in defence of a fellow hammer

[Gandalf]

I must admit that I originally blamed the ball more than the goalkeeper, but I was out of my mind. I moved away from the that position, but yesterday I saw a game where a goalkeeper conceded what seemed to me an all too easy goal. It had echoes of this. Maybe it wasn't all the keepers fault and the ball is dodgy, but it was a weak shot that really should have been kept out.

Do you mean the first Germany goal? If so, that ball was travelling at 88 mph! So can understand the keeper not keeping it out!

Not the daisy cutter that Green couldn't get his body behind.

No, the Algeria/Slovenia game. It looked like the keeper was in slow motion or something. It didn't look like it should have gone in to me. Something slightly off about it.

you suggesting what i think your suggesting milo??

Yeah, I'm thinking the ball might be a little defective. It doesn't excuse the keeper making such a mistake because it was his fault, but I think we might see a few goals in this tournament where keepers are going to miss something they shouldn't. If the ball isn't completely consistant with previously used balls then sometimes a misreading is going to occur. There were criticism's of the ball before the tournament began, it was half expected.