Maxwell

This tweet is not even all his cock ups this season and I don't recall Grimmy anymore than 2 and he was dropped.
This guy can't do any wrong apparently.
Well certainly nobody has been enough of a ** to compile a montage of Grimshaw's errors and what kind of wanker would want to do something like that god only knows. How to install confidence in your players..NOT!! Plaster a video of their mistakes all over twitter..You couldn;t make this shit up 😞

FWIW Grimshaw had made a number of cock up's before being dropped, though he's young and he deserves to get another opportunity.
 
Well certainly nobody has been enough of a ** to compile a montage of Grimshaw's errors and god only know what kind of wanker would want to do something like that god only knows. How to install confidence in your players.. Plaster a video of their mistakes all over twitter..😞

FWIW Grimshaw had made a number of cock up's before being dropped, though he's young and he deserves to get another opportunity.
I think he has 2 games in a row where he made errors. Like an opening batsman you don't play yourself into form carrying the drinks, you have to work through it.
 
I think he has 2 games in a row where he made errors. Like an opening batsman you don't play yourself into form carrying the drinks, you have to work through it.
He'd made mistakes in several games Founts, he just had an absolute mare in two, which was the final straw. Couple that with the fact that he didn't seem to have the confidence of his defence, wasn't working right for the system Appo was trying to play at the time and didn't seem to be much of a vocal organiser... As well as the fact that we lacked experience and leadership on the pitch and Appleton decided to make a judgement call on two keepers with very little to separate them.

We've been over and over this same discussion and for some it's become a complete obsession... An obsession to the point that they are more interested in proving themselves right than they are about the negative impact they might have on the team performances.

Grimshaw will get his chance at some point and hopefully he'll make the shirt his when he does...
 
He'd made mistakes in several games Founts, he just had an absolute mare in two, which was the final straw. Couple that with the fact that he didn't seem to have the confidence of his defence, wasn't working right for the system Appo was trying to play at the time and didn't seem to be much of a vocal organiser... As well as the fact that we lacked experience and leadership on the pitch and Appleton decided to make a judgement call on two keepers with very little to separate them.

We've been over and over this same discussion and for some it's become a complete obsession... An obsession to the point that they are more interested in proving themselves right than they are about the negative impact they might have on the team performances.

Grimshaw will get his chance at some point and hopefully he'll make the shirt his when he does...
Yeah, I know he's made mistakes, but it was the 2 games running I was highlighting and the fact it could be argued that there was little between the 2. If you accept that then you go with the one who can improve rather than the one at the ned of his career. The wrong call was made in the medium/long term. A couple of games out to get a 'head straightener' maybe, but it appears the old discipline head reared up (if rumours are to be believed) and has been allowed to fester. Maybe that is Banks as he's the CD in this rather than the 2 managers.

I'd have playe DG as the main keeper, but I suspect that's his season over, maybe even BFC career.
 
Yeah, I know he's made mistakes, but it was the 2 games running I was highlighting and the fact it could be argued that there was little between the 2. If you accept that then you go with the one who can improve rather than the one at the ned of his career. The wrong call was made in the medium/long term. A couple of games out to get a 'head straightener' maybe, but it appears the old discipline head reared up (if rumours are to be believed) and has been allowed to fester. Maybe that is Banks as he's the CD in this rather than the 2 managers.

I'd have playe DG as the main keeper, but I suspect that's his season over, maybe even BFC career.
There's a whole series of factors to weigh up and in all truth, none of us are in a position to acyt as 'Judge and Jury' about whether or not Appleton made the right call or the wrong call. Maxwell was our Club Captain, he's hugely influential around the place, is a senior and experience pro and we were desperately lacking experience and organisation at the back.

The problem (as ever) is that over time everyone forgets about the situation we faced back then, the fact that plenty of fans were calling for Maxwell to return, the fact that Maxwell (until his injury) had been un-droppable and Grimshaw miraculously gets much better with each passing day that he spends on the bench... Quite honestly if any of the players on our bench performed even half as well in reality as they do in the imagination of some of our supporters, we'd have been promoted to the Premier League had we 'only' played them....

Ultimately a manager is there to play his best players and to win games... NOT to concern himself with whether or not we might need to sell a particular player at some point down the line.

