Clean sheet and two penalty saves. Also a great 1 on 1 save towards the end. Can’t fault him at the moment.
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I think McCarthy’s get out of jail free card is the fact that Smithies actually decided himself that he was too ill to carry on. It’s not as though he was dropped for one or two errors, taking umbrage after saving us many times. I’m sure Smithies, being the good pro that I assume he is, realises his illness prompted the change, not a perceived loss of form and understands Phillips grabbing his chance.
Clean sheet and two penalty saves. Also a great 1 on 1 save towards the end. Can’t fault him at the moment.
I just read Phillips has faced 13 pens in his senior career, and saved 11 of them. That’s some stat