Locking Down the Penalty Area

Isn't the protagonist a bit too confident? You're a goalkeeper, and a substitute one at that. Why can't you just do your job properly? Instead, every few chapters you have to be thinking about how the head coach is doing things wrong, and even recommending players to help him out of his predicament. I'll just say one thing: the protagonist is just a sworn brother… who does he think he is!

Is the author serious? A football novel about a goalkeeper, and the synopsis mentions Liverpool, a top Premier League team. Shouldn't a goalkeeper be assigned to a weaker team?

That's fine. Please don't bring up free kicks or goal tallies later on; that kind of football writing is just disgusting.

Is he a goalkeeper specialist? I've seen goalkeepers score hat tricks; a goalkeeper who's only focused on scoring goals isn't very interesting.

Do your job well. Several books about goalkeepers focus on goalkeepers participating in attacks or scoring goals, and even comparing speed with strikers.

This author is amazing! He spends over ten chapters writing about the protagonist watching the game from the bench 👍. It's already this weak even before it's released; I can't even imagine how good it will be once it's available.

Your goalkeeper is too quiet; he can't give instructions, he can't set up a defensive wall, and he doesn't criticize his teammates.

Actually, this book is alright. The low number of readers is probably because it's about goalkeepers. Advantage: 1. It really is about goalkeepers; it doesn't portray goalkeepers as forwards. It's not a case of misleading the reader. 2. The protagonist works hard and doesn't cause trouble off-screen; the cheat-like abilities aren't outrageous. What I consider to be the shortcomings:

This book probably won't do very well. There are too many irrelevant plot points; it's supposed to be a 30+ chapter story about making it to the Premier League, but then it's stuck on the bench for 15 chapters… They say there's no plot, it's all about "the coach being incompetent and stubborn, Reina being erratic and clueless, and the atmosphere during the match being terrible."

Looks good, keep it up! A goalkeeper is a goalkeeper; I suggest we don't focus on anything else and be more realistic.