McKeown interview - Grimsby Telegraph

Be with a heavy heart to see McKeown leave, very likable bloke who wears his heart on his sleeve.  Also he's the last link to that promotion side, which is a real emotional tie. No two ways about it, he's served us very, very well.

But in all honesty I think it may be time for him to go, especially if he's got the opportunity to earn mega money elsewhere.  He's an excellent Conference 'keeper and a good League Two 'keeper but I don't see him as the guy who will be in between the sticks if we progress up the levels.  

For Jolley, this is probably a bit of luck really.  There was a mixed reaction when Bignot dropped McKeown for Henderson, even though it was the right thing to do, so to bring someone in to compete and take his place would be fighting a battle with some of the fans.  By offering him a deal (that he's never really going to sign) it looks as if Jolley has done everything he can to keep him, but he can then look to upgrade without any opposition from the supporters.

Right, who’s starting a crowdfunder!?

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I don the know why everyone is being so dramatic- I just bought my tickets for tomorrow from the club shop and understand that macca s contract is sorted and might even be announced before tomorrow's match...

You have the answer here then from Fenty's man.

Macca should go to Scotland, some lovely scenery and places.

Can't we take a leaf out of Accrington's book and offer him free burgers after the match. Could be a deal breaker.

Quoted from Pouton4ever

I don the know why everyone is being so dramatic- I just bought my tickets for tomorrow from the club shop and understand that macca s contract is sorted and might even be announced before tomorrow's match...

Just because you might have some information which the rest of the world doesn't, it doesn't mean you can be a knobhead about it.

Quoted from Pouton4ever

I don the know why everyone is being so dramatic- I just bought my tickets for tomorrow from the club shop and understand that macca s contract is sorted and might even be announced before tomorrow's match...

As one of the people who intially said that it was Motherwell that had offered him a deal, i can tell you that his contract is not sorted and what you’re saying is untrue.

Macca is a decent league 2 keeper, a great shot stopper but prone to poor positioning and lacks  authority in the 6 yard box, A prime example was last Saturday, a wonder save and also a big mistake for their goal.

There are better keepers out there just like Henderson and I’m hoping MJ with his contacts will find one, what will happen if Macca stays and Jolley does get a better keeper? He’ll play the best players available and drop Macca,  everyone clearly saw that Henderson was better so why won’t this happen again? When he was dropped  he wanted to leave (unlike Pearson) so I don’t buy this “he loyal to town” thing

If he goes, good luck to him, always gave his best for us and made that connection with us fans and if a chance comes along to earn good money for his family he should take it, we move on

Quoted from Sussexmariner

Macca is a decent league 2 keeper, a great shot stopper but prone to poor positioning and lacks  authority in the 6 yard box, A prime example was last Saturday, a wonder save and also a big mistake for their goal.

There are better keepers out there just like Henderson and I’m hoping MJ with his contacts will find one, what will happen if Macca stays and Jolley does get a better keeper? He’ll play the best players available and drop Macca,  everyone clearly saw that Henderson was better so why won’t this happen again? When he was dropped  he wanted to leave (unlike Pearson) so I don’t buy this “he loyal to town” thing

If he goes, good luck to him, always gave his best for us and made that connection with us fans and if a chance comes along to earn good money for his family he should take it, we move on

No keeper at this level or the one above, or the one above that is perfect and sometimes make mistakes. All I’ll say is that McKeown has won us a lot more points than he’s lost over his time here with us. We saw when he was out injured, and the previous goalkeepers we had prior to him, that a good keeper is not necessarily that easy to find.

Quoted from davmariner

No keeper at this level or the one above, or the one above that is perfect and sometimes make mistakes. All I’ll say is that McKeown has won us a lot more points than he’s lost over his time here with us. We saw when he was out injured, and the previous goalkeepers we had prior to him, that a good keeper is not necessarily that easy to find.

For me the "great" town teams have been marked by having a "great" keeper, Danny Coyne, Aiden Davison, Steve Sherwood... those few weeks with Dave Beasant

Edit I put "great" because we re not talking Barcelona or Peter Schemiecal (Spelling