James McKeown

Ok so I'll put it out there and then you can kick me off here, put as many red crosses as you like and call me whatever you want. But I know I'm not the only one who is thinking this.

Why have we extended Maccas contract? He's a great shot stopper of that there is no doubt. But he can't control his area, can't catch a ball, can't organise his defence, blames everyone else and is generally pretty average at best as a goalkeeper.

2 season's on the trot we missed out on promotion because of his mistakes between the posts.

We have proven at this club that there are younger and better keepers out there. Dean Henderson springs to mind. Before you all start with, but we couldn't afford him or his wages, I wasn't saying we could have him, just he's better. And there are more like him that we can afford.

Maybe it's just the club can't be bothered and are taking the cheap option.

I've moaned and groaned about Macca since season 1 of him being here.

I will reiterate, he is probably one of the best shot stoppers in the league, but the rest of his goalkeeping is nothing more than average at best.

So now I've spoken my mind ( and I know others agree ) let the onslaught begin.

Agree with you. I've thought all along the same as you.
He's just like Dracula, cannot handle crosses and stays on his line too often.
He is what we can afford at the moment so will have to hope his shot stopping continues.
UTM

Quoted from Tradjazz

Agree with you. I've thought all along the same as you.
He's just like Dracula, cannot handle crosses and stays on his line too often.
He is what we can afford at the moment so will have to hope his shot stopping continues.
UTM

Dracula stays on his line?

Quoted from Dopleganger

I've moaned and groaned about Macca since season 1 of him being here.

18 posts. Do something constructive with your next 18.

Don't feed the troll.....end of thread

Quoted from promotion plaice

Don't feed the troll.....end of thread

This.

End of thread.

Absolutely, MODS, kill this thread now..

Why 'End of thread'?  People are entitled to their opinions, and I and others agree with him.  Macca IS vulnerable in controlling his area, there is no doubt about that, a good GK is a good shot stopper, great at controlling his area and a great communicator with his defenders.

Quoted from Dopleganger

Ok so I'll put it out there and then you can kick me off here, put as many red crosses as you like and call me whatever you want. But I know I'm not the only one who is thinking this.

Why have we extended Maccas contract? He's a great shot stopper of that there is no doubt. But he can't control his area, can't catch a ball, can't organise his defence, blames everyone else and is generally pretty average at best as a goalkeeper.

2 season's on the trot we missed out on promotion because of his mistakes between the posts.

We have proven at this club that there are younger and better keepers out there. Dean Henderson springs to mind. Before you all start with, but we couldn't afford him or his wages, I wasn't saying we could have him, just he's better. And there are more like him that we can afford.

Maybe it's just the club can't be bothered and are taking the cheap option.

I've moaned and groaned about Macca since season 1 of him being here.

I will reiterate, he is probably one of the best shot stoppers in the league, but the rest of his goalkeeping is nothing more than average at best.

So now I've spoken my mind ( and I know others agree ) let the onslaught begin.

Even though the majority will disagree with you (myself included) I do think some of the points you raise (badly!) are valid for example (in my humble opinion) he has not improved his overall game as much as he could have. Seeing Dean Henderson come in and start claiming crosses so easily at the age of 19 was an eye opener, but is probably more to do with Henderson's talent than anything.  

On balance McKeown is probably as good a keeper as we can get at this level, through watching every game on ifollow since it was introduced I have not seen many better keepers.

He is not perfect (he says so himself in several interviews he has given), and has maybe not improved on some of his weaknesses quite as much as he could have (crosses being the main issue for me) but for a GK he is now entering his peak years (29-33) and I personally expect him to have an excellent season for his standards.

Yes he will drop the odd clanger but what keeper doesn't. He is one of the chief reasons we were not relegated in 2018. That performance at home to Port Vale still brings a smile to my face.  

No need to End Thread just DELETE it please

What absolute utter garbage