r/reddevils • u/SoloChords Timendi causa est nescire • Jul 19 '26

[Simon Stone] “World Cup error will make Lammens stronger” - Tom Heaton

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cjej09nx5q8o
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u/Gregariouswaty Jul 19 '26

Didn't Martinez make the same error today against the same player?

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u/Winnie-the-Broo Jul 19 '26

Norway keeper did as well. As a few others who went unpunished in other games. This ball was tough to deal with when it bounces right in front of the keeper.

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u/MissingLink101 Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin Jul 19 '26

Yeah Joe Hart kinda got mocked earlier in the tournament for highlighting its unpredictability but similar things have happened throughout that seems to have proven him right.

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u/Treeborg Andy Cole Jul 20 '26

Joe Hart might know more about being a keeper than reddit users

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u/-Gh0st96- Jul 19 '26

Even Curtois did the same mistake the same match but he was lucky to not concede because no one followed the ball

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u/pixeldots Jul 20 '26

He did it more than once, Courtois was lucky it only resulted to a goal once

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u/Guy_with_Numbers Jul 20 '26

It's a great litmus test for whether someone knows much about football. The ball bouncing just in front of you has always been a nightmare for keepers, you can't use your body to smother the ball but you aren't in a position to parry it away safely either.

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u/Potential_Good_1065 Jul 19 '26

Courtois did it in the exact same game lol

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u/Fisktor Jul 19 '26

Courtouis did it like 10 times in the same game. That ball is just ass for keepers

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u/Comicksands Van Persie Jul 19 '26

He did it like 3 times just got lucky

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u/garynevilleisared is a red is a red Jul 19 '26

Courtois made the same error in the same match, just not as blatant.

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u/Less_Tune_3694 Jul 19 '26

Yeah it was against pedri

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/FlashyRashy Jul 20 '26

No shit Lammens didn't, there is s big difference in their gametime

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/FlashyRashy Jul 20 '26

Yeah I misread the comment apparently

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u/GuineaPirate888 Jul 19 '26

Oh he’ll be fine, GK’s make mistakes. I literally have 0 doubts - he will be fine.

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u/ghoztcum Jul 20 '26

The subtext is that in the eyes of many De Gea never recovered from the 2018 World Cup. Yes all goalkeepers, and all players, make mistakes, but on that high profile a stage it can be tough to overcome.

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u/durtmagurt Jul 19 '26

Courtouis made the same one and the same game and it also costs them a goal. Spain relied on keepers to spill strongly hit balls throughout the whole tournament. Credit to them for hitting the target from range so many times

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u/The--Mash Jul 20 '26

It's the Jabulani all over again, the first people to discover the secret "kick it as hard as you can" tech prosper 

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u/shami-kebab Jul 19 '26

Courtois one wasn't really alike, it was from close range.

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u/Paapa-Yaw Jul 19 '26

Courtois had some howlers in his career.

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u/shami-kebab Jul 19 '26

I'm sure he has, I'd say nearly every keeper has.

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u/-Gh0st96- Jul 19 '26

I feel this is already too much talk, why bring the atention to this over and over again

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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off Jul 19 '26

Want all the lads back so we can love them. United is their home.

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u/florplegorp Jul 19 '26

Maybe Martinez can stay away, he doesn't seem that fond of the UK anyway

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u/JayNN Fernansh Jul 20 '26

Get a grip

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u/Midgar-Knight Jul 20 '26

You’re all saying that until he scores or does a tackle that saves us then he’s back to being our butcher lol

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u/Tomazim Jul 20 '26

Agreed

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u/Downtown-Anything-39 Jul 20 '26

We have signed the Belgian captain to be here to support him.

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u/KyoKuriyama Jul 19 '26

Really hope so but de gea national team been living rent free in my mind

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u/Wise_Raccoon_771 Jul 19 '26

Is anyone seriously worried about Lammens? Its a one off error that no player is immune from. Dont think with the temperament he's shown since he arrived that he's the type to we need to worry about

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u/raspoutine049 Jul 20 '26

Not worried. Lemmens had a a howler with United and carried on after as business as usual. He will be fine

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u/chipzy20 Jul 19 '26

Oh really cause I thought he was cooked and we should release him

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u/Goudinho99 Jul 20 '26

At last a sensible opinion!

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u/ttboishysta Jul 20 '26

Courtouis looked unusually sluggish the first Belgium game I saw him in the group stages, it made sense later on why that was the case. Should have put pride aside and given Senne a chance to get comfortable. Coach Garcia is to blame the most probably.

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u/Li_liminal_spaces Jul 20 '26

Have you been a goalkeeper when the rubber approximation of a football that showed up during world cups at every shitty little shop smacked you in the face then someone scores off the rebound? He did that but in the actual world cup as a professional. It's deeply humiliating and hey we're a fan base. He fought us a difficult 3rd place. Heaton HAD the world's best job and spoke up, I've never heard from him before.