The fact is that Butler, under the constraints of his budget, put a squad together to do as well as possible in this league. He prioritised outfield players over paying for an “experienced “ keeper as he had Campbell who is a young lad he believes has some potential and could be a given a chance and be backed up by a slightly more experienced loan keeper – who turned out to be Watson.
The vast majority of supporters could see this and got behind the manager and supported the keepers that put the club shirt on and made the odd mistake (like Mahady will do).
Butler has got a responsibility to support and develop his players, particularly the younger ones still gaining experience and he’s had do that against a background of criticism and whining about the keeper.
I have been shown on X that Matt Ellis posted something on the @SUFC page along the lines of “get Watson out of the club”, this is a podcast presenter and Iron Trust board member ffs !
Butlers original decision over keepers has been proven – we are second.
Circumstances have now provided another young keeper in Mahady. From what I’ve seen his main attribute over the other 2 is confidence but he hasn’t had his clangers in front of 5,000 people yet, maybe he won’t, maybe he’ll make a mistake and just brush it aside and carry on just as well and will go on to bigger and better things. Then we’ll have the advantage of having had him in our team, but I’ll support him whilst he wears our club shirt the same as I did Watson, Campbell and Johnson against Middlesbrough .
