plymouthranger 3,867 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Love him, but we badly need to give McLaughlin a run of games now. He’s pulling off good saves but his concentration isn’t quite what it was in previous years. Needs a spell out and arguably should be moved towards a back up player given his age. kelvd1873 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Inigo 32,526 Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2021 Think he's going from a stellar season by his standards to an average one, thus far. Still rather be seeing him between the sticks than McLaughlin. He had several top saves today, and before the 90th minute was having a Stormer, reminiscent of last season. Not sure I'd give up on the chance of getting that back because of one howler. Drunk and disorderly., JackAlex93, GWR1979 and 11 others 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post STEPPS BOY 73,886 Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2021 Poor at cross balls and always has been. Bearsden bear, nik2402, ForeverAndEver and 19 others 22 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prso's headband 35,426 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Was very surprised at the error, he had two excellent saves in the 10 minutes before it so you’d expect him to mop it up. Tbh though I’ve never been that confident with him commanding high balls into the box coming off his line, probably his biggest weakness. Bearsden bear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserJon 12,393 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 48 minutes ago, STEPPS BOY said: Poor at cross balls and always has been. Yep agreed. However on his return he has normally been punching that ball away today. Baffles me why he didn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 73,886 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Just now, KaiserJon said: Yep agreed. However on his return return he has normally been punching that ball away today. Baffles me why he didn't. He tried to and made an absolute cunt of it and he was under no pressure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mitre_mouldmaster 21,509 Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2021 Plenty credit left in the bank for me. Every keeper in the game has the odd howler of a moment. Just sods law that this one happened at 1-0 in the 90th fucking minute and landed right on the fuckers head. Willis, One Jock Wallace, Bad Robot and 9 others 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canabear 4,558 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 34 minutes ago, STEPPS BOY said: Poor at cross balls and always has been. I've been saying the same since his first time with us. Great shot stopper but drop a cross into his 6 yd area and he seems hesitant in what to do. He did it in the first half today as well as he was rooted to his goal line instead of taking command and coming out to clear the danger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepara 30 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I was wondering if he'd taken a knock in training and his confidence was a bit shot. I'm reluctant to condem him on what was really the only mistake he made, shame it was so costly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gascoigne8 3,378 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 46 minutes ago, Inigo said: Think he's going from a stellar season by his standards to an average one, thus far. Still rather be seeing him between the sticks than McLaughlin. He had several top saves today, and before the 90th minute was having a Stormer, reminiscent of last season. Not sure I'd give up on the chance of getting that back because of one howler. McLaughlin is a back up, nothing more. McCrorie should be between the sticks for the next few games imo. ForeverAndEver 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the old guard 2,323 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 He's still the best keeper we have, the save in the second half, although offside, was incredible. Every keeper makes mistakes but no way should he be dropped for anyone. BlueAvenger and harrybluebear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsden bear 2,376 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Yeah he was at fault for the goal, but did also make some great saves. To he fair to him, we are just not scoring enough goals atm, and a one goal lead late in the game is never enough. Ffs they came up from the championship! We need to start scoring freely again or else this kind of shit will continue to happen unfortunately LegendofCoop and harrybluebear 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ally Scores Again! 471 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 He needs to play week in week our so we can get a settled team and build from that. BlueAvenger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkNS 6,298 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 39 minutes ago, Gascoigne8 said: McLaughlin is a back up, nothing more. McCrorie should be between the sticks for the next few games imo. Mccrorie shouldn't have dropped the Jersey imo after Europe and tarriers game. Done nothing wrong, like pattersin, bassey dropped for bigger names. Not the merit ethic that Gerrard talks of... Craig/ and Gascoigne8 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrupsleftfoot 10,867 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 McLaughlin can't make the keep us in the game/win us the game saves McGregor can and as good a back up as he is, he's nowhere near his level. BlueAvenger, GWR1979 and Inigo 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andyhrfc 2,242 Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2021 Saved us before the mistake and all keepers make mistakes. We should have been over the hill and far away by 70 minutes. Bad Robot, falkirkNS, harrybluebear and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk and disorderly. 14,418 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, DiamondDan said: Some amount of absolute shite gets posted on here, he made 1 mistake, if the rest of the team hadn't made mistakes in front of goal nobody would care, yet there are calls for him to be dropped??? He was outstanding before that. I wouldn't drop him. He has had bad days before. He almost always comes back stronger for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven33jackie 1,920 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 He made a mistake, it happens. Problem for goalkeepers is that a mistake usually ends up as a goal against you. Outfield players make multiple mistakes per games and don't get punished so severely. If the attacking players are doing their job and putting the ball on the net at the other end of the park then one mistake would not equal dropped points. 27 attempts at goal today with one goal is a shocking statistic. If you include the game against Motherwell we have had 51 shots at goal and scored 2 goals, dropping 4 points. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superallysbears 7,575 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Thought his distribution today was very slow and too safe at times when he could have started quick attacks, still making good saves but what can you say when a mistake like that occurs, he's won us more points than he's lost us, the team will need to go on a run now, put today behind us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Beast 9,207 Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2021 Bollocks, he made at least 2 maybe 3 critical saves, if it wasn't for him we'd have lost that game today. He fucked up at their goal but his ability to make match saving interventions is still the best in the business. bluenose48, DiamondDan, watty. and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,361 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 McLaughlin is fucking rank Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,207 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 minute ago, King Jela said: McLaughlin is fucking rank He's not. He's in the top 5 keepers in Scotland. Behind Shagger, Gordon and tbf Hart but still a pretty good backup. rbt1548 and DiamondDan 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,444 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 He never had a bad day fs he made some good stops to keep us at 1-0 he made one mistake that cost us. I’m more fucking annoyed at why we let hearts create the chances in the first place, Shaggers not to blame for that. Bad Robot, rbt1548 and Bears r us 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Gazza genius 1,907 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, Tiger Shaw said: He never had a bad day fs he made some good stops to keep us at 1-0 he made one mistake that cost us. I’m more fucking annoyed at why we let hearts create the chances in the first place, Shaggers not to blame for that. Well he is but I agree he saved us from conceding more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Gazza genius 1,907 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I'm maybe reading into it a bit too much but I think his body language looks different this season. I feel like winning the league was the closure he needed and will probably retire at the end of the season. If I'm honest I'm a little disappointed Robbie Mccrorie was not given more of a chance as he filled in in 2 very important games and passed with flying colours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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