Pau Lopez - 3rd Choice Keeper

[One Teddy Maybank]

You're not wrong. Won us far more points than he cost us, but didn't make it any less infuriating. As did Baldock's miss.

Sigh. Thought I'd be well over it by now.

I doubt we're going to spend anything like 4M on this keeper. Looks a decent 2nd/3rd choice if the price is right.

Oh yes, not knocking Stocko as such, the penalty saves and other moments were amazing.

The Baldock miss was as bad......

I'm a bit perplexed re this third goalie. With Sanchez already (who is okay), and the likelihood of needing a third goalie very rare. I can't see that this is very good business.

Unless Sanchez is going out on loan, the signing of a 22 year old surely blocks his development with the U23 squad, and if he's not close to the 22 year old in terms of ability, why are we keeping him?


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[Jim Van Winkle]

Definitely need one more keeper - it would be good to have competition for places.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Blimey [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION], do you take everything literally? [emoji2]


I would argue some of those he would have saved later on in his Brighton career, but by then he'd had the benefit of Ben Roberts coaching. They weren't errors as such.

Yes. Most things, especially on social media

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Definitely need one more keeper - it would be good to have competition for places.

It's not just competition, but for injuries too.

 

[GT49er]

I'm a bit perplexed re this third goalie. With Sanchez already (who is okay), and the likelihood of needing a third goalie very rare. I can't see that this is very good business.

Yes, me too. Third choice keeper unlikely to be needed, but why not treat the possibility as a glorious chance for a youngster to get a break?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

In fairness to Stockdale I think he conceded about 12 goals and didn't get near any of them as they flew in.. Not sure he parried shots back to the opposition every game.He may not have had a great start but he wasn't responsible for most of the goals conceded.

I've just checked the 14/15 season and he kept 13 clean sheets. Quite a few of those games were 0-0 draws.

 

[Baker lite]

I hear Wigan have got a guy who suppose to be pretty decent. Represented England at many age levels. Walton i think his name is.

Had the nerve to mention this on another thread,the Ubers went mad.

 

[Icy Gull]

I've just checked the 14/15 season and he kept 13 clean sheets. Quite a few of those games were 0-0 draws.

I'd be willing to bet they weren't in his first six or seven games, maybe my memory is shot but every shot on target seemed to end up in the back of the net when he was first here.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I hear Wigan have got a guy who suppose to be pretty decent. Represented England at many age levels. Walton i think his name is.

He is decent, but needs experience before sitting on the bench of a Premier league club.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

It's not just competition, but for injuries too.

Walton must be feeling very encouraged by the current GK situation.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Yes, me too. Third choice keeper unlikely to be needed, but why not treat the possibility as a glorious chance for a youngster to get a break?

Exactly. I'd be interested to know how Man times in the last 10 years PL clubs have had to resort to their third choice keeper as starter.


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[kevtherev]

He is decent, but needs experience before sitting on the bench of a Premier league club.

Experience?.....if experience is the qualification for getting in our team. I'm sorry to tell you but we are f##ked. Because there is none, bar Murray, Sidwell And Rosenior. Two of which haven't had a look in yet and the other was only 3rd choice at prem clubs years ago.....Experience at a Premier league club, hasn't seemed to be a necessary requirement so far in our transfer dealings......Walton is a damn sight better than Ryan, from everything I've witnessed so far.

 

[Stat Brother]

Had the nerve to mention this on another thread,the Ubers went mad.

Would that be the same Walton who has played 3 games and only conceded 1 goal?

Had he stayed at the Albion he so far might have made it onto the bench v Barnet.


It's not really rocket science, is it?

 

[Commander]

How can you moan at this? Incredible.

Ryan is not good enough.

Incredible.

 

[Commander]

Experience?.....if experience is the qualification for getting in our team. I'm sorry to tell you but we are f##ked. Because there is none, bar Murray, Sidwell And Rosenior. Two of which haven't had a look in yet and the other was only 3rd choice at prem clubs years ago.....Experience at a Premier league club, hasn't seemed to be a necessary requirement so far in our transfer dealings......Walton is a damn sight better than Ryan, from everything I've witnessed so far.

Hooray!! Where have you been? I was thinking a while ago you hadn't been around for ages, two defeats and you're back. Fantastic stuff.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Experience?.....if experience is the qualification for getting in our team. I'm sorry to tell you but we are f##ked. Because there is none, bar Murray, Sidwell And Rosenior. Two of which haven't had a look in yet and the other was only 3rd choice at prem clubs years ago.....Experience at a Premier league club, hasn't seemed to be a necessary requirement so far in our transfer dealings......Walton is a damn sight better than Ryan, from everything I've witnessed so far.

Experience of playing week in and week out for Wigan. Walton would not be number one here, even if Ryan turns out to be a dud (which I doubt) then Maenpaa is more experienced than Christian.
It wouldn't do Walton any good sitting on a bench all season. He will be a better keeper for the work he's doing now.

 

[Cullip4]

Third choice goalkeeper is likely to be needed when we have an Australian international, looks like they are playing Tuesday so realistically Ryan will fly back Wednesday probably arrive back Friday morning having spent 24 hours on a plane albeit in upper class and not trained with the squad at all for two weeks.

I really think we are going to be rotating the keepers role this season starting vs West Brom and they for some reason do not trust Maenppa!


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[Frutos]

Hooray!! Where have you been? I was thinking a while ago you hadn't been around for ages, two defeats and you're back. Fantastic stuff.

You could almost play moaning bingo, and tick off the same selection of posters who only seem to post when either we lose or they can find some other angle from which to post their miserable, negative crap.

It honestly makes me wonder why some of them bother at all when they seem to find absolutely no joy in anything that happens in relation to this football club.

 

[Brighton Mod]

Would assume loan if true given age and club's thoughts on Walton as our keeper long-term.

With the hysteria and pandemoneon on here, I thought most had forgotten Walton, who has been with the club for two years plus. Has been loaned out, recalled, played in the first team and accomplished himself well and yet we want three keepers ahead of him.
Clearly i'm not in close contact with the management, but why spend so much money on keepers that are on a similar level with him.
As a post script, we have lost two games, thats TWO GAMES, one to the most expensive team in the country and the other to the premier league champions of 2015/2016, the only outstanding feature of these games for me was that we failed to score and we did have opportunites.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

It's not just competition, but for injuries too.

And Ryan's jetlag after games in Australia.