06-12-2018, 17:24
I just think a club without its own keeper isn't a club. And if a defence isn't improved by its keeper then he isn't doing his job.
Burton is an okay keeper. I wouldn't say he really commands his six-yard box though ...... and I'm not sure, as I'm never at pitchside, what he brings to the table in terms of communication. I reckon on and off the field a steady, competent keeper is absolutely central to a team.
Signing the best keeper from last season's National League was a good idea - it's just that everyone bar MA and the selection panel knew it wasn't Shwan Jalal. (And if we tried I rackon Lincoln would unload Grant Smith, who was the best keeper, to us. They were VERY keen to loan him out though ...... which does make me wonder if he was unhappy further north.)
Burton is an okay keeper. I wouldn't say he really commands his six-yard box though ...... and I'm not sure, as I'm never at pitchside, what he brings to the table in terms of communication. I reckon on and off the field a steady, competent keeper is absolutely central to a team.
Signing the best keeper from last season's National League was a good idea - it's just that everyone bar MA and the selection panel knew it wasn't Shwan Jalal. (And if we tried I rackon Lincoln would unload Grant Smith, who was the best keeper, to us. They were VERY keen to loan him out though ...... which does make me wonder if he was unhappy further north.)