Macca , how long before the inevitable happens?

Quoted from forza ivano

Can we try and get a little bit of balance please? James has been great for us and obviously loves where he is, BUT he's been at the div 4/5 level fo nearly ten years now and he's there for a reason. He's a great shot stopper but IMHO his failure to command his 6 yard area almost cost s dear yesterday and for that reason it's why he is where he is

Exactly this.
People talking about a million pound transfer fee-really??

Quoted from forza ivano

Can we try and get a little bit of balance please? James has been great for us and obviously loves where he is, BUT he's been at the div 4/5 level fo nearly ten years now and he's there for a reason. He's a great shot stopper but IMHO his failure to command his 6 yard area almost cost s dear yesterday and for that reason it's why he is where he is

I'd say the reason is that he's shown commendable loyalty to GTFC!

Are you really suggesting that the gulf between L2 and L1 is so huge that he couldn't make the step up?

I don't imagine for one moment that if MJ performed his second miracle* and got us promoted his first
thought would be "Christ, I need a new keeper...".
We're lucky to have Macca is my view - and I agree with the poster who said he's more valuable to us than any
money we're likely to be offered for him.




(* following the miracle of the JJ Hooper hat-trick)

Quoted from forza ivano

Can we try and get a little bit of balance please? James has been great for us and obviously loves where he is, BUT he's been at the div 4/5 level fo nearly ten years now and he's there for a reason. He's a great shot stopper but IMHO his failure to command his 6 yard area almost cost s dear yesterday and for that reason it's why he is where he is

Good post .. if he could just command his box better he definately wouldn’t be playing for us

It seems like only yesterday that people were questioning why we'd given him such a long contract...

Macca as we all know is flawed as a keeper.
No one can doubt his ability in 1 on 1 situations and his above average shot stopping capabilites, but and it's a big but, his distribution, time he holds on to the ball before reading it and generally inability to take control of his area has never improved in all the time he's been with us...if it had, he'd be at least a league or 2 higher by now.
I think he's ever a purple patch no doubting that but I do believe he's in the spot light due to the defeciences within the team Infront of him and the amount of times the opposition are being allowed to get into 1 on 1 positions and the amount of shots he's having shots fired in his direction.

Don't know why we are talking about Macca moving he is happy to be here??

He is having a great season and I am sure those remarkable saves over the last few weeks have inspired the rest of the team.

Macca is a top L2 keeper - poss L1 but no higher for the reasons people have mentioned
He's loyal to GTFC and always seems like a really decent bloke when interviewed - good life/work balance and perspective

Finally, sorry to be churlish, but Gordon Banks' save in 1970 v Brazil was way better then the one on Saturday... even though Macca's was top notch

With Banks the ball was definitely behind him and to this day I don't think I've seen better

Marvellous...jumpers for goalposts

That save of Banks’ has to be one of the most overrated saves in history.

I think macca's save vs Wrexham in the trophy final was just wow.  How he got across to save Andy Morrells goal bound shot l'll never know.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Josh Vickers at Lincoln is a great keeper but keeps getting bad leg injuries. He was out for most of last season, came back and has only just returned from a second long lay off.  Rory Watson at Scunthorpe is out for some time with a broken arm also.

If one of them two came in, he wouldn't have to move away from the area. At this level, the silly money tends to go on strikers so I don't think we would get anything near what we would hope. 4 points above the bottom 2, he is much more valuable to us than what someone would pay.

I am pretty sure we wouldn't want him. We have two decent keepers, hence our defensive record being good. We also have the National league keeper of the year last year, Grant Smith on loan at someone. Been publicised that we want another striker, and a midfielder in January. Unless Harry Anderson goes, by all accounts Wednesday and Blackburn want him.