Finn balor Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Weird one why not just put the young lad on the bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Finn balor said: Weird one why not just put the young lad on the bench? Hopefully it means he's going out on loan and not just being kept in the U23s. But this Lossl is not a good option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said: Hopefully it means he's going out on loan and not just being kept in the U23s. But this Lossl is not a good option. Maybe a stupid question but couldn’t he play most games for the under 23s and still be on bench at match days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Maybe the kid just isn’t good enough yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 hour ago, StevO said: Maybe the kid just isn’t good enough yet. Neither is Lossl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: Neither is Lossl. Oh I know, he’s shite. Rather just keep Stek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Pickford has been consistent staying away from injury but what happens if he does get an injury. If you have a shite back up it has an effect on the whole defence as they just don’t trust the keeper. I’ve seen it so many times with gerrard,Wright etc. I want a decent back up keeper but some shite hawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 hour ago, StevO said: Oh I know, he’s shite. Rather just keep Stek. Me too. Why bother replacing shite with shite? Either keep the shite you’ve already got or improve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Romey 1878 said: Me too. Why bother replacing shite with shite? Either keep the shite you’ve already got or improve it. Exactly. I don’t think Stek has done much wrong. He knows he’s not first choice, I don’t think he rocks the boat and he has a lot of experience that might help the younger lads. Not worth wasting the money for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Maybe Stek is off and Virginia is getting promoted to the number two slot, in that scenario it makes perfect sense with the lad being on a free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 He’s been pretty consistent for an awful Huddersfield team over the past 2 seasons - although he made that high profile blunder a few weeks ago. I think he’s an upgrade on Stek and will be decent competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 4 hours ago, c1982 said: He’s been pretty consistent for an awful Huddersfield team over the past 2 seasons - although he made that high profile blunder a few weeks ago. I think he’s an upgrade on Stek and will be decent competition. Nope. He won’t challenge Pickford in the slightest. Honestly, we all know that no one who comes in will challenge him. We can’t buy the keeper from Liverpool, United, Real, Barca, City or PSG and there aren’t that many who are better than Pickford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Competition was probably the wrong word to use but I’d sooner have Lossl who has been decent (imo) and playing consistently at this level over the past 2 seasons to deputise should Pickford be injured/suspended than Stekelenburg, who I don’t rate, or Virginia, who needs a year or 2 on-loan playing competitively every week. Realistically, we’re not going to sign another top class keeper so we can hopefully develop Virginia - he’d be better off playing every week in a competitive Championship setting rather than for our u23s and sitting on our bench in my opinion. StevO, pete0, badaids and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Had a look on a Huddersfield forum where the general opinion was that he is around about the level to play as a back up for an established premier league team, but also questioned why he would want to do that when he could be playing championship football week in week out as a starter. I'd imagine we would be paying him more on the bench than Huddersfield would as a starter, so it's a money move for him really. Other than that I don't know much about him or his ability as I haven't watched much Huddersfield at all this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makis Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 He's 30 so he knows he has reached his ceiling. Now it's about collecting a retirement fund basically. He won't be playing for a club that wins trophies, Everton is about the best bet at that as well, even if it's in the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 21 minutes ago, Makis said: He's 30 so he knows he has reached his ceiling. Now it's about collecting a retirement fund basically. He won't be playing for a club that wins trophies, Everton is about the best bet at that as well, even if it's in the bench. Nice work if u can get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Rob Green is 39 and third choice at Chelsea. Back up keepers aren't really there as back up, they're main role is to support the main keeper in training and share their experience. Very rarely does a club have two keepers pushing for a spot and if the main one you injured you'd be looking to buy or loan a better one than your 'back up'. markjazzbassist, StevO and Matt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, pete0 said: Rob Green is 39 and third choice at Chelsea. Back up keepers aren't really there as back up, they're main role is to support the main keeper in training and share their experience. Very rarely does a club have two keepers pushing for a spot and if the main one you injured you'd be looking to buy or loan a better one than your 'back up'. Spot on, some people on here think we are Barca or something, should have a 20m backup keeper on the bench. Laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 43 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said: Spot on, some people on here think we are Barca or something, should have a 20m backup keeper on the bench. Laughable. Nope, just don’t see why you’d replace shite (Stek) with someone equally as shite when you don’t need to. If he was better than Stek then I’d be all for it, but he’s a clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Of course we don't know what's going on behind the scenes, this might mean that Pickford is off somewhere for £60m.~~ we just don't know. StevO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 52 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: Nope, just don’t see why you’d replace shite (Stek) with someone equally as shite when you don’t need to. If he was better than Stek then I’d be all for it, but he’s a clown. Maybe he’s cheaper wage wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Goalkeepers can have injuries too. Anyone old enough to remember southall getting injured? Bobby mimms for fucks sake? U have to think of the worst case scenario. Certain people go on like they want the best etc and in the same breath are saying that are happy signing some turd who will give NO COMPETITION at all for Pickford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Finn balor said: Goalkeepers can have injuries too. Anyone old enough to remember southall getting injured? Bobby mimms for fucks sake? U have to think of the worst case scenario. Certain people go on like they want the best etc and in the same breath are saying that are happy signing some turd who will give NO COMPETITION at all for Pickford Can you think of anyone who would offer him any competition that would sign for us to sit on the bench? For me, any keeper good enough to challenge Pickford will already be a first choice keeper somewhere. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Bill said: Of course we don't know what's going on behind the scenes, this might mean that Pickford is off somewhere for £60m.~~ we just don't know. The fact we’re going after a turd says that’s not the case. 3 hours ago, Matt said: Maybe he’s cheaper wage wise? Even if that was the reality it’s negligible. And we’ll be paying for Stek as well, so I don’t see your point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Matt said: Maybe he’s cheaper wage wise? And he’s 30, stek is 36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Keepers need good keepers to keep them sharp in training. pete0 and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 Not even the top 6 have good backups. Willy caballero? Michel vorm!!! Mignolet, Sergio Romero, Claudio bravo, etc none are good enough to challenge their 1st keeper, most are older and collecting a check and are an insurance policy against injury. barca with ter Stegen and cilleson and Real Madrid with navas and courteous the only ones with actual competition. We aren’t close to that level. AlbanyNYToffee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 13 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: The fact we’re going after a turd says that’s not the case. Even if that was the reality it’s negligible. And we’ll be paying for Stek as well, so I don’t see your point. I know mate, it’s the only reason I could think of! This lad also has more recent game time, and had plenty of practice having such a poor defence in front of him, so might be less rusty? I know I’m clutching at straws here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Perish the thought that Jordan gets injured but he played last season in the PL, got to be a better back up than Stek if Virginia goes on loan markjazzbassist and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Highly doubt this but would be incredible!!! pete0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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