Arijanet Muric

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Some are doing their best to downplay the result and performances today, which is odd given the season we are having.

The lift including Muric in the team gave most of the fans was evident today and he delivered. Great performance and I hope he starts for the rest of the season.

Should have happened a while ago, if anything to just give JT a break from the firing line. I still believe JT will develop into a great GK. UTC.

[mybloodisclaret]

I take it people on here know the definition of criminal?

[mybloodisclaret]

Did he tell O’Shea he was making an angle, or just wander out of his goal to make one without letting him know?

Have you ever played football? Normally you look before you pass especially if it is directly towards your own goal line.

100% on Dara 0% on Muric. Enjoy your weird angle though.

[Jimmymaccer]

Kompany has signed his own p45 today or should have done

Criminal what he's done to the club with his selections this season, today just showed us what we could have won as Jim Bowen used to put it

Honest to god, “criminal’?….and SJF “shoved it down his throat”?.

I almost give up…….

[boatshed bill]

I think calling Muric (Music) was a Freudian slip. After all, when the team was announced, it was music to my ears.

And it set the tone(y) for the game

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Have you ever played football? Normally you look before you pass especially if it is directly towards your own goal line.

100% on Dara 0% on Muric. Enjoy your weird angle though.

Absolutely this, although I do sort of understand why O'Shea did it. He has had JT behind him all season who never moves from the centre of his goal.

[CoolClaret]

Clueless panel on MOTD - thinking that it was his first ever game for us? Can't believe they get paid for that shite.

[Clive 1960]

Glad Muric got recalled but feel for Trafford as he was thrown in at the deep end and wasn't ready in the future who knows but at the moment not up to Premier league standard and it should have been done a lot earlier..

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Clueless panel on MOTD - thinking that it was his first ever game for us? Can't believe they get paid for that shite.

To be fair, I think they said 'PL Debut'

[helmclaret]

They clearly said PL debut.

[CoolClaret]

To be fair, I think they said 'PL Debut'

That was what the host said yeah, it was more the more in-depth 'analysis' that was making it out like it was his first ever game for us. Surely could've mentioned that he was our keeper for all last season?

[Joe14]

The reaction at 2pm in the pub when the teams were announced….. Vincent finally see’s sense. 5 months late but let’s not split hairs.
Shame today was his first game. Ridiculous really. 12 men when he’s playing.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Muric is 6’4”, same as Pope- it shows.

Not sure the relevance of pointing out that Muric is 2 inches shorter than Trafford.

Anyway, Trafford is a decent but raw keeper, abused unfairly on here just because people want Muric, but Muric has stardust about him. Telling him (effectively) in the summer that he isn’t good enough for the EPL is probably the defining mistake of the season. At City they must think Trafford will be top, he may be, that’s why we bought him, but Muric should have had the shirt to lose and / or been in by Christmas.

Of course, if Muric has a few stinkers, the reverse applies. But it should be his shirt now. For a few games at least.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Not sure the relevance of pointing out that Muric is 2 inches shorter than Trafford.

Anyway, Trafford is a decent but raw keeper, abused unfairly on here just because people want Muric, but Muric has stardust about him. Telling him (effectively) in the summer that he isn’t good enough for the EPL is probably the defining mistake of the season. At City they must think Trafford will be top, he may be, that’s why we bought him, but Muric should have had the shirt to lose and / or been in by Christmas.

Of course, if Muric has a few stinkers, the reverse applies. But it should be his shirt now. For a few games at least.

Goodnight Mr Trafford.

[bartons baggage]

Trafford makes everyone of them saves today.
There is a definite agenda against Trafford.

[helmclaret]

How big is Trafford’s family??

[Brugge Claret]

Trafford makes everyone of them saves today.
There is a definite agenda against Trafford.

Time mummy tucked you up in bed,just been reliving it on MOTD ,pundits all praising Muric

[dsr]

I’m amazed how people can’t see how much better the team is with Muric in goal … Forget super saves .. the confidence it brings the defence to know he is there and his distribution is miles better .. Muric looks like a premier league keeper and Trafford looks like a young keeper learning his trade

Then be amazed. I can't look at today's performance and think how much better it was than, say Luton at home. What it boiled down to in the end was that Luton fouled our goalkeeper in the last minute for the equaliser and got away with it; Brentford fouled our goalkeeper in the last minute for the equaliser and didn't get away with it.

I think playing Muric was the right choice and will keep him there for a few games at least. But let's not pretend that 9 more performances like today will keep us in the league. We will not face many teams as poor as Brentford were today.

