Crystal Palace Keeper Joins On Loan

[gothenburg_gull]

Scott Flinders

http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/LatestDetail/0,,10433~984513,00.html

Stats. here:

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=35827

Played for Gillingham earlier!!

 

[BensGrandad]

It says England U20, is he the current U20 goalkeeper or has he just played 1 game.

 

[gothenburg_gull]

http://www.thefa.com/England/U20s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/10/EngU20_vHolland_Oct05.htm

is the last report I could find on the official website, and that was back in 2005, but he played in goal for the first half then...

 

[gothenburg_gull]

...but he is also listed on the under-21 squad page for last year...

http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/Players/Postings/2006/08/EngU21_Profiles.htm

 

[gothenburg_gull]

...but not on the most current squad list I could find

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/teams/team=200039/index.html

 

[Beach Hut]

Well let's welcome him to the fold and try and be reasonable about his permanent club

 

[BensGrandad]

Poor chap will be hounded on here before he starts a game.

 

[Yorkie]

At least it isn't Kiraly. Now that is a clown keeper.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

He was popular at Barnsley, but Palace fans think he's shit.

If you've seen The Championship this season on ITV you'd probably agree with the Palace fans

Lets hope he shows his Barnsley form for us

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Not sure why the club would sign another clubs youth keeoer instead of trying one of the clubs.?

 

[Gully]

Bit odd, you would think that there was a more senior keeper in the stiffs at another club who would be aching to get away for a month to prove his worth, unless we are just bringing him in as cover for Sullivan.

 

[Harty]

Not sure why the club would sign another clubs youth keeoer instead of trying one of the clubs.?

Great point.

What kind of a message does this send out to John Sullivan?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Great point.

What kind of a message does this send out to John Sullivan?

Its got Will Packham written all over it, if he was given a chance earlier he may have been ok - he must have been on the bench for years before given a chance.

 

[Yorkie]

Not sure why the club would sign another clubs youth keeoer instead of trying one of the clubs.?

If anyone knows the youth, it is Wilkins.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

If anyone knows the youth, it is Wilkins.

Not sure about that after his non stop playing of Robinson

 

[Yorkie]

Not sure about that after his non stop playing of Robinson

Robinson was taken away from his influence by Coppell and McGhee.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Unlucky for him that you are unlikely to have thge same manager from 16 till you retire then.Also is Wilkins going to sit there and look like he is doing nothing with his job on the line.

I wonder if the Leeds fan questioned O leary when he played a untried and teasted Paul Robinson in the Champions League?

 

[face in the crowd]

Not sure why the club would sign another clubs youth keeoer instead of trying one of the clubs.?

Probably to do with the fact that Flinders has made 40 senior appearances at either this level or above compared to Sullivan's 0.

The other thing that might come into the equation is that I think Richard Martin signed a year long loan with Dorchester. Although he has returned to the club, I'm not sure he is eligible to play in the first team this season.

 

[Croydonbloke]

Flapper Flinders. Best of luck for the rest of the season then.

 

[Skaville]

He played in the FA Cup game against Preston and conceded that great David Nugent goal. I like him already