Matt Macey: The Heir Apparent?

[mug]

Looked good against Norwich yesterday. Cool head, sticky fingers and a willingness to attack a ball away from the line if he sees a threat.

Could he be the heir to Cech?

 

[TromsoGooner]

Early days but he did okey. Very good save from Oliveiras shot. But lucky not to concede when he came off his line but the Norwich player missed his attempted lob.Certainly has the the physique needed. Btw, Martinez doesn't`t seem to get any playing at all at Getafe so far

 

[<<reed>>]

Macey is 23, Matrinez is 25, and they both have almost zero experience of playing high level football. Is this common practice with goalkeepers?

 

[krengon]

Wasn't too impressed tbh, but first game..

 

[Penn_]

Didn't think he impressed at all, looks to come out too quickly.

 

[mug]

I thought he had safe hands and I may have "Everton wonderkid" Pickford in mind when comparing youngsters hands.

He did come out once for a missed punch. I think a missed punch is (hopefully) an anomaly, but the calm attitude was there all 90 mins (+ overtime) and he seemed to hang on to shots, rather than push them out as Pickford did.

 

[Macho]

Macey is 23, Matrinez is 25, and they both have almost zero experience of playing high level football. Is this common practice with goalkeepers?

At high level footy it is common place unfortunately, just the way it is.

You can only field one keeper at the end of the day it’s not like being a midfielder where they can fill in as a wing back for eg

 

[nick gould]

I thought he was good. He has good ball control with both feet and that can only be a positive after the Pete cech debacle on Sunday to have a keeper who can quickly control and pass the ball.

 

[MutableEarth]

He's very tall. Seems to have good instincts but he needs work. Comes off his line a lot.

 

[Mo Britain]

Chesney was top keeper in the making. Somehow between him and the team they managed to screw it up.

He was 20 when he played a blinder at Manu. That kind of puts Martinez and Macey's ages into perspective.

 

[CJJ]

I didn't see the game, but based on the extended highlights it seemed like he had a solid game. Impressive save and good catch on the long short. (many GK's would parry)
How did he perform?

 

[Sniper Mik]

Way too early to say. Had a good 1st half last night. Barely tested in the 2nd. We also have to remember the confidence of a keeper ebb and flow. Right now he's playing with really little pressure or expectations on him. That will be tested as he gets more and more opportunities.

 

[Penn_]

Are goalkeepers still considered late developers? Most of the best keepers I can think of are around his age.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Are goalkeepers still considered late developers? Most of the best keepers I can think of are around his age.

Did you change the Avi because I said you were slacking?

 

[Mo Britain]

Macey looked quite decent. He should keep his place as our cup keeper.

 

[Nemo_on_acid]

Maybe he's a late bloomer.

Szczesny was already being considered as a future great in his teens and would have still been here if it weren't for his piss poor attitude and arrogance. Maybe he will be back when Cech retires?

 

[skip spence]

He's very tall isn't he? Can never really trust a keeper who's not tall. And that's not Ospinas only fault. World class injury faker though, the Colombian.

 

[TromsoGooner]

Read somewhere from a Luton fan than despite his height they were not impressed with him on crosses.

 

[BBF]

Just... no.

 

[Gooner Zig]

The **** did we sell Szczesny for?