[Albion] Bart Verbruggen SINGS a 5-year deal

[Perkino]

Steele is likely to start the season as first choice. Bart will have plenty of opportunities to get game time in cup games. However we haven't signed him to play second fiddle so at some point over the coming months he will stake a claim for the gloves

 

[Live by the sea]

He’s a very good GK he has been signed to be our number 1 but he may have to bide his time .

 

[GT49er]

Only in January!

I think Scherpen is probably a gonna as far as an Albion career is concerned.

Keepers can be recalled if the playing one gets an injury..

I think if Steele, Verbruggen and McGill were all injured (and Big Bob gone) it would be Rushworth who would get the recall before Scherpen. Rushworth is a top keeper in the making, out to gain experience - Scherpen's loan is more of a shop-window loan.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

I think if Steele, Verbruggen and McGill were all injured (and Big Bob gone) it would be Rushworth who would get the recall before Scherpen. Rushworth is a top keeper in the making, out to gain experience - Scherpen's loan is more of a shop-window loan.

Scherpen starts Sturm Graz's first game of the new season today at Austria Wien.

 

[GT49er]

Scherpen starts Sturm Graz's first game of the new season today at Austria Wien.

Good luck to him. Hope he finds a good deal and has a successful career. Just don't see that as being with the Albion.

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

According to Albion website Bart been given the number one shirt.....interesting

 

[HastingsSeagull]

I think Bart’s the obvious number 1. I’d go right into giving JS three competitions, but Bart the PL experience.

 

[chrisg]

Press conference today, RDZ said the 2 goalkeepers would split it 50/50 with Steele starting tomorrow.
Bit strange to rotate them each week.

There must be one better than the other?

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Press conference today, RDZ said the 2 goalkeepers would split it 50/50 with Steele starting tomorrow.
Bit strange to rotate them each week.

There must be one better than the other?

Between now and December 1st we've got 13 league games, 5 Europa League games, and 1 or 2 League Cup games. So a cup keeper would get a third of games anyway, and maybe thats what RDZ means.

 

[Perkino]

Between now and December 1st we've got 13 league games, 5 Europa League games, and 1 or 2 League Cup games. So a cup keeper would get a third of games anyway, and maybe thats what RDZ means.

I'd imagine this is a likely format. Steele starts as the Premier League keeper with Bart gathering game time in other competitions until he is ready to take the jersey. Surely he has been signed as the long term choice

 

[Stat Brother]

Press conference today, RDZ said the 2 goalkeepers would split it 50/50 with Steele starting tomorrow.
Bit strange to rotate them each week.

There must be one better than the other?

There will be - just not yet.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Press conference today, RDZ said the 2 goalkeepers would split it 50/50 with Steele starting tomorrow.
Bit strange to rotate them each week.

There must be one better than the other?

Well, if you've got 5 subs you may as well use them.

 

[The Optimist]

According to Albion website Bart been given the number one shirt.....interesting

Perhaps Jason Steele didn’t want to change his number from last season. Footballer’s often don’t like changing their number for superstitious reasons.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

What an impressive young man this guy is. Only just turned 21 and despite his error today, he didn't allow it to affect him and ultimately had a very good game.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Although it was mostly his fault, Dahoud didn’t give him a great angle for the pass.

 

[stss30]

These mistakes happen when playing out from the back, although I must admit I'm not fully sold on RDZ's rotating goalie policy; Bart was given few passing options in the first half due to B'muff's well implemented tactics and our lack of movement so can't criticise him too much for the error. Seems a lad with his head screwed on & a desire to keep learning and improving

 

[AstroSloth]

Also made a couple of huge saves in the second half, the one where Dunk cleared the follow up shot was an incredible save.

Also gives me a lot more confidence from set pieces than Steele.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Bart Verbruĝĝen, Swedish styleeeeee...

 

[Bakero]

Bart Verbruĝĝen, Swedish styleeeeee...

I've seen that happen before. Is that an old clip or history repeating?

 

[AmexRuislip]

I've seen that happen before. Is that an old clip or history repeating?

Not recent I'm guessing.