Matt Macey

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Originally Posted by SMAXXA

I think your miles wrong and it’s actually quite the opposite. I haven’t seen many not like Marciano in general so to say they are over playing his performance as they don’t like Marciano is rubbish. I have though seen people take the opposite and be very critical or reluctant to praise Macey because they were so invested in Marciano.

I know it’s natural to compare players it happens all the time but let’s not forget Macey is still a young guy with plenty development ahead of him. We need to support that and understand he won’t always get it right and should be criticised like any other player at times. I’ve said it before with our history of keepers I have seen more than enough to believe he will be a very good keeper for us.

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Great and measured post. Don’t know why everyone seems to think you need to pick a side and stick to it.

Nobody is over praising Macey because they didn’t like Marciano. Marciano was pretty much universally liked to varying degrees. He wasn’t totally my cup of tea for several reasons but I felt he was a match winner on plenty of occasions as well as capable of making saves other goalies couldn’t. Macey though Is getting support because some people who now say ‘it’s too early to judge if he’s good’ were finding ways to imply he wasn’t up to it at a very early stage!

It’s always tough replacing fan favourites but Macey is looking extremely promising and everyone should be delighted- a bit weird if we’re not. He will make mistakes at some point … as every other goalie we’ve had including Goram and Leighton did.

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Originally Posted by bingo70

That’s just the nature of the beast with goalkeeping though?

With regards to the Motherwell goals. I’m happy to agree to disagree.

I remember after it somebody in his defence pointed out that an expert agreed there was nothing he could have done about them. Think it was then Pretty Boy who posted a link to a podcast with experienced goalies or coaches who were equally as adamant he should have done better.

Some think they were his fault, some don’t. It even divided professionals opinions. I fell on the side of thinking he should have done better, you don’t, that’s fine.

Playing like he did last night people will soon stop caring about those goals, if they’ve not done so already.

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It was me, it was Richard Lees podcast and I posted the link despite it contradicting the point I was making slightly :greengrin

His argument was, keepers should always get a dive away. Even if you don’t think you can reach it, there’s always a chance you can pull off a burst that you weren’t expecting or you could have misread the flight . So it’s a good habit to get into, to dive even at shots you reckon are certain goals. I think he was saying it wasn’t an error as such, just a technical thing that he’s quite strong on. And of course, there will be dozens of wee moments like that for all keepers when you could have done better, even for Neuer et al.

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Originally Posted by hibsbollah

It was me, it was Richard Lees podcast and I posted the link despite it contradicting the point I was making slightly :greengrin

His argument was, keepers should always get a dive away. Even if you don’t think you can reach it, there’s always a chance you can pull off a burst that you weren’t expecting or you could have misread the flight . So it’s a good habit to get into, to dive even at shots you reckon are certain goals. I think he was saying it wasn’t an error as such, just a technical thing that he’s quite strong on. And of course, there will be dozens of wee moments like that for all keepers when you could have done better, even for Neuer et al.

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Yeah I think I said at the time was the “fault” was he didn’t dive, not his positioning just that he didn’t dive for what he though was unreachable. If he’d dived many wouldn’t have questioned him IMO.