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A solid, dependable keeper who commands their area breeds confidence in the defenders in front of him.

Honestly can’t believe that the two we have are the best available to us, we really must have zero pence in the bank. Today was the first time I’ve ever reacted to a Scunny signing by genuinely holding my head in my hands with disbelief .

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Deereyme66 wrote:

It’s amazing how many supporters forget how shite those teams were and dumped much of the blame on Rory. Not forgetting the inept managers

I certainly remember how shite they were, with Rory being one of shite-ist! If we didn’t bring in Mark Howard during the 20/21 season we would have arrived at our non-league destination sooner than we did.

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ironking wrote:

Rory is a good keeper

So good that he’s managed to start 11 games in 3 seasons?

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The only experience he’s got is being one of the worst keepers in our recent history (since then being Wrexham’s 3rd choice and a bench warmer for York). Interesting signing indeed.

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Iron-awe wrote:

…. naw don’t bother we are all yawning already.

Aww…sticking up for your husband. Pathetic.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

I trust the actual experts within the club staff to decide if he’s good enough and ready, not supporters who aren’t professionals.

You make it out as if “experts” at the club are always right, when they clearly aren’t. It was “experts” at the club that decided Jamie Vardy wasn’t worth signing. It was “experts” at the club that decided Charlie Goode was rubbish and sold him for peanuts, same with Cam Burgess (both went on the play in the Premier League). “Experts” at the club decided not to replace Matt Gilks and go with Rory Watson as no.1…that turned out a good decision didn’t it? I could go on…

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Definitely caught in no mans land, positionally awful. One of those keepers that looks to be scared of the ball.

Overall defence was shocking for that goal though, not just Campbell’s fault.

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When we signed Fitz he had just come off of a season where he was Chesterfield’s no.1 and played in the NL playoff final in the division above us. So to belittle his experience is nonsense. We’re now going into this season relying on a goalkeeper with ZERO professional starts in football, let alone the division we’re about to ply our trade in or even the division we’ve just come from. He will 100% be targeted by other teams and so far, on the evidence provided in his game time this season and in the cup games last, he is not ready. Those trying to suggest this isn’t anything other than worrying are living in cloud cuckoo land.

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Iron-awe wrote:

I see Beck knocked it down into Roberts path for the first goal, no mention of that from the anti Beck brigade either, guess it luckily hit his head and fell luckily into Roberts path, lol.

Where did you “see” this? Because that’s not what happened at all, was a 1 yard pass with his foot, ball didn’t touch his head. Lol.

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Campbell again olé olé.

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Will it make us any money though? We moved a NYD game and played behind closed doors against the Cods in the Lincs cup because we supposedly couldn’t afford to open the stadium.

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Awaywego

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Nice of the club to straight up lie and try to pull the wool over our eyes with their signing announcement for Billy boy on the OWS…”a consistent starter for Adam Hinshelwood’s promotion chasing side last campaign”.

He started 8 games for York in the NL last season. Consistent starter my arse!

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The point you were trying to make is still nonsense, a big mistake by a keeper and a miss from a striker aren’t comparable. Maison Campbell is not a good goalkeeper and should be nowhere near our first team. That opinion is based on what my own two eyes have seen, not unfair bias.

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Nonsense, there’s a big difference in your argument. If a striker misses 4 or 5 chances but bags the winner every game he’d be playing for Real Madrid. If a keeper makes 3 or 4 saves and then drops a clanger every game he’ll be unemployed.

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So making an absolute clanger (not the only one in the game) is “not looking too bad”? We must see things very differently.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Didn’t look too bad on the Cleggy highlights

You looked away for their 2nd goal then?

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If he’s nervous and making howlers against lowly local teams in a friendly then god help him (and us!) when it comes to the opening day of the season.

He just isn’t up to scratch. We wouldn’t play this gamble with any other position on the pitch so why is Butler doing it for arguably the most important!?

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So we must get behind Maison who, in my opinion anyway, has shown he is nowhere near ready to be our no.1 keeper in the NL…but someone like Beck can be written off the day he walks through the door and to be labelled “Banjo” for the rest of his days?

We need a second keeper, that is a fact, and it needs to be someone better than what we currently have.

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Ahh fair enough…there was a pic on the club website gallery from the game and could have swore one of them was Harry Chapman. I stand corrected!

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PhilAnders wrote:

Chapman? Anybody know who he is?

Definitely Harry Chapman, midfielder who played for Barnet last season. Has played for Blackburn in the Championship and plenty of experience in League’s 1 and 2.

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lesgeo wrote:

Cannot be. Has to be a decent all round keeper.
I am getting slightly miffed that this has not been remedied with real matches only a few weeks away.

Agree Les. Most important position to fill this season and can’t believe it hasn’t been sorted.

If it’s budget related then honestly, I think we would have been better off letting Roberts go than starting the season with Maison Campbell as number 1.

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No chance an experienced goalkeeper agrees to sign as the backup to someone who has never started a league game for a full-time professional football club.

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Truro away. Get it done in the summer and make a weekend out of it.

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Want: decent goalkeeper.
Need: decent goalkeeper.

Like said above, this is not a position we can afford to scimp on! We’ve seen this before haven’t we…”give the young lad Rory Watson a chance, how can he gain experience without playing”…that didn’t turn out very well did it.

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Very wild. Best distribution for a keeper I’ve seen at Glanny park.

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Don’t worry, he can kick a ball almost to the oppositions 18 yard line. Apparently that’s what makes a brilliant goalkeeper!

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Iron-awe wrote:

Wasn’t Eastwood on loan here back in the Swan era, reckon he was?

Sure was. Between the sticks when King Kev (maybe not so much anymore!) downed the Cods at Blunder Park.

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Comments above completely ignoring the fact he played 43 games for a team that finished 8th in League 2 last season? Yeah, he must be completely finished as a footballer!

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Rose back on loan (if he’s fit) until Barrows is back would be perfect

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Oldham just won the playoffs with a 37 year old Joe Garner and 34 year old James Norwood both scoring in the final. 34 year old Corry Evans running the show in midfield.

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