You're now saying he's excellent based on one decent performance? Swings and roundabouts - but there's no way he's above criticism let's get that straight right away. He's been ****ing atrocious for ages, one performance certainly doesn't brush that history of howlers under the carpet, and it is foolish of you to even suggest it. I suspect that as Bruce was actively looking for a keeper before the window closed, then we will more than likely sign one in January. The goalkeeping position still has an enormous question over it and let me be the first to remind you the next time McGregor makes a calamitous howler. Whilst I'm all for supporting players, I'm surprised at some posters 'liking' this post. On the basis that I can't actually remember many supporting McGregor as he dropped one bollock after another last season and for most of the start of this. McGregor was an absolute shambles last season, let's not forget that.
Im pretty sure sterling was agreeing with another GK coming in. He's doing better thats all. Same as Hudd and Davies. Been bloody awful for long enough. Now they're showing what they can do.
Just got back in to find that GLP saved me a lot of typing, absolutely couldn't have put it better myself.
Aye, it's the first decent performance in 18 months and Sterling makes some ****ish remark at the top of page 2. He must have the memory of a goldfish.
Nope, he was being a smug ****er asking where are the idiots now that said McGregor wasn't good enough for this division, this after McGregor has had one good game. In other words he was been dosile forgetful ****.
Eldin isn't a good comparison either, as he is terrible. McGregor keeps his place in the side by the virtue of our number 2 being hopeless. I would rather we had kept Harper on as our first choice, unfortunately relegation and the contract situations didn't allow for that. He's really not Peter, he's not a great keeper at all. He was beaten from distance more times last season in the PL than any other PL goalkeeper. By distance I'm talking outside the area. Whilst I appreciate the standard of player was better, some of the shots just sailed past a very flat footed McGregor. He conceded the third from Remy against Chelsea - cost us a point. He fumbled the ball into the net. He palmed the ball back at players to score goals and was more than unconvincing - which is why Harper played 10 PL games last season.
I agree with you about Harper. Generally does what the club did with the out of contract players mean that the new arrivals are on a LOT less than the players who left even when the relegation clauses were taken into account?
It was simply down to the fact that Harpers contract was up at the end of last season whereas the other 2 had time remaining. We can only really afford two keepers in the Championship.
No, I'm saying he's proving wrong those who came out with ridiculous, jump the gun comments after he dropped a bollock against Wolves. We know Bruce was looking for another keeper and I actually (as Chazz pointed out) advocated the arrival of another keeper to challenge Greegsy for the number 1 spot. There were some bullshit comments flying around at the time (not just on here, in general) that he wasn't even good enough for the Championship and we should get rid soon as etc. I agree, he wasn't great last season and he made mistake after mistake, which was why he was dropped. He's not invincible; if he didn't make a single mistake ever he wouldn't be playing for a club like ours. He had a shocker last season, but then the season before he was pretty good, in fact he was one of the few players that recieved barely any complaints throughout our survival campaign. So no, one game doesn't make up for a bad season, but likewise, you can't forget all the good games he's had for us either. I didn't hear anybody moaning when he saved those penalites...
So he wasn't very good against Huddersfield,Cardiff, Blackburn, QPR....no? Just that one game then, funny how memory recollection can be so selective when being right is at stake. I'm not afraid to admit I slated Mags when he dropped the ball against Wolves because, ****, it was an awful error and he knows better than that. What annoyed me was that he's been with us for two and a bit seasons and endured one good season and one less than good season and people were just doing the classic "focus on the mistakes" bullshit that people seem to do with goalkeepers. He's started this one pretty well and has got back to a level that at least meets our expectations. Yeah I was being a smug ****er, because those people that came out with all that bollocks at the time were talking just that, bollocks. So they deserved to be smugged. I don't particularly give a rats arse if you think I'm being forgetful, I watched all our games since he's been here and indifferent form isn't going to change my opinion that he's a decent goalkeeper who is getting back to his best. He'll make another mistake this season, that's what Championship keepers do. And people will piss their knickers over it, because that's what narrowminded ****tard fans do.
He's not proving anyone wrong. People that were critical of him were, I'm sure basing opinion on the accumulation of **** ups, the same performances with which my opinions are based on. I aren't delusional enough to think 1 performance somehow masks the season and a bit that went before, which were frankly piss poor and I would still rather have someone else in goal as I don't believe McGregor has anywhere near the consistency we need. He's getting away with it at present because the standard of striker in this league isn't as good as last season and for this division we probably have the best centre half pairing.
You seem to be talking about yourself for most of this post. As for calling fans '****tard' because they don't share your ridiculous opinion that he's 'Getting back to his best' on the back of one decent performance is frankly embarrassing - for you.
It isn't about disagreeing with me. I'd encourage debate if it was constructive and I'd respond in kind. However it was bollocks trolling based on a couple of **** ups, which is what makes them ****tards, a lack of ability to look at things objectively and build an opinion based around that viewpoint. For example, some on here really rate Meyler. It's well documented that I don't, but if people can offer up a decent debate/argument as to why I'm wrong that's fine, I'm even happy to be proven wrong if the evidence is that obvious. It the argument is bollocks and based on something daft, I'm not going to give it any respect at all. Why the heck should I?
At Brighton McGregor made a fantastic save but the ball went to one of their players and they scored. Most goalkeepers wouldn't even have made the save but some people were saying he should have pushed the ball wide!
But, as I said multiple times, I'm not basing my opinion on the Forest game. I'm basing it on all the games this season so far. Barring Wolves I think he's done well. Over the course of ten games, there's clear improvement. And yeah he's got a very good defence in front of him, but they're not infallible; we've conceded some **** goals this season and only one (maybe 2 if I'm being pedantic) in the league was a genuine, brass balls keeper error.
Some people just don't get what constitutes decent goalkeeping. Neuer made a total howler a few weeks back and he's considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Wonder how many Germany fans were saying he's **** and calling for ter Stegen to start (which, to be fair, isn't a bad thing)
