Nobody seems to have mentioned it but I thought Dixon had a very good game today. He looked assured and made three or four decent saves. We still need a keeper but I think that Dixon is better than any of the three trialist keepers that I’ve seen.

Yeah he did well to be fair

Ssshhhhh, you will be denounced as a devil of Beelzebub for making such observations by the High Priests of the Poolie Inqusition…even though your talking common sense……

He did really well last season under K.P. for 5/6/7 games but then fell apart. So he has the ability but is extremely fragile on confidence after a mishap or two. I would love to see him or any player struggling with confidence to overcome that and get back to enjoying his game. My biggest concern about him is he is not a kid but a very experienced keeper and yet so so vulnerable it doesn't bode well for his future. Hopefully D.S. can give it to him Cloughie style instead of the hugs K.P. said he did with him to give him a boost. Come to think about it maybe that size 9 has already been launched which is now starting to show dividends. Either way I would like the lad to find his form if not here elsewhere.

Couple of good saves in each half. His kicking is still ropey and Shields only had a couple of corners, so he wan't tested in the air. I doubt Sarll has any complaints on that showing - and we need another keeper whatever happens.

We need a new keeper, if we start with Dixon we know we arent taking a shot at promotion seriously--hopefully it gets sorted soon

Maybe putting Dixon on the transfer list was trying to give him a nudge. Theres defo a good keeper in him, when he came back under KP he was excellent, then had a confidence crisis. Maybe the club are trying to do the right thing and trying to get him into gear. Same as Onariase, he's definitely got ability, quick and strong , good in the tackle. However prone to some right clangers. It's possibly a man management thing to get them focused, maybe not...they're both good players on their day.

I agree so let’s hope so.

He ain't a promotion keeper.
End ov.

On past experience, he’s not a bad keeper as some like to paint him.
His drawback is, he’s an in inconsistent keeper.
An handy standby possibly.

Unless Sarll and the gk coach can improve his consistency? We got promotion with an inconsistent keeper last time.
Problem with finding someone better is that we'll probably have to take a punt and bring in a number 3 keeper from a bigger club and hope they can do a job.

He was ever present in 2019/20 for Barrow when they won the league, so he obviously can be, but he’s never shown anywhere near that level for Pools.

actually thought he was a weakpoint in that team but their manager must have rated him by taking him to bolton after he got the job there. it cannot have been easy for any pools keeper over the last few years with the defensive capabilities of the team in front of them. all those who have left us who played regularly have done better than they did with us.

Not sure wether his tendency to drop a clanger was a confidence thing or a lapse of concentration. He did show good form for a handful of games when he returned to the team but then lost it dramatically.
Thought when he was on form his strengths were at crosses and one on one's.

whoever does start in the nets next season it would be nice to see far more clean sheets from the side with our ability to score at the other end of the pitch. nothing worse than having to score 2 just for a point and more to make you relaxed in a game.

Ben killip was brilliant against Stockport, im sure he is more than capable of having the odd blinder again, im not sure we would rush to have him back.

I'd say that of our previous 3 permanent keepers Dixon was best followed by Killip then Jameson. Obviously we could do with better but if we're starting with Dixon Sarll and his team need to get the best out of him and gain some consistency from him.

there is life after killip, jameson and loach for pools keepers and lets leave the past where it is regarding them all.

He's a lot older now like fergy/Fevs further down the pyramid.
Pissonified explanation.

If Killip played every game like he did against Stockport, he’d still be here…although no he wouldn’t, he’d have been flogged sharpish.

Just shows though, The potential is there, Just can,t be arsed.

I always smile when a goalkeeper is classed as a ‘good shot stopper’ He wouldn’t be a keeper if he wasn’t.

They say it helps.

they discribe ones like that because they are crap at the rest of their game.

Killip immediately springs to mind. Having said that at NL level were hardly going to attract a top all round goalkeeper are we?

Bit late now for me for us to be bringing in any half decent keeper - we need to get a solid Prem Loan signing in.

Someone like Stol whos now making international level and bench for the first team.

We must be able to find a keeper who played in the conference last season who was one of the best and attract him here? Surely or has the budget gone already?

Or maybe a deals being done, or maybe Sarll has decided to go with Dixon as his #1, or maybe there's still plenty of time to bring a keeper in?

If we are keeping Dixon based on making some saves against south shields we really are up the shitter. You would think a deal will be getting done forbsomeone, we cant go into a season with just Dixon.

Dixon is small too for a GK - we need someone with some height and who commands his box well as we know this level does see a lot of balls pumped forwards long into the box - or alot of corners.

To be fair you’ve condemned a number of players and managers without seeing the perform…he had a good game, no one said he was the main man though.
Praise where it’s due.

Most sites say that Dixon is 6’4”.

Although looking at last season’s team photo, he was stood between Onarise (6’2”) and Jameson (6’3”) and he was shorter than both.

He had a good game against South shields but had a dreadful season, id take a season over 1 half decent game where he made saves he really should of anyway.

Need a new keeper by weeks end or raj and co just taking the piss

Our lass always says I am shorter than I say I am But that's nothing to do with height.

He made some dreadful mistakes last season but he also kept us in games with some fantastic performances, mom in a couple of games after coming back into the side.
Not saying we should start with him or that he's a great keeper but he's not the worst we've seen by a long way.

stats wise and career wise - hes one of the best keepers in this league on paper. Only Pools would get the ferrari with a larder engine

Which is what I said.

She could be talking about your …er…’staying power’.

yes, and then there are others who for some reason look taller or smaller on the pitch than they do in real life. always thought about the height of certain players must have been about the length of studs they were wearing.

Thats right, I remember bumping into Bob Newton in the ground/offices one day. Looked much bigger on the pitch.