Before kick off on Saturday it was interesting to see Ben Amos’s warm up routine which involved all sorts of stretch exercises and a lot of different shot saving. I guess the guy managing the session was the goalkeeping coach and he certainly put Ben through it even continuing when the players came out for kick off. It is the most exhaustive routine I’ve ever seem for a Charlton ‘keeper.
It certainly worked
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As i keep sayng, Boltons no 1 keeper must be one hell of a goalie.
Bloody hell.
Possibly the best keeper we've had since being relegated from the premier league, and better than some of the ones we had while in the premier league, imho. Good shot stopper and commands his area very well. He inspires confidence and clearly settles the nerves of his back four too. Doesn't appear to have any significant weaknesses.
Far less now we have Bowyer in charge, but you can be certain that if we still had Robinson, we would’ve seen Konsa and Sarr at centre back as well as Bauer and Pearce these last 8 games.
When you think we have had Solly, Dijksteel, Konsa, Bauer, Pearce, Sarr, Lennon, Dasilva, Jackson, and Page - all playing in defence at some point this season is craziness.
So to only have conceded 50 goals this season, and only Wigan, Blackburn, Shrewsbury, and Scunthorpe to have conceded less makes him far more impressive.
During this period Amos has been superb, clearly having a settled defence helps, but to me he's really stepped up, he looks like one of the senior players out there now. Many great saves, but it's his handling that stands out to me, the way he plucks crosses out of the air must give the defence so much confidence. I'm struggling to think of a Charlton keeper who's so dominant in his box.
Haha true enough. I liked him though and it’s a shame about his injuries, I think he would have had a decent career with a few Ireland caps