Mitchell

[donnievic]

Mindst you the time it took for theur keeoer to finally punt it long shoyld have been an indirect free kick to us. But when was the last time you saw a ref penakise a keeoer for keeping it too long, is 6 seconds still the law?

yes it is but but they always give them longer but agree yesterday must of had it nearly 20 seconds

[Campsall rover]

Mitchell could have claimed the cross for the first goal but dithered

Filo I have watched it back several times and no way was that Mitchell’s ball. It was actually further away from him than I originally thought. It was whipped in with pace and curl.  If there was any fault it was Mitchell not shouting to Anderson to leave it. Any touch on the ball could end in an OG & it did.

[drfchound]

Mitchell could have claimed the cross for the first goal but dithered

Filo I have watched it back several times and no way was that Mitchell’s ball. It was ctually further away from him than I originally thought. It was wiped in with pace and curl.  If there was any fault it was Mitchell not shouting to Anderson to leave it. Amy touch on the ball could end in an OG & it did.

Camps, I’m not sure that there was enough time,  from the ball being hit across the face of goal by the Mansfield 16 to Anderson deflecting the ball into the goal, for Mitchell to even think about shouting for Tom to leave it, never mind actually shouting it. It was literally a nano second.
These things happen and with hindsight every goal is stoppable.

[Campsall rover]

There is no way on Earth that the first goal is down to Mitchell.  The cross is delivered in such a way that it would tempt him to think about going for it but realising it is too high and too far away from him, and moving further away from him as well.  You could lay the blame on Seaman who lets their number 16 go past him and hit the ball across goal.
If Mitchell had gone for the cross and not got it he would have been stranded five yards wide of his post and people would have had a go at him for going for a ball he shouldn’t have gone for.

Correct. Just seen your post hound. I have just posted the same.

I know you were not a keeper hound but there seems to be a few on here who don’t know too much about goal keeping. That is not intended to be disrespectful. 
I think when you have been a keeper yourself you know when the keeper has messed up and when it wasn’t his fault.
1st goal no way was it Mitchell’s ball.  3rd goal a total mess up between Anderson, Williams and Mitchell.
Mitchell came off his line because he was expecting his defenders to deal with that long ball. I do agree he came out a little too far too quickly having watched it several times.  But the defenders were the main culprits.

[donnievic]

Mitchell could have claimed the cross for the first goal but dithered

Filo I have watched it back several times and no way was that Mitchell’s ball. It was ctually further away from him than I originally thought. It was wiped in with pace and curl.  If there was any fault it was Mitchell not shouting to Anderson to leave it. Amy touch on the ball could end in an OG & it did.

Camps, I’m not sure that there was enough time,  from the ball being hit across the face of goal by the Mansfield 16 to Anderson deflecting the ball into the goal, for Mitchell to even think about shouting for Tom to leave it, never mind actually shouting it. It was literally a nano second.
These things happen and with hindsight every goal is stoppable.

great ball in,it was molyneux who. Was at fault the way he lost the ball for them to get on the attack in the 1st place,surprised no one has mentioned about the 2nd being handball though either and only abit of appeal by I think Biggins

[Campsall rover]

Mitchell could have claimed the cross for the first goal but dithered

Filo I have watched it back several times and no way was that Mitchell’s ball. It was ctually further away from him than I originally thought. It was wiped in with pace and curl.  If there was any fault it was Mitchell not shouting to Anderson to leave it. Amy touch on the ball could end in an OG & it did.

Camps, I’m not sure that there was enough time,  from the ball being hit across the face of goal by the Mansfield 16 to Anderson deflecting the ball into the goal, for Mitchell to even think about shouting for Tom to leave it, never mind actually shouting it. It was literally a nano second.
These things happen and with hindsight every goal is stoppable.

Yes you’re right hound

[ravenrover]

Fat fingers

[ncRover]

Can’t really see what Williams did wrong yesterday

I was being unfair there I think, he didn’t make mistakes like the others. I’m just tired of his complete lack of any commanding presence and physicality as a centre back.

[ctay]

It wasnt handball from what I saw, hit his chest. Great strike though.

I thought on the day Mitchell could have come for the first, but its curling away.. keepers nightmare really, if he doesnt get it its an easy tap in. The third kinds of sums this seasons defending up. Akins bullied us, they looked better on the ball than we did in the first half.

