Next incoming - a keeper? (Jack Ruddy signs)

[oldage]

Excited about the new season and think we have a decent squad but am I the only one worried about Wotton and Canavan in front of a rookie keeper? Every area looks competitive but the defence worries me a bit. Don’t think we’ve kept a clean sheet pre season even against Parkway. Alex Palmer would have been worth 12 points to us next season with his ability .. really surprised we haven’t done everything to get him back. Mccormick returning is a strange one.

Frankly I think Cooper would have walked if Palmer had come back to go ahead of him again. We have a very good young keeper and some on here should build him up instead of going on about a loanie.
It's getting boring and undermining one of our own.

Spot on. I have every faith in Cooper and he is the least of our worries in defence.

 

[Alan Turing]

Chris Errington reporting that it’s Jack Ruddy...

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/ ... le-4483792

 

[arrythewurzel]

Excited about the new season and think we have a decent squad but am I the only one worried about Wotton and Canavan in front of a rookie keeper? Every area looks competitive but the defence worries me a bit. Don’t think we’ve kept a clean sheet pre season even against Parkway. Alex Palmer would have been worth 12 points to us next season with his ability .. really surprised we haven’t done everything to get him back. Mccormick returning is a strange one.

Frankly I think Cooper would have walked if Palmer had come back to go ahead of him again. We have a very good young keeper and some on here should build him up instead of going on about a loanie.
It's getting boring and undermining one of our own.

Spot on. I have every faith in Cooper and he is the least of our worries in defence.

Got all the attributes but worried he lacks the physicality needed at set pieces and will get outmuscled. One against Middlesbrough case in point. I guess time will tell ...

 

[Forest of Dean Green]

Excited about the new season and think we have a decent squad but am I the only one worried about Wotton and Canavan in front of a rookie keeper? Every area looks competitive but the defence worries me a bit. Don’t think we’ve kept a clean sheet pre season even against Parkway. Alex Palmer would have been worth 12 points to us next season with his ability .. really surprised we haven’t done everything to get him back. Mccormick returning is a strange one.

Frankly I think Cooper would have walked if Palmer had come back to go ahead of him again. We have a very good young keeper and some on here should build him up instead of going on about a loanie.
It's getting boring and undermining one of our own.

Spot on. I have every faith in Cooper and he is the least of our worries in defence.

Cooper will be fine and in a funny way, starting the season with no crowds may give him a more relaxed introduction to competitive action. Could benefit him. Less pressure.

 

[John Cooper]

Anyone know what time deadline is for player to be named in tomorrows match??

 

[hometown5]

I want O'Hara. He is far more experienced than Ruddy.

 

[Mark Pedlar]

Anyone know what time deadline is for player to be named in tomorrows match??

5:30 or something like that to be registered. Named in the line up would be 2 hours or so before kick off. I believe.

 

[Mark Pedlar]

I want O'Hara. He is far more experienced than Ruddy.

Well "want" doesn't get.

 

[Kentishgreen]

I really don’t understand this negativity with Canavan and Wootton. I mean we did get promoted didn’t we and they played at the heart of the defence that got us promoted didn’t they? In any event it looks like Cooper will be playing behind Canavan or Wootton, not both. So if there was ever a problem it looks unlikely to materialise.

 

[tandark]

Difficult balancing act with this new keeper. Lowe has already stated Mike Cooper will be number 1, but if Luke is injured and/or taking on more of a mentorship role anyway you still need a capable backup who is both not terrible, not massively better than Cooper and affordable.

When I saw the Ruddy rumours I thought it was ex prem GK John Ruddy and believed Coopers days as No1 were already numbered,

As it is, these seems like sensible business.

 

[Keyham Pilgrim]

Tyler Coombes has been given a squad number so does that mean we wont be signing Ruddy now?

 

[simon1argyle]

I want O'Hara. He is far more experienced than Ruddy.

He is so experienced he got banned for biting no?
Lowe wouldn't touch him with a bargepole surely?

 

[Quintrell Green]

I want O'Hara. He is far more experienced than Ruddy.

He is so experienced he got banned for biting no?
Lowe wouldn't touch him with a bargepole surely?

I am sure his nickname is Scarlet after that!

 

[RochdaleGreen]

. Alex Palmer would have been worth 12 points to us next season with his ability .. really surprised we haven’t done everything to get him back. Mccormick returning is a strange one.

Totally agree arry. Not signing Palmer is my only real disappointment in this transfer window. Real shame if he goes to Lincoln.Don't understand rational for Luke's return; he is past his best.

Really excited by Watts/Nouble/Reeves/Macleod/Camara and the return of Hardie and Cooper.

 

[Pogleswoody]

I want O'Hara. He is far more experienced than Ruddy.

He is so experienced he got banned for biting no?
Lowe wouldn't touch him with a bargepole surely?

I am sure his nickname is Scarlet after that!

So, if we sign Ruddy (well one of them) and he keeps a clean sheet would that be a Ruddy duck?? :coat: