Mark Flekken (Closed Thread)

[wadbee]

Yes very common combination - surgery for this is seldom performed without antibiotic cover

Is it right sided appendicitis ? May explain poor positioning and weakness getting down to his
right hand side season to date.

 

[Sutton Bee]

Saved the only shot on target they had, clean sheet, distribution as good as usual, excellent way to resume same again next week Mark

 

[North London Bee]

Lovely drag back too

 

[Gazza Bee]

Didn't have much to do but made one good save and his distribution was decent - real test next week.

 

[aslan]

Another clean sheet

 

[readingbee]

Did well today.

 

[A Real Mysteron]

Well done Mark.

 

[Alex]

Superb with the ball at his feet

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Enjoyed his day off as a keeper and used it well with his feet.

 

[ICANBEEFORMILES]

Not really troubled much by a toothless Burnley attack but to be fair what he had to do he did well but he still has a tendency to make some strange decisions i.e, passing the ball across his six yard box at one point to nobody apart from the ball boy.

 

[badgerbee]

Pretty steady throughout.
Apart from a bit of a flap at one corner, when he was in no man's land........

 

[Herbert]

Had little to do all day but came with the goods with a very decent save in the 45th minute with us 1 up.
May have been a different game then

 

[North London Bee]

Two great long kicks for Wissa. One led to Roberts's red card

 

[Balders Bee]

Nice clean sheet for him, one decent stop. Kicking game was solid.

 

[Indian Bee]

Two great long kicks for Wissa. One led to Roberts's red card

Didn’t appreciate it at the time but what wonderful kick for Wissa that indeed led to Robert’s second yellow. Superb ball …

 

[Indian Bee]

Another clean sheet.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

He’s growing imo (although he has been spectacularly well protected these last two games).

 

[cm_851]

Very solid again today, seems to have got that connection with his defence and has gone about things with minimal fuss in the last two games. Promising signs.

 

[Mark H]

He’s growing imo (although he has been spectacularly well protected these last two games).

Spot on. Had a little bit of luck in the first half as well.
All good for his confidence.

 

[badgerbee]

Got away with a dodgy pass out in the 2nd half, but looking more and more confident in every game.

 

[wanderer paul]

What a surprise. People now allowing him time to get into the EPL and its pressures and realising he’s ok. Wow…….

And people also criticised Raya on his thread but wished he was back here…….

Great to see Mark do well. Give him time and he’ll be better…… patience isn’t one of our supporters’ virtues, that’s for sure.

 

[Sutton Bee]

Some really good pinpoint early long driven passes, a nice low save to his right that bobbled up last minute pushed into a safe area, well held from Cucurella’s close range scuff as well, a tidy second half (scuffed a goal kick but who cares?), I like this bloke, keep up the good work

 

[GP200]

............ excellent one two with their striker...................

 

[StreathamBee]

Also seems he is being given more a role to take free-kicks up to the half way line (as Raya did). Lofted in a few dangerous balls in the first half

 

[alikat]

Was decent enough, apart from the misplaced pass, but TBH, he's not had a great deal to do these last two games (thanks today to those in front of him and due, last week, to Burnley being very poor) so not sure that he can be properly assessed on these two games.

 

[RAF_Patto]

Got away with a dodgy pass out in the 2nd half, but looking more and more confident in every game.

This is the thing, we give our GKs more freedom to play the ball and try to be more expansive, so things like this will happen.

In a 90minute game, he made 2 passing errors in my mind, but because he's the GK in the modern game we focus on this instead of the rest of his game. He was really good today, some good saves and some good distribution. Let's not focus on the odd pass here or there, please.

 

[Beefuddled]

No real wobbles or nerves on display today. We're slowly incorporating our new boys into a solid defence. Our midfield allowed a lot of chips and through balls into the box, but our defence just about rode its luck and held firm. Must trust that Mark and the boys can maintain our upward curve

 

[Isleworth_Bee]

Did well........... 2 clean sheets.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Did well........... 2 clean sheets.

Defence plays well, keeper looks better. Who'd have thought it.