I am not a fan of his but he is what we have, I dont see another keeper coming in. I think the lack of confidence in the back 4/5 and keeper is killing us.

[Sammy Chung was King]

They’ve lost two of their best players, yet we still went there and got tonked. How many times does that happen with us? We aren’t good enough to take advantage of weaknesses in sides. We had decent possession but did nothing with it. Only looking any sort of danger when things were changed second half.

Talking to each other seems a major problem in our side. Communication is a basic, surely somebody back there is capable of organising the other’s defensively?
We were punished for every mistake made.

Possession of a ball is good if you do something with it, it guarantees you nothing.
We have to be good enough to keep it but also create chances. Too many scared to take charge and run the game.

[Draytonian III]

Simple answer, drop him and give Jones a game

[steve@dcfd]

Simple answer, drop him and give Jones a game

No I don’t believe that’s an option we need a better No. 1 Keeper
We have needed a good No 1 keeper since we Seny Dieng returned to QPR. We’ve needed a good centre midfield player since Whiteman left . Both are still required and we might start to progress again.

[Lesonthewest]

All 3 were at fault. Mitchell came out far too far, too quickly, if he didn't think he could get to the ball he shouldn't have been there.

[Barmby Rover]

Where's a Sulli when you need one? I remember, playing for somebody else because we are "sustainable".

[Metalmicky]

Surprised nobody is praising his performance from last night - thought the lad had an excellent game.

[Filo]

Surprised nobody is praising his performance from last night - thought the lad had an excellent game.

To be fair, he did nothing more than you would expect from a competent keeper

[Spilsby Red]

He did have a good performance last night as I stated on another post. Just very slow in releasing the ball and kicking is rubbish but good shot stopper.
Another note is Jones and Bottomley injured?

[Bessie Red]

Surprised nobody is praising his performance from last night - thought the lad had an excellent game.

As I have said on another thread he did all the basics (coming for crosses, positioning etc) very well & pulled off some cracking saves, the best of which was him tipping a shot onto the bar in the 2nd half. As Filo said a competent performance. He is a good solid lge 2 keeper and if we are likely to be in this lge next season we should be looking to offer him a contract extension in my opinion.

[RugbyRover]

if only he hadn't fumbled that shot which resulted in Tommy Rowe getting crocked.

[danumdon]

if only he hadn't fumbled that shot which resulted in Tommy Rowe getting crocked.

I think unfortunately for Tommy if it wasn't that one then the next clash along would see him crocked again, it looks like time and injuries have taken their toll of a very good player for us.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I don't think it was the foul that did for him. A couple of minutes later, he made a strong run into the inside left position and suddenly pulled up holding his calf.

Hopefully it's just a mild strain.

[roversdude]

I thought Tommy was injured in the coming together with Mitchell, not sure how JM could have dealt any better with it tbh.
I was amazed at how long it took us to finally get Olowu on with Tommy obviously struggling-he was called back when the penalty area incident first happened

[Bessie Red]

if only he hadn't fumbled that shot which resulted in Tommy Rowe getting crocked.

Ffs!

[Colemans Left Hook]

I listened to his post match interview after the Tranni game

and he said it was either nice or was it unusual to be at a club for more than a year  and as you all know by now it is my "labour of love to spot mistakes " 

it turned out in a way he was right

looking at clubs he went to on loan they were what i call central England   --- assuming he has a wife she might well get Pi$$ed off moving to all these clubs .......  despite Hartlepool being near his home town ?

maybe that was why Hartlepool let him go so soon (personal problems) after spending 7 years at Derby and being loaned out like a library book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Mitchell_(footballer)

[Bailey Vickerage]

Had an excellent game yesterday, made 2/3 brilliant saves and claimed a lot of crosses late on to take pressure off the defence. His distribution is getting better aswell, was once where he could’ve threw it to molyneux but looking back I understand why he didn’t.

[drfchound]

Had an excellent game yesterday, made 2/3 brilliant saves and claimed a lot of crosses late on to take pressure off the defence. His distribution is getting better aswell, was once where he could’ve threw it to molyneux but looking back I understand why he didn’t.

Yes, I remember that incident. He thought about throwing the ball out but recognised that it might be risky and so changed his mind.
Had he thrown the ball out and it was intercepted then some people would have jumped on the opportunity to crucify him.
If he was unsure whether it was safe then he was right not to take the risk.
He had another solid game last night.