LamieRobertson
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Do you get two of the guy on the right for one Stockdale 
[Football] Barely recognised Stockdale
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
With the right attitude and mentality he would still have been a Premier League goalkeeper, he certainly had the ability. Instead he spends his career training with kids and being loaned out to the noddy leagues. What a waste.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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It's a mystery to me too. It seems like he's a naturally big lad who really has to work hard to keep his weight down and I think it's more than reasonable to question his mentality considering he's allowed himself to be in the shape he is. He hadn't ever been a number 1 goalkeeper before coming to play for us, and he consistently played every game when he was available. You'd assume that he enjoyed those three seasons, but maybe he's not all that fussed about being the starting goalkeeper. He's got another year on his contract, so he's not struggling for a few quid but football is a short career. I think it's inevitable he will, at some point, get some media work talking about his regrets over not playing more and/or not achieving more in the game.
He should be one of the best goalkeepers in the Championship, but instead he'll be lucky to get a single appearance at that level this season.
Paris
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I was surprised that he didn't go to his club Leeds last January. Bielsa brought in that keeper from Real Madrid who seemed to destabilise them defensively. Seemed an obvious move for all concerned.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Except for Leeds - why would they want an overweight and out of practice goalkeeper? In theory, Casilla should have been amazing for them. He was decent mainly, but there were a number of howlers. Bailey Peacock-Farrell was a bit harshly dropped - not sure he'd done much to deserve it.
BPF isn't a great keeper. He doesn't come of his line at all, and his handling is average at best. Casilla wasn't bad as you say - massive ricket in the play-offs, aside.
Clothing range and going fishing ??
I won’t forget how he was instrumental in our promotion or that he cost us the title
By the looks of it, if you’d shouted Mars Bar, he’d have got down quicker to Grealish’s shot....
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Paris
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Casilla was a poor addition. I watched a fair few of his Leeds performances from Jan to May and he was rubbish. Bielsa has obvious talent but that was a stinker of a signing at the time.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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As a gentleman who has always struggled with weight issues, I concur that some of the fat- shaming comments are unnecessary.
But for a professional athlete to look out of shape is a worry.
I can remember a few comments about his weight during his time here, when he was carrying a bit of extra timber. that was barely noticeable.
He cannot be in a good place mentally, to be that far out of shape.
I would hypothesise that the lack of a contract with the Albion at the end of the promotion season could be a factor.
But for a professional athlete to look out of shape is a worry.
I can remember a few comments about his weight during his time here, when he was carrying a bit of extra timber. that was barely noticeable.
He cannot be in a good place mentally, to be that far out of shape.
I would hypothesise that the lack of a contract with the Albion at the end of the promotion season could be a factor.
That was his old time wasting trick wasn’t it, sticking the ball up his jumper.
AmexRuislip
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He's the emergency inflatable GK.
That's some of the worst scanning since Kenny Everett sang:
"I got rhy-hy- hythm"
The line I highlight can be sung in context only if you sing it like Benny Hill as a Chinaman.
Nottseagull
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He's David Stockydale now.
whats the world come to if you can’t call out an unhealthy fatty who’s condition is purely down to greed and the inability to not stuff cakes into its fat porky face .
Waste from stockdale . He only had to lay off the pies
( he isn’t actually that massive in that photo to be fair )
Waste from stockdale . He only had to lay off the pies
( he isn’t actually that massive in that photo to be fair )
Eh? We offered him a contract didn't we? He turned it down in favour of the cash on offer at Birmingham as he was Harry Redknapp's marquee signing.
Icy Gull
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I thought that we made it clear to him that he wasn’t going to be No 1 keeper though? Can hardly blame him for deciding to for elsewhere as a first choice. Again just what I heard but being a pie eater and salad dodger who wasn’t controlling his weight was also a concern to the club.
All the above is just hearsay though.
If Leeds found out Stockdale’s wages they would have looked elsewhere quickly.