Ex Player Alex Rodriguez Gorrin

I wouldn’t be throwing him on the scrap heap yet but I thought he was poor in the play offs. Needs another experienced keeper to challenge him next season.
 
Heard we are looking at Owen Evans from Wigan. Young keeper who played on loan. At Cheltenham. 23 years old and a former wales u21/19 international. Modern day keeper who is good with the bar and a good reader of the game.

With Wigan’s finances etc, should be a cheap deal to get over the line.
 
How about a cheeky bid for Pompey’s 2nd keeper. Can’t say or spell his name so ain’t going to embarrass myself trying lol. Can they afford 2 good keepers. Bass seems to be the preferred choice.
 
He is a good keeper, but like all players should be pressured for his place. Stevens is not doing it obviously so should be loaned out to get regular game time.
 
Junior_1 said:
Heard we are looking at Owen Evans from Wigan. Young keeper who played on loan. At Cheltenham. 23 years old and a former wales u21/19 international. Modern day keeper who is good with the bar and a good reader of the game.

With Wigan’s finances etc, should be a cheap deal to get over the line.
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Had an excellent season at Cheltenham. Would be happy with this.
 
Im not going to jump on Eastwood as he will know he had a dreadful playoffs. Hes been very good for us historically but how he crumpled on the big occasion was concerning. There was light and day between him and the Wycombe keeper.

He needs to get over it and refocus if hes to stay.
 
I find the modern day obsession with Goalkeepers having to be "good with the ball" infuriating, when there's 10 outfield players to take care of that!

The whole time they're practicing ball skills in training, they're neglecting their basic responsibilities of standard goalkeeping, hence the decline in true quality, future legend goalkeepers nowadays, and such poor mistakes, like bad hands, poor shot stopping, bad positioning, being beaten at the near post and fluffing corners etc are now a regular occurrence.

I would rather keepers focussed on the basics of being good at commanding their areas, stopping shots, positioning, marshalling the defence, and simply putting their foot through the ball when under pressure, like the great, legendary keepers of old.

Look at how many keepers make mistakes nowadays that cost goals, because they've neglected the basics, or they're trying to mess about with the ball in and around their area, and it encourages too much buggering about with the ball in defence, which does my head in, fair enough, play out from the back, but that doesn't need to involve the goalkeeper in a 5 pass move, that doesn't even get the ball out of defence!

I would allow my keepers to practice putting a long ball on a sixpence like Ederson can, as that can be very benificial, but beyond that, a simple pass/throw out to the defenders for them to then get the ball moving themselves is enough, but by messing about constantly receiving the ball, passing it around, playing one two's and trying cruyff turns etc is asking for trouble and totally unnecessary.

Since the new rule was introduced this season, allowing players to be inside the box for the goal kicks, look at how many times the keepers and defenders have made a total pigs ear of their attempts to pass it about on the edge of their own 6 yard box, it's embarrassing!

Schmeichel, Seaman and Van Der Sar were all great keepers who were also very efficient with basic passing/throwing distribution skills, and that's all you need, the outfield players can do the rest.

Keepers don't need to take unnecessary risks, and I don't want to see my team's keeper 20 yards off his line passing the ball around, there's no need, as if it goes wrong, it's a goal.

I want my goalkeepers to be goalkeepers, not keepers/sweepers!

I'm happy with Eastwood, he's a very good league one/championship standard keeper in my opinion, and I'm glad he's not a "ball playing" goalkeeper, as I don't think my heart could take it!

We have multiple positions in the side which are in much more need of attention.
 
Mad dog87 said:
I find the modern day obsession with Goalkeepers having to be "good with the ball" infuriating, when there's 10 outfield players to take care of that.

Look at how many keepers make mistakes nowadays that cost goals, because they've neglected the basics, or they're trying to mess about with the ball in and around their area, and it encourages too much buggering about with the ball in defence, which does my head in, fair enough, play out from the back, but that doesn't need to involve the goalkeeper in a 5 pass move, that doesn't even get the ball out of defence!

