Robin Olsen (The World's Number Two)

[Villatillidie1982]

Olsen did nothing wrong tonight mainly because he had little to do but you could see throughout the second half that the defence doesn’t trust him.

[nigel]

Olsen did nothing wrong tonight mainly because he had little to do but you could see throughout the second half that the defence doesn’t trust him.

I saw no sign of that at all 🤷‍♂️

[AV84]

Olsen did nothing wrong tonight mainly because he had little to do but you could see throughout the second half that the defence doesn’t trust him.

Has Carlos or Torres ever played with Olsen before?

[Grande Pablo]

There were a couple of times a CB had the ball back to goal & played a more difficult pass out to LB or RB rather than back to Olsen.  Not a problem against Hibernian, but might be more of an issue against someone a tad stronger.

[Beard82]

Olsen did nothing wrong tonight mainly because he had little to do but you could see throughout the second half that the defence doesn’t trust him.

Has Carlos or Torres ever played with Olsen before?

No - there both professional footballers so wouldn’t have come across him

[VillaTim]

There were a couple of times a CB had the ball back to goal & played a more difficult pass out to LB or RB rather than back to Olsen.  Not a problem against Hibernian, but might be more of an issue against someone a tad stronger.

One ball over the top that went into the box Olsen should have come for but stayed on his line which caused some panic

[Flamingo Lane]

Can someone remind me, who was our back up goalie to Jimmy Rimmer in 1980/81, the season we won the league?

[dave shelley]

Can someone remind me, who was our back up goalie to Jimmy Rimmer in 1980/81, the season we won the league?

A certain Mr Nigel Spink.

[nigel]

Can someone remind me, who was our back up goalie to Jimmy Rimmer in 1980/81, the season we won the league?

Nigel Spink

[Flamingo Lane]

I was wondering if it may have been Spink, but given that it wasn't until the final in May 1982 that he actually made his debut, I was thinking that he may not have been even second choice the season before.

[Exeter 77]

Spink's debut was at Forest on Boxing Day 1979 at Forest. His second game was in the European Cup Final.

[Flamingo Lane]

Ah. Didn't know that. Looking back now though, and given we were only ever in a mid-table league position during that 81/82 season, perhaps he ought to have been given games in the first team. Probably never occurred to anyone then, things were different I suppose. Happy ending, anyway!

[ASHTONVILLA]

Thought Olsen did OK when he came on. We are stuck with him so hopefully he can find some better form this season.

[dave shelley]

Spink's debut was at Forest on Boxing Day 1979 at Forest. His second game was in the European Cup Final.

I was at it and we got done 5-0 I think it was and I thought he was shite!  Wrong again as usual.

[pauliewalnuts]

I was wondering if it may have been Spink, but given that it wasn't until the final in May 1982 that he actually made his debut, I was thinking that he may not have been even second choice the season before.

Jimmy Rimmer has two European Cup winner medals despite having played 9 minutes in total.