[St Austell Claret]

The most impressive thing about Today was his ability of turning a great save into a great attack. His passing is What we have missed all season. Has to be in for the last nine games. Burnleys number one keeper

[dsr]

Time mummy tucked you up in bed,just been reliving it on MOTD ,pundits all praising Muric

You''re wrong actually. Using pathetic insults doesn't make your point seem more valid or mature - quite the reverse.

[Lew200100]

Thank goodness Muric was back today. Trafford needs to watch and learn. The best thing today was the no nonsense messing about on the ball and the little side way passes that Trafford does. Speed your game up and command your box and learn to hit a 30 yard pass early not wait until the opportunity has gone. Up the clarets

[NewClaret]

He's genuinely world class at it. I think he's absolutely mustard and why I've been so disappointed to see him on the bench this season.

I hand on heart think he's the best player in the squad with the highest ceiling.

I said this last year that I think he could go for £50m. He is genuinely world class with the ball at his feet.

I was fine signing Trafford but Muric should’ve kept his place while we developed him. This way around we’d have made a fortune on Muric.

[NewClaret]

Kompany's biggest mistake this season. Everything we've needed all season, top drawer today

I agree and it’s frankly quite heartbreaking that had he made this change sooner we might’ve stayed up. It was always Muric’s shirt to lose.

Let’s also not get carried away though. Muric was excellent but we played the whole game with 10 men so I think he’d have been tested a lot more had it remained 11 v 11.

[ElectroClaret]

I think playing Muric was the right choice and will keep him there for a few games at least.

[Sheedyclaret]

Trafford makes everyone of them saves today.
There is a definite agenda against Trafford.

He mite of made them saves but not a chance he can distribute the ball like muric does and never will

[Carlos the Great]

Clueless panel on MOTD - thinking that it was his first ever game for us? Can't believe they get paid for that shite.

I was baffled by this when she said he had a fantastic debut ,, I thought does she mean his first game this season . You would think a bit of homework on players when your job is MOTD …

[Carlos the Great]

Then be amazed. I can't look at today's performance and think how much better it was than, say Luton at home. What it boiled down to in the end was that Luton fouled our goalkeeper in the last minute for the equaliser and got away with it; Brentford fouled our goalkeeper in the last minute for the equaliser and didn't get away with it.

I think playing Muric was the right choice and will keep him there for a few games at least. But let's not pretend that 9 more performances like today will keep us in the league. We will not face many teams as poor as Brentford were today.

There is no way Muric would have come off his line in such a timid way like Trafford did in the dying minutes against Luton … I get it .. Trafford was fouled when you look at it but he gave the referee a decision to make .. Muric would have took the ball and the Luton player clean out if need be .. Trafford looked so weak coming for that ball and keepers aren’t protected as much as they used to be …

[Bullabill]

Feck me muric was outstanding stop making excuses, single Handedly won us the game

No, he actually used two hands.

[morninbob]

He played well and stood up well but most saves were as I would expect and I think Trafford makes those too.

He does however move it more quickly and the passing is crisper and accurate so it's harder for teams to press us effectively and because he can drill those great long diagonals accurately to players teams can't afford to leave him with a lot of time on the ball.

Should have been playng earlier no doubt (in fact after Spurs in the Cup it should have been pretty obvious.

Trafford wouldn't have been as far out as muric was for the save just before half time, his positioning made the save.

[It Is What It Is]

Makes you wonder where we would be in the league standings had Muric started as our no.1 from the start.
He was very very good last season.
Why try to fix something when its not broken?

[morninbob]

Not sure the relevance of pointing out that Muric is 2 inches shorter than Trafford.

Anyway, Trafford is a decent but raw keeper, abused unfairly on here just because people want Muric, but Muric has stardust about him. Telling him (effectively) in the summer that he isn’t good enough for the EPL is probably the defining mistake of the season. At City they must think Trafford will be top, he may be, that’s why we bought him, but Muric should have had the shirt to lose and / or been in by Christmas.

Of course, if Muric has a few stinkers, the reverse applies. But it should be his shirt now. For a few games at least.

Should have gone to Specsavers, I can see with my own eyes that muric Is at least 2 inches taller than Trafford.

[beddie]

Muric looks taller in goal than Trafford and a much better presence so I’m surprised to read mention being made that Trafford is taller. I’ll stick my neck out and say Muric is the taller of the two.

[StayingDown4Ever]

Any sign of Nozza yet?

[mdd2]

Hard to accept that Trafford is taller TBH.
Dyche took 19 games before dropping Hart and turn our season round with Tom Heaton recalled. This was game 29 of 38 and simply too little too late. Muric was class compared to Trafford but we were playing 10 men. How will Muric fare when his spooked defence is playing against Chelsea Spurs Man U Brighton and Newcastle-games where we need points? Will he still be able to ping those passes half the length of the pitch and more, at the speed he did today. I still think Muric should have been our number one from the start and was surprised we paid so much for a keeper who I rate on his performances no better than Peacock-Farrell.
Had VK done a Dyche at game 19 looking at who we played since, would the results have been different?

