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Post by PessimistGas on Dec 9, 2015 0:47:38 GMT
The goalkeeping situation is a strange one and Clarke has handled this one very badly, what the hell is he doing? There is no doubt that it has cost us points and this is definitely one to learn from and fast.
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Post by gashead1979 on Dec 9, 2015 13:30:43 GMT
This should have all been sorted in the summer. James McKeown of Grimsby would have been my first target.
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Post by irishrover on Dec 9, 2015 22:29:43 GMT
The goalkeeping situation is a strange one and Clarke has handled this one very badly, what the hell is he doing? There is no doubt that it has cost us points and this is definitely one to learn from and fast. I know I made a general comment on this in the other keeper thread but I can't help thinking that Clarke was expecting Puddy back sooner and had him pegged as the goalie. That he wanted to ease Mildenhall out and therefore give Puddy a chance in the meantime. Hopefully if Puddy proved he wasn't up to it he'd then have moved Mildenhall on and we'd have finances to bring in someone else. Puddy's injury was more serious than expected, Mildenhall was briefly needed then made surplus to requirements and now you wouldn't blame him for digging his heels in a bit as he's been slightly pissed about.
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Post by buckrippers on Dec 11, 2015 10:12:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 11:41:47 GMT
Didn't Puddy only ship 3/4 goals in our last ten matches last season? I keep seeing Dover used as a stick to beat him despite the fact any normal human (not the referee that day though) could see that was a foul. Will has deserved the opportunity and I think he'll be more than competent.
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Post by buckrippers on Dec 11, 2015 12:05:52 GMT
Didn't Puddy only ship 3/4 goals in our last ten matches last season? I keep seeing Dover used as a stick to beat him despite the fact any normal human (not the referee that day though) could see that was a foul. Will has deserved the opportunity and I think he'll be more than competent. Every keeper makes the odd mistake. But he is stepping up another level when before he joined us he wasn't even a Salisbury regular. He is bound to have a few nerves, and it can't help when you've been out for six months. Injuries can dent confidence, slow-down reflexes and generally take some time to get over. Also, we can all talk about mistakes at Dover, but Puddy's first game at Barnet was a shocker, he almost cost us a point at Macclesfield and was highly fortunate not to be sent off in the play-off final. Yes, he can be good, but at this level - when he is likely to get far more work than he did against teams like Woking and Alfreton - I question whether he will stand out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 12:22:05 GMT
Didn't Puddy only ship 3/4 goals in our last ten matches last season? I keep seeing Dover used as a stick to beat him despite the fact any normal human (not the referee that day though) could see that was a foul. Will has deserved the opportunity and I think he'll be more than competent. Every keeper makes the odd mistake. But he is stepping up another level when before he joined us he wasn't even a Salisbury regular. I stopped here, utter tosh, he made 42 appearances in 13-14.
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Post by falsenumber9 on Dec 11, 2015 12:49:45 GMT
Didn't Puddy only ship 3/4 goals in our last ten matches last season? I keep seeing Dover used as a stick to beat him despite the fact any normal human (not the referee that day though) could see that was a foul. Will has deserved the opportunity and I think he'll be more than competent. I'm not convinced it was a foul tbf. He's a relatively small keeper and it showed on that occasion. The fact he was prone to making major mistakes on a regular basis suggests to me that he shouldn't be considered a long term option as our No.1. He got away with many last season as well (Chester (H) and the Play-Off Final spring to mind).
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Post by buckrippers on Dec 11, 2015 12:50:36 GMT
Sorry you're right, Chewbacca. I was under the impression he was their second choice when we signed him. False information. Interesting, though, looking at Soccerbase, how the hell did he get SEVEN yellow cards?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 12:58:11 GMT
Didn't Puddy only ship 3/4 goals in our last ten matches last season? I keep seeing Dover used as a stick to beat him despite the fact any normal human (not the referee that day though) could see that was a foul. Will has deserved the opportunity and I think he'll be more than competent. I'm not convinced it was a foul tbf. He's a relatively small keeper and it showed on that occasion. The fact he was prone to making major mistakes on a regular basis suggests to me that he shouldn't be considered a long term option as our No.1. He got away with many last season as well (Chester (H) and the Play-Off Final spring to mind). Any more than Mildy or Nicholls?
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Post by falsenumber9 on Dec 11, 2015 13:44:57 GMT
I'm not convinced it was a foul tbf. He's a relatively small keeper and it showed on that occasion. The fact he was prone to making major mistakes on a regular basis suggests to me that he shouldn't be considered a long term option as our No.1. He got away with many last season as well (Chester (H) and the Play-Off Final spring to mind). Any more than Mildy or Nicholls? I would say more but I take your point. Obviously any keeper at this level won't be consistently outstanding but it felt like Puddy made a noticeable mistake in the vast majority of games he featured in. He's clearly a popular figure in the dressing room so good luck to him but for me he's not Football League standard and not the long term answer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 18:58:14 GMT
Any more than Mildy or Nicholls? I would say more but I take your point. Obviously any keeper at this level won't be consistently outstanding but it felt like Puddy made a noticeable mistake in the vast majority of games he featured in. He's clearly a popular figure in the dressing room so good luck to him but for me he's not Football League standard and not the long term answer. Stuart Sinclair and Matt Taylor weren't league standard last season either.
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Post by falsenumber9 on Dec 11, 2015 20:51:20 GMT
I would say more but I take your point. Obviously any keeper at this level won't be consistently outstanding but it felt like Puddy made a noticeable mistake in the vast majority of games he featured in. He's clearly a popular figure in the dressing room so good luck to him but for me he's not Football League standard and not the long term answer. Stuart Sinclair and Matt Taylor weren't league standard last season either. Weren't they? Despite being stand-out members of the form team of the division for the second half of the season?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 20:54:27 GMT
Stuart Sinclair and Matt Taylor weren't league standard last season either. Weren't they? Despite being stand-out members of the form team of the division for the second half of the season? Behave, Sinclair spent most of it out injured!
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Post by falsenumber9 on Dec 11, 2015 21:01:23 GMT
Weren't they? Despite being stand-out members of the form team of the division for the second half of the season? Behave, Sinclair spent most of it out injured! He looked like he could be an asset at league level when featuring last season though surely.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 21:06:45 GMT
Behave, Sinclair spent most of it out injured! He looked like he could be an asset at league level when featuring last season though surely. As did Will Puddy.
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Post by falsenumber9 on Dec 11, 2015 21:12:33 GMT
He looked like he could be an asset at league level when featuring last season though surely. As did Will Puddy. As did Fabian Speiss.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 21:18:35 GMT
Never in a million years did Spiess look good enough for league football while playing for us.
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Post by falsenumber9 on Dec 11, 2015 21:34:11 GMT
Never in a million years did Spiess look good enough for league football while playing for us. I'd put Spiess and Puddy in similar brackets personally but I'd love to be proved wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 21:57:54 GMT
Never in a million years did Spiess look good enough for league football while playing for us. I'd put Spiess and Puddy in similar brackets personally but I'd love to be proved wrong. Bonkers post.
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