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Completely respect the red crosses, i knew it would divide opinion, can i ask the red crossers whether it was the Macca bit you dont agree with, or my point on young Battersby? Imagine a scenario next Saturday on our first game back in the EFL that Max pulls a hamstring in the warm up , would you feel confident of a result with a totally unproven, totally inexperienced Keeper between the sticks? In no way am i trying to insult the talents of Battersby, he may well turn into a great keeper in time, but is now the time, should an injury occur? Having said all this i suppose we have to leave it to PH ,after all he hasnt done too bad has he?
I think we will sign another senior keeper anyway. Maybe even someone who will push Crocombe into second place. I don't agree that Macca should be kept on as I think we can and should do better. His time here has been and gone. We are allowed a squad of 22 players, which doesn't include players under 21 at the start of the calendar year or goalkeepers, so we will almost certainly sign another one and probably send Battersby out on loan. If we haven't got another one by the start of the season, then Battersby can be on the bench just in case Crocombe gets injured. Someone said on here a while back that you have to have three keepers on the books anyway, but I'm not sure if that is true and can't find anywhere that states this.
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ffs, Macca is in the past, rely on Battersby as back up, Max is a great keeper and miles better than Macca, get over the 10 years, yes he was good, and hes been paid off, no good having feelings for the guy, we move on, Macca has a plan and now money, get over it and move on ffs
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Completely respect the red crosses, i knew it would divide opinion, can i ask the red crossers whether it was the Macca bit you dont agree with, or my point on young Battersby? Imagine a scenario next Saturday on our first game back in the EFL that Max pulls a hamstring in the warm up , would you feel confident of a result with a totally unproven, totally inexperienced Keeper between the sticks? In no way am i trying to insult the talents of Battersby, he may well turn into a great keeper in time, but is now the time, should an injury occur? Having said all this i suppose we have to leave it to PH ,after all he hasnt done too bad has he?
Keepers need to be thrown in eventually, and they either sink or swim. You can’t give them 10 mins here and 15 there when we’re 2 up. At some point in their career, EVERY keeper has been a young, untested rookie but either through circumstance or a supportive manager have found themselves becoming a regular. Battersby might get sent out on loan again, but eventually there’ll be a day he’s called upon and he needs to grasp the opportunity. If McKeown had only been here for say the last 2 years, like most other players, would anyone really want him keeping on? Honestly can’t remember a good performance from him in the last 2 years. We can’t have him lingering on in the background forever. If not a single other manager in the entire football league or conference wants to take a punt on him, why should we?
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Whoah there Dicko, no need for the ffs, we were having a reasonable discussion, i am not a member of the Macca fan club, he has been great for us, poor in the last season and a half (along with many others) my entire point in all of this is that in our first season back in the EFL we need experienced GK cover in case Max gets injured/loss of form, not short term maybe they work ,maybe they dont loans.
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I’d imagine he’s probably got a price in his head which is higher than what clubs are seemingly wanting to pay. Perhaps he’s waiting for a club to get desperate?
That's agents for you! He's in that tough situation now where if he goes too low to get games, he might never get back to the level he thinks he should be at. I think it's been obvious to everyone since Christmas that his release was inevitable so him and his agent should have been proactive.
Someone said on here a while back that you have to have three keepers on the books anyway, but I'm not sure if that is true and can't find anywhere that states this.
I'm sure this is a myth because I've searched high and low for it but not found anything about it. The rules on registration that I saw just say keepers aren't part of the 22 and until Battersby plays 5 league and cup games (excluding the trophy) we can get an emergency loan.
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Whoah there Dicko, no need for the ffs, we were having a reasonable discussion, i am not a member of the Macca fan club, he has been great for us, poor in the last season and a half (along with many others) my entire point in all of this is that in our first season back in the EFL we need experienced GK cover in case Max gets injured/loss of form, not short term maybe they work ,maybe they dont loans.
I think we will certainly get that cover Pete. I expect Hurst will bring in an experienced keeper who is around the mid 30s to act as cover, but also support for Max. Probably someone who has just finished a stint in such a role at a L1/2 club. Having Macca here on vastly reduced terms wouldn't be good for anyone. His ego would be bruised, and to be blunt, I think we can now do better. Would imagine this number 2 will be here midweek and Battersby shipped off to conference North until Christmas. Just my opinion.
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Fair comments Smokey, hope you are right, we all want the best for our club and not dicing with NL ever again.
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We need a 3rd keeper as we all know from the play offs that Max suffers from cramp a lot.😉
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We need a 3rd keeper as we all know from the play offs that Max suffers from cramp a lot.😉
We have the returning Croudson.... .....except he would have to repay about 200k in insurance!!!!!
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McKeown is signing for a club this week hopefully, deal all agreed apparently, but not certain until it’s over the line - don’t know who with, but it’s nice to see him get fixed up all the same. Genuinely nice fella.
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