Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
I agree. I do not know where they got the idea from and I don't like it.

All I can imagine is that it allows for the employment of men who are otherwise good in goal but are simply not very good at actually catching the ball. Rather like the fashion for wicketkeepers that are, under other circumstances, pretty good at cricket but cannot catch very well.
Absolutely. In those days, coming out, catching the ball, flattening people- that was the job. These days they have to be playmakers.....

Raya can catch a ball. He's a rarity.