To my mind, this whole saga (as seems to be the norm for us lot really) has been blown out of all proportion and the classic molehill has turned into a mountain.

The fact of the matter is that neither of them are particularly good as an all round keeper... They are what I would call 'Typical Blackpool' keepers insomuch as they are decent shot stoppers, but aren't great at dealing with crosses and don't really command their area. Proper (all round goalkeepers) have been few and far between in the time I've been watching Blackpool.
 
Maxwell is becoming a scapegoat and a target for fans (completely justified) frustrations. I have stood and applauded Maxwell countless times at BR for making brilliant saves in his time with us but he is prone to errors also and I do think he’s held onto the No1 gloves for too long now and they need to be handed to Grimshaw. Max’s positioning for the knobbers second goal was very poor and I’m sure he knows it. However, I will not single him out and it doesn’t sit well with me when he is abused by fans. Fault lies at the managers door and previous manager.
 
There's a whole series of factors to weigh up and in all truth, none of us are in a position to acyt as 'Judge and Jury' about whether or not Appleton made the right call or the wrong call. Maxwell was our Club Captain, he's hugely influential around the place, is a senior and experience pro and we were desperately lacking experience and organisation at the back.

The problem (as ever) is that over time everyone forgets about the situation we faced back then, the fact that plenty of fans were calling for Maxwell to return, the fact that Maxwell (until his injury) had been un-droppable and Grimshaw miraculously gets much better with each passing day that he spends on the bench... Quite honestly if any of the players on our bench performed even half as well in reality as they do in the imagination of some of our supporters, we'd have been promoted to the Premier League had we 'only' played them....

Ultimately a manager is there to play his best players and to win games... NOT to concern himself with whether or not we might need to sell a particular player at some point down the line.

To my mind, this whole saga (as seems to be the norm for us lot really) has been blown out of all proportion and the classic molehill has turned into a mountain.

The fact of the matter is that neither of them are particularly good as an all round keeper... They are what I would call 'Typical Blackpool' keepers insomuch as they are decent shot stoppers, but aren't great at dealing with crosses and don't really command their area. Proper (all round goalkeepers) have been few and far between in the time I've been watching Blackpool.
This the same Grimshaw who we signed on a long term deal to fend off potential premiership interest and we were generally raving about being one of the best keepers in this division. Who the fuck was calling for Maxwell ahead of Grimshaw? I certainly don’t remember that. And I certainly wasn’t.
 
This the same Grimshaw who we signed on a long term deal to fend off potential premiership interest and we were generally raving about being one of the best keepers in this division. Who the fuck was calling for Maxwell ahead of Grimshaw? I certainly don’t remember that. And I certainly wasn’t.
I am with you on that one and its just made-up nonsense if my memory of that time is correct.
 
This the same Grimshaw who we signed on a long term deal to fend off potential premiership interest and we were generally raving about being one of the best keepers in this division. Who the fuck was calling for Maxwell ahead of Grimshaw? I certainly don’t remember that. And I certainly wasn’t.
Premier League interest ?

Definitely not the same Grimshaw!!

Our supporters were calling for Maxwell ahead of Grimshaw. Funnily enough both last season (when Grimshaw was supposedly ‘one of the best keepers in the division’) and this season when he was passing to opposition strikers to give them a free shot at goal, flapping at crosses, conceding on his near post, failing to set up his wall properly and conceding etc…

If you remember too many were saying it was the right decision with the solid home performance (barring the daft goal that Dom Thompson gave away) against Norwich.

The biggest factor in this has always been the lack of any leadership on the field. Maybe if Charlie Goode hadn’t turned out bad, we might have had another potential leader, similarly Trybull, but unfortunately we have none (well none apart from Maxwell that is)
 
Poor positioning of the wall today gifted them a soft free kick. Needs a rest, get Grimshaw in, not sure he could do much worse.
I don’t think you can blame him that much for the free kick.
Whiteman put some serious bend on it.

That said, I’ve always said Maxwell was shit.
Shit attitude as well I heard when not in the starting 11 at our place.
Proper arrogant by all accounts.
 
