BensGrandad
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Ex Liverpool goal keeper now without a club, I think, would he be an adequate back up to DS assuming Walton is going out on loan.
Glutton for punishment.
We are still in for Maenpaa and rumoured to have Fotheringham in mind if that fails.
Jesus your suggestions get worse and worse
The idea is we want someone to CHALLENGE DS for the No1 jersey, therefore a useless suggestion as he wont do that.
I don't understand why you say we should keep faith with Stockdale ? Surely every position on the team should be competed for and the goalkeeper position shouldn't be any different. Stockdale needs a legimate challenger for his position so that he is kept on his toes and earns his place.
In addition if we wanted 'just a backup' then Ankergren could do that with the option of a short term loan if DS was injured.
Jones is hilariously bad
Sorry I disagree, although a staunch critic of DS last season as he didnt reach my expectation I believe that we should place him as No 1 and make him aware of this until such time as he continually f...s up then look again. I think that this would be a good psychological boost to him and he will respond accordingly. So the need is not for a challenger for him but an adequate cover, is CA adequate?
MHO you need competition in most positions but not GK I think you need an established man there.
Utter rubbish !!
How can you tell a goalkeeper "no matter how shit you play you will still get a game" !!!
Whilst I'm not advocating switching to and fro in regards keepers the only way to keep people at the top of their game is with competition for places. Goalkeeper is no different to any other position
You dont say that you say you are No 1 until you fail to produce the expected goods.
You dont say that you say you are No 1 until you fail to produce the expected goods. Different approach and man management.
Ex Liverpool goal keeper now without a club, I think, would he be an adequate back up to DS assuming Walton is going out on loan.
You dont say that you say you are No 1 until you fail to produce the expected goods. This is a different approach and different form of man management.
Adjusted for you.
I think a better adjustment would be:
You dont say that. You say "you are No 1 until you fail to produce the expected goods". This is a different approach and different form of man management.
The problem with this approach, though, is that should he fail to produce our only other option is a keeper who is significantly worse - a keeper who was only brought in as back up should something happen to Stockdale. We would then have to go out and find another, better, goalie to improve our keeper options. Finding such a keeper mid-season will be more difficult - we'd be limited to short term emergency loans.
Buying a decent keeper now, who can challenge Stockdale, who would be a better option when Stockdale isn't producing, is the best option.