Some of the comments on here blow my mind. I checked Askarov's stats coming into this game, right before it, and I believe he had a .912 save percentage...in front of THIS defense.
And now, after one shitty game, after being out sick and losing weight and playing against his former team for the first time and probably being way too amped up or something, he's now suddenly at risk of being a bust?
I'm a fiction writer, I try really hard to create all sorts of characters with varied perspectives and motivations and impulses, and no matter how hard I try, I'm constantly reminded simply by reading game threads on here just how bad I am at tapping into people and their ways and thinking. I shouldn't be surprised but I can't help it, I still always am!