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[Albion] Bart Verbruggen SINGS a 5-year deal
- Thread starter Stumpy Tim
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He was a young keeper, new to the PL, being eased into a team to get confidence. He was the main keeper for the latter part of the season, having proved he could cope with pressure. I suspect Stern had a say too.
Experience is invaluable.
Gabbiano
Well-known member
Beadle too, I would say he has a similarly high ceiling to Verbruggen.
Change at Barnham
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ITV post match analysis:
"The young Dutch keeper has been a revelation".
Ching! Ching!
£50m minimum at the moment, and young Bart's going nowhere just yet.
"The young Dutch keeper has been a revelation".
Ching! Ching!
£50m minimum at the moment, and young Bart's going nowhere just yet.
No talk of money please, let's just keep him long term.
We should’ve kept Robert Sanchez 
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Mustafa II
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I think RDZ was an utter knob in lots of ways - but his stubbornness in choosing Steele over Bart took the cake. I swear he just did it to prove a point.
Steele was Championship standard on a good day. Bart is a top quality top 5 European international.
Steele was Championship standard on a good day. Bart is a top quality top 5 European international.
I can’t work out if RDZ’s gradual breaking in and GK coach has turned Bart into an absolute international beast or if his constant tinkering has held back the next Gordon Banks, but with passing skillz.
It’s almost like there’s some nuance in this game of ours.
portslade seagull
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Just remember not to vote for him in the pots poll come the end of the season
'In the first of those clean sheets, the 0-0 draw against France in the group stage, Verbruggen also showcased his competence in possession. He completed 97.5 per cent of his passes (39 out of 40), the highest accuracy for any goalkeeper with at least 40 passes on record in a match at the European Championship since the statistic was first measured in 1980.'..........enough said. Our number 1 from now on, no rotation.
Nonsense
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,215
I don’t think there is that much of a question now. Beadle and Schrepen are already out on loan for next season, so it’s pretty much do we loan out Rushworth or make him number 2.
Mustafa II
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Steele is utter gash.
If a shot came straight at him, he'd probably save it.
But any decent shot that required him to make a decent save was going in the back of the net. He had the worst stat in the league for this. He is/was a crap goalkeeper.
He was great with the ball at his feet though, unusually so.
Bart is a proper keeper. The type of keeper that can make saves. Our reserve back up keeper Steele playing so many games for us is one of the most bizarre stories that has happened at this football club.
TottonSeagull
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Agree, he’s league one at best
Steele is clearly the best in the league at batshit mental levels of fannying about at the back (I am pro fanny btw) and so hard to drop when you are the super batshit mental fannying about at the back Messiah.
What a glorious adventure it was and we'll all recall it with great fondness to the end of our days.
But we move on, Bart is the future, Steele isn't quite good enough at keeping the ball out the net and RDZ may well prove to be a Bielsa, a glorious headcase mental maverick who changes the beautiful game, inspires a generation of coaches but whose burning passion for his vision makes him too inflexible and too difficult to ever sustain success.
What a glorious adventure it was and we'll all recall it with great fondness to the end of our days.
But we move on, Bart is the future, Steele isn't quite good enough at keeping the ball out the net and RDZ may well prove to be a Bielsa, a glorious headcase mental maverick who changes the beautiful game, inspires a generation of coaches but whose burning passion for his vision makes him too inflexible and too difficult to ever sustain success.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,293
And if he had stuck Bart - a young, inexperienced (at this level, in this league) keeper - in straight away as permanent number one and he had an absolute nightmare, leading to his confidence being shot? That would be awful. He made some shocking mistakes early in the season and I would argue that the rotation helped his development.
Plus Steele was a more than capable alternative.
No, FFS don't keep Rushworth back as our no.2 - loan him out to a lower PL team, maybe Spain or Italy (top level) or top Championship at least. Steele is a perfectly adequate no.2 and won't let us down if called upon through injury or suspension, so long as Hurzeler doesn't piss off Verbruggen by insisting he plays out from the back like Pirlo and then dropping him because Steele apparently does that better, resulting, quite reasonably, in Verbruggen wanting out. Hopefully our new manager has more sense in dealing with GKs than the last one.
Sell Verbruggen for a hefty wedge next summer, and replace him (at more or less no cost) with either Rushworth or Beagle, and cash in on t'other.