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Peak Rover
Vital Reserves Team
Don't be too worried about it. If Rammy had let in Salas shot This forum would have been in melt down by now.
Grayblade
Vital Football Hero
Lol, maybe PR but that said, compared to other forums and social media, this forum’s reactions are relatively calm and measured.
seanbeanstattoo
Vital Football Hero
Watched the game and thought Hendo was no better than Ramsdale.....again. He was behind a defence performing at levels virtually unseen by a Blades team. Looks average behind Man Yoos lumbering backline.
That said I note and agree with a number of Ramsdale issues, namely flapping and diving randomly.
That said I note and agree with a number of Ramsdale issues, namely flapping and diving randomly.
BlairBlade
Vital Youth Team
That might be a very sensible way to go about things.
tomytony
Vital Champions League
Didn't see the Manure /Pool match but , here in Manchester, the Cult of Hendo is not so well cultivated ( mainly by Hendo) as it was at BDBL.
He has his faults but success covers up so much, if failing then the scrutiny increases and the real truth emerges- and that's what's happening at BDBL and one of the protaganists comes up well short to date.
He has his faults but success covers up so much, if failing then the scrutiny increases and the real truth emerges- and that's what's happening at BDBL and one of the protaganists comes up well short to date.
Peak Rover
Vital Reserves Team
TT Hendo was a showman who was able to cultivate the Cop and of course they were there to applaud his many good saves, which would certainly give him confidence. Also give him some leeway when he made mistakes. Unfortunately Rammy didn't have the benefit of a large crowd behind him from the start. In hindsight now the errors are coming it's as well their isn't a crowd or I could see a repetition of the Long saga.
tomytony
Vital Champions League
Exactly PR, Hendo played the fans for all he was worth and got away with his weaknesses because they were hidden in the overall success and his PR was better.I have consciously not tried to use him when criticising R/dale as , basically, it's irrelevant. The one big thing in Hendo's favour, technically, is that he's more athletic, has a better spring and for me, better anticipation.
A crowd behind R/dale might well have spurred him, and the rest, on but none of them could help him when he comes for crosses and drops them or lets the ball squirm away, they are down o him and why he's not good enough ATM
Blades recognise and appreciate a good keeper and, as one of our own,he may well have got more leeway than others but , ultimately, it's down to the player and, if the player does not perform, then the crowd only has so much patience.
Regardless of that R/dale will get a great reception when there is a crowd behind him- but, after that, it's down to him as to whether that continues.
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
That's cos most of us are owd BLADES and we've seen our beloved club in alot worse situations than this.I must admit watching the Manure/scouse game i had a chuckle when both the scouse goals were scored and thought i wonder if Rammers will get the blame on some of the BLADES FB forums.
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Fan not a Fanatic
Vital Squad Member
Looking forward to Wilder's match interview, will any of the presenters be brave enough to ask about Ramsdale's form, highly unlikely but you never know. Certainly the main theme on media streams, be interesting to get Wilder's take on it, whatever the response.
justwantareaction
Vital Youth Team
Agree to some extent but I think Ramsdale may prove to be a better keeper for us than Henderson. Yes he has flapped a bit but his positional sense is good, has very good reactions and can catch a ball better than Henderson imo. Never easy to follow a popular goalkeeper especially when he performed in our first good premiership season for almost a lifetime and the first for many blades.
Ramsdale reminds me of the late, great John Hope. We all know what a clown he could be then the next moment out of this world. He was in the England u23 squad too and had the unforgiving job of following our best ever goal keeper, Hodgy. We all ended up loving the guy though, warts and all.
Let's all get behind Rammers and make him a Blades legend. We could certainly do with one!
Grayblade
Vital Football Hero
Well said. I think we should buy Rammy a lucky Gonk. Do they still sell them?
Mahatmafoot
Vital Squad Member
No need to bring Smegson into the equation.
tomytony
Vital Champions League
I've hesitated to use the comparison with John Grope because I thought he was, how shall I put it,less than competent - much less than Ramsdale. He did keep 7clean sheets in a row, a Blades record at the time.
Any similarities between the two are the ones where there is a bad error and, in that respect R/daale is streets ahead of Hope in competence and ability.
His call up to the U23's was a 'two off' both as an injury replacement, he only played 101 games in total, 63 for us, in a career that spanned only 8yrs before going non league .He was on a free for 3 months before the mighty Darlington stepped in and he lasted 23 games there before non league beckoned.
If that sort of career is how you see R/dale then so be it. I think R/dale is far, far better than Hope but then again, in the pantheon of great SUFC keepers, John Hope wouldn't get on the 1st page.
I can see what you're getting at re. gaffes v the very good, but , overall, R/dale has not made the depth or calamitious gaffes that you saw too often from Hope.
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twirlo70
Vital 1st Team Regular
at last another rammers fan. well said pal well said
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
I'm a Rammers fan like i am a fan of all our players Twirls,but i can't deny the lad is struggling just now.When he was at BDBL before he did seem to have a big personality and i think Bigglenaldo told me how Rammers used to encourage the younger Keepers at Shirecliffe after his training session had finished.UTMPB
Rod Currie
Vital Football Legend
I think John Hope played his part in us going up in 1971 when he replaced Hodgy who i think had gone well past his best TT.I was mad tho when we got the pig fan David Ford and Hopey and the Geordies got King Tudor in exchange.I used to rate Tudor highly,he was a great header of the ball.UTMPB
tomytony
Vital Champions League
Hodgy needed replacing true and Hope did play his part Rod but not a leading role in that the others were much more important in getting us there.
We definitely got the wrong end of that deal, a pig and a keeper with one 1st team game to his name, against a very good leader of the line
seanbeanstattoo
Vital Football Hero
Charliejoejohn2
Vital Squad Member
. We went to Oxford when John Hope played his first game for United after one of our greatest keepers in Hodgy started dropping crosses and the crowd started to get on at him. John had a great game plucking all the crosses out of the air majestically. He looked a world beater. He had a good spell for United but made a few mistakes and the crowd being unforgiving started on him. All keepers make mistakes just as Henderson did against Liverpool last night. Some of you veterans on here will remember a Gary Sprake dropping loads of gollocks for Leeds yet he had a long international career. Once the crowd start getting at a keeper it knocks their confidence. We need to back Ramsdale Instead of looking for faults in him.
