Bridgeman
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Post by Bridgeman on Nov 27, 2015 21:44:04 GMT
Puddy for all the criticism he gets on here, was very good at collecting and catching crosses, got good distance from his dead ball kicking and kicking from hand and would throw the ball out from defence to start us on the offensive. Some people's concern, including mine was his lack of height but I cannot recall him dropping one cross other than the one at Dover when Modeste pushed him in the chest just as he was catching the ball which caused him to spill it. 9 times out of 10 it would have been given as a foul, even some of the Dover fans behind the goal who I spoke with on the way out of the ground were waiting for the referee to blow up. Whatever else Puddy did at Wembley it wasn't his mistake that caused Grimsby to score. I was looking forward with just a little trepidation to seeing him make his League debut but he might just have surprised us all. I hope he does get an opportunity to play in the League. Does anyone have any idea when he might be fit enough to play ?
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c13
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Post by c13 on Dec 3, 2015 18:35:53 GMT
I just can't, for the life of me, trust Puddy as #1 on a Football League team. I'd sooner have Preston or even Mildy. Not that I think he's the worst keeper in the world, I know he's been nice in the Conf, but I just can't trust the guy in the current situation.
In case he takes on the #1 spot eventually, I of course hope to be proven wrong, but that's where I stand now
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Rex
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Post by Rex on Dec 3, 2015 18:49:36 GMT
I just can't, for the life of me, trust Puddy as #1 on a Football League team. I'd sooner have Preston or even Mildy. Not that I think he's the worst keeper in the world, I know he's been nice in the Conf, but I just can't trust the guy in the current situation. In case he takes on the #1 spot eventually, I of course hope to be proven wrong, but that's where I stand now I think a fit Puddy is the best keeper we have has for a few years, which just goes to show whatever DC does someone won't agree. Whoever does become No. 1, can we have a fully signed on one please.
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c13
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Post by c13 on Dec 3, 2015 18:53:32 GMT
I just can't, for the life of me, trust Puddy as #1 on a Football League team. I'd sooner have Preston or even Mildy. Not that I think he's the worst keeper in the world, I know he's been nice in the Conf, but I just can't trust the guy in the current situation. In case he takes on the #1 spot eventually, I of course hope to be proven wrong, but that's where I stand now I think a fit Puddy is the best keeper we have has for a few years, which just goes to show whatever DC does someone won't agree. Whoever does become No. 1, can we have a fully signed on one please. Mind you, I'm not slagging DC off if he chooses Puddy; I'm just speaking for myself. Happy to be proved wrong, really
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 3, 2015 19:19:17 GMT
Based on last season form and ignoring the first 30 mins at Wembley I'd rate Puddy over Nicholls as he seems a far better stop stopper, on that basis surely he's good enough to be our No 1, whether he's good enough to be a good Div 2 goalie is another matter. Although after 6 months plus of inactivity can he just return to form as Mildenhall's never been the same since he suffered his knee injury last season.
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warehamgas
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 3, 2015 19:36:52 GMT
Puddy for all the criticism he gets on here, was very good at collecting and catching crosses, got good distance from his dead ball kicking and kicking from hand and would throw the ball out from defence to start us on the offensive. Some people's concern, including mine was his lack of height but I cannot recall him dropping one cross other than the one at Dover when Modeste pushed him in the chest just as he was catching the ball which caused him to spill it. 9 times out of 10 it would have been given as a foul, even some of the Dover fans behind the goal who I spoke with on the way out of the ground were waiting for the referee to blow up. Whatever else Puddy did at Wembley it wasn't his mistake that caused Grimsby to score. I was looking forward with just a little trepidation to seeing him make his League debut but he might just have surprised us all. I hope he does get an opportunity to play in the League. Does anyone have any idea when he might be fit enough to play ? I talked to him at Yeovil and he said about 8 weeks but since then he had his groin op so I guess likely to be a few more weeks at least.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 3, 2015 21:53:04 GMT
Based on last season form and ignoring the first 30 mins at Wembley I'd rate Puddy over Nicholls as he seems a far better stop stopper, on that basis surely he's good enough to be our No 1, whether he's good enough to be a good Div 2 goalie is another matter. Although after 6 months plus of inactivity can he just return to form as Mildenhall's never been the same since he suffered his knee injury last season. Based on this season's form and ignoring any clangers he's dropped I'd rate Nicholls over Puddy ....
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warehamgas
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 3, 2015 22:06:06 GMT
The whole keeper situation has been odd. Nicholls is a good keeper with a pretty good record esp that season at Northampton yet it doesn't appear that he is well thought if at Wigan and he's made some howlers here but I would still be happy for him to have stayed. But the decision has been made and DC says he's going back. We move on and apart from that first half hour at Wembley Puddy has done ok but as has been said after being out for six months it's a big ask to step back into what might be a fight for a play-off place. I still like Mildenhall but others who have seen more matches than me have question marks. Again I will just have to trust DC! UTG!
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Alveston Gas
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Post by Alveston Gas on Dec 3, 2015 22:12:14 GMT
I just can't, for the life of me, trust Puddy as #1 on a Football League team. I'd sooner have Preston or even Mildy. Not that I think he's the worst keeper in the world, I know he's been nice in the Conf, but I just can't trust the guy in the current situation. In case he takes on the #1 spot eventually, I of course hope to be proven wrong, but that's where I stand now You can't trust an experienced keeper like Will Puddy (120 Conference games) but you would trust young Preston whose experience consists of a few games at Mangotsfield - strange!
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Post by Curly Wurly on Dec 3, 2015 22:19:49 GMT
The whole keeper situation has been odd. Nicholls is a good keeper with a pretty good record esp that season at Northampton yet it doesn't appear that he is well thought if at Wigan and he's made some howlers here but I would still be happy for him to have stayed. But the decision has been made and DC says he's going back. We move on and apart from that first half hour at Wembley Puddy has done ok but as has been said after being out for six months it's a big ask to step back into what might be a fight for a play-off place. I still like Mildenhall but others who have seen more matches than me have question marks. Again I will just have to trust DC! UTG! I understand the decision was made from the day he was loaned to us. It was for a fixed period without the opportunity of extension. This has been blown out of all proportion.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2015 23:36:36 GMT
The whole keeper situation has been odd. Nicholls is a good keeper with a pretty good record esp that season at Northampton yet it doesn't appear that he is well thought if at Wigan and he's made some howlers here but I would still be happy for him to have stayed. But the decision has been made and DC says he's going back. We move on and apart from that first half hour at Wembley Puddy has done ok but as has been said after being out for six months it's a big ask to step back into what might be a fight for a play-off place. I still like Mildenhall but others who have seen more matches than me have question marks. Again I will just have to trust DC! UTG! I understand the decision was made from the day he was loaned to us. It was for a fixed period without the opportunity of extension. This has been blown out of all proportion. I think 'the proportion' is clear as we approach the Christmas period without a trusted number 1 keeper. The best we can hope for is another loan, which involves a new set of jitters, nerves, and learning to communicate with an otherwise settled defence.
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Post by severnbeachline on Dec 4, 2015 0:45:17 GMT
When do we lose Nicholls out of interest?
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The Gas
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Post by The Gas on Dec 4, 2015 1:12:16 GMT
I understand the decision was made from the day he was loaned to us. It was for a fixed period without the opportunity of extension. This has been blown out of all proportion. I think 'the proportion' is clear as we approach the Christmas period without a trusted number 1 keeper. The best we can hope for is another loan, which involves a new set of jitters, nerves, and learning to communicate with an otherwise settled defence. My understanding is that the loan period has now finished until January.
In exceptional circumstances you are able to get an emergency GK provided you can provide medical evidence that all your available GK's are injured. As Mildenhall is on the bench, that will be difficult.
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Post by The Gas on Dec 4, 2015 1:16:15 GMT
When do we lose Nicholls out of interest? He signed on 11/09/2015, so 93 days from then.
So I assume 13/12/2015.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2015 7:59:21 GMT
I think 'the proportion' is clear as we approach the Christmas period without a trusted number 1 keeper. The best we can hope for is another loan, which involves a new set of jitters, nerves, and learning to communicate with an otherwise settled defence. My understanding is that the loan period has now finished until January.
In exceptional circumstances you are able to get an emergency GK provided you can provide medical evidence that all your available GK's are injured. As Mildenhall is on the bench, that will be difficult.
Exactly. That's why a loan is the best we can hope for, because otherwise its Mildenhall and he's clearly not trusted anymore (for what its worth I think he should've been in goal all season). Then the loan window ends and we get another new keeper. For a bit. And then another one and another one. We've been here before and it doesn't work long term. Its disruptive and it surely costs us goals and games.
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c13
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Post by c13 on Dec 4, 2015 8:27:27 GMT
I just can't, for the life of me, trust Puddy as #1 on a Football League team. I'd sooner have Preston or even Mildy. Not that I think he's the worst keeper in the world, I know he's been nice in the Conf, but I just can't trust the guy in the current situation. In case he takes on the #1 spot eventually, I of course hope to be proven wrong, but that's where I stand now You can't trust an experienced keeper like Will Puddy (120 Conference games) but you would trust young Preston whose experience consists of a few games at Mangotsfield - strange! See, I know it sounds - and is - crazy. But if I can't trust the guy who has got 120 games under his belt, then maybe the other guy who's a big "?" at the time could do better? Mind you, it's all hypothetical, I never said I was right, blah blah blah.
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Dec 4, 2015 8:40:16 GMT
Like the look of this bloke.
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Post by alasitsgas on Dec 8, 2015 16:56:39 GMT
I know Nicholls since joining us made a few stinkers but what keeper hasn't,but I do feel he is better than Puddy who was playing like a duck on snot at Wembley.So I would like to thank Mr.Nicholls for his services playing for Rovers and warn others that our next choice of keeper maybe of less ability than the present.
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Post by irishrover on Dec 9, 2015 22:23:21 GMT
I find it slightly odd that we regularly seem to suffer this crisis when moving from one goalie era to the next. I don't feel it should be that difficult for us to find an adequate League 2 goalie who is prepared to sign up for a couple of years - yet this is something we seem to agonise over. Goalie's should be relatively straight forward signings - you don't particularly need to worry about how they fit in with the style of play etc. All you have to do is not overpay for an adequate one for the level we're at. Other positions I can understand issues with signing players but not in goal.
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Post by faggotygas on Dec 10, 2015 13:50:43 GMT
I find it slightly odd that we regularly seem to suffer this crisis when moving from one goalie era to the next. I don't feel it should be that difficult for us to find an adequate League 2 goalie who is prepared to sign up for a couple of years - yet this is something we seem to agonise over. Goalie's should be relatively straight forward signings - you don't particularly need to worry about how they fit in with the style of play etc. All you have to do is not overpay for an adequate one for the level we're at. Other positions I can understand issues with signing players but not in goal.
We do have one - he's injured. The loans have been covering.
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