Roos - could he have done better?

[Taribo]

I’m no Roos hater and actually fairly ok with him as our No.1 this season. Rewatching their goal yesterday I can’t make my mind up if Roos should have come out or if it was just a perfect ball into the box? I’m interested to know from people who know more about goalkeeping than me whether he should have come out for it or whether it looked a bit too far out of reach?

Defenders obviously could have done better. 

[LeedsRam1999]

I didn’t watch the full game but, from watching the highlights it seems from a lot of their set pieces he doesn’t seem to come and punch some when he maybe should. 
 

However, it did seem he was being blocked quite a lot, a tactic which set piece teams tend to use quite heavily when they feel a goalkeeper isn’t comfortably from crosses. 
 

That said, I like Roos and think he deserves another shot at number 1.

[Rammy03]

It was a good ball in, I'm looking at the defenders over Roos there

[Shipley Ram]

My initial though was the keeper could have got it. But it's Roos, and that isn't his strength, it would have looked far worse had he gone for it and got nowhere near it. We just have to accept that Roos isn't so good with crosses but has other qualities like being fine shot stopper. The bigger concern is there was no defender challenging for the ball.

 

I was more worried when he jumped and caught a looping ball in his chest, it gave me a horrible Wembley flashback even though he was unchallanged.

[sage]

Sometimes you have to say its a just very good delivery. It was CKRs man but he may not have stopped the goal even if he had gone with him

We should have held a slightly higher line though.

 

[The_Sheriff]

Lets be right Roos had a good game again yesterday i am not convinced he should have came out i am more concerned that probably the most dangerous cb in the division in terms of scoring headers was unmarked.

[richinspain]

It was an excellent delivery. Roos would have looked a complete dummy if he had tried to reach it before their player. The defence left plenty to desire, but Roos certainly wasn't at fault in my opinion.

[SFox1993]

Roos played excellent yesterday no way was that his fault in any way for the goal , great delivery, great powerful header

[Anag Ram]

The way I see it is that if a keeper doesn't come for a cross on or inside the six yard box they are rendering themselves redundant in the event of an opposition player attacking the ball. 

There is little chance they could save an effort on goal from there. 

If they do go for the cross they can at least put the opponent off and it's easier to get your body between the header and the goal if you don't get to the cross. 

A six foot four keeper with a big wing span has every advantage. 

[rammieib]

Got to be blocking Sarr. He was by far and away their biggest threat at set pieces - we had to stop him getting a run onto it like he did.

[Ram1988]

I think he had a good solid game overall and made a good account of himself.

[Ramslad1992]

Here we go again ?‍♂️
 

if he had come for it and missed everyone would be slating him. It was a great ball in.

His positioning wasn’t that bad and after the header it’s pure luck where it ends up.

[Anag Ram]

3 minutes ago, Ramslad1992 said:

Here we go again ?‍♂️
 

if he had come for it and missed everyone would be slating him. It was a great ball in.

His positioning wasn’t that bad and after the header it’s pure luck where it ends up.

I get your point on criticism, especially on here! 

The other plus of going for the cross is the high likelihood of getting a foul off any opponent who gets in his way. 

[Rambalin]

Watched it a few times a top goalkeeper would have come and caught the ball in. What Kelle is, is a competent keeper at this level, what would not have helped was not knowing who the central defenders would be till just before the game. 

Curtis summed it up with the interview saying they had not had time to work on defending set pieces. So now they have a idea who is here decisions maybe different next time. 

[Woodley Ram]

playing Salford City on Tuesday and the Peterbrough .......................................................................

[Eatonram]

It may be old fashioned but I think we need to learn the off side trap for set pieces like that. 

[RoyMac5]

Just now, Rambalin said:

Watched it a few times a top goalkeeper would have come and caught the ball in. What Kelle is, is a competent keeper at this level, what would not have helped was not knowing who the central defenders would be till just before the game. 

No way would a top keeper have thrown himself into that crowd of incoming players at a whipped ball delivered at pace. You want the keeper to be about where Sarr is? 

[CornwallRam]

The goal was caused by zonal marking, not poor goalkeeping. We formed a line and no one picked up Sarr. As the free kick was about to be taken, he was goalside of all our players in that area. He stepped level as the kick was taken and pretty much trotted in unopposed to meet the ball.

Admittedly, it was well hit free kick and a good header, which might have resulted in a goal even with proper marking, but we effectively gave them that goal. Interestingly,Curtis marked him for every set piece afterwards. 

[RoyMac5]

Better shot of where some are thinking Roos should be.

 

[Jubbs]

Arguably MOTM yesterday and people still bashing Roos, both on here and on Twitter. Why focus on the keeper who couldn't really do much and not the awful defending from set pieces?