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Digby close to sealing return
           
           


  SWINDON legend Fraser Digby is set to continue as the club’s goalkeeping coach.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/10473958.Digby_close_to_sealing_return/?ref=rss
           
           
           

Surprised not to see any comments on this, il start it off. OW DEAR

Sounds good to me.

thought this was going to be as a player

There's time yet. Once Jed has sold off Wes for dogfood and pocketed the fee.

*waits*

I have no idea if Digby is a good coach or not, but for some reason I feel better knowing he is around the club somehow - like a security blanket, or a really big hug.

I presumed by making it supremely ridiculous people might get the idea.

Wes got worse after Digby started...  could be coincidence, but I'm not convinced by his coaching ability. There, I said it :)

He's a Town legend, but I was thinking the same thing.

I dared to question his coaching credentials when he first join. I got shot down.

Seemed like an appease the fans move at the time and still does now tbh.

i disagreed and explained why.hardly shot down.
Healthy debate more like.

The evidence suggests you are right.  His shot stopping and that was as good as ever but his more high risk mentatilty coincided with Digby's arrival.

Could be coincidence though i guess

Does Digby have his coaching badges and stuff? Actually does a GK coach need coaching badges?

I have a feeling that the change in Wes' form/approach had more to do with Doardo's departure than Fraser's arrival.  Too simple to lay the blame at Fraser's door.  It could just be that he thrived under the old regime.

I actually agree, but thought I'd raise the possibility. My actual opinion on it is that there is a combination of factors:

 - our defense has been a little high and leaky, leaving Wes one-on-one more often, with more scope for mistakes
 - the differences in coaching/preparation between Douardo and Digby. I know nothing about the latter's techniques, but Douardo was praised for his attention to detail with regards to scouting the opposition and one-on-one coaching
 - Wes must take some personal responsibility

The whole team got worse as you would expect when you lose your manager and most influential player mid season. Wes was more vulnerable/exposed, had more to do and therefore more susceptible to mistakes.

I (like most on here) have no clue whether Fraser is a decent coach or not. As long as he's the manager's choice then I'm more than happy to have a legend on board.

Does a GK coach need coaching badges like other coaches etc need them or are them exempt as it is a specialised position ?

Yep - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2625169.stm

They do still need to get their badges but the point being made in that article (that keepers have to go through all the outfield courses to get to the GK courses) is no longer true - the GK track now runs in parallel with the "normal" coaching qualifications:
http://www.thefa.com/my-football/football-volunteers/CoachingVolunteering/Get%20Into%20Coaching/~/media/4B30C67CB4AA49DA9CB58EF341D024FA.ashx/CoachingPathway0811.pdf

And do we know if Diggers has them?  I hope so (or is working towards it).

You do still have to do each outfield badge before the relevant goalkeeping badge