Macca

Macca is a 7/10 Keeper for League 2 he ticks most boxes.However the faults he does have the main one being he fails to dominate his area causes us no end of problems during 90 mins most weeks.Usually this seeps out into his back four and causes them to panic in certain situations.Macca and Pearson were regularly seen arguing and Josh Gowling also got into that with Macca and it worked well they all gee`d each other up.Since Pearson went not seen much of that and our goals against column has grown noticeably worse over time.Macca over a Season saves us a lot of points with match winning performances ie we win 0-1 away and he will have made 2-3 top saves to keep the clean sheet.Then you ask could we do better you have to say yes because we saw the difference Henderson made to the same defensive unit and the goalkeeper became an 8/10 keeper better at commanding his area and far better with his distribution.

Quoted from rancido

It's not a case of " feeding the troll " but the OP does make a couple of pertinent points ie Macca isn't strong in the air and his kicking can be very wayward.Macca is a reasonable keeper for this level and was a good keeper when we were non-league. But if we want to progress to the next level then we do need better. I was very surprised that he got a 3 year deal in the summer, I think 2 years would have still kept him and that would give us some flexibility when/if we get promoted next season.

If we're supposed to be looking at the Championship in five years time, then we'd better hope we do get some promotions under our belt, sooner rather than later

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Macca is a 7/10 Keeper for League 2 he ticks most boxes.However the faults he does have the main one being he fails to dominate his area causes us no end of problems during 90 mins most weeks.Usually this seeps out into his back four and causes them to panic in certain situations.Macca and Pearson were regularly seen arguing and Josh Gowling also got into that with Macca and it worked well they all gee`d each other up.Since Pearson went not seen much of that and our goals against column has grown noticeably worse over time.Macca over a Season saves us a lot of points with match winning performances ie we win 0-1 away and he will have made 2-3 top saves to keep the clean sheet.Then you ask could we do better you have to say yes because we saw the difference Henderson made to the same defensive unit and the goalkeeper became an 8/10 keeper better at commanding his area and far better with his distribution.

Danny Collins has filled that "rant with Macca role" now so don't worry.

There is a clip on the Carlisle extended highlights were the simplest of over the top balls is being guided back by Collins but you can see he is expecting something to come from Macca...he waits..waits and then ends up playing a poor rushed pass out wide which is then poorly managed and quite easily could have resulted in a goal against..... Collins should have taken control as even i know that if the keeper doesn't shout you fking deal with it but its been the same ever since Macca came here.....no matter which centre back, there is a wide corridor of uncertainty (thanks Geoff) when the back four are seeing balls back to our box and Macca doesn't take control.

Quoted from fiveallive

I hate threads like this, end of last season Mckeown was the best keeper in the world now we need a new keeper.

There is nothing wrong with Mckeown he's a solid good keeper.

Stop comparing him to Henderson because Henderson is a better all round goalkeeper, no disrespect to Mckeown.


That's why Henderson is on loan at Sheffield United, and future England International in my opinion.

So comparing Mckeown with Henderson is like comparing Hooper and Aubamyang totally different in way of talent.

Surely you could have compared Hooper with a striker with an easier name to spell? Like Kane.

I think two days after a clean sheet and a long awaited away win is the perfect time to start having a go at our goalkeeper.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Surely you could have compared Hooper with a striker with an easier name to spell? Like Kane.

I signed Aubamyang in football manager so his name was saved in my phone to auto correct it.

Quoted from fiveallive

I signed Aubamyang in football manager so his name was saved in my phone to auto correct it.

you've spelt it wrong  

Henderson has comfortably managed the rise to League One and now The Championship, proving he was by far the best keeper in this league.

Macca has his faults but every keeper at this level does. He's a very good shot stopper and also good in one on one situations. Yes, he probably should command his area better but if he did, he would have never been at Grimsby Town in the first place.

Macca is a good L2 keeper,

If he was good at crosses and kicking like he is at shot stopping,

Hurst would have a million pound bid and took him to Ipswich with Toto and Nolan.

BTW  Hurst has just dropped his international keeper and put the reserve in,

So he might make a bid but it will be a lot lower than a million.

Taken from Grimsby match thread on TheCumbrians.net
"Should've been 5-0 down at half time,and never looked like scoring against a keeper who would struggle in pub leagues"
Surely he wasn't that bad considering he didn"t concede