27 Apr 2024 22:10:02
Olsen almost with his usual 3 goals conceded, nearly outdoing himself managing to do it in 45 mins, that new guy we bought has to start on Thursday, you might say that it wasn't his fault but his positioning in general and especially for the first goal is awful, he's not a premier league level keeper, nobody will change my mind on that.
more injuries are surely not going to help us see out the season, we need at least 1 more win imo.

1.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 22:27:28
To be fair Olsen didn't do a huge amount wrong tonight but his inability on the ball immediately wrecks our game plan. And him charging out and getting nowhere caused the indecision with Carlos for one of the big moments. Though Carlos should know better and just clear it properly.
I said a while back our retention in the final third would come back to bite us and that played a big part tonight and is why some don't think Ollie is top tier, though it's certainly not just him.
We got away with one tonight, but top 4 is still doable.
Need Arsenal to do us a favour tomorrow.

2.) 27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 22:54:51
Olsen did one thing wrong and immediately made up for it. You have to have been a keeper to know how difficult it is to save that first goal, low and hard and just that awkward distance between saving with a foot or an outstretched hand. His positioning was correct to cover as much of the goal as possible.
His ability on the ball wasn't the problem either, nobody was showing for it or pulling away from players. He played some decent mid range passes but Ollies control deserted him, Diaby just doesn't even try to get involved physically and Rogers started to encroach on Watkins space a little too much.
A draw is still fine though, 4-6 points from Brighton and Palace should be more than enough.

3.) 28 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 23:05:06
His stats don’t lie, when he plays he concedes a bucket load, every time, he made 2 decent saves which were straight at him and anything that was to either side of him went in the net, if emi is out for a few games we are done

4.) 28 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024 23:38:28
Each to their own, but I think it's difficult to see how the way we play and Olsen's inability with the ball at feet don't impact our defensive confidence and set up. As I said, he didn't do a huge amount wrong today, other than his woeful atte.pt to come out and creative a needless moment of indecision between him and Carlos, but generally speaking it's pretty widely accepted he's a liability for us and we need a better back up. Tonight was certainly a much bigger set of issues than just him though.
Still, we got away with a point and given our schedule we can't expect to be great every game. It's all about points at this stage.
Hopefully Martinez and Tielemens injuries aren't too bad!