Rounding the Keeper

Stanah

Stanah

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Watching Jerry's goal yesterday took me back!

That was the second goal in recent weeks where he has rounded the keeper to slot the ball into an empty net, when I was a kid this was frequent way to score but now strikers seem to want to shoot early when they are in one on one with the goalie, why is this?

Jerry reminds me of Brazilian Renaldo in that situation!
He seem to always round the keeper.

Is a forward more likely to score when 121 by shooting or rounding the keeper, anyone seen any stats?
 
I actually think Jerry was looking to square the ball to Simms originally but he had a bad touch and Camp had got too close for him to square it. Camp had anticipated the pass and Jerry then took the ball in the other direction and around him. Great finish but if he had fluffed it ......
 
bollieboy said:
I actually think Jerry was looking to square the ball to Simms originally but he had a bad touch and Camp had got too close for him to square it. Camp had anticipated the pass and Jerry then took the ball in the other direction and around him. Great finish but if he had fluffed it ......
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Not sure, only Jerry will know that.

In the 80's this was common practice but not now, player seem to shoot early or dink the keeper, why?
 
Chunkylad said:
Surely tou have to round the keeper, stop the ball on the line, then get on your hands and knees and head it in???
This is the way!!!
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Made me smile that!

Reminded me of playing "cuppies", do kids still play these games?
Headers and volleys etc
 
Headers and volleys! Distant memories of days on Cottam Hall, our group of four or five gradually getting nearer and nearer to the goal as fluffed attempts to get the ball into a volleying position forced the keeper to invoke the "outside the 6 yard box" rule. Although that was mainly through boredom, as they rarely got anything to do.

Re the rounding the keeper. Personally I think its rarity is a reflection on the different game now. Maybe in one way it's good because the game is no longer condensed into 15 yards either side of halfway. If a speedy forward beat the offside they often got a direct run on goal uninterrupted.

Defenders are quicker in response to the faster game overall, so can get back to prevent more than they used to.

And I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of a generation of forwards are just growing up without the awareness of it. Running with the ball and dribbling past a defender is becoming a lost art, the emphasis now us on passing your way through at pace. Which is why England struggle to look convincing against the likes of San Marino, so would any team in the lack of space that their robotic defensive drilling creates.
 
CGP1 said:
Headers and volleys! Distant memories of days on Cottam Hall, our group of four or five gradually getting nearer and nearer to the goal as fluffed attempts to get the ball into a volleying position forced the keeper to invoke the "outside the 6 yard box" rule. Although that was mainly through boredom, as they rarely got anything to do.

Re the rounding the keeper. Personally I think its rarity is a reflection on the different game now. Maybe in one way it's good because the game is no longer condensed into 15 yards either side of halfway. If a speedy forward beat the offside they often got a direct run on goal uninterrupted.

Defenders are quicker in response to the faster game overall, so can get back to prevent more than they used to.

And I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of a generation of forwards are just growing up without the awareness of it. Running with the ball and dribbling past a defender is becoming a lost art, the emphasis now us on passing your way through at pace. Which is why England struggle to look convincing against the likes of San Marino, so would any team in the lack of space that their robotic defensive drilling creates.
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Three and in.
 
Always the best 1on 1 approach - why?
As long as the forward keeps the ball he will score. Y rounding the keeper or get a pen (& possibly a red card)
It’s a no brainier

I think P REM forwards tend to shoot because they are a) so precise & b) welly the ball so hard they rarely miss
 
I think as a striker you’re almost damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Try and round the keeper and fail and everyone will question why you didn’t shoot - it also risks a defender getting back on the line. Great goal if you can score it, wasted opportunity if you don’t!
 
Critch said that his only surprise was " he didn't round the keeper"

He was talking about Jerrys first goal today!

I must say, he made the right decision as I think if he had rounded him then it would have been a really tight angle to finish it.
 
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