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TOPIC: What we need Is a goalie

What we need Is a goalie 06 Jun 2025 22:35 #1

seesaw50 Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1240 Likes received: 156	Any rumours?
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What we need Is a goalie 06 Jun 2025 22:57 #2

Tom Offline Youth Team Player Posts: 253 Likes received: 76	Which 'keeper had the most assists last season? The answer is your answer. I wouldn't have Kielty after last night mind.
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What we need Is a goalie 06 Jun 2025 22:58 #3

TheLazyLewisGuy Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1211 Likes received: 186	I think next priority has to be getting Mcqueen and Miller signed up asap. I'd really like to see an experienced keeper come in, Could help Gillespie in the long term
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 09:58 #4

pedals Offline Ball Boy Posts: 51 Likes received: 69	I'm sure I remember Curle saying that he was letting Simon Tracey identify goalkeeping targets so I wouldn't be surprised if we see quite a few trialists during pre-season.
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 10:11 #5

Mashie Niblick Offline Bench Warmer Love CUFC - Hate Football Posts: 1206 Likes received: 768	Been told they've offered Paddy Kenny a deal.
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Re:RE: What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 10:20 #6

markredfox73 Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1122 Likes received: 459	Mashie Niblick wrote: Been told they've offered Paddy Kenny a deal. Must be a big supply of pies involved then. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Tapatalk
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Re:RE: What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 10:45 #7

HuntingHorn Offline Ball Boy Posts: 138 Likes received: 75	markredfox73 wrote: Mashie Niblick wrote: Been told they've offered Paddy Kenny a deal. Must be a big supply of pies involved then. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Tapatalk Best reserve him a stool in the Beehive too...his idea of a balanced diet is a pie in one hand and a pint in the other...
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 13:26 #8

CCU Online Moderator Posts: 2584 Likes received: 850	We've a bloody good Keeper in Mark Gillespie. Tell him he's No.1 whatever and get behind the lad. So what if he had a couple of errors late in the season? With Ellis and Raynes in front any Keeper would have as they're typical clogger CB's! Interesting nobody seems to question whether Tracey as a GK Coach is worth his salt? We'll see this season...
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 13:39 #9

TheLazyLewisGuy Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1211 Likes received: 186	If Gillespie is our number one surely he will prove it whoever comes in. Needs pushing to keep hold of that place though.
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 13:41 #10

Tom Offline Youth Team Player Posts: 253 Likes received: 76	No player should be told they are guaranteed a spot. No plural should have an apostrophe in it.
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 13:45 #11

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CCU wrote:

We've a bloody good Keeper in Mark Gillespie. Tell him he's No.1 whatever and get behind the lad.

So what if he had a couple of errors late in the season? With Ellis and Raynes in front any Keeper would have as they're typical clogger CB's!

Interesting nobody seems to question whether Tracey as a GK Coach is worth his salt? We'll see this season...

Accrington have supposedly identified 4 keepers that have been released by Premier League clubs if we.re looking for an understoody who can genuinely challenge Gillespie i would imagine thats where we.ll be looking or we could if budget allows get someone in of a similar quality to and let them fight it out for the shirt what we shouldnt do is just sign another journeyman or has been just because he.d be the cheapest option.

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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 14:07 #12

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NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

CCU wrote:

To be fair, we don't seem to have been looking at cheapest options with signings so far

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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 14:31 #13

TheLazyLewisGuy Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1211 Likes received: 186	Raphael Spiegel. probs spelt it wrong but he was premier league.
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 14:38 #14

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bluestblue wrote:

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

CCU wrote:

To be fair, we don't seem to have been looking at cheapest options with signings so far

No youre right there but i dont think we.ll be paying Lambe as much as people might think if you look at Adam Murrys interview it sounds like they were almost wanting him to pay the club for the privilege of him being there.

Wonder how Curly Keiths incentive scheme works when a player is away on international duty ? Could go either way really.

Rewarded for being an international player or penalised by no incentive payments while away and not playing for the club..Mansfied say they lost him for the equivalent of 5 weeks last season.

