The Robins Nest Forum

Early days yet but I think Flinders could be a major signing for us. Defence is looking more confident and organised and he looks extremely comfortable wth crosses. Hope it continues.

Agree, very noticeable having a solid keeper back there has done to us. Nothing against Flatty but he's just not ready for league two yet and it was unsettling the defence through pre-season and in the first few games.

Yup, shows what a difference a proven, mature and experienced League keeper can make. Shows that starting the season with a young inexperienced keeper untried at League level (whether Flatt or Phillips) is a mistake.

Yes,we should have signed a Flinders type in June.

question. Are we now stuck with Flatt for the season? I hope he is cheap as I am sure Lovett would have been adequate cover

horlickfanclub wrote:Yes,we should have signed a Flinders type in June.

I am sure Gary would admit that too. At least he recognised the error and fixed it asap. Many managers (eg Wenger) never admit error or rectify.

RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Yup, shows what a difference a proven, mature and experienced League keeper can make. Shows that starting the season with a young inexperienced keeper untried at League level (whether Flatt or Phillips) is a mistake.

Pretty sure we'd have been fine with Phillips.