18-01-2023, 18:39
Darlow would have been a good suggestion not so long ago, but last time I saw him he looked completely at sea between the sticks.
The sort of suggestion I'd make would be (in view of your manager's experience ....) Nyland at Leipzig. I'm guessing he's third choice. His contract runs out in summer. He's only early thirties. His agent would obviously like him to be in a shop window. He's tall and looks the part. He was at Villa and several other English club. He's a Norwegian international. The only problem is that he's probably on good money at Leipzig - but to find a goalie with experience who might be available you are looking at third and fourth choices at big clubs paying good money ....... In his case you'd have someone trying to impress to get a contract somewhere in England.
When you are costing the weekly wage of a player brought in, surely part of the real cost is relegation and the immediate exit of the best half of your team? Pennywise and his mate Poundfoolish aren't just characters in a new Stephen King novel.
But probably you shouldn't listen to me on keepers. Last night I was groaning more than the sex noises as the TV pundidiots described Elliott's wonder goal. If I'd let that in it would have taken me a month to get over it. Sa was so aware that he had fckued up he couldn't even take off properly and never even came close to achieving the height required. Great opportunism, but a wonder goal? Just another result of attempting to make keepers into outfield players, so that they now have to be permanently forward and ready to clear up the mess when one of their defenders loses the ball, or passes to an opponent.
The sort of suggestion I'd make would be (in view of your manager's experience ....) Nyland at Leipzig. I'm guessing he's third choice. His contract runs out in summer. He's only early thirties. His agent would obviously like him to be in a shop window. He's tall and looks the part. He was at Villa and several other English club. He's a Norwegian international. The only problem is that he's probably on good money at Leipzig - but to find a goalie with experience who might be available you are looking at third and fourth choices at big clubs paying good money ....... In his case you'd have someone trying to impress to get a contract somewhere in England.
When you are costing the weekly wage of a player brought in, surely part of the real cost is relegation and the immediate exit of the best half of your team? Pennywise and his mate Poundfoolish aren't just characters in a new Stephen King novel.
But probably you shouldn't listen to me on keepers. Last night I was groaning more than the sex noises as the TV pundidiots described Elliott's wonder goal. If I'd let that in it would have taken me a month to get over it. Sa was so aware that he had fckued up he couldn't even take off properly and never even came close to achieving the height required. Great opportunism, but a wonder goal? Just another result of attempting to make keepers into outfield players, so that they now have to be permanently forward and ready to clear up the mess when one of their defenders loses the ball, or passes to an opponent.