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My thoughts on the Gk’s . Cartwright no where near good enough for lg 2 and should be sent back , hopefully Croudson doesn’t get him back . Eastwood is a very competent keeper who needs a good solid defence in front of him as proved since his return. He reads the game and is extremely alert and sharp . Yes he’s got a mistake in him but so have most lg2 keepers .

We need to sign an experienced gK in his early 30’s and let Eastwood and him fight it out

Quoted from ska face

Please have a word with yourself. Eastwood was rightly dropped after a spell of poor form including throwing one in his own net against Colchester, nothing to do with the defence. He’s done well enough in the last 3 games to maybe not get his contract cancelled but no more than that.

Cartwright, and all the other loan players, can go back. They’re someone else’s problem.

Totally agree. Eastwoods improvement to a level acceptable for a backup keeper means we don't have to spend money on paying him not to play for us, that's about it. Next season he should be playing in the trophy and on the bench in case of emergencies, so we're better off in that situation than when we had no back up keeper last season. Hes probably costing more money than we'd want to be spending on a backup so not an ideal use of resources but at least better than having to pay him to leave us.

Maybe I am easily pleased, but I am still buzzing with this result. We will have a football league team next season. Looking forward to getting the new season ticket and we go again. For the last couple of weeks, I have been kidding myself, that it doesn’t matter and making calculations as to how we can survive. Brilliant just brilliant, simple as that utm

I don't remember a league match away from home that I have been to where we were so dominant. Thought we would revert to type 2nd half and sit back but we took the game to them and it felt like between 45 and 70 or so minutes my head was constantly facing to the left. Superb display.

I think we're rewriting history on Eastwood a bit. He was good at the start. The ropey spell referred to is when virtually every shot on goal went in. Some games you had 3 shots on goal, 3 goals. Or we had more shots on goals, and they'd have 2, both went in and we lost. The loss of form was horrific. Hurst's last game, he dropped Eastwood for Cartwright. That form may have cost him his job.

I'm glad Eastwood is finding form, and is capable of more, but I don't think we can rely on him as a first choice. We'd need competent competition for him. I think Cartwright for another year battling it out with him would give options to rest either and give chance to recover. One thing we need to be aware of is, Eastwood hasn't proven he can do this over an extended period of games and we need to see if his resilience has improved, because there is still a bit question mark I don't think has been answered.

I will make clear though, he's a town player and I'd love him to demonstrate it and have some solid form. Time, and more games, will tell.

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

I think we're rewriting history on Eastwood a bit. He was good at the start. The ropey spell referred to is when virtually every shot on goal went in. Some games you had 3 shots on goal, 3 goals. Or we had more shots on goals, and they'd have 2, both went in and we lost. The loss of form was horrific. Hurst's last game, he dropped Eastwood for Cartwright. That form may have cost him his job.

I'm glad Eastwood is finding form, and is capable of more, but I don't think we can rely on him as a first choice. We'd need competent competition for him. I think Cartwright for another year battling it out with him would give options to rest either and give chance to recover. One thing we need to be aware of is, Eastwood hasn't proven he can do this over an extended period of games and we need to see if his resilience has improved, because there is still a bit question mark I don't think has been answered.

I will make clear though, he's a town player and I'd love him to demonstrate it and have some solid form. Time, and more games, will tell.

Sorry but I don’t want Cartwright back. He’s not good enough for the EFL and can’t imagine any other team taking a punt on him at this stage. We need better - a solid, experienced number 1.

Regarding Eastwood, he had basically played the last four games and conceded only one goal from open play. That is pretty good going in my book.

credit where credit is due I suppose for Eastwood.  He's done well since his return.  Of course, he's had a much better defensive line in front of him but something is very different.  Take the two instances yesterday.  He got down to a close shot, which was a good save.  During his spell when he suffered low confidence, he would have still been on the deck.  Yesterday, he was up in the air like a jack-in-a-box.  The other was his mistake, which nearly led to the goal.  Again, he reacted sharply to prevent Crewe getting back into it.

Quoted from davmariner

Sorry but I don’t want Cartwright back. He’s not good enough for the EFL and can’t imagine any other team taking a punt on him at this stage. We need better - a solid, experienced number 1.

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It's not form we have suddenly come into, it's confidence. Our form has improved because of our confidence.