Funny how the only defence for Mignolet is during matches like these is 'It could have been 7 or 8'. Enough's been said about our defence and with merit too but Mignolet's one of them as well so he rightly should be given a going over.
Not to mention it was one of his aimless kicks that resulted in Man City getting their first goal. Always the catalyst for a sequence of errors is Simon. Just an awful awful keeper and 8 conceded in 3 matches is entirely in keeping with his ability (and the defence's)
I seriously don't know why people defend him at all.
So the F**k what if he makes saves. It's his F***ing job. Every other F***ing keeper from the conference up makes the same F***ing saves week in week out.
To argue that he's not that bad and he makes some amazing saves is just a joke.
Just think about when we play a minnow and have like 20 shots on target and people say keepers are having the game of their life because they pull off so many excellent saves.
Every single keeper is capable of making saves...
Mignolet is no different, big F***ing whoop he makes the odd save here and there.
You simply can't defend him with that, fair enough if he made saves like that every game for the whole 90 minutes then yeah ok...
But the simple matter of fact is that about half of all shots sail right F***ing past him.
Near post, right next to him, easy every day shots they all go straight F***ing past him so just on shot stopping alone he is absolute gash.
Then you have got:
Coming for crosses - to be honest you are F***ing lucky if you ever see it. If I had a pound for ever time Mignolet comes for a cross I'd probably be in the negative it's that F***ing bad he is.
Commanding his area - Absolute joke, gets pushed all over the place like a pussy and very rarely leaves his line. Even if he just come out a bit and jostled a bit and put some people off that would do.
Organisation - In my opinion he should be shouting every time we are being attacked or defending a set piece. He can see everything happening in front of him and pretty much his main focus is the ball. Defenders have to turn their back on the ball, watch attackers, track runs etc.
He should be F***ing shouting helpful instructions and organising things to help the defence.
Anticipation - What anticipation? He just stays there and watches players bare down on his goal to pick their spot. On the rare occasion he does come out he is easily beaten.
Communication - How many times have we seen him try and punch or catch a ball and end up ploughing straight into our own defenders. He can see everything around him and if he knows it's safe he should be screaming Mignolet's and just claiming the ball easily.
Distribution - No game is complete without him blasting a goalkick into touch. His kicks very rarely hit a man in red and often land us in sh*t.
On the rare occasion he gets the ball and can get us off on a quick attack... He gestures the players like a mad shouting and waving them forward and you think he is going to launch a quick counter.
But no he stops and waits for everyone including the opposition to get in place then blasts it up to no one or out of play.
Shouting - The only time you see him shout is usually after he makes one of those 50% saves he makes. This causes him to rage out like a loony at the defence for daring to let a shot at goal. It infuriates me so much.
But hey, he makes some saves 50% of the time so let's cut him some slack.
Haha absolute joke of a keeper.
