Vydra's miss

[Doodle]

Does it say something about this forum and Derby fans in general. That on the day Darren Bent scores a worldie, that his goal doesn't warrant its own thread, whilst a great save by their keeper ( although should have scored) does?

[rynny]

1 hour ago, G-Ram said:

Still won soooooo it doesn't matter

he'll start scoring soon, i agree he should have buried it but it happens, it didn't cost us and all strikers miss from time to time. Even the wonderful Chris Martin used to miss chances 

We're making something out of nothing because its vydra and there is still a lets bum chris martin brigade.

Butters had a shot tipped on the post lets discuss that miss, or examine where ince should have shot instead of running on further into the box. Then there is bents miss in the first few mins. Its a lets pick on vydra because he's seen as saint chris martins replacement. 

Why is everything about Chris Martin? He keeps on popping up on most threads, and it isn't the posters that have been more vocal about wanting him to return, it is the posters that do not want him to. ?

[G STAR RAM]

22 minutes ago, Ewe Ram said:

Is there a scale of worthiness? Where is it? I'd like to see it 

John Harkes miss at Wembley was worth its own thread.

Had Vydra missed the target yesterday it would have deserved it's own thread.

It was a bad miss/good save.

Just mention it in the match day thread along with the 4 or 5 other good chances we missed, not start another scapegoat thread.

 

[robglosta]

9 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

Why did he try and go back across the goalkeeper? He's on his left foot and had half the goal open right in-front of him. Going back across the goalkeeper limited his chance of scoring, and thus he hit it practically straight at Lonergan.

Such a terrible miss.

 

  

What a nonsense post. Are we going to have a new thread for each (subjective) error that a player makes? 

Sky saying it was a fantastic save, which I totally agree with - because it was.  

Back to back wins and you post tripe like this, it really does make me question the joy you get out of Derby winning. 

[Tamworthram]

2 hours ago, FunkyRam said:

No doubt about it, it was a terrible miss, But why be so strung up on the negative things all the time. This forum should be talking about the first half! Was the best i've seen the team play since Macca left.

We can debate whether he should have gone left or right until we're blue in the face but to describe it as a "terrible miss" is frankly ridiculous. If the keeper hadn't got a knee to it and done just enough to nudge it on to the post it would have gone in. A terrible miss would have been if he'd blazed it over, not hit it on target or made it a relatively easy save for the keeper. So, as you say, let's focus a little more on the positives. It was a great ball through, a very decent effort on goal only thwarted by an excellent save by their keeper. 

[1977 Ram Raider]

So easy to say all this in hindsight. Vydras intelligent play saw the keepers momentum of going to his right, so to shoot to the left the keeper would never have got there. Clever play if you ask me and so unlucky it hit lonergans knees.

[Tamworthram]

Just now, Tamworthram said:

We can debate whether he should have gone left or right until we're blue in the face but to describe it as a "terrible miss" is frankly ridiculous. If the keeper hadn't got a knee to it and done just enough to nudge it on to the post it would have gone in. A terrible miss would have been if he'd blazed it over, not hit it on target or made it a relatively easy save for the keeper. So, as you say, let's focus a little more on the positives. It was a great ball through, a very decent effort on goal only thwarted by an excellent save by their keeper. 

Also, let's change the title of the thread from Vydra's miss to the keepers save from Vydra. 

[Curtains]

What miss it was a good effort and a great save. 

He had only just come on the field also as a substitute.

[irobinson]

just a great save  - get over it - Vydra has the quality.

[i-Ram]

9 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

Why did he try and go back across the goalkeeper? He's on his left foot and had half the goal open right in-front of him. Going back across the goalkeeper limited his chance of scoring, and thus he hit it practically straight at Lonergan.

Such a terrible miss.

Because he is only a decent but inconsistent striker, who has never quite made it to the top. Probably the journalistic equivalent of writing for HITC.

[RamuelLJackson]

I expect he did it on purpose because he isn't a natural goalscorer and can only play alongside Troy Deeney though he could play with Chris Martin because Chris Martin is awesome but if we had Chris Martin we wouldn't have needed to spend £8.5 million in the first place so can we recall him from Fulham he would have shot at the near post and never missed and then we can sell Vydra who is only an anagram of a good striker anyway.

[Millenniumram]

What on earth do some fans have against vydra?! It was an absolutely top drawer save, and not the only one lonergan made yesterday. If it was Chris Martin who took that shot and it was saved everyone would have been lauding the goalkeeper. As it stands it's used as an excuse to again criticise our striker not because he's a poor player, because he's not, but the real deep down reason is he's not Chris Martin and some of you can't move on from him

[Curtains]

Just now, Millenniumram said:

What on earth do some fans have against vydra?! It was an absolutely top drawer save, and not the only one lonergan made yesterday. If it was Chris Martin who took that shot and it was saved everyone would have been lauding the goalkeeper. As it stands it's used as an excuse to again criticise our striker not because he's a poor player, because he's not, but the real deep down reason is he's not Chris Martin and some of you can't move on from him

This 100 percent. 

[1977 Ram Raider]

8 minutes ago, RamuelLJackson said:

I expect he did it on purpose because he isn't a natural goalscorer and can only play alongside Troy Deeney though he could play with Chris Martin because Chris Martin is awesome but if we had Chris Martin we wouldn't have needed to spend £8.5 million in the first place so can we recall him from Fulham he would have shot at the near post and never missed and then we can sell Vydra who is only an anagram of a good striker anyway.

Mods, could really do with an 'unlike this' button.

[ossieram]

8 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

It was just an interesting talking point. Thanks for getting that up @rynny

I can't understand why he tried to go across the goalkeeper from there. Look at that massive gap to the keeper's right. Any shot, even if scuffed, would have gone in had he put it in that corner.

Trying to go back across the goalkeeper when the angle was unfavourable didn't make sense. And not only that, he hit it straight at Lonergan rather than in the corner.

Wouldn't be brilliant if players could freeze the action before deciding which way to shoot!

It was a good save from the keeper and if the ball had been an inch higher it would have gone in.

[kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong]

He's getting himself into the right places which is three quarters of the the battle for a striker...just needs some luck...it will come

[deano180]

9 hours ago, rynny said:

@Bris Vegas

This does not show the 10 hours he needed to control, compose, decide then execute, was a poor miss IMO

[Parsnip]

I could understand the point of this thread if Vydra has missed a last minute sitter and it had cost us points.. 

But otherwise, **** happens, strikers (all strikers), sometimes miss. 

[Kernow]

He should have scored of course. If he had 5 goals in his last 5, he probably would have done. Once he gets a run in the team and scores a few, ones like that will go in.

I wouldn't call it a "terrible miss" though. A terrible miss is an open goal where you don't hit the target. He lifted the ball slightly, went the opposite direction to the keeper's dive and unfortunately it clipped his knee and bounced on to the post. The keeper spread himself well but if the ball was half an inch higher, that clips his leg and goes in. That's all we're talking about, half an inch and this thread doesn't exist. It was just unfortunate.

The fact that this thread was made as a negative point of yesterday suggests we actually played pretty well and picked up a pretty good win. Not too much to moan about.

[RamuelLJackson]

14 minutes ago, 1977 Ram Raider said:

Mods, could really do with an 'unlike this' button.

And a 'sarcasm alert' emoji.