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How Many Goals Has Hart Cost Man City?

WhoScored.com's Martin Laurence takes a statistical look at this season's top goalkeepers in the Premier League, with concerns over Joe Hart's slipping standards...

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crookster (Manchester United) says...

There are far more pertinant stats that can be used to define if a goal keeper is weak or strong.. diving saves as mentioned below is far too ambiguous.. perhaps you have to dive so often because you lack positional authority.. saves in general is too vague also because again it doesn't classify the type of shot taken.. I would like to see the stats on the following criteria... Falled/succesful punch clearences from incoming crosses... dropped catches even if quickly regathered from crosses (just to see who has the best hands).. Shots parred back into open play as oppossed to around the post (de gea would be suspect here as would Hart), misplaced kicks that have led to direct chances against.. throwing distribution succes rate.. saves registered from balls struck at close range (perhaps a seperation of shots hit at greater pace etc).. saves from distance would be too flimsey as any keeper who plays professionally is hard to beat from range.. another very important stat is times beaten on the near post as that is deemed to be a big no no for keepers.. hart suffers in that respect I feel. All keepers have weaknesses.. the best ones iron them out when they get to about 28. Hart, De Gea and several others in the prem have time on their side. This article attempts to sh*t all over Hart even bemoaning his extra curricular marketing activity.. Surely you are not suggesting it is his appearing in an advertisement that is affecting his goal keeping ability? Who would be a keeper eh? When you make a mistake you go from brilliant to crap. Imagine if we applied that same logic to strikers. Look Van P has missed a pen. Sh*t striker or bad strike?

Posted 12:40pm 20th March 2013

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