I would allow my keepers to practice putting a long ball on a sixpence like Ederson can, as that can be very benificial, but beyond that, a simple pass/throw out to the defenders for them to then get the ball moving themselves is enough.
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I agree with the paragraphs above but he just needs to move the ball on much much quicker.
 
I'm not that bothered about having a ball-playing keeper - there have been numerous examples of lower league footballers trying to 'play out from the back' and putting the team in more trouble than they were in before the keeper got the ball in the first place. The less skilled the defenders the more likely it is to happen.
I do have issues with Eastwood's problem in dealing with crosses - it's always been a bit of an Achilles heel, but seems to have got worse. But then he *is* an excellent shot stopper. If he stayed another season I wouldn't be disappointed - but if we got another keeper in to replace him I would be OK with that as well (as long as we were 'trading up'!).
 
I'm still think Easty has so much to offer and is still the best keeper in league one. We are lucky to have him and given his previous performances, I don't think he deserves the criticism. Sure, he may have made a few mistakes lately, but I think you notice them more because in general, he is solid.
He probably needs some competition, but I certainly feel more confident when he is playing than not and I didn't see anything in the likes of Archer to get excited about.
 
Dolly said:
I'm still think Easty has so much to offer and is still the best keeper in league one. We are lucky to have him and given his previous performances, I don't think he deserves the criticism. Sure, he may have made a few mistakes lately, but I think you notice them more because in general, he is solid.
He probably needs some competition, but I certainly feel more confident when he is playing than not and I didn't see anything in the likes of Archer to get excited about.
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Don't think he has ever been the best keeper in this league. Was good for a couple of seasons but last few since his injuries he has been average.
 
Dolly said:
I'm still think Easty has so much to offer and is still the best keeper in league one. We are lucky to have him and given his previous performances, I don't think he deserves the criticism. Sure, he may have made a few mistakes lately, but I think you notice them more because in general, he is solid.
He probably needs some competition, but I certainly feel more confident when he is playing than not and I didn't see anything in the likes of Archer to get excited about.
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Over the course of the season Marosi for Coventry and Pym for Peterborough have been much better.

If you look at Nathan Trott on loan for Wimbledon, and think that over the past couple of years the likes of Dean Henderson and Aaron Ramsdale have been in this league and made the step up, there's a lot of available talent out there that I don't think we should be sniffing at.

The case being made is that Eastwood shouldn't just be the de facto Number 1 if there's the opportunity for better players in that position. Same should be said for Ruffels, Long, and ever other member of our current starting lineup.
 
This is from David Ornstein's Athletic column this morning. Sounds like someone we should be looking at.
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beyondthefourth said:
This is from David Ornstein's Athletic column this morning. Sounds like someone we should be looking at.
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Highly thought of, but villa overflowing with keepers, so a good steal by wolves. Would be a great player to have, but if we are going to use up a loan slot for a keeper, then he would have to be starting rather than anumber two
 
A premier league GK on loan would be good as competition to Eastwood.

I remember watching Aaron Ramsdale for AFC Wimbledon a year or so ago and he looked amazing for a 20 year old.
Now Bournemouths no 1. (i know they got relegated but not all his fault!)
So there must be others in need of quality game time who are close to premier league standard.
 
OUFC1978 said:
A premier league GK on loan would be good as competition to Eastwood.

I remember watching Aaron Ramsdale for AFC Wimbledon a year or so ago and he looked amazing for a 20 year old.
Now Bournemouths no 1. (i know they got relegated but not all his fault!)
So there must be others in need of quality game time who are close to premier league standard.
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That's the problem with the goalkeeping position though. It's not rotated or subbed anywhere near as much as the other positions on the field - so having two front line keepers (Easty plus a good keeper on loan) is unlikely. Neither of them wants to sit on the bench. A prem club certainly wouldn't want to loan someone to us on that basis, and I doubt Easty would want to sit there watching him!
 
OK. I may have missed an entire thread here, but he’s signed on a permanent:


www.oufc.co.uk

Matty Taylor Signs

We are delighted to announce that Matty Taylor has agreed to join the U’s on a permanent basis.
www.oufc.co.uk www.oufc.co.uk
 
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