General Goalies?

[Oldman159]

I guess me not paying attention but enjoying myself at things other than football in the off season has its downside.
Amongst many other things, I’m a bit confused over our goalie options.

Haven’t we just got a third keeper in? So….. Why was Easty in goal and Jack on the bench? Injury?, Jack on his way?

If you’re ITK please explain the current thinking at the Kashstad.

 

[Yellowmania]

I’m as confused as the next fan. I can’t believe we’ve gone into the new season not knowing who our best keeper is. Much the same as we ended the season really. If McGinty is the answer then put him in now.

 

[OX14]

I’m as confused as the next fan. I can’t believe we’ve gone into the new season not knowing who our best keeper is. Much the same as we ended the season really. If McGinty is the answer then put him in now.

This article suggests he had an ankle problem at the start of July so I guess that's why we haven't seen him play.

Sligo Rovers goalkeeper Ed McGinty an injury doubt for European qualifier

SLIGO ROVERS are sweating to see if Ed McGinty can make the plane to Iceland. The Bit O’Red are already resigned to being without John Mahon and another unnamed player because of Covid-19 for the f…

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[Essexyellows]

I think McGinty is the "spare" ready for when one of the two decides to up sticks and go elsewhere, although I`m not overly sure anyone will be knocking the door down to get them.

 

[Osei Yaw]

I'm sure it's a matter of time before McGinty plays. I think Eastwood is happy to benchwarm and Stevens will want to play and so will go out somewhere.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

I’m simply enjoying the novelty of having three goalkeepers but only two full backs.

 

[beyondthefourth]

Wayne Brown's Instagram is a good place to go to see how they handle training routines:

THE BEARDED GOALKEEPER COACH on Instagram

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THE BEARDED GOALKEEPER COACH on Instagram

THE BEARDED GOALKEEPER COACH shared a post on Instagram: "". Follow their account to see 297 posts.

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For what it's worth, McGinty looks very agile.

 

[unification]

KR doesn’t know his best GK. Pre-season proved that.

His abandonment of the defence will cost us again this season unless he sorts it soon. Which he won’t because gung-ho attacking football whilst shipping goals galore is now his forte. And that he thinks a LWB is a LB and our second choice LB is a CB.

Kind of fed up with it now.

 

[Foley]

KR doesn’t know his best GK. Pre-season proved that.

His abandonment of the defence will cost us again this season unless he sorts it soon. Which he won’t because gung-ho attacking football whilst shipping goals galore is now his forte. And that he thinks a LWB is a LB and our second choice LB is a CB.

Kind of fed up with it now.

Let's see?
I reckon Findlay will be a big upgrade.

 

[Symp59]

We are not that gun ho we haven't scored for 4 games

 

[unification]

Let's see?
I reckon Findlay will be a big upgrade.

Findlay has replaced McNally. You could argue the toss forever more as to who is better and it’s too early to truly say. However we know we’ve lost one exceptional defender for one who should - in theory - be pretty good.

The rest are the same personnel who failed to make the playoffs last year - including Brown. Gorrin returning should be a plus but we desperately need upgrades. KR seems loathe to sign them and that’s foolish to me.

 

[chuckbert]

KR doesn’t know his best GK. Pre-season proved that.

And he’ll be confused by the fact that the best save yesterday came from Brannagan.

 

[Eaststanding]

And he’ll be confused by the fact that the best save yesterday came from Brannagan.

You’re forgetting the Mendez Laing one on one in the first half.…

 

[Peterdev]

I think McGinty will play in the cup game coming up. Then he may well keep out Eastwood as Stevens may well be loaned out to L2 until he improves and comes back

 

[Oldman159]

So…I ask again, why is Stevens not playing? IMHO He was so much better than Easty last season.

 

[Joey]

So…I ask again, why is Stevens not playing? IMHO He was so much better than Easty last season.

I didn't think either were great but Stevens was particularly poor last season, I'd just about prefer Eastwood but really hope McGinty is a good upgrade on both of them.

 

[Dilla]

Could it be that he is going to be sold?

 

[Marked Ox]

So…I ask again, why is Stevens not playing? IMHO He was so much better than Easty last season.

Probably because Easty has been better this pre-season so got the nod.

 

[unification]

I didn't think either were great but Stevens was particularly poor last season, I'd just about prefer Eastwood but really hope McGinty is a good upgrade on both of them.

Poor or just not at the standards set in 2020-21? There seems to be an attitude that because he wasn’t as good he was instantly awful. To me, that hasn’t been the case. He wasn’t dropping clangers (Eastwood was prior to Stevens taking over) - just not reaching the heights we’d seen previously.

Likewise, Sam Long. He wasn’t bad last season. Simply not as good as 2020-21.

 

[Oxymoron]

Having watched McGinty in goal for the pre-match shooting practice, I can only hope that he wasn't really trying.....