Maxwell

L

Lanc_seasider

Well-known member
Saw a poster last week refer to him as Dracula. Never like slagging players off but it’s a very accurate description. Causes complete panic every defensive set piece. Making a mistake isn’t just fumbling the ball, it’s instilling a complete lack of confidence into the defence. It’s countless games now we look clueless defending set pieces and it’s because of Maxwell.

We have a young keeper in Grimshaw there ready, a potentially massive asset to the club and a big money maker in the future. You can allow him mistakes because of his age. It’s a massive mistake by the club to allow Maxwell to keep playing over him. Especially when Grimshaw is clearly a better keeper regardless of anything else.
 
Lewis_Winthorpe said:
One of our most important players in League One. Lauded on here. Must be soul destroying if players read this board.
Click to expand...
Maxwell is big enough to accept criticism.

Maybe Maxwell be be the number 1 in Div 1 next season. It's a step up, grimshaw is a better keeper.
 
It's one of the most mystifying parts of Appy,s management . Surely even he can read stats or is that a journey too far. ?
A young ex Man City goalie v a regulation league one goalie be it an elderly goalie who is suspect in so many aspects.
Is it a sign of good management to keep him in on the basis of a few admittedly great saves ?
 
Lanc_seasider said:
Saw a poster last week refer to him as Dracula. Never like slagging players off but it’s a very accurate description. Causes complete panic every defensive set piece. Making a mistake isn’t just fumbling the ball, it’s instilling a complete lack of confidence into the defence. It’s countless games now we look clueless defending set pieces and it’s because of Maxwell.

We have a young keeper in Grimshaw there ready, a potentially massive asset to the club and a big money maker in the future. You can allow him mistakes because of his age. It’s a massive mistake by the club to allow Maxwell to keep playing over him. Especially when Grimshaw is clearly a better keeper regardless of anything else.
Click to expand...
None of our keepers come for crosses, we will always concede in the end.
 
Lordofthemanor said:
None of our keepers come for crosses, we will always concede in the end.
Click to expand...
That's very true, Maxwell is or was a better organiser of the defence, and in the games against Sunderland and Sheffield utd he made dozens of saves. The last two games he has had a bit of a mare. Grimmy was better with his feet which you would expect coming from citeh, but games this season he has looked really unsure with the ball at his feet and his general distribution was often iffy. Its just another aspect of the defensive chaos this year.
 
Its not Maxwell's fault the manager picks the team and he did well when he first came back into the side, but Grimshaw should of got his shirt back
after the Boro game.
 
Next time Maxwell concedes a soft goal, we should all start jumping up & down & waving our hands around like a toddler having a tantrum. It's so cringeworthy, he deserves to be mocked relentlessly, his teammates must hate it.
 
Goalkeepers in the 60s and 70s used to command their goal and penalty areas far more than they do now. There is only player in any side who can legally handle the ball so it baffles me why they don’t take advantage of that. Maxwell is a good keeper, but recently is like a rabbit in headlights and flaps at everything. He does need dropping now, firstly because his confidence is shot and secondly because Grimmy is a better keeper right now - and our future.
 
I’m a huge supporter of Maxwell. I think he’s had some excellent games in the 3 years he’s been with us. Only two years ago he won the golden glove. But, his recent run of form has been extremely poor. He needs to work on his handling of crosses during the World Cup break. The best goalkeepers are the ones who command their area. This seems to be Maxwells Achilles heel.
 
Tango1953 said:
Grimshaw should never have been dropped in the first instance.
Click to expand...
I'm not saying whether he should have been dropped or not because that was a decision for Appleton. Grimshaw did though have a few poor games where he was at fault for us conceding a few goals. Just like Maxwell is now. There is no balance to some peoples views. I recall last season people on here were talking about Grimshaw as a future England keeper. Nowhere near good enough.
 
20togo said:
I'm not saying whether he should have been dropped or not because that was a decision for Appleton. Grimshaw did though have a few poor games where he was at fault for us conceding a few goals. Just like Maxwell is now. There is no balance to some peoples views. I recall last season people on here were talking about Grimshaw as a future England keeper. Nowhere near good enough.
Click to expand...


