Dean Henderson

Quoted from Rik e B

He wasn't happy at all about being dropped for a young kid and if my memory serves me right he put in a transfer request, which he later withdrew.

Macca wasn't happy at being dropped.  But he also wasn't happy as to how it was handled by Bignot.  I firmly believe that if Bignot was still here, Macca wouldn't be.

Quoted from Civvy at last

Macca wasn't happy at being dropped.  But he also wasn't happy it was handled by Bignot.  I firmly believe that if Bignot was still here, Macca wouldn't be.

I firmly believe that if Bignot was still here, we would have a playing squad of Dave Smith, Steve Wraith and maybe Fenty in goal.

Quoted from mimma

The difference between the two is that Henderson commanded the area. The difference with him and the back four was noticeably better when defending. With Macca there's sometimes a mix up or they end up shouting at each other but with Deano they always seemed to know where they all where and what needed to be done. Being a goalkeeper these days is not just saving shots, it's organising the defence and distributing the ball better. That's where the big difference lies

That’s what goalkeeping has always been about. Best exponent I have ever seen at this for town was Dave Beasant, by a country mile.

Quoted from smokey111

I firmly believe that if Bignot was still here, we would have a playing squad of Dave Smith, Steve Wraith and maybe Fenty in goal.

And Gavin Gunning in midfield.

Didn't the transfer request get cancelled pretty much when Bignot left?

Im not privvy to how it was handled but to be fair to Bignob, Hursty signed him up but wouldn't take the leap of faith to give him a chance. Bignot did, obviously not in a very subtle or polite way (the right word alludes me) but it was clear straight away Henderson a class above, even though McKeown a more than competent L2 keeper. In fact probably one of the best.

Did Bignot feel guilty about Macca and that's why he mowed over Hendo with team bus to prove he did actually love him?

God knows.

Probably best we don't know alot of stuff!

Quoted from smokey111

I firmly believe that if Bignot was still here, we would have a playing squad of Dave Smith, Steve Wraith and maybe Fenty in goal.

And neither Smith not Wraith would be on the left side of the pitch.

Quoted from The_Laughing_Mariner

Makes some high profile mistakes though, too many to be a top top keeper imo.
however he was good for us, I remember him coming out for and collecting a cross early on in the Boxing day game against Accy Stan.  The whole ground applauded, we'd not seen that for ages.

I would agree with that which is why I am a bit surprised at Wilder being so OTT with his praise. He is good, athletic and can pull out amazing saves but he does make blunders. Reminds me of Gary Sprake. The lad might be England’s best but that says more about the rest.

All keepers make terrible blunders.

Just the name of the game - Petr Cech was the best of his generation but still chucked one in during a major tournament which led to his country being eliminated. I remember being pleased when Nigel Martyn came into the England team but he made a complete balls-up to get us eliminated from Euro 2000 (credit also due to Phil flipping Neville for their winner). Seaman vs 10-man Brazil in the World Cup, anyone? It's just one of those things.

The 'greatest' goalkeepers have the luck of getting away with these errors because they are in better teams or the goals come in games which are then won and not lost. I don't doubt Gordon Banks chucked one or two in during his time as well.

Henderson could well turn out to be England's keeper for a decade. He'll still make one or two howlers if he is.