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Muric looks taller in goal than Trafford and a much better presence so I’m surprised to read mention being made that Trafford is taller. I’ll stick my neck out and say Muric is the taller of the two.

There's a team photo from the start of the season that actually shows that Trafford is the shortest of our current 3 keepers

[Alan Young]

I’m in the camp of finding the whole thing even more frustrating now we’ve seen him have a positive impact on the season. Only VK can answer why it’s taken so long.

He’s not perfect and he’ll no doubt make mistakes over the coming weeks but his selection immediately lifted the gloom around the place and he followed it up with a match winning performance.

[mikeS]

A great performance by Muric today.
Hopefully he will keep his place.

[NewClaret]

Hard to accept that Trafford is taller TBH.
Dyche took 19 games before dropping Hart and turn our season round with Tom Heaton recalled. This was game 29 of 38 and simply too little too late. Muric was class compared to Trafford but we were playing 10 men. How will Muric fare when his spooked defence is playing against Chelsea Spurs Man U Brighton and Newcastle-games where we need points? Will he still be able to ping those passes half the length of the pitch and more, at the speed he did today. I still think Muric should have been our number one from the start and was surprised we paid so much for a keeper who I rate on his performances no better than Peacock-Farrell.
Had VK done a Dyche at game 19 looking at who we played since, would the results have been different?

I was going to reply saying I didn’t think we’d be on many more points, but have just looked back on the last ten fixtures and there’s been a lot of close games in that period and I reckon you could make a strong case for 6-7 additional points which’d obviously have put us right in and amongst it. Incredibly frustrating.

On the plus side when you do look back at the last ten fixtures we are getting much closer results. We have started looking like a premier league team which is reassuring for next year.

[TPClaret]

As frustrating as Dyche unwilling to play Vydra in the last couple of seasons

[JohnMcGreal]

According to transfermarkt Muric is 1.98m tall and Trafford is 1.92m.

[Carlos the Great]

I’m in the camp of finding the whole thing even more frustrating now we’ve seen him have a positive impact on the season. Only VK can answer why it’s taken so long.

He’s not perfect and he’ll no doubt make mistakes over the coming weeks but his selection immediately lifted the gloom around the place and he followed it up with a match winning performance.

Vk has often said he is not changing his style of play and it looks like this also means he is reluctant to change players .. It’s u defendable dropping our talisman keeper for a young rookie with no experience . It’s given us an impossible job of survival and not done Trafford any favours who i think should have been introduced initially in cup games , Lets hope Vk is going to accept he is also learning and should not be as stubborn in the future App

[alwaysaclaret]

Some are doing their best to downplay the result and performances today, which is odd given the season we are having.

The lift including Muric in the team gave most of the fans was evident today and he delivered. Great performance and I hope he starts for the rest of the season.

Should have happened a while ago, if anything to just give JT a break from the firing line. I still believe JT will develop into a great GK. UTC.

Think muric actually made 2 wayward passes, both of which into midfield, one left of centre, one in the centre, other than that he was impeccable and literally put he's body on the line, as you say what a lift to 99% of the fan's.

[dougcollins]

Not sure the relevance of pointing out that Muric is 2 inches shorter than Trafford.

Sometimes, size matters. It just does.

You seriously think Trafford is taller than Muric?

[Burnley Ace]

There are a lot more options and space to distribute to when there are only ten men.

[TPClaret]

Muric struggled at times last season on crosses for the size of him. Especially on corners. Looked good yesterday though

[taio]

There are a lot more options and space to distribute to when there are only ten men.

It was good to see Muric back in and the right decision to start him, but playing for 90 mins against ten men made a significant difference - you are right to point this out.

[RicardoMontalban]

Sometimes, size matters. It just does.

You seriously think Trafford is taller than Muric?

Both are listed as 6ft 6in

[dougcollins]

Both are listed as 6ft 6in

Would the evidence of your own eyes support that?

[dsr]

There is no way Muric would have come off his line in such a timid way like Trafford did in the dying minutes against Luton … I get it .. Trafford was fouled when you look at it but he gave the referee a decision to make .. Muric would have took the ball and the Luton player clean out if need be .. Trafford looked so weak coming for that ball and keepers aren’t protected as much as they used to be …

Are you saying that if a cross came in in the last minute, there is no way that Muric would let himself be knocked out of the way with the ball ending up in the net? Watch Match of the Day again.

[RicardoMontalban]

Would the evidence of your own eyes support that?

Muric is broader and has more presence, but I’d say they are the same height.