It's the goalkeeper that is causing all the chaos!

[wiggy]

Had the same problem since he's been here ( prefer him to Bishop though)

He refuses to dominate and take the pressure off his defenders and eventually it pings in the back of the net.

Yes he makes spectacular saves (who don't).......but whoever takes over must replace Oxley and get a proper keeper in

On the plus side i thought Hamilton was excellent and for 20 mins in the first half they pinged it around like a decent team.......then it fell apart!

 

[jarvisyeh]

Had the same problem since he's been here ( prefer him to Bishop though)

He refuses to dominate and take the pressure off his defenders and eventually it pings in the back of the net.

Yes he makes spectacular saves (who don't).......but whoever takes over must replace Oxley and get a proper keeper in

On the plus side i thought Hamilton was excellent and for 20 mins in the first half they pinged it around like a decent team.......then it fell apart!

Who was the last "proper keeper" we have had?

My memory might be betraying me but I'm sure you had bad things to say about Bentley as well.

 

[wiggy]

Can't ever remember a worst keeper for staying on his line......defence ain't great but he don't exactly help them out does he?

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

Oxley will, rightly, be disappointed with the first (or second) but after that was really good and pulled off some great saves

 

[mfurok]

Oxley will, rightly, be disappointed with the first (or second) but after that was really good and pulled off some great saves

Oxley is our worst goalkeeper since Emerson did for Wignall.

 

[wiggy]

But

Oxley will, rightly, be disappointed with the first (or second) but after that was really good and pulled off some great saves

But that's the point.....he's disappointed every week for one or two goals.....never has a consistently good match.

 

[LBBlue]

Oxley will, rightly, be disappointed with the first (or second) but after that was really good and pulled off some great saves

He made some decent shot stopping saves but flapped at everything in the air.

 

[Angell Delight]

Both goalkeepers are SHOCKINGLY bad and it’s a major, major problem. When your defence also resembles a sieve and your midfield is surely one of the worst League One has ever seen it only leads to one outcome....relegation.

But at least we have a decent manager at the helm who can sort this shambles out. Oh wait....

 

[Jay_SUFC]

Having seem the goals again, Oxley really should have done better with the first one.

Still think it was wrong to release Smith in the summer.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Sorry Wiggy ,it's the totally unbalanced midfield 1st which in turn exposes a weak back 4. Oxley although not an outstanding keeper was never exposed by a poor defence under Brown and was a reasonable keeper at this level

 

[LBBlue]

Goalkeepers are only as good as the centre - halves in front of them and ours are pretty poor - just like England last night. It wrecks the whole balance of the team .

 

[rayleigh dan]

He wasn't at his best today but actually's been one of our best players in the last month. The back four have to take the brunt of the blame IMO, plenty of chances to clear the ball prior to both the first two goals.

 

[Andy_S]

The goalkeeper is literally the position that is the least of our trouble.

 

[mfurok]

The goalkeeper is literally the position that is the least of our trouble.

Then we’re finished.

 

[cerbera45]

Both goalkeepers are SHOCKINGLY bad and it’s a major, major problem. When your defence also resembles a sieve and your midfield is surely one of the worst League One has ever seen it only leads to one outcome....relegation.

A bit harsh imho as Nathan Bishop is still only 19

 

[Spenser]

An outstanding goalkeeper will improve any team at any level, but I can't believe Oxley & Bishop are the cause of our current situation.

 

[norman the baker]

flahavan and Bentley would struggle with this defence and midfield

 

[Danshrimper]

Neither Oxley or Bishop are perfect goalkeepers, if they were they wouldn’t be playing in League 1. But the goalkeeper position is the least of our worries.

How on earth can you watch our completely useless midfield and defence and try and claim it’s the goalkeepers that’s causing all the problems. Completely delusional.

 

[DistantBlue]

I’m sorry to say but I looked quite a lot at Mark Oxley yesterday and reached the sad conclusion that he’s shot
Yes he made some good goal line saves
Yes he’s better than Nathan
But he’s a big feller and he plays like he’s a little feller
He seems to lack the confidence to come for crosses and I honestly think it transmits itself to the defence
When the new mob move on they need to attend to the easy fixes first and I’m afraid to say that the goalkeeper issue is the first

 

[wiggy]

....and as a supposed shot stopper he still costs us one of them chucked into the Dracula on crosses moments most weeks.

Yesterday's first goal should have been bread and butter but no......he hands them the confidence to kick on and our fragile lot the opposite!