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« Reply #63795 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 14:05:42 » |
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Some of our fans especially on FB and Twatter have always rated Ward very very highly.
Hes always been adequate but he wont be challenging Connor the Ripper for a starting slot IMO.
I would put Ripley at the top of our keeper list for quality that we have had recently and certainly only bettered by the BFG under Wellens in recent years IMO.
We had a few pretty decent loan keepers in the last few seasons but they all had something missing, distribution, catching crosses, coming off their line or just shot stopping. Ripley seems pretty confident in all of those areas and he gives the defence a confidence that has been missing.
That last bit is the most important thing that he did last season in my opinion. |
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« Reply #63796 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 15:16:53 » |
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Some of our fans especially on FB and Twatter have always rated Ward very very highly.
Hes always been adequate but he wont be challenging Connor the Ripper for a starting slot IMO.
Agreed. But he did give one of my best remembered keeper displays v FGR. Not quite Brez v Hartlepool but outstanding all the same. Ripley gives a nice solid 7/10 type performances on average. Not perfect but pretty consistent and predictable (as said). |
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« Reply #63797 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 16:30:48 » |
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Ward was superb in that FGR game. I don't think he's actually signed yet has he? If he does, I'll be absolutely happy with the goalkeeping department. With Ripley on board as well, I don't think we can realistically hope for better than that.
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« Reply #63798 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 16:56:33 » |
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Marley Rose on trial
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« Reply #63799 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 17:06:36 » |
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« Reply #63800 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 17:11:27 » |
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Marley Rose on trial
Young lad released by Bristol City... give him a chance, see what he can do, nothing to lose... |
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« Reply #63801 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 17:12:26 » |
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Oh, glee!
What do you mean? |
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« Reply #63802 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 17:29:38 » |
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Another Marley Rose - in Glee
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« Reply #63803 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 17:47:47 » |
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Ah, I see. Never watched it....got wooshed there 😣
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« Reply #63804 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 18:36:03 » |
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« Reply #63805 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 19:00:42 » |
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Didn't have Audrey down as a Glee fan tbf Me neither...think that's what threw me😉 |
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« Reply #63806 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 19:06:40 » |
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Some of our fans especially on FB and Twatter have always rated Ward very very highly.
Hes always been adequate but he wont be challenging Connor the Ripper for a starting slot IMO.
I would put Ripley at the top of our keeper list for quality that we have had recently and certainly only bettered by the BFG under Wellens in recent years IMO.
We had a few pretty decent loan keepers in the last few seasons but they all had something missing, distribution, catching crosses, coming off their line or just shot stopping. Ripley seems pretty confident in all of those areas and he gives the defence a confidence that has been missing.
Ripley is decent but what he has - over our other keepers in recent years was 300+ games under his belt. Experience matters - particularly as a goalkeeper. Not an exact science but it usually helps. For example - I expect Sol Brynn to be better than Ripley when he’s in his 30s & has 300 games under his belt. |
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« Reply #63807 on: Thursday, June 26, 2025, 19:07:24 » |
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« Reply #63808 on: Today at 08:08:22 » |
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Ripley is decent but what he has - over our other keepers in recent years was 300+ games under his belt. Experience matters - particularly as a goalkeeper. Not an exact science but it usually helps.
For example - I expect Sol Brynn to be better than Ripley when he’s in his 30s & has 300 games under his belt.
Oh theres no doubt that Sol Brynn and Murphy-Mahoney could well be at least as good if not better at his age for sure, but I was going by what we have had recently, Ripley is, of course, not going to improve much if any more. 300 league games is a massive thing, hes seen and done it all including at England U20 level in the past and has a vast wealth of experience which is something we have been missing with just Lee Camp getting close to or exceeding that recently. Even Lewis Ward has only half that amount of games and he will be 29 this coming season. |
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« Reply #63809 on: Today at 08:37:41 » |
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Marley Rose on trial
Underwhelming. I preferred thinking he was Tyrike Wright. I know trialists come and go all the time throughout preseason but Rose and Mussa seem well below par. Is it the thing that the better trialists come in later when the preseason games start? |
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