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When everyone was desperate for an alternative to Zibi and Brown earlier in the season and the young fella came in, I said at the time it was a risky strategy. The one position that needs more maturity and carries the biggest responsibility and burden is between the sticks and I worried that it was too much, too soon for McNeil. That said, with Coco the Clown and Simple Simon the only other options, Collins really had little other alternative.

I do not wish to be too harsh on the young lad, he is still learning the most technical of positions at the highest level he has played at so far - and every step up for a goalkeeper brings many adjustments to their game. (Having a promising keeper in the family, we are going through these progressions first hand ourselves)

He will come back from these blows but he cannot be held as culpable as more experienced pros such as Haudit and Doddit...

FWIW I believe we will start the new season with a new more experienced player in goals and Andy can go back to learning his trade at the right pace, without the extreme pressures he faces just now. He and we will be better off for that in the long run.

As for Marshall, who knows? I have to say the goalie in our house doesn't rate his warm ups too well...criticises his ability to even deliver a decent ball to the keepers as they try to go through their drills. Most of his deliveries end up in the FF stand...