- Sep 30, 2003
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Keith_Whitfield":vrk28nb6 said:Just wondering whether the supporters of any other club would be so keen to criticise one of their own players who did the primary thing he is expected to do - keep a clean sheet. This onslaught on "one of our own" reminds me of Brian Clough calling the Polish goalie Tomaszewski a clown - and we all know what happened next.
To be honest, it doesn't matter a jot what people on here think about Coops. I'm just pleased that he is Argyle's number one and is likely to be so for some time to come. That lad has talent and what's more an incredibly strong mental mindset - and that is very important for a goalie. He'll learn from Evans' attempt to de-stabilise him and will come back all the stronger for the experience. Ryan Lowe knows that - and that is all that matters when push comes to shove.
Keith, I’m not keen to criticise him. However, you can not claim that he had a good game on Saturday and if you do I worry for what your expectations of a keeper are. He had a clean sheet because their strikers cleared the ball of our line with some lovely defending after he failed to take the ball and missed some sitters.
I have no doubt he will be a superb keeper and will play many games for us and possibly go higher, however I have said for weeks that I think we should give Luke the jersey for a while and see if he can try and organise our woeful defence. The worrying display on Saturday solidified that for me.