Niki Mäenpää signs a 2 year deal

[Albumen]

I presume the Maenpaa Maenpaa stick it up your joompaa has been covered? Good.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

If you are trying to say Stockdale is crap, you don't really know an awful lot about football!

Well you have to admit he didn't have the best of seasons! Obviously though he isn't 'crap' as you put it, and hopefully with this new potential signing pushing him, he will be able to improve on his consistency.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I presume the Maenpaa Maenpaa stick it up your joompaa has been covered? Good.

Moving swiftly on . . .

 

[Albumen]

Moving swiftly on . . .

I agree ...

 

[tigertim68]

Thought this was dead in the water when Niemi left. Club must rate him highly if he's been pursued for this long. Hopefully he can push Stockdale and in turn he can cut the errors out of his game knowing that if he doesn't perform, there's an international 'keeper there ready to take his spot in the team.

How about Niemi first choice and Stockdale can be back up , sounds much better idea to me

 

[WhingForPresident]

Mäenpää my lord, Mäenpää.

 

[bhanutz]

If you think he played well last season, then you are a blue and white spectacled fool. You must be bha nutz!

I missed 5 games in total last season and either my memory is fading but can only really remember 3 or 4 mistakes... I can remember some stunning saves too that kept us in games....Believe it or not, contrary to popular belief TK also made his share of mistakes and Casper... I think it's easy to blame someone...Conceding goals was not our problem last season!

 

[Wellesley]

I missed 5 games in total last season and either my memory is fading but can only really remember 3 or 4 mistakes... I can remember some stunning saves too that kept us in games....Believe it or not, contrary to popular belief TK also made his share of mistakes and Casper... I think it's easy to blame someone...Conceding goals was not our problem last season!

It's a bit early isn't it?

 

[bhanutz]

It's a bit early isn't it?

As you clearly know better, how many goals were directly attributable to a mistake made by Stockdale? You probably think they all were!

 

[Withdean11]

I missed 5 games in total last season and either my memory is fading but can only really remember 3 or 4 mistakes... I can remember some stunning saves too that kept us in games....Believe it or not, contrary to popular belief TK also made his share of mistakes and Casper... I think it's easy to blame someone...Conceding goals was not our problem last season!

I'm assuming the "3 or 4" mistakes you're talking about are the ones such as against Cardiff where he dicided to run out side of his penalty box to try and punch away a ball that both Kenwyne Jones and Gordan Greer were challenging for?

How about the ones where his positioning is so bad he makes it easy for the opponent to score? That happened a lot last season.

But people like you will ignore those and tell us he has the best distribution in the league. Except he hasn't. Quite a few times last season his miss kicked clearences went straight to the opposition resulting in a goal either immediatly or from the following play.

 

[bhanutz]

I'm assuming the "3 or 4" mistakes you're talking about are the ones such as against Cardiff where he dicided to run out side of his penalty box to try and punch away a ball that both Kenwyne Jones and Gordan Greer were challenging for?

How about the ones where his positioning is so bad he makes it easy for the opponent to score? That happened a lot last season.

But people like you will ignore those and tell us he has the best distribution in the league. Except he hasn't. Quite a few times last season his miss kicked clearences went straight to the opposition resulting in a goal either immediatly or from the following play.

I agree. He made mistakes, he is the first to admit it. He is far from crap though and made some very good saves that kept us in games! Dont forget, In Sami's reign he wasnt offered too much protection when the full backs thought they were wingers! Brentford away, a prime example!

 

[LamieRobertson]

I agree. He made mistakes, he is the first to admit it. He is far from crap though and made some very good saves that kept us in games! Dont forget, In Sami's reign he wasnt offered too much protection when the full backs thought they were wingers! Brentford away, a prime example!

Exactly

 

[severnside gull]

I'm assuming the "3 or 4" mistakes you're talking about are the ones such as against Cardiff where he dicided to run out side of his penalty box to try and punch away a ball that both Kenwyne Jones and Gordan Greer were challenging for?

How about the ones where his positioning is so bad he makes it easy for the opponent to score? That happened a lot last season.

But people like you will ignore those and tell us he has the best distribution in the league. Except he hasn't. Quite a few times last season his miss kicked clearences went straight to the opposition resulting in a goal either immediatly or from the following play.

Whilst I wasn't greatly impressed with DS's form last season that is absolute garbage.

 

[Wellesley]

As you clearly know better, how many goals were directly attributable to a mistake made by Stockdale? You probably think they all were!

Oh yeah, hang on, I think I've got it written down somewhere. I'll have to get back to you.

 

[Wellesley]

I agree. He made mistakes, he is the first to admit it. He is far from crap though and made some very good saves that kept us in games! Dont forget, In Sami's reign he wasnt offered too much protection when the full backs thought they were wingers! Brentford away, a prime example!

Hopefully he'll decide to get fit from the start of the season now that he knows he has got real competition, instead of waiting until November to lose weight, like last season, when he was out with a broken finger and his place was threatened.

 

[Icy Gull]

How I feel. It appears according to the Argus that there are conditions, which I'd imagine relate to appearances.

Whilst I am supportive of what the club is trying to achieve re Walton and having 3 keepers, is that chap really going to challenge Stockdale?

I can't help but think I'd have preferred a similar situation to the one we had with Kuszczak where Brez and Casper backed up.

Come to think of it isn't Brez available? [emoji6]

I'd prefer Stockdale to have proper competition, maybe this guy will provide it, but my first impression is that he's here as back up.

What do I know though, maybe we are about to sell Stockdale and bring somebody else in....

 

[Megazone]

I'd prefer Stockdale to have proper competition, maybe this guy will provide it, but my first impression is that he's here as back up.

What do I know though, maybe we are about to sell Stockdale and bring somebody else in....

I cant imagine Stockdale's wages being cheap. This sounds more like a replacement.

 

[Icy Gull]

I cant imagine Stockdale's wages being cheap. This sounds more like a replacement.

I'll be worried if that is the case rather than underwhelmed

 

[severnside gull]

Crawley now being ruled out as a loan destination for Walton. Not unhappy with that as living and managing independently are a big part of the development process IMO.

 

[Albumen]

I cant imagine Stockdale's wages being cheap. This sounds more like a replacement.

He's back up.