Alex McCarthy

[Bandini]

Whitehead was shit.

You couldn't of been following Reading back then, he was the best keeper we had had in ages. His performance at swindon one tuesday night was match winning. Made 1/2 mistakes like oxford but generally by most smart reading fans is considered one of the best players we had while at his peak.

No way. He lacked the essential attribute that goalkeepers need - he didn't inspire confidence. He was adequate in a tier 3 team, nowhere near good enough for a good team in tier 2.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Ipswich fans are not happy.....

http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid= ... _loan#comm
http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=19910&p=2#comm

Think they will be pleasantly surprised!

There just sh*t anyway.

This is the same club that wanted Roy Keane out and thought Paul Jewell would be the answer to there problems. Living in the shadow of Norwich is saying something

Why have we loaned him out to this waste of space team anyway? They have the worst defence in the league so how is it going to help him?

[FiNeRaIn]

Whitehead was shit.

You couldn't of been following Reading back then, he was the best keeper we had had in ages. His performance at swindon one tuesday night was match winning. Made 1/2 mistakes like oxford but generally by most smart reading fans is considered one of the best players we had while at his peak.

No way. He lacked the essential attribute that goalkeepers need - he didn't inspire confidence. He was adequate in a tier 3 team, nowhere near good enough for a good team in tier 2.

He was average in the championship and didn't last long because we upgraded but he was by no means " shit", every season prior to that he was a consistently good performer.

[1871 Royal]

^agreed.

Loved Whitehead, thought he was pretty solid to be honest.

[Bandini]

He was average in the championship and didn't last long because we upgraded but he was by no means " shit", every season prior to that he was a consistently good performer.

He wasn't good enough for us. Every keeper we've had since then has been much better.

[FiNeRaIn]

Moving those goalposts you said he was "shit", like any club that progresses you need to progress the quality of your playing personnel, that was the case for us and whitehead didn't have age on his side. " Every keeper" being feds and hahnemann....yes.

[Bandini]

And Ashdown and McCarthy.

[Mr Angry]

Whitehead was fine, until he let a long range hopeful shot slip through his hands and into the goal at home to Peterborough which cost us the 3 points that meant we had to get a draw away at Brentford to secure promotion.

After that, his confidence just seemed to go, and he was never the same again.

[FiNeRaIn]

And Ashdown and McCarthy.

lmao. Neither of which have played more than 20 games for readon each.

[Bandini]

No moving. He was shit. Not sure why you wouldn't include McCarthy or Ashdown when considering the quality of post-Whitehead keepers.

[FiNeRaIn]

No moving. He was shit. Not sure why you wouldn't include McCarthy or Ashdown when considering the quality of post-Whitehead keepers.

Consdering both have practically never played for us...you are also missing out graham stack.

The fact you think he was "shit" says it all, I no longer wish to debate further. Have a good afternoon.

[mr_number]

Whitehead was fine, until he let a long range hopeful shot slip through his hands and into the goal at home to Peterborough which cost us the 3 points that meant we had to get a draw away at Brentford to secure promotion.

After that, his confidence just seemed to go, and he was never the same again.

There was also that time in the pretty entertaining match against Oxford where IIRC, he managed to keep the ball in play possibly from a back pass, but not himself, leaving it nice and clear for some Oxford striker to nip and poke home unchallenged from a yard

[peterroyal76]

He was average in the championship and didn't last long because we upgraded but he was by no means " shit", every season prior to that he was a consistently good performer.

He wasn't good enough for us. Every keeper we've had since then has been much better.

He certainly was good enough for us at the time and in no way was he 'shit'!

[Woodcote Royal]

Delighted that McCarthy has been signed up long term but if Federici is still here next season, I expect both to be challenging for the No1 spot on EQUAL terms. This has not been the case so far.

[Elm Park Old Boy]

Whitehead was fine, until he let a long range hopeful shot slip through his hands and into the goal at home to Peterborough which cost us the 3 points that meant we had to get a draw away at Brentford to secure promotion.

After that, his confidence just seemed to go, and he was never the same again.

Er not exactly IIRC. His mistake gave Peterborough the lead in a game that until then was 0-0. We later came back into it to draw 2-2. Not sure how that cost us 3 points.

And even if we had won that game we would still have needed at least to draw at Brentford for promotion. If we'd lost they would have overtaken us.

Otherwise, carry on.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Should have been a party after Peterborough. Was already the case that a new keeper was on the way in, though I wish others that heard the conversation could now confirm as my memory does not recall exact facts.

[Wimb]

Few comments from McCarthy on the move, nothing amazing mind.

http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid= ... ant_impact

[chilipepper91]

Concedes his first Ipswich goal within 10 minutes

[tomrfcurz]

Assist for him now. Don't need a new striker / attacking midfielder / whatever now

[M-U-R-T-Y]

Assist for him now. Don't need a new striker / attacking midfielder / whatever now

One might say he made a couple of assists today