 01:06

I've never read any of his articles before. Is this a serious article or is just blowing smoke? I find... [MORE]

Mike

Sep 11, 2007 11:07

Gardner's right. An opponent shoots the ball toward the goal and those bloody keepers have the audacity to try to... [MORE]

Bri

Sep 9, 2007 21:19

Goalkeepers add an element of excitement. When an impossibly stoppable shot is blocked by the keeper, it is as exciting... [MORE]

Randy

Aug 22, 2007 15:11

Typical Paul Gardner. I agree with most of his criticisms about the modern game but his overstatement becomes tiresome. Goalkeeping...

Bri

Aug 25, 2007 12:40

courage, an ability to read movement, an instinctual and finely tuned understanding of geometry, cat like reflexes, throwing (mostly large)... [MORE]

bigbluefish

Aug 22, 2007 08:27

Senility and absolute garbage, but of course the more we speak of stupid uneducated things (lack of understanding) of a... [MORE]

thestork

Aug 25, 2007 13:28

As an old goalkeeper, I feel I must respond in defense of my favorite position. Admittedly the goalkeeper does keep... [MORE]

Stuart Jones MD

Aug 20, 2007 10:19

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