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bigmac95 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:27 pm I must be in a small minority who (I whisper this very very quietly) doesn't rate JD.

I think he is a fine shot-stopper but he is undersized and I never feel comfortable when he is under a high ball. Personally, I think we can get a better goalkeeper.

boyliegladbach wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 1:49 pm

bigmac95 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:27 pm I must be in a small minority who (I whisper this very very quietly) doesn't rate JD.

I think he is a fine shot-stopper but he is undersized and I never feel comfortable when he is under a high ball. Personally, I think we can get a better goalkeeper.

How tall is he

John_Bucks wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 2:08 pm Well this thread shows just how fickle we are as fans. A sniff of one of our most consistent and most professional players leaving and all of a sudden he’s replaceable, too small etc. Absolute joke.

Joel has been a huge part of everything good about Barrow recently and I’ll be very sad to see him go but if he does happen to go to a Bolton or better then I wish him all the luck in the world.

bigmac95 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:27 pm I must be in a small minority who (I whisper this very very quietly) doesn't rate JD.

I think he is a fine shot-stopper but he is undersized and I never feel comfortable when he is under a high ball. Personally, I think we can get a better goalkeeper.

Walneywanderer1979 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 6:06 pm Yeh he has been a good servant to the club but we will find someone as good if not better not sure Dixon would be in my top barrow goalies but he has been alright

Kieran wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 3:17 pm

bigmac95 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:27 pm I must be in a small minority who (I whisper this very very quietly) doesn't rate JD.

I think he is a fine shot-stopper but he is undersized and I never feel comfortable when he is under a high ball. Personally, I think we can get a better goalkeeper.

I would tend to agree with most of that, with a caveat that I think he has improved hugely over the last couple of seasons in particular in terms of dealing with balls into the box and his kicking. He's not one of those keepers who you recall ever making an outstanding save though and never has been. By that I mean he makes the saves you would expect a keeper to make which is fine, but he rarely makes one of those saves that makes you stop and think 'what a save that was'. In fact, on those occasions where there is opportunity for him to make that kind of save the ball invariably ends up in the back of the net. He is also prone to the odd mistake, and when people say that he's only made two this season I think that is actually two that have led to goals. There have been others that haven't.

That said, I would be more than happy if he were to stay and we were to start next season with him still as our number one. There is also something to be said for the fact that he's been with the club 6 seasons now, which I think makes him our longest serving player for quite some time. He is replaceable though and probably with someone who is an all round better goalkeeper too. If he moved on it wouldn't hugely concern me.

bigmac95 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:43 pm

Kieran wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 3:17 pm

I would tend to agree with most of that, with a caveat that I think he has improved hugely over the last couple of seasons in particular in terms of dealing with balls into the box and his kicking. He's not one of those keepers who you recall ever making an outstanding save though and never has been. By that I mean he makes the saves you would expect a keeper to make which is fine, but he rarely makes one of those saves that makes you stop and think 'what a save that was'. In fact, on those occasions where there is opportunity for him to make that kind of save the ball invariably ends up in the back of the net. He is also prone to the odd mistake, and when people say that he's only made two this season I think that is actually two that have led to goals. There have been others that haven't.

That said, I would be more than happy if he were to stay and we were to start next season with him still as our number one. There is also something to be said for the fact that he's been with the club 6 seasons now, which I think makes him our longest serving player for quite some time. He is replaceable though and probably with someone who is an all round better goalkeeper too. If he moved on it wouldn't hugely concern me.

This is what I was saying (Kieran said it better).

This forum has really gone down hill. You can’t voice an alternative opinion without people calling you fickle.

John_Bucks wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 2:08 pm Well this thread shows just how fickle we are as fans. A sniff of one of our most consistent and most professional players leaving and all of a sudden he’s replaceable, too small etc. Absolute joke.

Joel has been a huge part of everything good about Barrow recently and I’ll be very sad to see him go but if he does happen to go to a Bolton or better then I wish him all the luck in the world.

Desmond2-2 wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:19 pm I cannot In all honesty see Bolton signing him.