Steele is an ideal back-up keeper for us: he's happy to sit on the bench every week, but is someone who has enough experience that we can trust to do an ok job on the few occasions he's called upon. That is the reason we bought him 6 years ago.
It really highlights what an absurdly good job the Bilbao academy does. Given their restrictions that players must come from the Basque region (not even just Spain) and yet they are one of the teams who have never been relegated from La Liga. To be able to consistently field top flight quality teams over decades using locally born or raised players in every position on the pitch.
Personally, I believe him to be the ideal person to inherit the Tom McGill role. Absolutely no risk at all of him being seen on the pitch.
He's a fine third choice, behind Verbruggen and Rushworth, which would be my preferred scenario.
There's some truth in that, but I think if we don't even give Rushworth the chance to prove himself with the first team then we're doing him a disservice after years at the club.
He was no.2 to Christian Walton, who had come in and replaced him, being a better GK. Walton got injured, Hladkey stepped up bigtime, hugely improved on what he did before, and kept Walton out of the team even when he eventually recovered from injury.
It’s not an irrational hatred at all.
Not yet, but news reports suggest he might: https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foo...f-proposed-sheffield-wednesday-switch-4686725
He played well that day apart from that gaffe, but what a gaffe it was!