 

[Balders Bee]

What a surprise. People now allowing him time to get into the EPL and its pressures and realising he’s ok. Wow…….

And people also criticised Raya on his thread but wished he was back here…….

Great to see Mark do well. Give him time and he’ll be better…… patience isn’t one of our supporters’ virtues, that’s for sure.

Exactly this.

A solid commanding presence behind an excellent defence today. His handling was good, when called upon his shot stopping was exactly on point & his kicking - bar one shank- was exemplary.

Two clean sheets in two & confidence growing.

 

[brentfordfc4ever]

The save from the bouncing Cole Palmer shot was excellent.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Also seems he is being given more a role to take free-kicks up to the half way line (as Raya did). Lofted in a few dangerous balls in the first half

Promotion? ??

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

The save from the bouncing Cole Palmer shot was excellent.

Did well. Could easily have gone under his skin.

Actually, think that might have been Cole Porter?

 

[detours]

It's a real shame that he got appendicitis, because I thought Man Utd away (as a bit of a free hit) could really have been the game where he showed what he was about.

Strakosha did fine with the basics and dominated the box, but parried shots back into the danger zone. Technique clearly isn't quite what we need, and his kicking... not a strength. A decent no 2.

Today, Flekken showed what a solid shot stopper he is PLUS the distribution was spot on.

Raya really has spoiled us, dealing with the bread and butter stuff with ease. With time I honestly think he'll be Raya levels of solid. We all take that for granted, but handling is actually an incredible skill.

I'm a fan, and I trust the recruitment and Frank for backing him.

 

[taxi driver]

I guess it's fine margins ?

Perhaps got away with his error today when he hasn't previously. ?

A couple of clean sheets will hopefully help ?

 

[James30]

Starting to look like the keeper we thought we was getting …

 

[Mattingly Bee]

Bloody useless ???? He’s only kept two clean sheets in the last couple of games. That simply isn’t good enough.

 

[TW3Bee]

Did well........... 2 clean sheets.

Can't really do anything more than that.

Saved the only shot on target against Burnley, which was even better than I thought at the time, and didn't have a lot to do yesterday, but two clean sheets can only breed confidence, not only in MF, but in the defence in front of him.

 

[magicbees]

Defence were outstanding yesterday and that's a good sign there getting to understand each other. Jury still out with me on Flekken but there are certainly better signs. The two clean sheets won't harm him or the defence. But what an outstanding performance by everybody yesterday.

 

[Bigbee]

one dodgy moment when he parried the ball back into the area , lucky no Chelsea player on hand to tap it in .When he can hold on to the ball after saving more he going to be a top top top keeper, at the moment he's just top

 

[Kingston Bee]

He was OK, not had much to do in the last 2 games. A couple of mistakes but hopefully the 2 clean sheets will help his confidence.

 

[longdistancebee]

So, what's this one? Just a precaution having been clattered, or another one out until the new year. Eff me, we just cannot catch a break.

 

[GP200]

............... looked a nasty challenge...............

 

[Wids]

............... looked a nasty challenge...............

The West Ham player knew what he was doing and left one on him. Has to be a yellow but the ref was playing for them first half.

 

[Justin Fisher]

The West Ham player knew what he was doing and left on on him. Has to be a yellow but the ref was playing for them first half.

It was a shocking challenge. Why he wasn’t booked is beyond me

 

[Wids]

It was a shocking challenge. Why he wasn’t booked is beyond me

At least 3 clear bookings first half the ref avoided. Linesman south stand side was equally useless

 

[Brentford77]

Looked like his knee. Generally if you can’t continue with a knee injury it’s ligaments or tendons. Hope not but suspect he might be out for a while

 

[Wids]

Looked like his knee. Generally if you can’t continue with a knee injury it’s ligaments or tendons. Hope not but suspect he might be out for a while

Dead leg Thomas confirmed post match.

 

[Brentford77]

Dead leg Thomas confirmed post match.

That can be a euphemism for a variety of things…

 

[BeeHomeSoon]

Looked like his knee. Generally if you can’t continue with a knee injury it’s ligaments or tendons. Hope not but suspect he might be out for a while

It was his thigh. A dead leg