EverHopeful
First Team
Good to see Begovic picked out on MOTD as our key man vs Huddersfield. Made some outstanding saves. Must give the defence a lot of confidence to have someone of that quality and experience behind them. Top man.
It would be relatively simple to do. For "downtime" associated with injuries, goal celebrations and substitutions, just stop the clock and restart it when play resumes. Easy. For delay of play, such as goalkeepers and throw-ins, adopt basketball's 5 second rule - if the ball is not put in play within 5 seconds, it goes over to the other team. Not rocket science, just needs some balls to change the laws.
BTW - how many of us wish(ed) that we could have wasted an extra minute against ManU ......
Begovic overall standard has dropped this season.
The shots on targets to goals conceded stats is particularly damning.
Last week at Everton was the final straw for me, he just watched everything flash through his box, made no attempts to claim crosses or command his 6 yard box. Other than take goal kicks he did nothing.
Boruc stepped in after 18 months plus of no Premier League starts, his distribution was quick, he punched the ball clear once and made the odd save when called upon.
Looked very much the right decision to me.
Long term it’s a bit of a conundrum though.
It was nice to see Artur join the rest of the team in clapping the fans at the end of the game.
So often when he was no.1 he just walked off down the tunnel.
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