Keepers need MORE protection

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Perhaps goalkeepers' jerseys should carry a government health warning: "You wear this item at your own risk. Your personal safety cannot be guaranteed." Until recently goalkeepers tended to be thought of as overprotected but now there is a prima facie case for arguing that they are not protected enough.

 

A week ago Chelsea lost both of their first-choice goalkeepers at Reading following collisions with oncoming opponents. At the start of the match Petr Cech was laid out after being caught by Stephen Hunt's knee and in stoppage time his deputy, Carlo Cudicini, was knocked unconscious when he fell heavily following a mid-air collision with Ibrahima Sonko. Both goalkeepers went to hospital, Cudicini with concussion, Cech with a depressed skull fracture.

 

Add in the perforated bowel suffered by Newcastle United's Shay Given when he was inadvertently caught by West Ham's Marlon Harewood and the incident in last season's FA Cup semi-final when Middlesbrough's Mark Schwarzer fractured his cheekbone after colliding with another West Ham forward, Dean Ashton, and an alarming pattern begins to emerge.

 

 

an alarming pattern if you only consider the last few months, maybe

[SkippyjonJones]

how many injuries per games played for goalkeepers vs outfielders.

 

2 chelsea keepers being injured in one game doesn;t mena that they are not protected. just they they are a pair of skip eating poofs who have spend too long getting soft whilst sucking at the nipple of their russian overlord.

 

 

I mean Its just bad luck..

[Earl Hafler]

Rafa said the other day that they need more protection. No they don't.

 

Probably see a spate of stupid free-kicks now for players who jump within 2 feet of a keeper. Yellow cards for anyone going for a 50/50.

[alext]

Every player should wear eye protectors because Sissoko got a nasty eye injury last year.

[Spion kop]

whats the ratio of goalkeepers to outfield players getting kicked in the head?

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

not that many players dive at the ground where the ball is.

 

How many keepers have been injured in the past 5 seasons? I'll bet they even make up fewer than 9% of all injuries - 9% (2 in 22 players are keepers = 9%), so in relative terms get off lightly

[Stevie H]

'keepers already have too much protection and need to man up. football risks becoming a tart's game.

[Nebraska Red]

they will end up being treated like NFL quarterbacks. keepers will get a "no go" zone all over the penalty box, forwards will be required to keep their arms at their sides and not allowed to play if they have a cold or the sniffles.

 

whatever happened to the good old days of shoulder charging the keeper, and the ball, into the net for a goal?

[libero]

 

whatever happened to the good old days of shoulder charging the keeper, and the ball, into the net for a goal?

You are starting to sound like that old fecker Murph.

[John am Rhein]

Goalkeepers deserve a good hiding