Every player whatever position on a football pitch makes mistakes its just that goalkeeping errors are noticed more than outfield players.
9 times out of ten if a keeper fucks up its a goal if a outfield player makes a mistake he has other players to pull him out of the shit.
You are right Frank that if an outfield player makes a mistake there is usually someone available to cover whereas the keepers mistakes usually result in a goal.
I do, however, think that Tickles starting position was the reason he didn't get to the ball on this occasion. He should have been on his line and moved across towards the back post as the cross came in. Because he was further forward he was caught out by a ball floated over his head and had no chance to recover.
I agree that the ball should have been cut out before the cross came in and that Kerr could have made more effort to clear it at the back post, but my criticism of Tickle is still valid.
I am also concerned, at present, with his distribution and general clearance kicks which have become erratic over the last few games. His main strength when coming in for this season, and one of the reasons he is better than Amos, was the way he used the ball but he seems to have lost that ability in recent games and is constantly hitting the ball out of play.
The annoying thing, for me, is that in the warm up he hits the ball with unerring accuracy.
I think Tickle is an exceptional talent and will no doubt go on to play at a far higher level, but at present he is still learning and not immune to the odd mistake and some valid constructive criticism.
