Richard O'Donnell

Shite!
Erm him not the post.

 

Subs with 2 minutes to go, That will work

 

There was absolutely no reason to drop Hornby to shoehorn him in. He gives me no confidence at all and the defence seem all at sea. The odd great save doesn't cover for his lack of authority at the back..

 

Our back 4 look all over the place since he's come back in. I can only assume that Hornby was a much better communicator.

Unfortunately R'OD has another year, so he's going to be our number 1 next season too.

 

Kept us in it with saves end of first half and two late blocks to keep scoreline respectable.

wasn’t at fault for either goal. Caught on counter for first - canavan’s as quick as molenaar.

second was lashed in from close range.

they hurt us with pace - green and eisa. Not a lack of organisation on our part tonight

 

Scapegoat!


Definitely not his fault we lost today.
Made some decent saves today

 

The defence as a whole looked much better with Hornby behind them.

 

Couldn't agree more.

You can pick literally any name out of that starting line up for criticism tonight.

Richard O'Donnell was probably the LEAST bad of all the players with several good saves.

 

* For a while, yes.

Could that be because the whole team looked much better for a period?

 

Did they though? We looked more solid, for sure. The communication between keeper and back 4 sets the tone for your performance, defensively. It just looked better with Hornby there. ROD isn't bad in terms of shot stopping, but he doesn't give me any sense of being solid at all.

 

He was flapping about in the wind at Carlisle though.

neither are good enough for a promotion contender next season tbf, but we’ll make do until the summer

 

He was, but in fairness, Carlisle had a strong, swirling wind behind them. That was a bad half, but in the main, the defensive organisation between Hornby and his back 4 were better than I've seen it with ROD between the sticks.

 

O donnell was brilliant tonight.

 

Yeah, conditions were awful in Cumbria tbf. Second goal was a rugby scrum. Amazed it stood.

 

What a weird thread. Made some great stops today. Haha f we are going to star this then Wood, Vernam, Crankshaw and Watt were all terrible today.

 

O’Donnell has been sh*te for years I’ve no idea how he’s our first choice keeper.

F*cking poppadom hands

 

When was his last 'poppadom hands' moment, out of interest?

 

You are talking rubbish . O’Donnell was man of the match tonight. We could have shipped 5 if not for his brilliant saves. Neither of the goals were his fault.

 

or did the whole team look better because the defence with Hornby in goal looked better