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At fault again for the first goal

correct on both accounts

His kicking is awful....

his mind is clearly else where....

yes he has became awfull, but hes one of the last people at the club to do so.

His kicking sucks, but he is probably one of the best shot stoppers in the league, and isnt that the main job for the goalkeeper, he has been great all season, but now he made that mistake at luton, and a couple after and everyone says he's crap.... he makes more great saves than he does mistakes.

Evans did make a couple of good saves and he did own up for thr first goal. He is a Swindon fan, so he always trys his best. That's good enough for me.

Thats not good enough for me I'm afraid. He's shown last season that when fully focused and motivated he's a bloody good keeper at this level.

However this season he's made far too many individual errors and frankly I wont be that upset when he leaves in the summer.

He does have a shit defence in front of him which doesn't breed confidence.

I think its the other way round.  Shit goalie makes the defence nervous and panicky.

I THINK HES ONE OF TEH BEST GOALIES AT THIS LEVEL, WHAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS HIS AGE.  hES ONLY 23 AND FOR A GOALIE THATS YOUNG, THEY USUALLY COME INTO THEIR OWN about 27/28

apologies for the caps just realised

hes shit asher!

Asher you're wrong, it's a well known fact that some of the best goalies in the world are aged 12.  Where you've got this 27/28 from I'll never know.

hey bob wilson said it so im listening to him, ha ha! love it

Rhys has been one of our best and most consistent players this year only behind SSP and Smithy IMO.

Melksham's and Ashers points are both valid.

The defensive performance in front of Rhys has been at times laughable and a number of times this season he has saved the day, I loved to know the stats on shots stopped against mistakes made by goalies as I bet that Rhys would have one of, if not the lowest in the league.

I can remember a few occaisions this year when we have had to sustain pressure for a long period of time and have gone on to get a result (Hull, City & Sheff Wed) but because only Smith or SSP has got us the goals the praise has been put on them (which is fine as both have been superb this year).

Considering his age, an ever changing formation in front of him and an overall poor defensive display all year, it was surely only a matter of time before a few mistakes were made.

I for one will be gutted if we lose Rhys as I think that he is a v good keeper (especially at this level). We would be hard pushed to replace him.

Keepers need stability and confidence in the 4 players playing in front of them, ultimately we need a decent left back and a central defensive partnership that perform consistently.

Apologies for going off on one. :oops:

Talia, Griemink, and Mildenhall ahve all been better.

Mildenhall was a brilliant keeper

I dont think he was or is, he was just in blinding form when he broke into our first team.

His career since would indicate that he's far from brilliant

Rhys is ok. No more, no less.  I don't think he's improved at all in the last two seasons.  He does not inspire confidence I'm afraid. :(

I would agree with PM on this one.  Mildenhall could not be described as brilliant.

And Talia was effing atrocious if you ask me!

I'd agree 100% with that. Is he better than when he joined us? is he fuck.

He's worse!

Simples really re: Rhys

If he was half as good as he thought he is, he'd be great.

Thank God someone else thought that!

Mildenhall may be an ideal 2nd choice stopper next season, see he's about to be released and he was making noises about re-signing last summer.

Worth throwing Books wages on the table in a take it or leave it deal.

As for Evans I still think the potential is there.  Make or break next season for him really if he's ever going to look like taking it to the next level.

Whereabouts in Kent JM?