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Anthony Patterson

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Winger
The one player i feel abit sorry for. Roefs is clearly an upgrade and there’s no doubt we needed to improve in that area but just think it leaves Patterson in a tough spot. He’s been numher 1 for the last 3/4 seasons and now with the position he plays and fact we out the cup he might not kick a first team ball till the fa cup in January. He would be number for the majority of the championship and teams aboad. It’s different for Neil Roberts Rigg etc as they outfield players and are 1/2 injuries away from starting and have opportunities to also come off the bench. We obviously need a good number of 2 so it’s ideal for the club having a competent goalie pushing Roefs and always have that security blanket if a injury occurred but it must be abit shite for Patterson
 

There are a number i feel a bit sad that they arnt in the team but SAFC have been totally right so far. We could not aafford to gamble the early points on offer to us away with last seasons side......can you imagine if we had lost all 3 and the momentum it would be having on all aspects of the club?
The likes of Patto, Neil etc have to introduced gradually ideally when the points at stake are possibly inconsequential.
I do think Patto can step up but he has to bide his time, goalies generally improve with age.
 
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He has played almost 170 senior games here, had an uncontested shirt for 3 full seasons, and arguably hasn't improved whatsoever in that time.

He was superb in the final and I think that gives us a bit of recency bias and red and white tinted glasses in that respect, but I'd have been hoping we'd have looked to replace him this summer in the Championship, never mind the PL!

Statistically, he has been a middle of the road Championship goalkeeper for the last 3 seasons and is a fair assessment of where he's currently at.
 
From reading match threads etc he hasn't really put in the effort to challenge for the position, pushing himself to improve on weaknesses etc, so don't really feel sorry for in that regard, Roef for all his inexperience looks like a 10-year pro in comparison.
 
If he wanted more games, he could have maybe not gone on like a bit of a bellend in the shoot-out.

Lad has an excellent record at penalties generally, so can’t help feeling he psyched only himself out.
 
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