Post by iot on Feb 17, 2023 15:36:36 GMT
Feb 17, 2023 14:30:32 GMT iot said:
Hmmm, he always had a strong whiff of a Luke Pilling type keeper for me. I remember back in the u20 tournament in Toulon whenever that was, we had Pilling in goal and people were raving about him on here after he made quite a few full-stretch / acrobatic saves. But I remember thinking at the time, most of those shots weren't close to the corners / crossbar, and he was only at full-stretch and had to make such difficult saves because of how short he was. Whereas a normal sized keeper would save it and make it look like a routine one, his saves looked like worldies. Don't get me wrong, of course there are smaller than average keepers who are brilliant players, but it can sometimes be misleading. It was similar with Ratcliff when he played for our u21s, so it doesn't really surprise me that he's been released by Cardiff and had to drop down while Pilling is currently at Telford. I always felt that Ratcliff and Pilling were way over-hyped. I would be surprised if either make it back into professional football, let alone prospects for the national side. I said earlier in this thread that he was a Phillips injury away from starting but Ratcliffe's own injury showed the fine margins between making it or not. Had he not had that injury it's likely he'd have played a game or two at the end of last season to prove himself. As it is he was out of action and Cardiff brought in 2 keepers so I think he'd have been released even if he had proven his fitness