SupermarketShrimp wrote:Letheren cost us three points on saturday, he should really have kept the second goal out.
I agree that the second goal could’ve been kept out, but it’s not as linear as saying that “cost us the 3 points.” We sat back for 50 minutes of that game and he made a good few saves that you could argue Halstead, Turner, Mafoumbi etc. may not have kept out.
Letheren’s had 2 games and is already coming under fire! In my opinion (for what it’s worth) he looks more much solid than Jokull, with his kicking especially being much better - distance-wise at least.
As others have mentioned, we can’t forget Mark has made a lot of howlers in the past - he’s not going to come into the team and keep a clean sheet every game.
Let’s just get behind the team that starts instead of throwing a new signing under the bus a fortnight after he signed, and see how his performances play out in the long run.
Edit: RRW posted basically my exact opinion at the same time!
RedRedWine wrote:there were lots of things we could've done better for that goal that aren't being highlighted, and contributed significantly towards it.... Hendrie jumping in needlessly allowing the break, and then Harry Davis completely losing his man which allowed the opportunity for a good, easy ball into the box and the header from close range.
Agreed, Hendrie lost out, then Davis nonsensically charged out at the man on the ball, leaving the runner with a clean run in behind, with Sam bailing us out big time.
Overall, I think Kyle needs a bit more time before we can make a fair judgement. Apart from that attempted save, I think all the other parts of his game looked pretty good - great double save in the first half to keep things at 1-0. His kicking and distribution is much better than Halsteads IMO.
Basically what I said - maybe he doesn’t have as much command of his area as other keepers do, but to be honest, I’ve never really thought Mark is convincingly commanding of his area.