ALAN FOSTER

[Guest]

Did he used to play for you, we've got him but not seen him play yet. How did you rate him?

[GarySTFC]

Excellent start to his time at the club, but soon lost confidence and as a result lost the confidence of the defence in front of him and became very shaky and couldn't command his defence.

 

A very good keeper if his mind is right, otherwise can be a bit prone to error.

[BFR]

'Played' is not the word a lot of people would use to describe his performances on the field in a Slough shirt. On his day he is a competent keeper. The problem is his day was few and far between and cost a lot of goals. Also partial to having arguments with his defenders. And a bit of a tight git, being the only member in the squad who accepted my offer to buy them a drink at an end of season bash a couple of years ago

[GarySTFC]

I got drinks out of him at Liquid, so I must have been quids in! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[BFR]

Well we all know you are a little princess Gary.

 

Where is the dead body?

[Ian]

I think both of your assessments are harsh. He was as good a shot stopper as Parky but neither were as good as Allaway. Poor in the air is true but as for falling out with defenders, most of that was with Michael Murphy who could start an argument in an empty room!

[GarySTFC]

I thought I was being quite fair in my opinions of him. Perhaps Smurf intimidated him, but he certainly lost the respect/confidence of his back line towards the end of that season.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

He had some very good games, i just remembere that a 'simple' save was never a foregone conclusion....

[Reading Rebel]

Like the majority of the keepers we have he was a good shot stopper.

 

Also, like most of the keepers we have catching the ball from crosses, when challenged, seems to be their downfall.

[Martin]

I thought he was a decent enough keeper. We have had a dodgy defence for as long as I can remember and they often leave the keepers woefully over exposed. Never one of the "popular" players and therefore always subject to harsher criticism. He did tend to struggle on crosses and that may well have been a confidence problem.