[Albion] David Button for £4m? [Now: signed]

[BrightonCottager]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6466988/brighton-david-button-fulham-chris-hughton/
Yes please.
Will bring on a cardiac arrest with the ball at his feet.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

No thanks.

Never been very impressed with the chap.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Fulham fans pretty much all want to drive him here.

But Ben Roberts has worked with him, so...

 

[studio150]

Would count towards our minimum English quota for PL rules, so a good move as back up

 

[Arkwright]

I really don't get it, with Ryan as No.1 but playing more and more games for Australia and the Under 23 playing Premier One surely now is the time to recall Walton and have him as our reserve keeper. The standard in Under 23 can't be far off FL Division One and Two so he will still improve and play first team cup games and cover for Ryan.
Save the four million!

 

[Biscuit]

Save £4mill and use Walton?

Button is a decent 'keeper and helps the quota..

 

[Insel affe]

Waste of four million pounds, Walton for the bench.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Poor keeper, must be better about for £4m.


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[Thunder Bolt]

Walton is still learning, and deserves to play regular football. Wigan want him in the Championship, so to keep him sitting on the bench, is bad management. He should be playing and then be ready to challenge Ryan for the number 1 spot, when he has a bit more experience.
Personally I would rather offer Krul more money to stay, than have Button.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Well if Tim Krul is going, and the Sun at least seem convinced that he is, l suppose we could do a lot worse. He seems to be well known to Chris Hughton, and Ben Roberts has worked with him previously, so they must think quite a bit of him. Christian Walton needs at least another season of regular Championship football, so l wouldn't be averse to it..

 

[Stat Brother]

I do hope the people saying 'recall Walton' to sit on the bench, aren't the same people crying about Goldson being sold for 'only £3.5m'.

 

[Mellotron]

I do hope the people saying 'recall Walton' to sit on the bench, aren't the same people crying about Goldson being sold for 'only £3.5m'.

But if Walton is the cup keeper, he then could get a decent amount of games as number 2, and could also play whilst Ryan is at the Asian Cup in January.

Also, Goldson is 25 whilst Walton is 22, so I don't think they're necessarily at the same stage in development.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I do hope the people saying 'recall Walton' to sit on the bench, aren't the same people crying about Goldson being sold for 'only £3.5m'.

I fear so, it's very sad.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

But if Walton is the cup keeper, he then could get a decent amount of games as number 2, and could also play whilst Ryan is at the Asian Cup in January.

Also, Goldson is 25 whilst Walton is 22, so I don't think they're necessarily at the same stage in development.

Plus keepers mature later than outfield players of course.

 

[hart's shirt]

Fulham fans pretty much all want to drive him here.

With a surname of Button, one would hope he can drive himself here.

 

[father_and_son]

With a surname of Button, one would hope he can drive himself here.

....quickly?

 

[AZ Gull]

Would count towards our minimum English quota for PL rules, so a good move as back up

It isn't an "English" quota, it is a "Home Grown Player" quota - which is why Tim Krul, for instance, qualifies, and Glenn Murray doesn't.

 

[NooBHA]

I really don't get it, with Ryan as No.1 but playing more and more games for Australia and the Under 23 playing Premier One surely now is the time to recall Walton and have him as our reserve keeper. The standard in Under 23 can't be far off FL Division One and Two so he will still improve and play first team cup games and cover for Ryan.
Save the four million!

Won't happen

Just The Goalkeeper is the one position where CH always sticks to experience.

At Newcastle he had 2 excellent keepers who were well thought of in their youth and who went on to be Internationals and ne didn't play them - Krull and Fraser Foster. They both went out on loan

At Birmingham he had similar with Jack Butland and didn't play him.

It just seems to be a position where he doesn't take as many chances with the youngsters and to be honest I sort of agree with it because you could be sitting at 0 - 0 agaist a relegation rival and a howler by the keeper costs you 3 points. The stakes are just too high now and thats why you need an experienced back up keeper because I think Maty Ryan's mistakes lessened when Tim Krull came in as back up.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Is that more than we paid for Mat Ryan? To be the reserve?

 

[chaileyjem]

Is that more than we paid for Mat Ryan? To be the reserve?

Club said it was a record fee at the time (ie: more than Shane Duffy) but undisclosed. So expected to have been £5m+