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Rob Elliot (now at Gateshead)


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Solid performance from him. Should act as a nice confidence boost for him - he'll need a lot of it if he is going to fill in for Krul for the next month or so.

 

Great distribution from him today too.

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Not at all, I'm chuffed with the points but this lad's awfully out of his depth.

 

Just give him the credit he deserves for today's efforts man, Christ. Were you the one I heard moaning coming out of the round that it should've been 5?

 

No. I've already said we need to get behind him but we're once again in a position where a player not good enough for this league will get games and cost us. That's all I've got to say on him.

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Didn't have many gripes with him today. First goal was stupidly poor marking by Saylor. Second goal he should have saved but other than that didn't really have a problem with him. Done well getting the ball from corners and got himself an assist. What more do some people want from a back up keeper?

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His kicking was awful.

 

Not sure about that - he shanked a few first timers (which Krul does all the time), but he actually had some pretty accurate ones and was always looking to find a man. Cisse's goal only came about because Elliot was on the ball and looking to restart the game quickly. Was nice to see a keeper looking to get things going right from the back, although of course I recognise that isn't the be-all and end-all when it comes to GKs.

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A few in the first half were just high and had a lot of backspin so didn't get far but as the game went on his distribution had a lot of purpose and started a few attacks. As mentioned above, one was even an assist.

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Not at all, I'm chuffed with the points but this lad's awfully out of his depth.

 

Just give him the credit he deserves for today's efforts man, Christ. Were you the one I heard moaning coming out of the round that it should've been 5?

 

No. I've already said we need to get behind him but we're once again in a position where a player not good enough for this league will get games and cost us. That's all I've got to say on him.

 

Was not at fault for either of the goals, apparently made some smart saves. What a wanker.

 

I really fail to see what you think we should be doing to prevent this situation. From what I've seen of him i very much doubt we could attract a better quality keeper to sit on the bench. Spurs are the only club in this league I can think of with backup keepers that are even close to the quality of their number 1.

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