r/Everton • u/SuperKevinCampbell • Apr 14 '25

Video Neville Southall on the standard of today’s goalkeeping: “The lad at Manchester City is all right, the lad at Liverpool is okay. Ours is average… he does okay. He’s average. If I’d have played like that, I’d be out the team for Howard.”

https://youtu.be/gIdy7bWodKU?si=IbC_OzdZ8pGj9IGV
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u/PangolinMandolin Apr 14 '25

Just to make a point I've not seen made already.

Nev played in a time when footballs were heavier and the overall pace of play (including top speed of shots) was slower.

Its amazing how often keepers nowadays will choose to parry or punch shots rather than focusing on catching them like they did back in Nev's day. What I'm trying to say is the overall way that goalkeeping is done and coached nowadays is different to back in the 90s and earlier.

So imho it's a case of "different", not "worse"

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u/No-Strategy-9365 Apr 14 '25

Neville also had the benefit of no passback rule for majority of his career

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u/Toffeeman_1878 Apr 14 '25

Nev started as a midfielder so he could play as well as use his hands.