| Saitos miss 21:30 - Mar 8 with 2601 views | loftboy |
Up there with Coneys |  |
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| Saitos miss on 21:35 - Mar 8 with 2561 views | Match82 |
Thought he played well today overall but he bottled that header |  | | |
| Saitos miss on 21:44 - Mar 8 with 2519 views | perpignanR |
Nope. |  | | |
| Saitos miss on 21:59 - Mar 8 with 2432 views | loftboy |
Why not,goal at his mercy , a couple of yards out,only difference is Coney put his over the bar. | |
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| Saitos miss on 22:07 - Mar 8 with 2366 views | perpignanR |
| Saitos miss on 21:59 - Mar 8 by loftboy |
Why not,goal at his mercy , a couple of yards out,only difference is Coney put his over the bar. |
I’ve seen Jim Towers, Brian Bedford, Rodney Marsh and a dozen others miss chances from a couple of yards out and they were all recognised goalscorers. Saito is not. He got there late and missed, so what. | | | |
| Saitos miss on 22:20 - Mar 8 with 2305 views | loftboy |
| Saitos miss on 22:07 - Mar 8 by perpignanR |
I’ve seen Jim Towers, Brian Bedford, Rodney Marsh and a dozen others miss chances from a couple of yards out and they were all recognised goalscorers. Saito is not. He got there late and missed, so what. |
It was a bad miss however you dress it up, and Saito has been one of my favourite players this season so not digging him out, but having watched it back it’s one of those “harder to miss than score” chances. | |
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| Saitos miss on 22:40 - Mar 8 with 2221 views | Stanisgod |
Still more than Yang did the whole game, how he stayed on with Smyth coming off i don't know. We lost Smyths throw as well which with a decent run up was quite impressive. |  |
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| Saitos miss on 22:43 - Mar 8 with 2200 views | perpignanR |
| Saitos miss on 22:40 - Mar 8 by Stanisgod |
Still more than Yang did the whole game, how he stayed on with Smyth coming off i don't know. We lost Smyths throw as well which with a decent run up was quite impressive. |
Fair point. | | | |
| Saitos miss on 00:29 - Mar 9 with 1964 views | Logman |
| Saitos miss on 21:35 - Mar 8 by Match82 |
Thought he played well today overall but he bottled that header |
He did exactly the opposite of bottling the header. He flew himself in there. Bottling it is the one thing you can't accuse Saito of. | | | |
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| Saitos miss on 00:53 - Mar 9 with 1904 views | VancouverHoop |
Yeah he got there late, and at maximum speed, he was never going to have full control or accuracy. | | | |
| Saitos miss on 04:39 - Mar 9 with 1730 views | Match82 |
| Saitos miss on 00:29 - Mar 9 by Logman |
He did exactly the opposite of bottling the header. He flew himself in there. Bottling it is the one thing you can't accuse Saito of. |
Respectfully disagree. I think he hesitates rather than fully commiting. Fraction of a second earlier he hits that the right side of the ball and it's a goal.
I know it comes across as a knock on him and god knows sticking your head in there at that height is asking for a kick in the face, I'd not have even tried it myself. Thought he was our best player overall today, I just think he'll be thinking tonight "if I hadn't hesitated a touch that would have been a goal" | | | |
| Saitos miss on 05:52 - Mar 9 with 1679 views | QPROslo |
| Saitos miss on 00:29 - Mar 9 by Logman |
He did exactly the opposite of bottling the header. He flew himself in there. Bottling it is the one thing you can't accuse Saito of. |
As I saw it on QPR+ Saito was the quickest player to react to that opportunity, both ours and their defenders, he moved very quickly to get his head to it first but a defender blocked his header. Don't think we got the corner so maybe it wasn't blocked, but Saito did well just to get there. Our go to offensive player and MOM for me again. | | | |
| Saitos miss on 09:34 - Mar 9 with 1351 views | daveB |
watching from the away end I thought the centre half did well and blocked it but might be wrong |  | | |
| Saitos miss on 11:45 - Mar 9 with 1147 views | baz_qpr |
He did amazingly well to get there in the first place would class it as an unfortunate miss rather than a bad one |  | | |
| Saitos miss on 12:15 - Mar 9 with 1084 views | Benny_the_Ball |
Whilst perhaps Saito could and should have scored, it's not a howler and he certainly didn't "bottle it". He anticipated the cross back in and made a dash towards the 6-yard box. He's flung himself at the ball but unfortunately is unable to make a solid enough contact to divert it into the net. Them are the breaks when you're only 5' 5" (5' 6" with the Beatles mop). Koki's then had another late attempt but unfortunately didn't quite get the connection needed to trouble the keeper. At least the lad was trying to salvage something from the game, one that we played without a recognised striker. |  | | |
| Saitos miss on 13:10 - Mar 9 with 997 views | HantsR |
I see and have seen top class players miss 'sitters' over many years. Mostly it doesn't get much of a mention because it's one of usually several, or many chances. Even Don Givens missed quite a few in his time but scored lots due to persistence, skill and quality support.
It was obviously disappointing to see Saito's apparent miss, but I was mostly pleased that one of our players was making strong, brave, intelligent runs to try and get on the end of the very few crosses in to the box. |  | | |
| Saitos miss on 13:28 - Mar 9 with 950 views | LazyFan |
| Saitos miss on 22:40 - Mar 8 by Stanisgod |
Still more than Yang did the whole game, how he stayed on with Smyth coming off i don't know. We lost Smyths throw as well which with a decent run up was quite impressive. |
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| Saitos miss on 16:36 - Mar 9 with 769 views | VancouverHoop |
I haven't re-watched it but at the time, based on the camera angle, it appeared that Lloyd was unmarked and goal-side of Saito. If he'd missed the ball completely Alfie might — and i emphasise "might" — have had a tap in. | | | |
| Saitos miss on 17:42 - Mar 9 with 679 views | OldPedro |
| Saitos miss on 22:40 - Mar 8 by Stanisgod |
Still more than Yang did the whole game, how he stayed on with Smyth coming off i don't know. We lost Smyths throw as well which with a decent run up was quite impressive. |
Marti did day in his post-match that Smyth has been carrying an injury (groin I think) which was the same as Lloyd, which is why they both did a half each. |  |
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| Saitos miss on 13:50 - Mar 10 with 60 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Saitos miss on 16:36 - Mar 9 by VancouverHoop |
I haven't re-watched it but at the time, based on the camera angle, it appeared that Lloyd was unmarked and goal-side of Saito. If he'd missed the ball completely Alfie might — and i emphasise "might" — have had a tap in. |
No, there was defender in the way who would have cleared the ball. Saito gets in front of the defender with the late run but sadly is unable to get a strong enough connection on the ball with his head. | | | |
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