Crawley friendly

[Blue Valkyrie]

So we paid £3m for a 'parks keeper' when we already had a decent keeper on the books? I do hope you are wrong. What is his exact height - anyone know? I remember Ipswich used to have a 5' 7 goalie.

He's a fraction over 6ft.

 

[Justice]

The way Pog performed against Villa would have worried me when we played the big teams this season, he was like a rabbit in headlights

I know he's gone never to return but apart from Villa played well I thought.

 

[BensGrandad]

I know he's gone never to return but apart from Villa played well I thought.

I didnt think that he was an upgrade on Bong ,so the obvious answer as he was already our player, was to extend and offer Bong a new contract.

 

[Mackenzie]

This is google translate, what language was it originally written in?

Gibberish.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

and even his legs don't look like a footballers (muscular). I will be amazed if he is our number one keeper for the whole of next season. He looks like a parks keeper physically.

my word

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[BNthree]

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Also Connor not Conner.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Also Connor not Conner.

Good point. You can take over from me with his remedial English lessons. I'm clearly overworked.

 

[Icy Gull]

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I think his name is Maty

 

[BNthree]

Good point. You can take over from me with his remedial English lessons. I'm clearly overworked.

No need for the comma between "scored including" on second line either. Think you were just overwhelmed by how many mistakes there were!

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

You must be the only person who keeps a watch on the post county as I dont and I am sure nobody else does.but whatever floats your boat.

So you don't dispute you are an arrogant tool then

 

[Pondicherry]

So we paid £3m for a 'parks keeper' when we already had a decent keeper on the books? I do hope you are wrong. What is his exact height - anyone know? I remember Ipswich used to have a 5' 7 goalie.

Good question. His wiki page list him at 6ft and 1/2 inch and also at 180 cm. Now 180 cm is 5ft 11in. Looking at him today there is no way he is over 6ft so i am going with 5ft 11in. You would have to be an incredibly good keeper at that height.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

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It looks like 'a Glenn Murray penalty' was also amongst the goalscorers

 

[Icy Gull]

He's a fraction over 6ft.

And he's not overweight, let's look for the positives.

 

[JimmyJayUK]

Good question. His wiki page list him at 6ft and 1/2 inch and also at 180 cm. Now 180 cm is 5ft 11in. Looking at him today there is no way he is over 6ft so i am going with 5ft 11in. You would have to be an incredibly good keeper at that height.

You do realise that Ryan is a lot more athletic than Stockdale, I'm sure he can make up those extra inches and then some by be able to jump higher and react that bit faster.

 

[Whitechapel]

OK - I agree with this although he had nothing to do today so hard to judge. He is incredibly small based on modern day keeper standards and even his legs don't look like a footballers (muscular). I will be amazed if he is our number one keeper for the whole of next season. He looks like a parks keeper physically. Obviously the club have seen something in him. I hope i am proved completely wrong.

Obviously he grows a few inches when he plays internationally.

Jesus Christ, some of the f*cking posts on here. Let's just accept our relegation now, because our scouts obviously missed how tall Ryan is and therefore we are f*cked. If we're going to judge goalkeepers on their physical appearance then I'd still take a goalkeeper who doesn't "have footballers legs" over a visibly overweight Stockdale.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Our new goalkeeper is too small IMO

His shirt didn't look like it fitted him. Really frustrated me first half.

 

[boik]

Obviously he grows a few inches when he plays internationally.

Jesus Christ, some of the f*cking posts on here. Let's just accept our relegation now, because our scouts obviously missed how tall Ryan is and therefore we are f*cked. If we're going to judge goalkeepers on their physical appearance then I'd still take a goalkeeper who doesn't "have footballers legs" over a visibly overweight Stockdale.

Maybe we should make a sneaky bid for Peter Crouch and stick him in goal? He's very tall and obviously that is all that matters.

 

[Stat Brother]

Everytime I see (2 or 3 times a season, until now!!! ) de Gea I swear he gets considerably thinner.



Sure he's 3 inches taller, with a wing span to match, but my right leg is thinker than his body.

These days it's all about agility, fleet of foot, and passing as well as shot stopping, instead of t'other way round.

 

[Pondicherry]

Obviously he grows a few inches when he plays internationally.

Jesus Christ, some of the f*cking posts on here. Let's just accept our relegation now, because our scouts obviously missed how tall Ryan is and therefore we are f*cked. If we're going to judge goalkeepers on their physical appearance then I'd still take a goalkeeper who doesn't "have footballers legs" over a visibly overweight Stockdale.

Happy to be proved wrong and hope he turns out to be the best keeper we have ever had. Obviously there is a point a which a keeper is too small. If we had signed someone 4ft tall we would all be moaning (and even a dwarf would have kept a clean sheet in the first half against Crawley). All i am doing as someone who was behind the goal today is saying he is very small for a Premier League keeper (probably the smallest in the league i suspect) for the benefit and interest of anyone not there today. For all we know, he may not be earmarked as our number 1 keeper anyway.