Is Steve Banks blameless?

Chesterbfc

Chesterbfc

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Watching him and Moore playing a little kicking game across the penalty area I,m beginning to think he,s put the "boot in" for Grimshaw
He never commanded his area when he played for us. He also had many of the Maxwell mannerisms. Shouting at defenders after the event. Needlessly kicking the ball to the opposition etc etc.
Finally "jumping ship" at the first opportunity . Wasn't it either Southend or one of those other southern clubs with Clark . Not the 1st man I choose to inspire the club and players. Maybe he should look for "pastures"new ?
 
Banks undoubtedly has a big influence in the keeper situation. I sit just behind the home dugout and if Maxwell is picked on Friday, I for one will be giving McCarthy serious grief. It’s criminal what is going on.
 
Banks was a great keeper for us. His failing was never coming off his line.
Maxwell has 6yard box glue on his boots.
Grimshaw got injured last season by racing out to intercept Archer.

From where we were sat today, Maxwell looked at fault for the first 2:
Goal 1: Shitinacar Potts was on the apex of the 18 yard box (Maxwell not good at geometry)
Goal 2: We were saying, "Another defender to the lefthand side of the wall was needed. (Maxwell not good at angles)
 
Chesterbfc said:
Watching him and Moore playing a little kicking game across the penalty area I,m beginning to think he,s put the "boot in" for Grimshaw
He never commanded his area when he played for us. He also had many of the Maxwell mannerisms. Shouting at defenders after the event. Needlessly kicking the ball to the opposition etc etc.
Finally "jumping ship" at the first opportunity . Wasn't it either Southend or one of those other southern clubs with Clark . Not the 1st man I choose to inspire the club and players. Maybe he should look for "pastures"new ?
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Is This a joke 😯
 
TangerineTed said:
Banks is undoubtedly liable to Maxwell’s persistent unjustifiable selection.

He’s been shit ever since he got injured against Blackburn last season.
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If you believe that Banks can influence McCarthy on who plays in goal then sorry, but you are deluded.
McCarthy may be a dinosaur when it comes to team selection and tactics but he is clearly his own man and makes his own decisions.
 
Eternaloptimist said:
If you believe that Banks can influence McCarthy on who plays in goal then sorry, but you are deluded.
McCarthy may be a dinosaur when it comes to team selection and tactics but he is clearly his own man and makes his own decisions.
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Completely disagree. The manager will add a lot of weight to what the goalkeeping coach suggests.
 
McCarthy won’t pick the keeper, he’s too busy trying to sort out the main team 😬

Banks must have some say in who plays.
Personally I think banks was one of our best keepers ever
 
Macs tangerine army said:
Is This a joke 😯
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Yes it’s got to be, we’re clutching at straws blaming the goalkeeping coach ffs, TC was meant to get our strikers firing on all cylinders as well, would we have won today without those 2 ,no way, we’d have won with a decent team selection from MM , pne were shite, we were more shite simple as that, although the Potts goal was a great strike, we just made them look decent
 
Big difference on the pitch yesterday was the keepers. Theirs pulled off some great saves and kept them in it, ours, shall we say ‘could do better’. Got to admit Woodman is a good goalie, much better than Maxwell. But is he better than Grimshaw?
 
The Catcher in the Rye said:
Big difference on the pitch yesterday was the keepers. Theirs pulled off some great saves and kept them in it, ours, shall we say ‘could do better’. Got to admit Woodman is a good goalie, much better than Maxwell. But is he better than Grimshaw?
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Well he’s the 4th highest rated Championship goalkeeper, whereas our keepers are nowhere to be seen.

Should have used some of the Bowler cash to buy Bailey Peacock-Farrell in January. But our Board know best…
 
Chesterbfc said:
Watching him and Moore playing a little kicking game across the penalty area I,m beginning to think he,s put the "boot in" for Grimshaw
He never commanded his area when he played for us. He also had many of the Maxwell mannerisms. Shouting at defenders after the event. Needlessly kicking the ball to the opposition etc etc.
Finally "jumping ship" at the first opportunity . Wasn't it either Southend or one of those other southern clubs with Clark . Not the 1st man I choose to inspire the club and players. Maybe he should look for "pastures"new ?
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Been saying this for months. The keepers are a mirror image of him in being rooted to their line and letting defenders deal with everything coming into the box.
 
Chesterbfc said:
Watching him and Moore playing a little kicking game across the penalty area I,m beginning to think he,s put the "boot in" for Grimshaw
He never commanded his area when he played for us. He also had many of the Maxwell mannerisms. Shouting at defenders after the event. Needlessly kicking the ball to the opposition etc etc.
Finally "jumping ship" at the first opportunity . Wasn't it either Southend or one of those other southern clubs with Clark . Not the 1st man I choose to inspire the club and players. Maybe he should look for "pastures"new ?
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Chesterbfc said:
In front of and I go back a long time Farm, Waiters,West, Burridge, Hart(loan) I personally think he was an OK goalie who pissed off at the first opportunity unlike the above .
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If you want to slag Steve Banks off that's your prerogative, to which I have no issue.

But don't make things up, he played for us for 4 years, making 153 appearances
He moved to Bolton Wanderers who played in a higher division
So he didn't go to Southend and certainly didn't piss off at the first opportunity.
 
The Merry Stripes said:
If you want to slag Steve Banks off that's your prerogative, to which I have no issue.

But don't make things up, he played for us for 4 years, making 153 appearances
He moved to Bolton Wanderers who played in a higher division
So he didn't go to Southend and certainly didn't piss off at the first opportunity.
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My.apology I remember him and Clark leaving and my memories if him weren't good then and aren't now
 
The Merry Stripes said:
If you want to slag Steve Banks off that's your prerogative, to which I have no issue.

But don't make things up, he played for us for 4 years, making 153 appearances
He moved to Bolton Wanderers who played in a higher division
So he didn't go to Southend and certainly didn't piss off at the first opportunity.
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Just checked super Banks record at Bolton He must have been injury prone because they reckoned him that highly they played him about 20 odd times in 3 years. And then he had a stellar career in Scotland. Might be getting older but I still remember good players and he wasn't one.
 
Chesterbfc said:
Just checked super Banks record at Bolton He must have been injury prone because they reckoned him that highly they played him about 20 odd times in 3 years. And then he had a stellar career in Scotland. Might be getting older but I still remember good players and he wasn't one.
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They had a certain Jussi Jaaskaleinen at the same time who was an absolute belter of a keeper. Banks was an outstanding goalkeeper and was Gillinghams player of the year when we signed him and went on to be our player of the year too (wonder how many goalkeepers have been out POTY since the 80’s? Not many I’d guess).

I’m baffled that anyone who doesn’t work with the squad can have an opinion either way as to what affect the goalkeeping coach is having however. I’ve no earthly clue!
 
hills98 said:
They had a certain Jussi Jaaskaleinen at the same time who was an absolute belter of a keeper. Banks was an outstanding goalkeeper and was Gillinghams player of the year when we signed him and went on to be our player of the year too (wonder how many goalkeepers have been out POTY since the 80’s? Not many I’d guess).

I’m baffled that anyone who doesn’t work with the squad can have an opinion either way as to what affect the goalkeeping coach is having however. I’ve no earthly clue!
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The effect of the GK coach is seen directly in the performance of the keeper. That’s his work.
 
tangerine_neil said:
Well he’s the 4th highest rated Championship goalkeeper, whereas our keepers are nowhere to be seen.

Should have used some of the Bowler cash to buy Bailey Peacock-Farrell in January. But our Board know best…
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What is this Bowler cash you speak of?
 
hills98 said:
They had a certain Jussi Jaaskaleinen at the same time who was an absolute belter of a keeper. Banks was an outstanding goalkeeper and was Gillinghams player of the year when we signed him and went on to be our player of the year too (wonder how many goalkeepers have been out POTY since the 80’s? Not many I’d guess).

I’m baffled that anyone who doesn’t work with the squad can have an opinion either way as to what affect the goalkeeping coach is having however. I’ve no earthly clue!
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Lee Jones was player of the year back in the day.
 
disillusionist said:
The effect of the GK coach is seen directly in the performance of the keeper. That’s his work.
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He must be good then, Maxwell won the EFL golden glove with 21 clean sheets and 37 goals conceded in 46 games and was player of the year 20/21 under Banks coaching. Maybe there are other factors at play?

At the moment the whole team is a big mess, and players whose name we used to sing are written off on here as useless. I just don’t think football is as simple as some people want to believe. We’ve really only seen grimshaw in a solid side last year. How a young man like him would be reacting to our current situation is far from certain.
 
hills98 said:
He must be good then, Maxwell won the EFL golden glove with 21 clean sheets and 37 goals conceded in 46 games and was player of the year 20/21 under Banks coaching. Maybe there are other factors at play?

At the moment the whole team is a big mess, and players whose name we used to sing are written off on here as useless. I just don’t think football is as simple as some people want to believe. We’ve really only seen grimshaw in a solid side last year. How a young man like him would be reacting to our current situation is far from certain.
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Fair point. But Maxwell of 20/21 looked a far better keeper than the 22/23 version. The GK coach has to take some responsibility for that decline
 
Chesterbfc said:
Watching him and Moore playing a little kicking game across the penalty area I,m beginning to think he,s put the "boot in" for Grimshaw
He never commanded his area when he played for us. He also had many of the Maxwell mannerisms. Shouting at defenders after the event. Needlessly kicking the ball to the opposition etc etc.
Finally "jumping ship" at the first opportunity . Wasn't it either Southend or one of those other southern clubs with Clark . Not the 1st man I choose to inspire the club and players. Maybe he should look for "pastures"new ?
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I called this out weeks ago stating that If I were the owners I would have been shoeing Banksy as well. There has been no improvement in the keepers whilst he has been coaching.
 
Chesterbfc said:
Just checked super Banks record at Bolton He must have been injury prone because they reckoned him that highly they played him about 20 odd times in 3 years. And then he had a stellar career in Scotland. Might be getting older but I still remember good players and he wasn't one.
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Still didn't go to Southend and still didn't piss off at the first opportunity.
As i said previously, i have no problem if you want to slag him off, I don't
see why you've had to include me again. If you don't think he's a good
player, then that's fine.
 
Banks needs to follow MM . Obviously his training and preference to Maxwell was part of our downfall . He let 2 flappers in again yesterday .
Maxwell is our new Richard Kingston ….. and he cost us the Premiership
 
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NAPMer said:
Be very interesting on Monday to see who gets the nod!
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Steve Banks is part of the coaching team with Blinkhorn and Dobbie so why would anything change, The bottom line for whatever reason Grimshaw is not considered to be 1st choice. Has he had a fall out with Banks? When I was at the Reading away match I got in about 2pm to watch the warm up session and I couldn’t help noticing what a great relationship Maxwell and Banks had, they were constantly talking, laughing and there was loads of banter between them. Grimshaw on the other hand was on the periphery, not involved in the banter and did what he was asked to do and no more. His whole body language suggested he didn’t want to be there.
 
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