Goalkeeper

[JUSTaway]

Problem is if you gamble on the keepers and neither of them come good you are in deep trouble. A look back at both our relegation seasons bear witness to that. His height/physicality looks an issue, you might say he just needs to acclimatise to British game, but his technique looks questionable too. He pushed an effort into danger area first half even before third goal, and then there is the just not saving shots from distance that you expect a keeper to.

He looks very good at one on ones and is out quick and distributes quick, but mounting evidence is it would be heck of a gamble. Goes without saying I hope I’m wrong.

[TerryTheTerror]

Our previous players need to work harder at stopping him having to do so much, simple as that. Benji was great show is, especially last season but he was definitely having to deal with a low less going on round about him.

Switching to 4 at the back hasn't helped, not sure we have the players to do this...

[Jim_Jam]

Hamish,
Thompson,
Main,
Sieb,
Guido,
The Monk,
Rado,
Zaluska
Pernis,
Combe,
Gallacher,
Maxwell,
Bullock,
Bell,

Thats 14 before i even think about Benji.

I think you are on the wind up

Hamish,
Sieb,
The Monk,
were excellent.

Main still gives me the horrors the way he flapped at crosses in the Motherwell final and
Bullock I remember the ball bouncing at his feet and going in.
The reason that Celtic have signed Benji is clearly they have watched him closer than you.

[JUSTaway]

Don’t forget Heggy in the list of keepers.

[Jim_Jam]

Thomson was excellent too

[Arabs4ever]

Onstad & Hirchfield. Two Canadian internationalists who never got much or any games. Also Kamara never got a game either. Will Erkisson have the one friendly and that'll be his lot?

[stokearab]

New club
New country
New living accommodation
New food
New team mates
Getting 7 put by you on live TV because your defence and midfield never turned up

Yeah, definitely has made mistakes but I think we need to see 2 or 3 more games before we write him off.

[stokearab]

A lot of focus on the keeper understandably but I'm not seeing any threads about Edwards and Mulgrew.

[DUFCstokie]

Please dont try and create a different meaning to my comments! He made many mistakes after he dislodged Rakovan and didnt become solid until after a run of games and a proper defence was put in front of him.

But solid as a shot stopper is all he became, because other aspects of a goalkeepers game were just not there and i would not even see him in my top 10, never mind top 5 or even best! Your user name is interesting if that alludes to how long you have been a supporter, because in that time ive seen in no particular order....

Hamish,
Thompson,
Main,
Sieb,
Guido,
The Monk,
Rado,
Zaluska
Pernis,
Combe,
Gallacher,
Maxwell,
Bullock,
Bell,

Thats 14 before i even think about Benji, but some of those had very shaky starts as well, but they were all given time, and i think Birigitti needs that as well.

What about Peter "The Cat" Bonetti. Wee Jim signed him to give Hamish some competition. Didn't quite work out.

[stokearab]

What about Peter "The Cat" Bonetti. Wee Jim signed him to give Hamish some competition. Didn't quite work out.

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