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Who’d be a goalie?

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Who’d be a goalie, the butt of all ire
Make one small mistake, your career’s in the fire.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Who’d be a goalie, the man at the back
The glamour and glitz for the men in attack.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Who’d be a goalie, battered by the press
Just one simple error, your blamed for the mess.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Who’d be a goalie, last line of defence
When failing fullbacks make the pressure intense.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Who’d be a goalie when you make that last save,
The press and the pundits on your merits they rave.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Who’d be a goalie, career hot, career cold
It takes just one save to give you the gold.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Who’d be a goalie, you get little thanks
You’re forever compared the great Gordon Banks.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Who’d be a goalie?

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Robert Green would
David James would
Joe Hart would

Notes

I felt really sorry for the lad.
I’m sure the press and overpaid pundits will make sure that that mistake will stay with him for the rest of his career.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/whod-be-a-goalie-3/