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[Albion] Bart Verbruggen SINGS a 5-year deal
- Thread starter Stumpy Tim
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Who the f*** would watch Brighton 50 times a year for five years if there's no emotions towards the club?
thedonkeycentrehalf
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Clemence and Shilton were rotated for England for years and look how successful we were then…..oh!
maresfield seagull
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- May 23, 2006
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Kind of did though BV is now the Dutch no1 at the Euro semi finals Too much exposure like the Burnley lad had didn’t work
Bart was eased in gently Tbf it was questionable at the time but the result tells its own tale
BluesRockDJ
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- Jan 24, 2020
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Just 5 years ?
Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
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Bloody JCLs, where were you when we were shit
In RomeBloody JCLs, where were you when we were shit
Who says he wouldn't have become the Dutch no 1 if he wasn't exposed to goalie rotation?
Thousands and thousands and thousands of good goalies throughout history has become the nr 1 for their teams without participating in some sort of rotation scheme. Do those "results" also tell their own tales?
The point, which many, especially the de Zerbi-can-do-no-wrong-and-cannot-be-questioned lot, miss is not that it turned out OK in the end that we've now got a very good young GK, but 1). rotating GKs cost us points through the season and a top ten spot, possibly even Europe again, and 2). the problem was a manager getting himself in a position where he had to start the season with one GK not quite good enough and one GK not quite ready.
1. Injuries were a significant issue in costing us a top 10/Europe spot
2. If we didn’t have a PL-ready/capable keeper, that’s primarily a recruitment issue ?
Flounce
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The ”not quite good enough” keeper helped us into Europe because he was good enough and proved absolutely brilliant at being a keeper who played DeZerbi ball as RDZ wanted it played.
I accept that he’s not a top keeper but he was perfect in the run in to a European place.
I don’t like the constant knocking of Steele, he is part of our history in our best ever season
As for last season, I don’t think Bart was ready when he arrived here and the rotation helped him get where he is now. Again just imo.
The Mole
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You’re only allowed to be considered a supporter if you supported home and away during the gillingham years apparently
severnside gull
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Steele now being linked with Southampton. It would be a good move for him (first choice at least until Bazunu is back) and give us the chance to keep Rushworth and give him game time in cup competitions
Amended for you.
Recruitment did the best they could in the circumstances (which were not of their making). Ultimately they did a very good job, because a year later Verbruggen is looking a much better GK than he did when he joined - a happy ending.
Might be a good move for Steele - or maybe not; he'd probably finish up no.2 there as well. Keeping Rushworth here would be a terrible mistake. Take a chance on McGill as no.2? Either that or bring one in.
Rookie
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- Feb 8, 2005
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Rushworth would be wasted sitting on bench if Steele goes (which I hope he doesn’t) I would expect an older keeper to come in as No2 with Rushworth out on loan
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
I wouldn't like to see Steele leave because it's hard to find an older keeper happy with mostly sitting on the bench (and he is a good deputy. He was happy with that role with us for a few years (even as #3) but after last season it wouldn't be a surprise if he didn't want to return to that... Lots of after timing/ridicule of Dezerbi now that Bart has established himself and excelled as #1 at the Euros but I certainly wasn't sure, at the time, that Bart should have played every game during the season. It's worked out well, marvellous, happy with that. If we're lucky we get another season out of Bart (he's destined for better things) and then receive another fortune.
Thunder Bolt
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Someone who enjoys arguing on the internet.
I know we've been lucky in this department, but there were a number of GK injuries last season - with most notably Chelsea and Newcastle's second keepers playing more than half of their PL games, and City/ Liverpool's played a quarter (plus cup / European games). Villa also suffered in this area at the end of the season.
It would be a shame to get the squad into good shape, then Verbruggen get injured leaving us with McGill in goal for the season.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Somebody who got banned from that clubs fans message board for being anti semitic when the club has a Jewish owner, for example? There's some strange people out there.
Yes, but we don't know whether McGill is up to the job or not. He's done OK in the U21s, but that's not really any guidance for us. Depends what the management and coaches think - and we certainly don't know that!
To lessen the risk (if it is deemed a risk) we could always include a recall clause in Rushworth's loan to limit the risk. If the people at the club who know these things really think Mc\Gill isn't up to it, then a senior experienced GK needs to be bought in; could surely get a decent journeyman GK in for £5M or so.