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Post by lionel on Sept 22, 2024 7:04:07 GMT
Not sure he is our problem at the moment. Apart from a few bad kicks he hasn’t (yet) had a howler like Stevens (twice). So unless Chadwick is given a go, who can’t even make the bench - that will come back to haunt us, then hopefully as a young keeper playing each week will give him that experience. Not the biggiest problem but not really the solution. It's just a huge symbol as to how bad our recruitment and planning was.
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Post by tojo on Sept 22, 2024 7:35:53 GMT
Not sure he is our problem at the moment. Apart from a few bad kicks he hasn’t (yet) had a howler like Stevens (twice). So unless Chadwick is given a go, who can’t even make the bench - that will come back to haunt us, then hopefully as a young keeper playing each week will give him that experience. Yes, he learns and gains that experience at our expense, and Norwich City benefit. Weve gone from Mitov and Mannion, and the debate on who was the better keeper, to this debacle.
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Post by hookycrooky on Sept 22, 2024 8:00:50 GMT
I find bringing in a young keeper and expecting him to be No1 straight away was another strange decision keepers if a decent give confidence to those in front of them and currently that's not happening but you have to give the lad time he isn't as bad as a lot of keepers we have had.
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Post by Dylan on Sept 22, 2024 11:43:35 GMT
Indeed, we could have devoted more of the budget to an experienced, competent L1 keeper. It is the most important position on pitch after all.
The question I find intriguing (and is fundamental to the Strang question) is whose decision was it to go with this GK solution? Was it imposed on Monk, was Monk broadly in agreement, or did Monk advocate for it because he wanted to devote more resource to the outfield positions?
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Post by Brophypants on Sept 22, 2024 11:50:59 GMT
Indeed, we could have devoted more of the budget to an experienced, competent L1 keeper. It is the most important position on pitch after all. The question I find intriguing (and is fundamental to the Strang question) is whose decision was it to go with this GK solution? Was it imposed on Monk, was Monk broadly in agreement, or did Monk advocate for it because he wanted to devote more resource to the outfield positions? I suspect this situation wasn't anyone's first choice (or second, third...) I'd pick Reyes over an unconfident Stevens any day of the week at this point though.
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Post by Dylan on Sept 22, 2024 11:53:26 GMT
Yeah, I think Reyes will only get better 🙏🙏🙏
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Post by Dylan on Sept 22, 2024 11:56:59 GMT
Nt
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Post by El Goodo on Sept 22, 2024 11:59:22 GMT
Reyes of hope?
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Post by milesfenton on Sept 22, 2024 12:06:24 GMT
Indeed, we could have devoted more of the budget to an experienced, competent L1 keeper. It is the most important position on pitch after all. The question I find intriguing (and is fundamental to the Strang question) is whose decision was it to go with this GK solution? Was it imposed on Monk, was Monk broadly in agreement, or did Monk advocate for it because he wanted to devote more resource to the outfield positions? I suspect this situation wasn't anyone's first choice (or second, third...) I'd pick Reyes over an unconfident Stevens any day of the week at this point though. We signed him pretty early on, of he wasn't somewhere near the top of the list then surely we'd have waited, like we did for other positions.
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Post by danielcufc on Sept 22, 2024 12:13:57 GMT
I think Monk made his mind up about Stevens towards the end of last season. He preferred Mannion and perhaps hoped he would stay. Reyes isn’t the reason we are bottom. Thr defence in front of him is a shambles
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Post by Brophypants on Sept 22, 2024 12:52:32 GMT
I suspect this situation wasn't anyone's first choice (or second, third...) I'd pick Reyes over an unconfident Stevens any day of the week at this point though. We signed him pretty early on, of he wasn't somewhere near the top of the list then surely we'd have waited, like we did for other positions. But did we sign him as a first choice with Stevens behind him?
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Post by tojo on Sept 22, 2024 12:57:35 GMT
I think Monk made his mind up about Stevens towards the end of last season. He preferred Mannion and perhaps hoped he would stay. Reyes isn’t the reason we are bottom. Thr defence in front of him is a shambles It certainly is. But how bizarre he signs a rookie inexperienced keeper as our num 1, that really doesn't make sense in L1.
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Sept 22, 2024 12:58:08 GMT
I think Monk made his mind up about Stevens towards the end of last season. He preferred Mannion and perhaps hoped he would stay. Reyes isn’t the reason we are bottom. Thr defence in front of him is a shambles I'm not even sure we can credit him for that, he played him until he went off injured and by the time he was back there was only a couple of games left and Mannion had done well enough to stay.
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Sept 22, 2024 13:00:00 GMT
I think Monk made his mind up about Stevens towards the end of last season. He preferred Mannion and perhaps hoped he would stay. Reyes isn’t the reason we are bottom. Thr defence in front of him is a shambles It certainly is. But how bizarre he signs a rookie inexperienced keeper as our num 1, that really doesn't make sense in L1. It's not totally unprecedented, Trafford at Bolton did well but he was one of the top young keepers in the country. When you pair it with Stevens being so fragile it amplifies the oddish decision though.
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Post by champair79 on Sept 22, 2024 15:24:27 GMT
The defence is a shambles but it can be improved by having a confident keeper orchestrating it. I don’t think Reyes is the main issue with the team but all these little things add up.
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