There's a whole series of factors to weigh up and in all truth, none of us are in a position to acyt as 'Judge and Jury' about whether or not Appleton made the right call or the wrong call. Maxwell was our Club Captain, he's hugely influential around the place, is a senior and experience pro and we were desperately lacking experience and organisation at the back.

The problem (as ever) is that over time everyone forgets about the situation we faced back then, the fact that plenty of fans were calling for Maxwell to return, the fact that Maxwell (until his injury) had been un-droppable and Grimshaw miraculously gets much better with each passing day that he spends on the bench... Quite honestly if any of the players on our bench performed even half as well in reality as they do in the imagination of some of our supporters, we'd have been promoted to the Premier League had we 'only' played them....

Ultimately a manager is there to play his best players and to win games... NOT to concern himself with whether or not we might need to sell a particular player at some point down the line.

To my mind, this whole saga (as seems to be the norm for us lot really) has been blown out of all proportion and the classic molehill has turned into a mountain.

The fact of the matter is that neither of them are particularly good as an all round keeper... They are what I would call 'Typical Blackpool' keepers insomuch as they are decent shot stoppers, but aren't great at dealing with crosses and don't really command their area. Proper (all round goalkeepers) have been few and far between in the time I've been watching Blackpool.
Maxwell is guilty of giving us calamitous display after calamitous display - and BFCX3 claims the problem 'has been blown out of all proportion and the classic molehill has turned into a mountain'. Are you for real?
 
Maxwell is guilty of giving us calamitous display after calamitous display - and BFCX3 claims the problem 'has been blown out of all proportion and the classic molehill has turned into a mountain'. Are you for real?
Only recently Maxwell has put in performances that have literally won us the game or prevented us from losing.

The idea that he’s put in calamitous display after calamitous display is total nonsense. It’s completely agenda driven and simply doesn’t objectively reflect reality.

Your posts (this and the one about MM) are emotionally charged, rather than rational. I understand that and I’m aware that Maxwell has had a few ‘questionable’ performances recently… As I’ve said, Grimshaw was exactly the same.

My mountain out of a molehill comment relates to this ongoing saga of Maxwell vs Grimshaw… The reality is that there’s fuck all between them and you could make a case for dropping or playing either….. As I’ve said on many occasions my preference would be neither as I don’t think either of them are up to the job .
 
Only recently Maxwell has put in performances that have literally won us the game or prevented us from losing.

The idea that he’s put in calamitous display after calamitous display is total nonsense. It’s completely agenda driven and simply doesn’t objectively reflect reality.

Your posts (this and the one about MM) are emotionally charged, rather than rational. I understand that and I’m aware that Maxwell has had a few ‘questionable’ performances recently… As I’ve said, Grimshaw was exactly the same.

My mountain out of a molehill comment relates to this ongoing saga of Maxwell vs Grimshaw… The reality is that there’s fuck all between them and you could make a case for dropping or playing either….. As I’ve said on many occasions my preference would be neither as I don’t think either of them are up to the job .
I think we need Maxi doing the team talk after his inspirational performance pre-QPR.
 
Only recently Maxwell has put in performances that have literally won us the game or prevented us from losing.

The idea that he’s put in calamitous display after calamitous display is total nonsense. It’s completely agenda driven and simply doesn’t objectively reflect reality.

Your posts (this and the one about MM) are emotionally charged, rather than rational. I understand that and I’m aware that Maxwell has had a few ‘questionable’ performances recently… As I’ve said, Grimshaw was exactly the same.

My mountain out of a molehill comment relates to this ongoing saga of Maxwell vs Grimshaw… The reality is that there’s fuck all between them and you could make a case for dropping or playing either….. As I’ve said on many occasions my preference would be neither as I don’t think either of them are up to the job .
I am inclined to agree with your last comment re: neither being up to the job . We need to bring in another keeper . As for Maxwells performances , well in the main they have been poor , and a string of poor performances should result in a change . Not sure why Maxwell should find himself immune to losing his place when as you say, “there is nothing between them” . Reward poor performances and that is exactly what you will get .
 
