Chris Maxwell
So he dropped one and it cost us...... so far he has caught approaching a 100 and saved us.
Even today he made vital saves at crucial points.
Yes it was a bad decision; and a bad attempt to catch; but it wont be his last......... However how many times have we moaned about our keepers not coming off their line (Lucas; Lonners etc).
Great point = gutted....
More concerning is that we ended up with Robbo and Harrop as the wingers and those 2 wouldn't cause any sleepless nights for Wolves this week - not Stephy at present.
Even today he made vital saves at crucial points.
Yes it was a bad decision; and a bad attempt to catch; but it wont be his last......... However how many times have we moaned about our keepers not coming off their line (Lucas; Lonners etc).
Great point = gutted....
More concerning is that we ended up with Robbo and Harrop as the wingers and those 2 wouldn't cause any sleepless nights for Wolves this week - not Stephy at present.
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And perhaps IF he trusted his defenders and it was headed away, we still win the game.
It was at least 12 yards from goal, in the 96th minute of the game. He didn’t need to charge out.
As others have said, I like Maxwell’s active/alert style, but the time to use it is not away at Fulham in the 96th minute when we’re clinging onto 3 points.
Hopefully he learns from it and in future his enthusiasm is more appropriately timed.
I do appreciate though that it's tough for keepers. Strikers can have a stinker all game, get the winner and be MOTM. Keepers can have a stormer all game, but one small mistake is costly and they are then the villain.
Ah hey, we still agree despite the mistake.
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I really like and rate Maxwell but that was crazy.
Oh and i'll be gutted till about Thursday.
Oh and i'll be gutted till about Thursday.
To be fair, Maxwell’s done this all season so when I saw him rush out I was fairly confident it’d stick within his grasp and we’d get 3 points.
He’s a good keeper. Errors happen. The outfielders made much more basic errors than Maxi’s today, just unfortunate that we got punished for that one.
He’s a good keeper. Errors happen. The outfielders made much more basic errors than Maxi’s today, just unfortunate that we got punished for that one.
I can't really criticise. He's been outstanding all season.
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My first reactions were absolute fuckpig and tosswank - my lad was enlightened to these new words in his vocabulary and he is 17.
the dog shot under the dining room table to cap it all.
Pissed off - shows you what potential we have - no blame on Maxwell seen it all before.
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This !
If he claims it, which he should have and would do normally it's a terrific bit of goal keeping.
We have had too many keepers who never dared claim anything past the 6 yard box, Maxwell made a mistake today but at least he is pro active at dealing with thins in our box.
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No problem at all for me with Chris Maxwell today. He pulled off some really nice saves early on and he's been immense all season. As a sweeper keeper, he's going to come out sometimes and try to command the space. Won't always work but I'd rather have a proactive keeper trying to own the game than a robot stuck to their line.
Fair play to him, I say.
Fair play to him, I say.
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Good keeper for sure but needs to turn the wick down just a little. Was lucky with the handball recently and today’s events I believe may have been a little headstrong. Easily taught so I see no big issues here. Very much earned his place in a well performing squad
He was superb today up until the last minute. Terrible mistake but it happens. He knew it and was apologising himself at the end but he's been a massive asset to us and the way he plays sometimes you'll just have to accept mistakes like that. However really good performance by the team today and should have been 3 or 4 up but we looked totally fucked the last 10 -15 minutes given the work we had put in up to that point. We just need a bit of luck to see it out. Disappointed but that should be seen as a good thing. We're in a good place at the moment.
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Liked Maxwell from the first time he played. He looks like he wants to show his ability and make an impact every time the ball comes near him. He's prepared to put himself on the edge, even if it is loaded with risk to himself. Let's get behind him as he leads this side from the back.
Yep, it was a bad mistake but other things cost us the points too.
We should really have been out of sight and got 3-4. I know that sounds greedy away to Fulham but you've got to take the chances regardless, otherwise, like we've seen today, it can come back to bite. I honestly think this team, and manager with his mindset, are capable of going and hitting teams for 4-5, we just lack a bit of composure sometimes or calm decision making. Harrop not squaring it to Hugill in the second half a prime example.
Personally I think Cairney coming on made quite a big difference. He was setting the tempo of the game in the second half and we couldn't quite get a hold of it. Hugill was still too isolated, mind.
As I said on the matchday thread, to batter Fulham for 45 minutes shows how far we've come since March when they outplayed us from start to finish, but there are still important improvements to be made.
