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Ahead of Newcastle’s trip to Crystal Palace, Nick Pope sat down with Keith Downie to reflect on the Magpies’ defeat to West Ham, the goalkeepers aspirations to be England number 1 and what Eddie Howe’s side can achieve this season.
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27 Comments
Pickfords better
He might miss out altogether as Trafford is ready to take over from him.
Well that’s never happening
Needs to start showing EH why he should be first choice for Newcastle
Top keeper
DELAP IS ANOTHER GYOKERES. Believe me
Top keeper and seems like a really canny bloke good luck Popey
Learn how to kick and catch a ball first.
Cant fault his shot stopping ability but his feet distribution is horrible. Watching Newcastle play Pope makes me nervous playing out from the back. Otherwise, he kicks it out of play or to an opposing player
Pickfords distribution has gotten so much better. Pope is an old school keep
lol he's has been on something before filming
Needs to stop looking like a rabbit in the headlights whenever the ball's passed back to him, by all means keep it simple but a least do that confidently.
Love Pope and Pickford is a mackem but Pickford still is my England number 1
Pope lets in too many goals that he shouldn'tn near posts, getting a hand on a ball but not stopping it, can't catch always punches away, bad distribution and uncomfortable on the ball. He isn't even the 3rd best English goalkeeper and this is coming from a Newcastle fan. He is good, he is not of the level that Newcastle or England need. Lower to mid table team keeper hands down. A solid keeper but wouldn't trust him in a competitive side chasing trophies. Trafford is the future number 1. Pickford is the best English goalkeeper but the difference in level is not massive. We really struggle with having world class English goalkeepers. Haven't seen a world class English keeper since Spunky. Joe hart on his day was world class but so is any player on their day. Pope I haven't seen a world class performance from him in a while. Not saying he is bad but he isn't close to being the England's number 1.
As an old school keeper he is perfect his shot stopping is better than every england keeper right now but he has the feet and distribution of a sunday league player
All our keepers are well below top level
Willy Osula might have offered to wipe his bum. Been practicing a lot together
Pope! You having a laugh
It's a bit of a myth about Pope's poor distribution that I'll call Emperors Clothes on. Everyone repeats it, but his long ball distribution is almost on par with Alison and Pickford. His passing accuracy is actually ok. He makes FEWER passes than the keepers above because that isn't necessarily Newcastle's style but the accuracy isn't poor by any means. I've based this on the 2022-2023 stats because that's the last time all three keepers played 37 matches. I'd even suggest that Pope kicking it out of play is actually increased when Newcastle are winning matches.. why? Because it's part of their dark arts to slow the game down and frustrate the opponent.
If you wanna be them when you grow old Nick you’d better have a son as a footballer😂
He has gone mad , he don’t deserve to be Newcastle number 1
He is scared to catch and the ball is like a grenade at his feet
His keeping for me has looked nervous all season.
hahahahah pickford is the best keeper in the world, not a chance pope gets in
Stop punching the ball as your primary instinct! It mostly keeps the pressure on us. Catch & collect the ball as much as possible. Then I could forgive your kicking.
This is a joke. Nick Pope is a liability. He makes fatal mistakes in every game. Martin Dubravka should be starting in goal ahead of him. Eddie Howe is prejudice and favours average British players
He's a long way from being an international keeper.
Makes some awful decisions and how's that shoulder really?
He doesn't catch it enough for me and his disruption on the ball isn't too good.