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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 15:25 #15

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NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

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This is what we should be doing. Get a young lad in who has the potential to be a better keeper than Gillespie. Any decent keeper worth his salt at this level won't come here, because there's a good chance he'll be a number two. Pointless getting anyone in on loan, they might as well just sit on the bench (or in the stands) at their parent club, so someone who is young and cheap, with the idea that pressure will start to build on Gillespie as he progresses.

Arise, Sir Jimmy

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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 15:38 #16

pacirv Offline Reserve Squad Posts: 523 Likes received: 118	Hope KC has a couple of decent strikers lined up to provide competition and to benefit from the service the new signings will hopefully supply. Would have thought a striker would have been high on the list so we dont end up with a poor choice.
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 16:13 #17

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Hope KC has a couple of decent strikers lined up to provide competition and to benefit from the service the new signings will hopefully supply. Would have thought a striker would have been high on the list so we dont end up with a poor choice.

He has a list of 200 forwards and he's gonna work his way through it and spend an awful lot of money on a lad from Hamilton in a late August panic.

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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 17:37 #18

seesaw50 Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1240 Likes received: 156	Tom wrote: No player should be told they are guaranteed a spot. No plural should have an apostrophe in it. Summer job for ya tom ...grammar classes for boarders. First two students ..NS who uses a full stop for an apostrophe and laffy who doesn't put spaces between words and commas, hyphens, etc....
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 21:33 #19

Dunaskinblue Offline Ball Boy Posts: 52 Likes received: 6	TheLazyLewisGuy wrote: Raphael Spiegel. probs spelt it wrong but he was premier league. My recollection is he was pretty average as a shot stopper (Gillespie is way ahead in that regard); his distribution also left much to be desired and I recall our full backs being unable to catch his olympian throw outs.
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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 21:46 #20

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Tell him he's number 1 whatever? Not for me. That can lead to complacency which is why I believe his form last season was patchy compared to previous years. He got into too much of a comfort zone being guaranteed number 1 all season. There's nothing wrong with a good bit of healthy competition for places, if he's as good as we all think he is then he'll prove it and keep the shirt from the new GK. But if he doesn't then hopefully we'll have someone good enough to come in and take the shirt until Gillespie wins it back. The basic mistakes he made last season were f all to do with the "cloggers" in front of him.

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What we need Is a goalie 07 Jun 2025 21:50 #21

TheLazyLewisGuy Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1211 Likes received: 186	He was number 1 last year, there was no competition. every knew it and i'm sure he'll have know it after Hanford got dropped from cup games as well. This may have played a part in Gillespie's worst year for us
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What we need Is a goalie 08 Jun 2025 01:14 #22

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NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

bluestblue wrote:

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

CCU wrote:

To be fair, we don't seem to have been looking at cheapest options with signings so far

Dont think were paying as little as whats being made out, the crewe manager said the on devitt thar we were offering a lot more money and that they werent even close

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What we need Is a goalie 08 Jun 2025 03:34 #23

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Happyblue wrote:

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

bluestblue wrote:

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

CCU wrote:

To be fair, we don't seem to have been looking at cheapest options with signings so far

Dont think were paying as little as whats being made out, the crewe manager said the on devitt thar we were offering a lot more money and that they werent even close

He wouldn't exactly be caught saying that Devitt chose us for non-financial reasons now would he?

In any case I think a relatively big financial offer for Devitt isn't too unreasonable given how good he's been for Morecambe, and I'm surprised we got him without more of a tussle. KC getting two of his main targets (Adams + Devitt) this early bodes very well for the rest of our summer; some of our promotion competitors haven't made anywhere near as much progress as we have.

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What we need Is a goalie 08 Jun 2025 06:54 #24

Labla Offline Ball Boy Posts: 34 Likes received: 7	I'd like to see the likes of Adam Collin or another keeper with lots of experience to come in as back-up but with enough quality to keep Gillespie on his toes.
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What we need Is a goalie 08 Jun 2025 08:18 #25

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Happyblue wrote:

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

bluestblue wrote:

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:

CCU wrote:

To be fair, we don't seem to have been looking at cheapest options with signings so far

Dont think were paying as little as whats being made out, the crewe manager said the on devitt thar we were offering a lot more money and that they werent even close

I didnt say we.ve got Devit for next to nothing i was talking about Lambe on here on the other thread i suggested that Devit will have doubled his earnings potential with us.

