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thefish
September 30, 2023, 10:07am

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This week, on the 'View From The Findus' podcast, we have started to build our ultimate 21st century 'Grimsby Town eleven'.

To start, we have scrutinised ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ of the men with the gloves!

Eventually, we narrowed it down to three fabulous 'number ones': Mildenhall (great keeper in a nearly outstanding season); McKeown (most appearances in the last 23 years and a big part of our promotion in 2016); and Coyne (do I even need to add anything?).

Honourable mentions went to Crocombe, Henderson (Dean) and of course Mr Forecast!

Feel free to add your vote at this link: https://x.com/vftfindus/status/1707997900955853299?s=46

Alternatively, give us your views on here- we may well quote you on next week's pod as we inform you on who starts, who makes the bench and who is training with the reserves.

Finally, friend of the podcast and EFL expert 'Gab Sutton' has given an interesting take on why he believes we shall keep a clean sheet today: [url]https://x.com/gabsutton/status/1707791426237485484?s=46[/url]

I am less confident on that one.

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September 30, 2023, 2:40pm
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Can't look past Coyne for me.

I'd have Wayne Henderson in there above Dean Henderson as honorable mentions. Dean might have gone on to be better but the impact Wayne had in helping us avoid relegation that season was much greater.


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Nobody comes close to Coyne do they total class.
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September 30, 2023, 3:11pm

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I'll always be fond of Steve Sherwood for his time between the sticks in Sir Alan's first couple of years in charge. 183 appearances, 2 promotions and a couple of cup runs speaks for itself.


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Quoted from Manchester Mariner
I'll always be fond of Steve Sherwood for his time between the sticks in Sir Alan's first couple of years in charge. 183 appearances, 2 promotions and a couple of cup runs speaks for itself.


Not 21st century though.

Coyne for me, with Mildenhall mentioned in dispatches.
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Not 21st century though.

Coyne for me, with Mildenhall mentioned in dispatches.


Missed that part. Schoolboy error.


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Also not 21st century but Batch was a hell of a keeper.


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Coyne was incredible, he even got his initial wobbly spell out the way in the 20th century spell for us.

QPR away, smash and grab 1-0 win. Don't think I've ever seen a 'keeper busier or more unbeatable.

But in a weird way, Mildenhall was more enjoyable to watch as he just commanded everything so well. Coyne was a top drawer shot stopper but he was suspect on crosses, Mildenhall just more of an all rounder.

For the respective levels, Mildenhall probably had better defences in front of him. Coyne was the back end of our time punching above our weight with the Handyside and Lever dominated spells replaced by the Chettle's and Raven's of the era.

Anthony Williams, no?
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Mildenhall for me, but only because I don't really have memories of Coyne (his last season was my first and I only probably went to 3 or 4 games that year).


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Easily Coyne . One of the reasons we had long spells in the championship. A few vital saves earn enough points to save relegation.

His performance at QPR as previously mentioned when we probably should’ve lost 6-1 instead of winning 1-0 thanks to at least 6 world class saves is one I’ll be proud of saying I was there that day


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