The League Cup hero who looms largest on our march to Wembley nufc
Memories of Big Dan Burn’s amazing goal against Leicester City, Joelinton’s late strike at St Mary’s and local hero Sean Longstaff’s superbly taken brace in the semi-final second leg will loom large when fans look back on our 2022-23 League Cup campaign.
Our very own Pope, thank goodness, is far from normal. He saved not one, not two but three Palace penalties.Then, imagine for a moment you are Jamie Vardy, one of the top-flight’s best finishers since 2015. Twice you have only the Newcastle United keeper between yourself and a goal. Twice you fail to hit the target. Reports at the time said Vardy “inexplicably” wasted those chances. Wrong adverb. Those misses are easily explained. Just look at the height and width of Pope.
Armstrong had less than three seconds for two touches with his right boot, one to control, one to push the ball forward, before he was confronted by our colossus. Pope did more than narrow the angle, he filled the space immediately in front of Armstrong. If the former United striker had tried to jink to the keeper’s left, at the near post, one of those telescopic arms would almost certainly have stretched out to clear the danger. And Pope, being Pope, covered the rest of his goal with his legs.
Accuse me of sacrilege if you like. Just ask yourself this: if that had been a Southampton player tackling a Mag in an identical fashion, would you have been satisfied with a yellow?
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