My view is given Grimshaw's previous record at this level, he had enough credit in the bank to be able to get himself back in form. Appleton obviously disagreed.

However, Maxwell has been worse, and for longer too. I bet Grimshaw is thinking Appleton is being inconsistent here. It sets a bad precedent and is bad people management. And if Appleton thinks he has been wrose for longer, then he can't see what's infront of him.

E8ther way, it reflects poorly on MA.
 
Tango1953 said:
My view is given Grimshaw's previous record at this level, he had enough credit in the bank to be able to get himself back in form. Appleton obviously disagreed.

However, Maxwell has been worse, and for longer too. I bet Grimshaw is thinking Appleton is being inconsistent here. It sets a bad precedent and is bad people management. And if Appleton thinks he has been wrose for longer, then he can't see what's infront of him.

E8ther way, it reflects poorly on MA.
Click to expand...
well we don't know what Appleton thinks. My view is simply this, Grimshaw had a few games where he let some soft goals in. Did I expect him to be dropped? No I didn't but he was and I can understand why. Maxwell came back in and had some very good games but more recently he's looked shaky without actually dropping any howlers. Yes, I would give Grimshaw the shirt again but that said, is Appleton a manager who wants to be changing his keeper so many times in a season. Not sure, it's a thing a lot of managers do. Whereas i realise the need for us to have a good reliable keeper, I'm not convinced that one keeper is that much better than the other.
 
Grimmy was definitely off it when he was dropped. Maxwell came in and started well but has since lost his mojo. It can't help playing in front of a constantly rotating back four with two really inexperienced players but he and the rest of our team are way too easy to outdo at setpieces.
 
I love Grimmy but he was a bit dodgy and deserved to be dropped.

Maxwell got his chance, was good for a few games but hasn’t done enough for me.

I’d be keen to see Grimmy again after the break.
 
Chesterbfc said:
It's one of the most mystifying parts of Appy,s management . Surely even he can read stats or is that a journey too far. ?
A young ex Man City goalie v a regulation league one goalie be it an elderly goalie who is suspect in so many aspects.
Is it a sign of good management to keep him in on the basis of a few admittedly great saves ?
Click to expand...
Elderly? 😂😂😂
 
Both of them have been inconsistent, just like the rest of the team.
Look at Marvin, brilliant last season, an absolute rock, look at him this season.

What we are missing, is a player like Keogh, experienced and organised, a player like that gives our defence and keeper confidence.

It was a massive bollock dropped allowing him to leave and not replacing him.
 
I wouldn't say Maxi's a 100% Drac at all. It's the inconsistency that's frustrating.

Yesterday Wigan took some very good corners, inswingers regularly dropping fast around our 6 yard line. Ironically the worst one they took, they scored from. Maxi got some good punches in under a lot of pressure. Teams generally take very good corners now, even ours have improved from where we were

Then you get a goal like Boros first, which was crying for him to come and catch it and he stays at home.

I don't really see Grimmy being a cross catcher either, most modern keepers aren't. I agree with Hutch, it's a lost art. British and usually English keepers were the best. It's unknown because I've only seen him play that half hour against Blackburn (?) last year, then Moore is best built for it, but of course unlikely except in emergency.

One thought though. If a modern tactic appears to be to crowd the keeper even more than in the past, so they can't really get out to the middle of the area even if they wanted to, then the only thing that I can think of is less bodies in the area. And the best way to get that is leave some upfield. We all talk about it - it appears to be another modern thing. Only two teams since we've been in the Championship have done it. But someone the height of Shayne, or as fast on the deck as they are useless in the air, like CJ or Theo - we'd give anyone plenty to think about, and relieve pressure on the keeper.
 
TommyHutch said:
Goalkeepers in the 60s and 70s used to command their goal and penalty areas far more than they do now. There is only player in any side who can legally handle the ball so it baffles me why they don’t take advantage of that. Maxwell is a good keeper, but recently is like a rabbit in headlights and flaps at everything. He does need dropping now, firstly because his confidence is shot and secondly because Grimmy is a better keeper right now - and our future.
Click to expand...
And most keepers didn't where gloves back then.
The Kenny Everett type gloves they wear now you'd expect them to catch everything.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top