Poor ickle Darryl

[Napster]

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/9279879.Cherries__Glass_adds_support_to_under_fire_Flahavan/

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

He's still too small

 

[choggy]

Still kept a clean sheet against Man U though. Before people have a pop at him, just remember THAT save from Cristiano Ronaldo..

 

[Kris]

...which was straight at him, wasn't it?

 

[londonblue]

Still kept a clean sheet against Man U though. Before people have a pop at him, just remember THAT save from Cristiano Ronaldo..

Which one? I remember about three...

...which was straight at him, wasn't it?

Not quite, but even if it was it was hit harder than I have ever seen a ball hit. How he reacted that quickly i'll never know. I doubt for one second that:

a) you would have got to it in time.
b) you would have had the strength in your arms to not let the ball straight through them an into the net.

 

[Blue_Shrimper1959]

Which one? I remember about three...



Not quite, but even if it was it was hit harder than I have ever seen a ball hit. How he reacted that quickly i'll never know. I doubt for one second that:

a) you would have got to it in time.
b) you would have had the strength in your arms to not let the ball straight through them an into the net.

If he was taller he could've caught it ;)

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Mildenhall's save v Chelsea was better than any of Flahavan's v Man U.

Mildenhall would have been castigated on here had he let in any of those Man U efforts.

 

[mfurok]

Ah - the magnificent Mildenhall - such memories - and he was in goal for sooooo many triumphs.....................

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

I never have and still don't get the abuse Flavs cops on here, and some of it from posters who are pretty clued up too ..

Neil Freeman was in goal when i first came to RH, he's been succeeded by the likes of Mervyn Cawston, Paul Sansome and Simon Royce and IMO he was as good as any of these Blues legends

I've harked on about it before but his performance at Hartlepool the Xmas we won L1 was as near perfection as you could get, i think the Echo might even have given him 10/10 actually

 

[Beefy]

All of Ronaldo's shots were right at him and any league keeper should be saving them. His performance at Spurs in the quarter final was much better.

 

[Rob1920]

Flavs was a decent all-round keeper, but he was an excellent and at times spectacular shot stopper. You can't beat a salmon-esque leap to tip a top-corner bound 25 yarder over the bar to get the crowd on its feet, and he did that quite a lot. But it covered up for some short-comings (pardon the pun) The fact was he had to dive around to make up for the lack of inches, and he wasn't always the best with crosses. But we loved him because of it. He was our shortarsed goalie, and he was an entertainer.

Mildy on the other hand probably was a better alround keeper, but for some reason was never quite taken to heart like Flavs was. Probably because he followed Flavs.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I never have and still don't get the abuse Flavs cops on here, and some of it from posters who are pretty clued up too ..

Neil Freeman was in goal when i first came to RH, he's been succeeded by the likes of Mervyn Cawston, Paul Sansome and Simon Royce and IMO he was as good as any of these Blues legends

I've harked on about it before but his performance at Hartlepool the Xmas we won L1 was as near perfection as you could get, i think the Echo might even have given him 10/10 actually

Can't comment on Cawston and Freeman as they were before my time, but there's absolutely no way Darryl was on a par with Roycie. As shotstoppers they may have been equals (I think most professional keepers are much of a muchness in this regard anyway), but in terms of decision-making, positioning, defending one-on-ones, commanding their area (ie what separates a top class keeper from a journeyman) Roycie was light years ahead of Flavs. For me it's easy to tell which was the one who played Premier League football and spent the majority of his career in the top two divisions, and which one spent the majority of his career in the bottom two divisions.

Oh and Roycie's save from Edinho was the best save I've ever seen.

 

[Welly7]

Can't comment on Cawston and Freeman as they were before my time, but there's absolutely no way Darryl was on a par with Roycie. As shotstoppers they may have been equals (I think most professional keepers are much of a muchness in this regard anyway), but in terms of decision-making, positioning, defending one-on-ones, commanding their area (ie what separates a top class keeper from a journeyman) Roycie was light years ahead of Flavs. For me it's easy to tell which was the one who played Premier League football and spent the majority of his career in the top two divisions, and which one spent the majority of his career in the bottom two divisions.

Oh and Roycie's save from Edinho was the best save I've ever seen.

Kicking..?

 

[OldBlueLady]

The likes of which Merv and Freeman could both pull off in their sleep. If there is one thing that Southend has been blessed with over the years, it is very good goalkeepers. And I include Darryl in that, but not Mildenhall.

 

[Welly7]

Mildenhall's save v Chelsea was better than any of Flahavan's v Man U.

Mildenhall would have been castigated on here had he let in any of those Man U efforts.

What I like about your posts is that you never let your feelings about a player influence them. Especially the ones about Clarke and Flavs...

 

[Jam_Man]

Flavs was a decent all-round keeper, but he was an excellent and at times spectacular shot stopper. You can't beat a salmon-esque leap to tip a top-corner bound 25 yarder over the bar to get the crowd on its feet, and he did that quite a lot. But it covered up for some short-comings (pardon the pun) The fact was he had to dive around to make up for the lack of inches, and he wasn't always the best with crosses. But we loved him because of it. He was our shortarsed goalie, and he was an entertainer.

Mildy on the other hand probably was a better alround keeper, but for some reason was never quite taken to heart like Flavs was. Probably because he followed Flavs.

Flavs was (well still is) only one inch shorter than Morris yet dont hear too much about Morris' height.