Error Highlights Pressure on Reserves
4Saturday, February 21, 2009 by Paul Grech
A friend of mine yesterday sent me a link to an Italian website that is showing the clip of Martin Hansen's unfortunate error this week in the reserves derby. It seems that this video is spreading out like wildfire and, in truth, it isn't hard to see why because it is quite a spectacular mistake.
At the same time, it is sad that a young goalkeeper should suffer such a traumatic experience. Apart from that slip, Hansen had a pretty decent game and overall he is a good goalkeeper. Unfortunately, he is now likely to be remembered or that mistake. Progressing at Liverpool was always going to be hard for him because David Martin, Dean Bouzanis and Peter Gulacsi all seem like better prospects.
Yet he could have retained hopes of making it elsewhere in England. Such hopes will have diminished following this week's game, not because of the mistake but because of the fallout of the video.
Something that is bound to make the other players think about their situation and how an error could ruin their career. Although I am one of those who loves seeing the reserves play on LFCtv, Hansen's situation does raise questions as to whether too much pressure is being put on those who are still developing their game.
Category Martin Hansen, Reserves
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this is rediculous, the lads an 18 year old 3rd choice reserve keeper give the kid a break, has englands number 1 never made any calamitous mistakes, has tim flowers never let a simple back pass trhu his legs, did fabian barthez never flap at a ball? come on now if this wasn't liverpool this would be a non-story and no one would bat even an eye lid, let have some proper journalism shall we instead of this lazy claptrap, THE KIDS !* lets have some perspective shall we!!
That is exactly my point: is it really fair to hammer a mistake made by a young goalkeeper in the reserves? That's the negative side of being at a club like Liverpool that has it's own TV channel because, let's face, if Hansen had done a similar mistake at Blackburn or Bolton, no one would really know about it.
from italy? lol, this link from china about this mistake:http://sports.sina.com.cn/g/2009-02-20/00164227090.shtml
from italy? lol, this link from china about this mistake:http://sports.sina.com.cn/g/2009-02-20/00164227090.shtml
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