i feel sorry for the guy as he looks to be stagnating , now having lost his place in the England set up . I hope he gets the oppotunity at some point in the near future to be involved with the first team squad or i can see the club letting him go .
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Christian Walton
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I'm not sure we should be giving games or opportunity to players that do not deserve it. Stockdale is by far our #1 based on experience and quality. Walton needs to earn that opportunity.
I know he had an awful loan spell at Rochdale, but what other spells has he had this year and how did he do?
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Not talking about giving game , more being involved with first team
He is training with them isn't he ?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He went to his home town of Plymouth, but didn't do that well.
Pevenseagull
meh
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Tricky career goalkeeping. I seem to remember people getting twitchy on here when it was rumoured that Everton were interested in nicking John Sullivan from us.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Ho ho. You'll be suggesting next that Palace deal with their defensive difficulties by borrowing Kerry Mayo for the Cup Final.
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Is he ? i dont know that ? he may well be
severnside gull
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Loans this season were to Bury and Plymouth.
At Bury he bombed out, started making mistakes and the fans turned against him which destroyed his confidence. Officially his season long loan was ended because of injury but in reality it was a face-saver.
The loan to Plymouth was always short term while their first choice was injured. He did okay but certainly didn't excel.
Other than that he has played for the DS where reports suggest his form has been a little patchy.
I get the feeling that after last season he expected/hoped to be second choice and the signing of Maenpaa knocked his confidence.
Walton is very young for a keeper. He has a long contract I believe so the next couple of years will be important in building his confidence and self belief more than his ability/technique. One loan that works and he'll be flying
At Bury he bombed out, started making mistakes and the fans turned against him which destroyed his confidence. Officially his season long loan was ended because of injury but in reality it was a face-saver.
The loan to Plymouth was always short term while their first choice was injured. He did okay but certainly didn't excel.
Other than that he has played for the DS where reports suggest his form has been a little patchy.
I get the feeling that after last season he expected/hoped to be second choice and the signing of Maenpaa knocked his confidence.
Walton is very young for a keeper. He has a long contract I believe so the next couple of years will be important in building his confidence and self belief more than his ability/technique. One loan that works and he'll be flying
symyjym
Banned
The goalkeeper position is a strange one. Steve Harper rarely played in his career and even Maenpaa seems to be a waste of good talent.
I seem to remember Steele and Moseley playing alternate games at one point. I could be wrong though.
I seem to remember Steele and Moseley playing alternate games at one point. I could be wrong though.
Not quite, although they did pretty much share the job in 78/79 (Steele 25 and Moseley 17, I think). Shilton and Clemence were doing alternate matches for England around that time though.