by Ian Royal »
29 Aug 2014 11:27
RoyalBlue Ian Royal Federici's always been quite good at the acrobatic spectacular stuff. Maybe it's the slow motion, but that looks no more than a difficult save dealt with as you'd expect.
His weakness is his positioning and proneness for silly mistakes. His kicking is not all conquering quality many like to make out either and his throwing is often non-existent.
McCarthy's positioning is excellent as is his shot stopping. But he makes everything look easier and more routine than Fed, because of his good positioning. His kicking is out right poor, but not the cataclysm so many make out. He is also weaker with the ball at feet, but he's better at choosing the quick throw.
Federici's pretty much peaked. McCarthy's still on a learning curve. McCarthy edges it in general, although hasn't been at his best in pre-season by most accounts. He also has far greater potential.
No more difficult...........?!
Have you missed the fact that he made it with what was his bottom hand? That makes it one helluva leap to get that far and high. I think you would find a lot of goalkeepers and goalkeeping coaches giving him credit for that.
Peaked? He's how old?
Claims that his throwing is often non-existent are absurd. Equally the promotion of McCarthy's choice of quick throws is somewhat strange, given that I can remember many occasions when myself and others have been shouting at him to throw the ball out/quicker. His choice has also included some to the opposition and defenders under pressure. Very good shot stopper as his is, he also made a number of gaffes himself during his time with us - parrying into danger areas for starters and a few other fumbles. Look back through match threads and you will see where people (and I don't mean me!) have on occasions questioned aspects of his performance and suggested that he might have done better when we conceded goals - and IIRC that includes at least one relating to his poor positioning for a freekick.
Of course, the fact that QPR have gone for McCarthy, rather than Federici shows that they regard him as the better buy. However, now he has gone to QPR perhaps some will be able to take off the rose tinted glasses and realise that the difference in quality between him and Federici is not anywhere near as great as they have been portraying.
No I don't think that save was particularly exceptional. I'd expect most keepers to make it, as I've said the slow mo aspect may have made it look easier, although I've also seen it at full speed now and I don't think any different.
Yes, I've rarely seen Federici throw the ball out. Yes, I've regularly seen McCarthy do so.
All keeper's make mistakes. Especially younger ones. Federici is far worse at parrying into danger areas than McCarthy. Sometimes it's unavoidable, but McCarthy seems better at avoiding it.
I've never said the difference between them is great, and I don't think many with credible views have really seriously said it is. That's just an effort to polarise a view point and strawman it to death.
. I hope federici fcucking eats you 