And i wouldnt use Crewe as a good example as its pretty well known that their wage structure is very erratic.

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 21:43 #26

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Am I in a minority of one that thinks our first choice keeper should be able to play as well as he can regardless of who's sitting on the bench? I doubt last season he was thinking I may as well not bother too hard saving this coz Hanfords shit and I won't get dropped anyway. We should still sign the best value goalie we can and if he's better than Gillespie then so be it.

Btw. How good was Westwoods deputy when we almost got promoted to the championship?

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 21:53 #27

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Chris Howarth, only played 1 game in the cup i think. Gillespie is playing as well as he can, that the worrying thing, fair play to Keith because plenty of managers would have kept Hanford because he was an 'Ok' back up keeper on not great money.

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 22:09 #28

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Why would anyone question Tracey when KC appointed him? And then to question Ellis and Raynes when KC signed them?

Is this, by any chance, another subtle dig at KC?

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 22:12 #29

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howoldboy wrote:

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Why would anyone question Tracey when KC appointed him? And then to question Ellis and Raynes when KC signed them?

Is this. by any chance. another subtle dig at KC?

When a good Keeper has a blip, you look to the GK Coach to work on it. Perfectly reasonable to question after he's been part of the set-up for a year!

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 22:39 #30

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CCU wrote:

howoldboy wrote:

CCU wrote:

Why would anyone question Tracey when KC appointed him? And then to question Ellis and Raynes when KC signed them?

Is this. by any chance. another subtle dig at KC?

When a good Keeper has a blip, you look to the GK Coach to work on it. Perfectly reasonable to question after he's been part of the set-up for a year!

But what if he's not a "bloody good keeper". What if he's as dodgy as Joe Hart? Maybe Tracey is a brilliant coach who has done all he can with seriously flawed goods and, after months of banging his head against a brick wall, has finally decided the best thing he can do is recommend KC looks elsewhere?

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 22:44 #31

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TheLazyLewisGuy wrote:

Dancingbear wrote:

Yep thats my point exactly. Westwood didnt play shit coz he didnt have a back up realistically pushing him so why does everyone seem to think Gillespie is?

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 22:45 #32

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howoldboy wrote:

CCU wrote:

howoldboy wrote:

CCU wrote:

Why would anyone question Tracey when KC appointed him? And then to question Ellis and Raynes when KC signed them?

Is this. by any chance. another subtle dig at KC?

When a good Keeper has a blip, you look to the GK Coach to work on it. Perfectly reasonable to question after he's been part of the set-up for a year!

But what if he's not a "bloody good keeper". What if he's as dodgy as Joe Harte? Maybe Tracey is a brilliant coach who has done all he can with seriously flawed goods and, after months of banging his head against a brick wall, has finally decided the best thing he can do is recommend KC looks elsewhere?

I wish he was as dodgy as Joe Harte.

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What we need Is a goalie 09 Jun 2025 22:46 #33

melbourneblues Offline Youth Team Player Posts: 425 Likes received: 588	I was waiting for Hanfords kicking to improve, what with having Tony Caig there to train him.
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What we need Is a goalie 10 Jun 2025 15:45 #34

The Archer Offline Ball Boy Posts: 156 Likes received: 46	Mashie Niblick wrote: Been told they've offered Paddy Kenny a deal. Kenny has gone to Northampton as player-coach after he was none too impressed by the quality of Pioneer Pies when they showed him round.
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What we need Is a goalie 12 Jun 2025 11:36 #35

northern lights Offline Ball Boy Posts: 7 Likes received: 1	I think Steve Harper would be a good shout. Quality back up and plenty experience to pass on.
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Re:What we need Is a goalie 12 Jun 2025 12:34 #36

markredfox73 Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1122 Likes received: 459	Harper has looked after himself and still quite able ..certainly at our level..so not a bad shout. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Tapatalk
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Re:What we need Is a goalie 12 Jun 2025 12:36 #37

TheLazyLewisGuy Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1211 Likes received: 186	Wouldnt be surprised to see him rock up at Hartlepool.
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