What I don't understand is what people say about organisational skills. From whenever I have seen it, he sets up his walls for a freekick right, what more organisational skills does he need? He shouldnt hold the centre halves hands and tell them where to go for 90 minutes. Most of what Stu shouts is just second nature to any good player anyway. An example of this is where he shouts "squeeze" (or get out), which is where the defenders push up the pitch. Any defender worth his salt will clear the ball and follow it out.
Without having anything against you Ecky, you said that Stu had a bad start to the season by his standards- what is to say that Coates hasnt just had a bad run?
IMO, both keepers are of a similar quality, however KM appears to be thinking about the future.