The bottom line is, we need a better keeper than any we've had for 5 or 6 years next season. None of ROD, Hornby or Bass are good enough
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JonButterfield Star PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
Did O'Donnell ever concede a goal like that?
I think his bloopers were more imaginary than real.shoatsy, NorthernMonkey, Mason Handshake and 1 other person like this. -
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Come on, BanBrotam.Rogered Tart, NorthernMonkey, Mason Handshake and 1 other person like this. -
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Johnny Mac was better than all three.Kevin1954, Bronco, Allotment Bantam and 1 other person like this. -
Bass, yet another player for us who flatters to deceive. Great 70 per cent of the time, dumb num nut the rest, thus concedes stupid goals, penalties and now own goals. Can't see MH pushing any boat out to sign him.
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JonButterfield Star PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
At one point, every shot on goal was seen as an unforced error by some on here...Mason Handshake and WilsdenBantam like this. -
JonButterfield Star PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
To be fair, Parkinson openly stated he preferred to prioritise other positions, and I don't think O'Donnell's performances were a big deal.
If you attack well and defend well I think you can go up with a keeper like Matt Duke in goal, and I assume nobody will bother to pretend Duke is better than ROD or Bass.Rogered Tart and NorthernMonkey like this. -
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Having said that, he performed above and beyond in a few cup games, and those cup games are probably our fondest memories these past 20 years, so I'm not knocking him.
But he definitely isn't better than ROD. In fact, he wasn't even close.Mason Handshake and NorthernMonkey like this. -
WilsdenBantam Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
It is a funny one with keepers, for instance I thought Ben Williams was terrible but holds the record for number of clean sheets in a season but it felt like he hardly faced a shot. Imo one of Parkinson’s biggest mistakes here was not trying to hang on to Jonny Mac, although it allowed Pickford to come in he was our keeper and could have become a club legend and was better than any permanent keeper we’ve had for many years. We need better imo next season than all 3 we’ve had this season, but there isn’t a keeper this club has had that is the reason this club is in the position it is in although if you read some of the comments on R O’D you’d think we’d be in the championship if not for him…
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Our fans only seem to judge a keeper on their bad errors - but that's strange as the likes of Liverpool's Alisson, who's made some really howlers seems to be respected by most in football.
I mean your 'distribution' comment is negatively OTT. It was only recently that he passed a ball out to the wing, which was arguably the best potential assist of the season. Of course when trying ambitious passing moves - some won't work out. Surely he should be congratulated, for trying to create. Or is hoof ball what's best?
Bass is better than O'Donnell because the latters body language was terrible. This led to an even more nervous defence and noticeably more errors from them, when he was in goal.
O'Donnell might be fine if he's got a defence that have played together all season and have experienced players - they can cope with his moaning (and remember, I used to back him - when everyone wanted rid two years ago!!). But we ended up with a very fragile defence consisting of a CB who isn't really one, a green LB and a new RB - that would have been a nightmare if Richard 'it's never my fault' O'Donnell was the keeper.
It would be great if we can find a better one. I'm not too convinced we can. I think if you ask every L2 team - their original keeper will have had some flaky moments or has been dropped.Bantam75 likes this. -
WilsdenBantam Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
As for Bass being Pompeys number one, I doubt it but if he is good luck to them but they can do better as can we.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Mason Handshake likes this. -
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Fingers crossed though that we properly address the situation in the summer.Faithful Bantam likes this. -
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Allotment Bantam Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 Top 30
To be honest I thought the Scunny keeper looked half decent. He didn't kick it into touch all the time, only once or twice(!) and made a couple of very decent saves. Only 1 viewing mind.
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2013 league cup final and playoff winners as a league 2 team ,Matt Duke and Jonny Mac .
Both good goalkeepers. The 3 we have now are not a patch on either.
Bass and Hornby have been second choice at the clubs they have been at and Odonnell is bang average . -
It eventually led to a defence that was nervousness personified.
Managers tend to give players who play for the benefit of the team, the benefit over others. This season O'Donnell gave the impression that it was he who mattered.
But, it was another error of Adams not to have prioritised the keeper situation at the start of the season.
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