| 25 million spent on keepers in just over 2 years. 17:07 - Nov 8 with 446 views | cbower |
And we are playing the man we recruited in League One.
I really like Walton, he has some great attributes and has served this club very well.
However, serious questions have to be asked about our recruitment in this position. It has been really pi$$ poor. |  |
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| 25 million spent on keepers in just over 2 years. on 17:10 - Nov 8 | jas0999 |
…. And defensively as well. We were really poor in the PL last time out … yet DOS, Greaves and Davis are all there still … two of whom are regulars. We back that up with Kipre …
£200M spent, but arguably the worst defensive unit in the PL. it will get us relegated. |  | | |
| 25 million spent on keepers in just over 2 years. on 17:14 - Nov 8 | Guthrum |
Which suggests it's possibly as hard a position to fill as striker.
After all, they are more specialist than anyone else on the pitch, probably a smaller pool to pick from and career development tricky. On top of which, pretty much every error is glaringly punished. |  |
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| 25 million spent on keepers in just over 2 years. on 17:20 - Nov 8 | grow_our_own |
100%. I think modern football demands a smaller-profile and greater weighting on footwork. The best team in the country is Arsenal. Their two starting keepers this season are 6ft and 6ft 1". Both comfortable in sweeper-keeper role.
I think we've been spooked by the quantity of set-piece goals last season, and have over-weighted our recruitment to height. Scherpen is no better than Walton with his feet. Look at the Palace game when he passed straight to Wharton centrally just outside the box, gifting him a goal which he fluffed. Van Oevelen is closer to the profile we need, but was never going to be our #1 this season due to lack of experience. [Post edited 8 Nov 17:24]
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| 25 million spent on keepers in just over 2 years. on 17:25 - Nov 8 | Swansea_Blue |
It’s not really worked out has it? I think we’ve been a bit too quick to bin off Scherpen, but then I don’t see him every day so what do I know. Keepers are a weird sub-species of Human too lol |  |
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