James Belshaw made a few vital saves for Notts on his debut against Crawley but how did he perform between the sticks generally. Did he command his area, was his distribution fine, & can he catch a ball from crosses?:

To those who went to the match what were your impressions of him & does he feel you with confidence going forward .

@Piethagoram

Belshaw made 2 good saves... and reads the game well, to adjust his positioning. Solid based on Saturday's performance

He should have donebetter for their goal from the free kick, do Kilmarnock want a No2 to Roos 🤣🤣

i am happy and i do acknowledge that when we have seen him in goal against us, that he always does well in goal but i did feel it was a bit of a "please the fans signings" and that makes me nervous because we have had chances of signing him before. it makes me wonder why now? i feel for roos a bit, he is just prone to eccentricity. in the ideal world we would still have him competing and pushing belshaw to retain his space but i think the loan releases wages. perhaps roos is on a chunk we cant afford to have him in this situation.

it is nice to see more confident when teams attack, and that fans are fully behind belshaw. i think its a sensible signing, but i would add we should not settle and strengthen this area next season.

not to replace belshaw but so we have two capable first team keepers, with griffiths being able to gain experience.

I've always enjoyed watching James Belshaw perform when we have played him, and I do think he's a good keeper but I thought this wouldn't be the answer to our problems at first. I do feel for Kelle Roos, though he's just too erratic. I don't want to sound harsh, but did lose points due to this and there's light and day difference between him in the net and Belshaw who has given back the defence its confidence I believe.

Notts fans have wanted him for years now, and we have had windows and chances where it could have been a realistic move.

The reason I felt unsure, is mostly due to the fact that his age and the fact that usually these types of signing tend to fall flat on their face. I do love the story, from youth team to senior career throughout the Non League and becoming a Football League keeper, to join his boyhood club. It's a grat story, and my concerns have already been settled so I am delighted don't get me wrong.

I think the biggest aspect is even at his age, he can be a mentor to the two younger keepers aslong said the goalkeeper coach and Sam Slocombe, but he might be happy to be cover if we do look for a more long term option. He's good enough to start, and that presents a chance for real compeition which in the keeper department usually means a team is doing well if they don't get replaced.