Jordi van Stappershoef made his debut for Bristol Rovers on Tuesday night in their 1-1 EFL Trophy draw with Plymouth Argyle, which they subsequently lost 5-3 on penalties to miss out on a bonus point.
The Dutchman, who joined from FC Volendam in the summer, has so far played back-up to Anssi Jaakkola this season, which means he is a bit of an unknown quantity to many Rovers fans.
However, with Jaakkola on international duty with Finland , van Stappershoef is set to take his place in the first team for the Gas' League One encounter against Accrington Stanley on Saturday.
So, how did he perform on his competitive debut for Rovers?
The good
The keeper looked a good shot-stopper throughout, and made two good saves in particular in the second half.
When a free-kick fell at the feet of Byron Moore inside the six-yard box, Van Stappershoef stayed tall, forcing the former Rovers attacker to shoot low, and the keeper blocked the shot with his feet.
He also then produced a flying save to tip George Cooper's curled effort around the post - it was a good stop from a snap shot that flew through a crowded area.
Van Stappershoef also showed smart reflexes to catch a shot that took two deflections, and also appeared to get a fingertip to Klaidi Lolos' shot, which deflected off Rollin Menayese and onto the post before Moore turned in the rebound.
There were a couple of times when the 23-year-old , at one point darting out of his area quickly to head a long ball clear when it looked like a Plymouth attacker would latch onto it and be through on goal.
In such a quiet atmosphere, it was also noticeable how vocal the goalkeeper was in communicating with the defence.
What he has to work on
For a keeper of van Stappershoef's stature, he did not really come out to claim any crosses into the box.
Post-match, though, Graham Coughlan mentioned that van Stappershoef said he was struggling to see the ball in the low floodlights at times and, with Plymouth goalkeeper Alex Palmer twice spilling what looked to be simple takes, perhaps it is best to reserve judgement on this until Saturday's game.
Alongside this, whilst van Stappershoef's distribution was, on the whole pretty strong and varied, his long balls seemed to lack length at times, instead going high and being caught in the wind. However, this is perhaps a little over critical, given the conditions.
The keeper failed to save any penalties, but did guess the right way for some of them, and even got a hand to at least two shots. However, they were powerful, well-placed spot kicks, so it would be difficult to criticise van Stappershoef for failing to stop them.
