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Post by Raymondo316 on Oct 28, 2022 16:34:46 GMT
So we've re-signed a keeper who was no better than what we got already....
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Post by garstone on Oct 28, 2022 16:46:32 GMT
So we've re-signed a keeper who was no better than what we got already.... Was you watching the same keeper last year? I thought he was an excellent keeper. Good command of his area and great shot stopper.
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Post by Raymondo316 on Oct 28, 2022 16:51:49 GMT
The point is we now have 4 keepers signed, it's a massive waste of the budget.
How we've ended up with a squad of 30 players is absurd.
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Post by sword65 on Oct 28, 2022 17:51:31 GMT
Hak is getting the band back together! Hak is getting desperate☹
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Post by holysmokes66 on Oct 28, 2022 18:14:37 GMT
So we've re-signed a keeper who was no better than what we got already.... Was you watching the same keeper last year? I thought he was an excellent keeper. Good command of his area and great shot stopper. I'm struggling to remember him as a player tbh. Remember him being here but beyond that nothing specific.
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Post by jdl on Oct 28, 2022 19:13:56 GMT
I really don't think keepers are our problem. I favour Haddler, because of his distribution and presence in the goal, but Mersin is OK, and just as good a shot stopper (perhaps even better?) I don't think either of them are losing us games. The problem is we just aren't defending well enough - from midfield back. Plus, if we're not scoring, all the pressure's at the other end.
You can get the best keeper in the country in on loan, but, if he's under constant bombardment and the so-called 'defence' in front of him has gone AWOL, he's going to let some goals in.
I really hope I'm wrong, but this feels like Hak grasping at straws...
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Post by daveu on Oct 28, 2022 19:40:37 GMT
So we've re-signed a keeper who was no better than what we got already.... I thought he was very good in the few games I saw him play. It'll be interesting to see what he brings.
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Post by Dan on Oct 28, 2022 21:15:50 GMT
Whatever way you look at it, not exactly a vote of confidence in either Hadler or Mersin.
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Post by jdl on Oct 28, 2022 21:31:51 GMT
Sandford's previous spell with us:
Hak brought him in for Hadler for game 12 (Slough at home). Up to then, our sub-goalie had been Johnson.
Sandford played three games:
Slough home - lost 0-1
H&W away - drew 0-0
Chippenham home - won 1-0
After that, Haddler was reinstated and we brought Mersin in as our sub-goalie.
The background to this was our 'early-season slump'. We started the season with a seven game unbeaten run (WWWDWDW) - although, personally, I thought we weren't always as convincing as that looks. Then, starting with Eastbourne at home (which none of us will forget - especially Worgs!), we had a run of 6 games without winning (LLDLLD), dropping from 2nd to 10th. Sanford came in for the 5th of those games (Slough at home). His third game (Chippenham) was our first win for almost 2 months and kick-started our revival in form - a 14 game unbeaten run (11W, 3D), which got us briefly to 1st and ended with us comfortably in 2nd place.
So, Sandford's record was LDW - 4 points out of 9. Better than Hadler's last few games, but nothing fantastic. True, his final game was the first of the run that ultimately won us the league, but was that significant or just chance? (We only won that game by a Luque penalty.)
Did the choice of goalie affect our performance - or is it more likely that something else was behind the revival? For instance, Luque missed the first three games of that 6 game 'slump' (injured?), having scored in the previous 3, and scoring again on his return. Was it more likely to have been the loss of a key player than the performance of the keeper?
We had conceded 7 in the previous 4 non-winning games, which doesn't look good, but we also only scored 2. And both those 2 were in the last game Hadler played (Hungerford 2-3 - Luque scored 1 on his return), after 3 games without scoring - so had the revival already started, before Sanford joined?
Nine games later, after Haddler got sent off, Mersin stepped in for 5 games (WWWLW - scored 10, conceded 7), then Hak brought Haddler back for the rest of the season. For comparison - in Haddler's previous 5 games (WDDWW), we had scored 12 and conceded just 2, and in Haddler's next 5 games (WLWWW), we scored 11 goals and coceded 5. So, what does all this mean? Nothing - you can pick your stats to back your view.
But, however you look at it, Sandford's previous time with us wasn't bad, but neither was it anything special. And there's no evidence at all that Hadler's keeping was any sort of problem, or that Sanford had any meaningful impact on events (or, come to that, that Haddler or Mersin is the better keeper!). Failing absolute fúck-ups, it's purely a matter of opinion as to whether the problem is the goalie or the defence - or even the so-called strikers!
Will a change of keeper make much difference? The evidence, such that it is, suggests no, not much.
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Post by steveh21 on Oct 28, 2022 22:03:55 GMT
We've leaked more goals than any other side. The last six and the seven at Boreham Wood and Barnet were v soft and demonstrate to me that it's as clear as day we need a new keeper.
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Post by butlerisalegend on Oct 28, 2022 22:35:24 GMT
We've leaked more goals than any other side. The last six and the seven at Boreham Wood and Barnet were v soft and demonstrate to me that it's as clear as day we need a new keeper. Or play the keeper that was brilliant last season………….
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Post by steveh21 on Oct 28, 2022 22:57:04 GMT
Maybe, but Tom was in goal at Barnet and Boreham Wood.
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Post by Raymondo316 on Oct 28, 2022 23:05:08 GMT
We've leaked more goals than any other side. The last six and the seven at Boreham Wood and Barnet were v soft and demonstrate to me that it's as clear as day we need a new keeper. Or play the keeper that was brilliant last season…………. We've seemingly given up on our first choice keeper without even giving him a proper chance, because for whatever reason Hak suddenly decided he isn't good enough Meanwhile, Mersin has been leaking goals like no tomorrow, but has been given plenty of chances.
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Post by jdl on Oct 28, 2022 23:48:51 GMT
So... we get a new keeper and magically we stop shipping goals through defensive mistakes, the midfield becomes much more defensively minded - AND the new goalie scores lots of goals!
Easy peasy. How come no one thought of this before?
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Post by 61666 on Oct 29, 2022 7:41:55 GMT
Sorry, but just what is going on? Currently we seem to be adding to the wages bill on a weekly basis. New players in, but nobody leaving. How is that supposed to improve our financial situation FFS, nevermind why we need FOUR goalkeepers? It is starting to feel very Harry Wheeler... If Ryan Sanford starts today, then I'd expect to see both Mersin and Hadler leave pretty much straight away, along with at least two dead weights worth of centre half, a non functioning centre forward and midfielder or two! Maybe Hak is going to have a squad match next Saturday (we have enough players for two teams and subs), with whoever does best staying on and the rest leaving? Some idea of what the Club is thinking at the moment would be nice, but nobody will hold their breath over that happening. If we don't win today, then have a feeling things are going to go tits up very quickly.
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