I am inclined to agree with your last comment re: neither being up to the job . We need to bring in another keeper . As for Maxwells performances , well in the main they have been poor , and a string of poor performances should result in a change . Not sure why Maxwell should find himself immune to losing his place when as you say, “there is nothing between them” . Reward poor performances and that is exactly what you will get .
I’m not convinced he has been that poor. If you concede goals people will always look to the keeper, but we’ve been collectively crap at defending this year….. End of
 
Poor manager........Poor Players

Good Manager......Good Player

How many times have we seen players rise to the occasion (just think Ollie and the team that got us to the prem)
Maxwell is a very good keeper.......Any half decent manager would have him and Grimmy fighting for that position and being 100% committed

Unfortunately Grimmy copped on, to how shit Apples was as a manager and has suffered..
Maxwell has had to carry the brunt....and now it's showing by letting crap goals in
 
Saddest thing for me about Maxwell is what a hero he was after the Play Offs and what it meant to him but he'll go in to a blaze of shit!
 
He seems to be a really decent bloke and exactly the type of character and leader we need more of around the Club. Real shame he isn’t suitable for the rigours of the Championship.
 
Well certainly nobody has been enough of a ** to compile a montage of Grimshaw's errors and what kind of wanker would want to do something like that god only knows. How to install confidence in your players..NOT!! Plaster a video of their mistakes all over twitter..You couldn;t make this shit up 😞

FWIW Grimshaw had made a number of cock up's before being dropped, though he's young and he deserves to get another opportunity.
I was at Rotherham when he had a complete nightmare and was rightly dropped.

It's probably time he had another go though.
 
Today Cardiff had Ryan Allsop between the sticks . Tall catches everything importantly he takes pressure of the defence. This is something Maxwell is incapable of . I am sure he mustn’t believe his luck being selected for a Championship team week in week out .
Allsop may not be the best keeper in the world but someone of his ilk would do me .
Ryan Allsop
Date of birth
17 June 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth
Birmingham, England
Height
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
 
I said in the match thread, he's a decent shot stopper if it's in front of him
But anything across him or in the air, and we're usually fucked.

The defence look like they're panicking on the ball, partly because they don't have the composure, but also because they don't seem to trust their keeper.

Another costly error today. He started to come for a cross but stopped. He got caught in no man's land, a serious error for any keeper.

It's happening at a rate of at least one serious mistake every game, I really don't know what he has to do to be dropped with this manager.

He's not even that short, he's 6 ft 1. I hate to criticise individuals, but he's not good enough sadly.

Edit, I think Alnwick is Cardiff nr 2 @KhonKaenSeasider
 
Today Cardiff had Ryan Allsop between the sticks . Tall catches everything importantly he takes pressure of the defence. This is something Maxwell is incapable of . I am sure he mustn’t believe his luck being selected for a Championship team week in week out .
Allsop may not be the best keeper in the world but someone of his ilk would do me .
Ryan Allsop
Date of birth
17 June 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth
Birmingham, England
Height
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Allsop caught everything today because our crosses weren't good enough. Too close to him, and he wasn't challenged enough.

That was once we started getting a cross in.
 
Sorry it’s an f*cking disgrace our fans chanting grimmy after the first goal
Out of order
It's not Maxwell's fault he keeps getting picked week in week out when clearly he isn't good enough. Another 2 mistakes today. You can't defend the amount of mistakes and games he has cost us. The thing is I believe he really doesn't think any of it are his mistakes.
 
Maxwell didn't take a pop at fans in South at final whistle.. He defended himself against a tirade of abuse from fans asking him 'if he knew how to catch the ** ball'.. I don't know what his response was as I'm not a lip reader...
 
This is one of the lingering fuckups of the season, the dropping of Grimshaw after a few mistakes.

Maxwell then makes loads over the season, but because Appleton chose him he's selected by McCrapthy and has made far more mistakes than Grimshaw.

Grimshaw isn't perfect but his level is above that of Maxwell.

He's faster, more agile, better from crosses, faster off his line.

The 1st goal today is important and an absolute nothing cross, Maxwell comes then stops, simple header over him, we're up against it already.

2nd goal was a poor header back but he comes for it and obviously isn't quick enough to get it. I'd have to see it again but no one covers themselves in glory.

There's tons of mistakes with him in and he doesn't inspire confidence, teams target him for crosses.

It's a joke that Grimshaw hasn't been on net for a while now.
 
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