Basingstoke Royal Doesn't make any sense to me.
Hahnemann, Feds and Mccarthy all top class goalkeepers working under sal. Don't think it's a coincidence.
The only thing I can think is that Feds has told the club he is leaving which has led them to deciding to start afresh. Sal will probably go with Feds.
6 Million Dollar Man Those of us of a certain age who remember Bibbo's pretty poor efforts in goal for us in the late 90's were frankly stunned when he became a goalkeeping coach! No great loss in my opinion, and will surely be replaced by better
winchester_royal Why? None of us have a clue about what these guys are like behind the scenes. We don't know how good a job they do.
Even someone like Bibbo. Just because we've had a good batch of goalies come through it doesn't necessarily mean he's the best thing since sliced bread. He may just have got lucky.
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Royalcop6 Million Dollar Man Those of us of a certain age who remember Bibbo's pretty poor efforts in goal for us in the late 90's were frankly stunned when he became a goalkeeping coach! No great loss in my opinion, and will surely be replaced by better
Poor player doesn't necessarily equal poor coach (Wenger, Mourinho); you have to look at the output of his coaching alone, judging him as a coach by what he did as a player in his early 20's is very unfair.
Ian RoyalHarpers So Solid Crew Why, it is a single position, and we just let a load of keepers go
Oh ok, you're right. we don't need a goalkeeping coach.
Clarke can seriously just oxf*rd off.
Ian Royal I would take this news less negatively if Clarke had done anything significantly positive during his management of the club.
winchester_royal Why? None of us have a clue about what these guys are like behind the scenes. We don't know how good a job they do.
Even someone like Bibbo. Just because we've had a good batch of goalies come through it doesn't necessarily mean he's the best thing since sliced bread. He may just have got lucky.
Feds still has near post issues.
McCarthy never learnt to kick.
Hamer has improved since he left.
Andersen hasn't progressed.
Just saying.
bagman As the Captain of the Titanic said as he left Belfast " I don't need any help from the useless bastards who helped build this ship, I am the man ! "
Lower West Who says that these changes are at Clarke's behest alone? More likely at board level.
From Despair To Where?6 Million Dollar Man Those of us of a certain age who remember Bibbo's pretty poor efforts in goal for us in the late 90's were frankly stunned when he became a goalkeeping coach! No great loss in my opinion, and will surely be replaced by better
He wasn't great, was he. In his rare first team outings, I remember him being short and clueless positionally.
Esteban I'm not in favour of removing Bibbo and the others, but at last, someone at Reading has stepped up, been decisive and is taking responsibility for the management of the club. I don't feel like we've had that for far too long, probably since Coppell.
It might turn out to be a great decision, it might misfire spectacularly, but fair play to Clarke for at least having the conviction to make tough decisions and be fully accountable for our on field fortunes.
Snowball We have had physically gifted keepers, but, as pointed out, they've all had weaknesses (OK that's why they are Championship players) but, and here is the big but, THOSE WEAKNESSES HAVE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED.
Feds (who I have a lot of time for) may well have lost us the Wembley semi-final, and let's face it, the near-post has been his Achilles heel. So, in ten years, the goalkeeping coach, did WHAT exactly, to overcome Fed's most noticeable weakness?
SCIAGSnowball We have had physically gifted keepers, but, as pointed out, they've all had weaknesses (OK that's why they are Championship players) but, and here is the big but, THOSE WEAKNESSES HAVE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED.
Feds (who I have a lot of time for) may well have lost us the Wembley semi-final, and let's face it, the near-post has been his Achilles heel. So, in ten years, the goalkeeping coach, did WHAT exactly, to overcome Fed's most noticeable weakness?
You're pretty much talking nonsense.
If someone can't see how Federici has improved in the past ten years - he was released after six months at the club, after all, then didn't threaten Graham Stack's spot on the bench, and has now won POTS - then they shouldn't be criticising the goalkeeping coaching. It is complete piffle to say his weaknesses haven't been addressed.
Neither of Arsenal's goals were scored at the near post.
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