Scott Loach: 'Ricardo Moniz said I was too soft'

Notts County goalkeeper Scott Loach has expressed his delight at having an extended run in the first team after former manager Ricardo Moniz described him as “too soft”.

The ex-England Under-21 international was brought in by the Dutchman last summer, but made just two appearances for in between the Magpie sticks before Moniz was sacked in December.

Loach has now played three consecutive games, displacing the veteran Roy Carroll, and has been lauded as one of the few bright lights in an otherwise beleaguered team.

He said: “I went to see (Moniz) and he said I was too soft.

"I'm not criticising him as a person, because I've been with managers before that did not play me and everyone's entitled to their own opinion.

"At Ipswich, Mick McCarthy said: “Look, you're just not for me, go and find yourself another club”. And Ricardo came in and said I was too soft.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm no cage fighter. It's just one of them, it's his opinion. I don't know how he meant it, and it's laughable now, but it's in the past.

"I guess that made me more strong and determined to prove him wrong.

"As a man, I'm not knocking him whatsoever. He brought me to this club and he gave me the chance to be captain against Mansfield.

"I'd never been a captain before, so that was one of the best moments in my career."

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