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Originally Posted by valo403
The only reason James replaced Green was that Green was never the clear choice. If Hart gives up a weak goal he's still the clear choice, he's head and shoulders ahead. If there's an injury then yes, the pickings are slim, the same could be said of most teams.
It's just an incredibly odd point to latch onto. Your backup goalies are weak? Who cares?
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It hurt Italy as well. Buffon was injured in the first half of the first match and their backups were terrible. Let in weak goals against Slovakia. Those guys were so bad, two years later they're not Buffon's backups anymore.