1 hour ago
Lee Nicholls is still okay but you need two keepers available and your second keeper is way behind Chesterfield's two keepers in my opinion and perhaps that of your manager too. He looks competent then the next minute he gives everyone an attack of the heebeejeebies.
Loaning in a keeper for the season often tends to be a response to not having a proper youth policy.
But the problem is for all teams how do you develop a young keeper to the level you need? Liverpool have two of the best five keepers in the world, how other than the loan system could they ever see if they can survive competitive football? The training ground is never going to tell you.
Dropping Goodman sounds like a solution, but what if Lee Nicholls breaks his arm five minutes into the next game? Will Goodman now find his game because he feels needed and nothing like an impostor? Or will he drown because his problem was something else entirely? If someone is failing in any job, especially if it is one he has the reputation of being capable of, then you need to find out why. Your manager obviously rates him, so it is his job. After all he was a keeper.
Loaning in a keeper for the season often tends to be a response to not having a proper youth policy.
But the problem is for all teams how do you develop a young keeper to the level you need? Liverpool have two of the best five keepers in the world, how other than the loan system could they ever see if they can survive competitive football? The training ground is never going to tell you.
Dropping Goodman sounds like a solution, but what if Lee Nicholls breaks his arm five minutes into the next game? Will Goodman now find his game because he feels needed and nothing like an impostor? Or will he drown because his problem was something else entirely? If someone is failing in any job, especially if it is one he has the reputation of being capable of, then you need to find out why. Your manager obviously rates him, so it is his job. After all he was a keeper.