There's a Moose loose about these U's Take Twos. Cambridge United Away. 20/02/2024

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Hopefully it's just Twitter bs then, because if he's fractured his finger he could be out for a few months.

Yon account was on the money with some contract extensions - but then said Morley had been extended, about three months before it was announced. Also didn't seem to be in the know about signings in the last window. So it could go either way...

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Is this one of those situations where we could sign a covering goalkeeper should Baxters injury turn out to be true?

Coleman obviously gets the nod in-between the sticks but he's had his injuries this season and would seem prudent to ensure cover. Maybe Hutchinson to come back into contention?

Not sure we'd be allowed to sign an already-attached goalkeeper if we had two others (Coleman and Hutchinson) under professional contract. If Coleman were to be injured too, we might be able to plead special measures.

Course we could sign an unattached goalkeeper on a freebie at any time. They do exist. Whether they'd be any good at all, let alone for an Evattball team, is a huge question.

[DJBlu]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

LOL

Maybe Evatt will play "flying netters"

[TANGODANCER]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

LOL

Maybe Evatt will play "flying netters"

Are they butterfly hunters?

[sonicthewhite]

Is this one of those situations where we could sign a covering goalkeeper should Baxters injury turn out to be true?

Coleman obviously gets the nod in-between the sticks but he's had his injuries this season and would seem prudent to ensure cover. Maybe Hutchinson to come back into contention?

Not sure we'd be allowed to sign an already-attached goalkeeper if we had two others (Coleman and Hutchinson) under professional contract. If Coleman were to be injured too, we might be able to plead special measures.

Course we could sign an unattached goalkeeper on a freebie at any time. They do exist. Whether they'd be any good at all, let alone for an Evattball team, is a huge question.

What's De Gea up to at the minute?

[Worthy4England]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

LOL

Maybe Evatt will play "flying netters"

Are they butterfly hunters?

See - that one occurred to me, too, from a perspective that I thought (but not 100% sure) we'd come to the conclusion that Thomo was the "fly keeper" but he wasn't on the bench either!

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

LOL

Maybe Evatt will play "flying netters"

Are they butterfly hunters?

See - that one occurred to me, too, from a perspective that I thought (but not 100% sure) we'd come to the conclusion that Thomo was the "fly keeper" but he wasn't on the bench either!

He was tending to his card collection...

Flying netters, rush goalies, apparenyl some people call it "nearest and dearest" - all sorts of names...

[Mar]

Is this one of those situations where we could sign a covering goalkeeper should Baxters injury turn out to be true?

Coleman obviously gets the nod in-between the sticks but he's had his injuries this season and would seem prudent to ensure cover. Maybe Hutchinson to come back into contention?

Not sure we'd be allowed to sign an already-attached goalkeeper if we had two others (Coleman and Hutchinson) under professional contract. If Coleman were to be injured too, we might be able to plead special measures.

Course we could sign an unattached goalkeeper on a freebie at any time. They do exist. Whether they'd be any good at all, let alone for an Evattball team, is a huge question.

I did wonder whether that would be an issue. Hutchinson had been out on loan at Marine, transfermarkt has it down as him returning to us mid Jan so he should be available but we've been using Flint in net for the B-team.

Perhaps thats to keep Hutchinson fit and available?

[Worthy4England]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

LOL

Maybe Evatt will play "flying netters"

Are they butterfly hunters?

See - that one occurred to me, too, from a perspective that I thought (but not 100% sure) we'd come to the conclusion that Thomo was the "fly keeper" but he wasn't on the bench either!

He was tending to his card collection...

Flying netters, rush goalies, apparenyl some people call it "nearest and dearest" - all sorts of names...

I figured the "term" for them was just somewhere I didn't want to tread as flying netters wasn't one I was familiar with.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

The only free agent goalkeeper I can see who might be even halfway decent (and realistic) is Ben Garratt - he played for Burton in that 0-0 at ours when Sexy Kieran's goal was maddeningly ruled out. He's 30 in April. Came through at Crewe and made c250 appearances for them, then two years at Burton and was released last summer.

Interestingly, he seems to be with the same (rather large) agency as three of our strikers: Dion Charles, Aaron Collins and, erm, Ben Andreucci.

[dave the minion]

What if Coleman wasn't on the bench at the weekend due to injury?

Goes to leg it out the room*

LOL

Maybe Evatt will play "flying netters"

Are they butterfly hunters?

See - that one occurred to me, too, from a perspective that I thought (but not 100% sure) we'd come to the conclusion that Thomo was the "fly keeper" but he wasn't on the bench either!

He was tending to his card collection...

Flying netters, rush goalies, apparenyl some people call it "nearest and dearest" - all sorts of names...

Wasn't it that "fly netter" was 1 designated player who was in goal but could also come out, but Rush goalies was when the nearest person to the nets could be the keeper and use hi hands?

[boltonboris]

There's that Spanish lad knocking around who may still live locally?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

There's that Spanish lad knocking around who may still live locally?

Look, I love Lancashire but if a Spanish multimillionaire chooses to stick around when he doesn't need to, I admire his dedication to precipitation

(Also, he can't play with his feet so sod 'im)

[Worthy4England]

Wasn't it that "fly netter" was 1 designated player who was in goal but could also come out, but Rush goalies was when the nearest person to the nets could be the keeper and use hi hands?

Yeah that was the thin end of the thick wedge I was avoiding.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Wasn't it that "fly netter" was 1 designated player who was in goal but could also come out, but Rush goalies was when the nearest person to the nets could be the keeper and use hi hands?

It seems to have varied regionally.

Course, keepers are always allowed to come out. Unless it's a scratch game and the oppo have one fewer. That's well illegal.

[Worthy4England]

Wasn't it that "fly netter" was 1 designated player who was in goal but could also come out, but Rush goalies was when the nearest person to the nets could be the keeper and use hi hands?

It seems to have varied regionally.

Course, keepers are always allowed to come out. Unless it's a scratch game and the oppo have one fewer. That's well illegal.

Having to think a long time back, but (irrespective of what it was called), I think we only used it when there were imbalanced teams. We used to limit whether a keeper could leave their area when it was 4 v 5 or suchlike (which was often the case) - the team with fewer players were allowed a goalkeeper who could go anywhere, whereas the team with the most players, we used to make "stick" in their area...

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Wasn't it that "fly netter" was 1 designated player who was in goal but could also come out, but Rush goalies was when the nearest person to the nets could be the keeper and use hi hands?

It seems to have varied regionally.

Course, keepers are always allowed to come out. Unless it's a scratch game and the oppo have one fewer. That's well illegal.

Having to think a long time back, but (irrespective of what it was called), I think we only used it when there were imbalanced teams. We used to limit whether a keeper could leave their area when it was 4 v 5 or suchlike (which was often the case) - the team with fewer players were allowed a goalkeeper who could go anywhere, whereas the team with the most players, we used to make "stick" in their area...

Aye. "You've gotta have stick netters, we're a man down."

To some, this might sound like a blast from the past. But in last night's dads-and-lads game I was a flying netter (when the team numbers were equal) and then a stick netter (when an injury meant we had a man more). Although nobody called it that specifically.

[DJBlu]

Some shitty weather darn south at the moment moving west to east. Looks like the wind will drop off but lots of rain.

[The_Gun]

Iles reports that Baxter is at the ground. Doesn’t mean he’s playing mind, but there’s at least some hope to be had.