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Conceded 26 in 10...5 more than any other team. Extrapolating that he is on course to let in 120 over the season. He can't come back here after that loan spell surely?

Southport are poor all over the pitch. There's only so much a keeper can do if the defence/midfield offer no cover. Not saying he's having a blinder, but it's not as black and white as you're making out

I am no Belford fan but thats unfair to blame a whole teams performance on just him.

Agreed at least some of the blame must lay with Lee Power?

Natch.

Yeah but.....if Wes keeps getting banned he'll concede very few goals over the season and if Wes carries on letting in 5 like last weekend (against a team itself thrashed 7-0 a few days later) he'll let in twice as many as Belford over the season and so on

Power out

Anyone want to lease a bmw?

Regardless of the mitigating circumstances, it's not going to do much for his confidence is it? Usually when you get sent out on loan to gain experience you sort of hope that that experience isn't losing every week.

He'll have to come back here though, because where else would he go?

he's got 4 man of the matches and is regarded as the reason they haven't got stuffed  10 in every match.....


carlsberg don't do player scouting reports, but if they did....

There's a fine line between fair comment mixed with a bit of schadenfreude and just being a c**t.

You're nowhere near that line.

(We all know that) Belford probably isn't the greatest goalkeeper in the world but he seemed like a decent human being doing his best. He's not conceding goals for the town, why not leave him be?

When we were in the Prem conceding goals for fun, somebody actually said to me that they think we should sack the goalie.

Some people just should not be allowed to have opinions, opinions should be rationed.

When teams are really shit goalkeepers tend to get the MoM votes as there's no one else to give it to, kind of a sympathy vote. Rhys Evans got player of the season for us when we got relegated but was still pretty poor.

I was just going to mention that haha, the player of the season or "possibly the least shit / easiest box to tick" award

That was a toughie that year, hence some of the surprising views last year and this, as both sides are a hundred fold better than that team.

As well as first team shite like Thorpe & Whalley we had some of the worst loan players I've ever witnessed as well.... Patrick Collins, Colin Heath, Jarrett, McPhee, McDermott, Mikolanda and not to forget big Trevor.

Vigoroux was on loan at Hyde in the Conference when they managed about 10 points all season and let in well over 100 goals. Character building stuff and must have made him grateful to be playing behind our defence after that experience.
According to Soccerbase he conceded 32 goals in his 12 games played

Southport signed another goalkeeper on loan from Fulham yesterday.

An Englishman named Magnus Norman. Quintessentially Fulham.

An Englishman with a Scandanavian mother and French father it would seem if history is anything to go by.

Exactly.we must have used about 5 keepers that season

Belford not in the match day squad for Southport today. New loanee keeper plays instead.

Belford didn't do himself any favours when here,the half time bench players warming up and there's him trying to score volleys from crosses...just an idea but practice saving goals might make you better. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: