Ben Killip

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5530

Signed on for another season. Hopefully the Sterry announcement to follow!

Eiphos_3 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:11 pm

Still think we need a better keeper though. Not L2 standard unfortunately

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5530

He was in good form when he got injured but definitely needs better competition than Ravas was last season. Still a vacancy for a new g/k coach too.

Pitlad · **Joined:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:43 pm **Posts:** 222

Eiphos_3 wrote:

Still think we need a better keeper though. Not L2 standard unfortunately

Agree with the above I think Killip will be back up keeper for us.

Kallang Poolie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:35 pm

Flying Hogans wrote:

He was in good form when he got injured but definitely needs better competition than Ravas was last season. Still a vacancy for a new g/k coach too.

I’d like to see Jake Kean in that role. He’s current GK coach at Notts County, but is still young enough to be backup keeper for us as well as the GK coach. And that’d save us a few quid. In all seriousness, at his age it’s a criminal waste of talent that he isn’t playing.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19738

Kallang Poolie wrote:

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I’d like to see Jake Kean in that role. He’s current GK coach at Notts County, but is still young enough to be backup keeper for us as well as the GK coach. And that’d save us a few quid. In all seriousness, at his age it’s a criminal waste of talent that he isn’t playing.

seems to be semi retired now. hardly played for a few years now. however its a good idea joining both roles as a coach and back up keeper as long as they still fancy playing a few games in emergency. it is one position though that you can bring in an emergency loan at any time in the season due to injuries.

Brasil Brush · **Joined:** Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:10 am **Posts:** 1539

No point going after goalkeeping coaches. From 2017-2019 we had a champions league winning goalkeeper on the books, still conceded over and over again.

Kallang Poolie · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:56 am

Brasil Brush wrote:

No point going after goalkeeping coaches. From 2017-2019 we had a champions league winning goalkeeper on the books, still conceded over and over again.

I would rather our GK coach is a good GK coach rather than was a good GK player. Many coaches are relatively better at coaching than they were at playing, and similarly many great players don't make very good coaches.

Dimi might be interested...

loan_star · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:40 pm

Kallang Poolie wrote:

Brasil Brush wrote:

No point going after goalkeeping coaches. From 2017-2019 we had a champions league winning goalkeeper on the books, still conceded over and over again.

I would rather our GK coach is a good GK coach rather than was a good GK player. Many coaches are relatively better at coaching than they were at playing, and similarly many great players don't make very good coaches.

Dimi might be interested...

I have heard that one of your ex GK coaches has been approached. Whether him and Singh would get on after their last encounter would put a big question mark over it.

kebab & chips · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:57 pm

Andy Collett?
Would love him back here,improved our keepers no end.

Brasil Brush · **Joined:** Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:10 am **Posts:** 1539

Dimi is playing first team football for Thornaby, said online a few days ago he's hoping for a full season.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19738

Brasil Brush wrote:

Dimi is playing first team football for Thornaby, said online a few days ago he's hoping for a full season.

but it would not stop him being a goalkeeping coach for another club. plenty of these GK coaches have more than one job.

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