Nick Pope

Yeah, I think I was kind of encouraged from a young age to watch other goalies, especially obviously the top, top goalies as well, and

kind of appreciate different bits of their game really and what people's strengths are and try and incorporate them into my own game really so that's something that for the goalkeeper you've got such an individual position it's kind of easy to watch and to study in the game if you like by just watching the goalkeepers and what they do so yeah it's a little bit of students again it's nice to watch everyone and how they do it it's like goalkeepers one position but so many different styles and techniques it's really interesting

Well, just from a young age, I've always been a goalkeeper, you know, since I was seven, eight.

So I've always kind of been a goalkeeper.

Went inside more when I first moved to Charlton and I was encouraged to watch goalkeepers and then also go to live games a lot as well.

So not only top Premier League games, but I go

I was looking to go on loan to the conference, so I was encouraged and did go and watch a lot of conference games, watch conference goalkeepers and League Two, so go and watch League Two goalkeepers if you like.

And because that was my aim, to play at that level at the time, I was getting a feel of how the game flows as well and the different things you come up against at that level.

So I was kind of watching goalkeepers and seeing what they're like and the games as well to get used to seeing what that football looks like.

Far away, Nick.

Yeah.

Cheers.

I'll take that.

Yeah, no, hard to say really.

You just do appreciate how goalkeepers work and look at their feet quite a lot, how they make saves and how they move their feet quickly to make saves.

Obviously, with different camera angles and replays, you get to watch all sorts of things, where it's decision-making on a through ball, positioning, where it's positioning for a through ball, positioning for a shot.

So it's just all these different things, and at the end of the day, when you build it into your game, you kind of take bits that you like, and then, you know, you kind of work out what's best for yourself and what you feel comfortable doing and what you think is going to be most effective at the end of the day.

So, yeah, it's interesting watch whether I...

I don't agree, but whether that's not my style or technique to do it, it's really interesting to see different, you know, styles and techniques of goalkeeping.

Yeah, so I was in Ipswich Town, season two goaler.