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curly_tom

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From Durham I think which makes him not a Mackem, might be wrong. I like him, he's played well and not out of his depth at this level, I guess we could probably improve on both of them though
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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From Durham I think which makes him not a Mackem, might be wrong. I like him, he's played well and not out of his depth at this level, I guess we could probably improve on both of them though

My grandad was from Co. Durham, went to watch Newcastle and Sunderland on alternate weekends, didn't have a favourite. But could explain the difference between 'Haway' and 'Howay'
 

no_loyalty

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From Durham I think which makes him not a Mackem, might be wrong. I like him, he's played well and not out of his depth at this level, I guess we could probably improve on both of them though

Yes he is from County Durham, he started his career at Sunderland.
 

AlansEyes

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Amazing to think that some people were ready to write our season off when Marosi picked up his injury and suggested that Wilson would cost us a lot of points. Fair play, he has really stepped up.
 

Terry_dactyl

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I’ve never really understood the hate Wilson gets/got. He’s massively surpassed my expectations...which were entirely based on people here saying he was shite.
My partner is a cardiff fan...look no further if it’s dodgy goalkeepers you want.
 

Frostie

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Interesting stats here: Championship Goalkeeper Stats | FBref.com

Wilson is 7th in the division for save % and “CS%” whatever that is (@Frostie?), well ahead of Marosi.

However, despite playing over 400 minutes less than Wilson, Marosi had 50% more saves to make (90/59). So clearly playing behind a much more leaky defence.

I hate Save % it's such a meaningless stat as it makes no attempt to judge the difficulty of a save. That incredible flying save from Wilson last night is given no more credit than a trickling shot straight at him from 20 yards.

The stat I believe best for truly assessing a goalkeeper's shot stopping is PSxG or 'Post Shot Expected Goals'. This takes into account the difficulty much better.

The y axis on the chart @AFCCOVENTRY posted earlier in the thread shows Wilson does pretty well on this scale too though, effectively saving over 2.5 'goals'. 👍🏻

This graph is 2-3 months out of date now but look at the Shot Difficulty Maroši used to face! That early part of the season was brutal defensively.
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Brighton Sky Blue

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own goal of the season?

this was the own goal of the 20th century.

Andy Pearce, look away now

is there such a thing as an own goal of the season?


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Garryb80

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I don’t think anyone actually ‘hates’ him - why is that on here commenting on a player’s ability is seen as hatred?
It's the in thing on social media. Either your a follower who worships the ground someone walks on or you hate them. Middle ground has been removed.
 

Terry_dactyl

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I don’t think anyone actually ‘hates’ him - why is that on here commenting on a player’s ability is seen as hatred?
I was using modern parlance...ok, why do people perceive Ben Wilson ‘s performances, but not his character/personal attributes, to be below the standard that one would hope for from our goalkeeping custodian, and express this disappointment in such a crude and expletive laden manner?

Better?
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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Yup, I must admit I thought we would drop additional points without Marosi. I think Wilson was judged before he had really been given a go.
I was one of the people who thought not a chance we would do well before he actually played, will not be making that mistake again, the best no.2 in the Championship if he is still regarded as that
 

Sick Boy

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I was using modern parlance...ok, why do people perceive Ben Wilson ‘s performances, but not his character/personal attributes, to be below the standard that one would hope for from our goalkeeping custodian, and express this disappointment in such a crude and expletive laden manner?

Better?
Maybe I’m just getting old 😳
 

Offhegoes

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Sell Marosi, and bring in an experienced keeper for next year (Ruddy, Stockdale) and let them fight it out with Wilson for the shirt.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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Top save, bad misjudgement of bounce( having had 70 plus minutes to watch it bouncing high) bad decision to grab player (it was being cleared, hence no red card)
 

no_loyalty

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He’s been good recently I agree but unfortunately for him (he seems like such a decent bloke) he’s just not good enough to be a Championship number one.

Or a league two number one it seems.
 

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