| New goalie for development squad on 18:43 - Jan 8 with 1406 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Great name!!
Murphy Mahoney (he's not Irish y'know)
Harry Wixted (he is Irish, honest)
Joel Halliday.
Is there an Island of Superbly-named Goalkeepers we send a boat out to occasionally? |  |
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| New goalie for development squad on 18:46 - Jan 8 with 1383 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Also a welcome return for Nourry-Chat GPT
"the floor is his to make the next step"
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| New goalie for development squad on 18:53 - Jan 8 with 1331 views | dmm |
| New goalie for development squad on 18:46 - Jan 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
Also a welcome return for Nourry-Chat GPT
"the floor is his to make the next step"
Magic. |
Oi, Christian. He's a football player, not a stone mason |  | | |
| New goalie for development squad on 19:16 - Jan 8 with 1226 views | QPR_Hibs |
| New goalie for development squad on 18:46 - Jan 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
Also a welcome return for Nourry-Chat GPT
"the floor is his to make the next step"
Magic. |
I think he's used that one before. Needs to check his settings to allow original content only. |  |
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| New goalie for development squad on 00:28 - Jan 9 with 898 views | MrSheen |
| New goalie for development squad on 18:43 - Jan 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
Great name!!
Murphy Mahoney (he's not Irish y'know)
Harry Wixted (he is Irish, honest)
Joel Halliday.
Is there an Island of Superbly-named Goalkeepers we send a boat out to occasionally? |
Grandson of Johnny, n’est-ce pas? |  | | |
| New goalie for development squad on 02:53 - Jan 9 with 814 views | derbyhoop |
Call me out but we've already got Nardi, Walsh and Sheppard for the 1st team. Even if latter is on a short term deal.
In the DS we have Matty Salamon, who everybody seems to rate highly, and Ciaran Clark.
Do we really need another keeper on the books? |  |
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| New goalie for development squad on 06:06 - Jan 9 with 725 views | numptydumpty |
| New goalie for development squad on 02:53 - Jan 9 by derbyhoop |
Call me out but we've already got Nardi, Walsh and Sheppard for the 1st team. Even if latter is on a short term deal.
In the DS we have Matty Salamon, who everybody seems to rate highly, and Ciaran Clark.
Do we really need another keeper on the books? |
We are the first club in the football league to have a goalkeeping academy.
Half of them continually get loaned out to higher and higher rated clubs and then we sell them all to La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and the ones that are the flops can go to Chelsea on 8 year contracts.
It worked on football manager, so there we go, job done !!!
Or perhaps the other plan, is to cover potential injuries, as we once had seven goalkeepers in one season, so we are now fully covered, if things go Pete Tong !!!
Either way, it's genius !!!
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| New goalie for development squad on 06:37 - Jan 9 with 688 views | dmm |
| New goalie for development squad on 02:53 - Jan 9 by derbyhoop |
Call me out but we've already got Nardi, Walsh and Sheppard for the 1st team. Even if latter is on a short term deal.
In the DS we have Matty Salamon, who everybody seems to rate highly, and Ciaran Clark.
Do we really need another keeper on the books? |
And Murphy Cooper on loan at Stevenage. It does seem a bit excessive. | | | |
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| New goalie for development squad on 07:46 - Jan 9 with 565 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| New goalie for development squad on 18:43 - Jan 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
Great name!!
Murphy Mahoney (he's not Irish y'know)
Harry Wixted (he is Irish, honest)
Joel Halliday.
Is there an Island of Superbly-named Goalkeepers we send a boat out to occasionally? |
I'm sure there's a fighter squadron somewhere in which their grandfathers were stationed during WW2. |  |
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| New goalie for development squad on 09:53 - Jan 9 with 450 views | nadera78 |
| New goalie for development squad on 02:53 - Jan 9 by derbyhoop |
Call me out but we've already got Nardi, Walsh and Sheppard for the 1st team. Even if latter is on a short term deal.
In the DS we have Matty Salamon, who everybody seems to rate highly, and Ciaran Clark.
Do we really need another keeper on the books? |
The truth is no-one knows if a goalie is going to make it or not, they're a strange breed who are very unpredictable, until they're playing regularly in the first team. There are simply too many variables. That goes for other sports too, listen to anyone in ice hockey for instance and they'll tell it's a complete mystery. That's why football clubs sign more goalkeepers than any other position at a young age and then see who comes through. |  | | |
| New goalie for development squad on 10:20 - Jan 9 with 404 views | BrizR |
| New goalie for development squad on 09:53 - Jan 9 by nadera78 |
The truth is no-one knows if a goalie is going to make it or not, they're a strange breed who are very unpredictable, until they're playing regularly in the first team. There are simply too many variables. That goes for other sports too, listen to anyone in ice hockey for instance and they'll tell it's a complete mystery. That's why football clubs sign more goalkeepers than any other position at a young age and then see who comes through. |
Exactly, it's a development squad, you sign players to develop. We have a clutch of them at the minute, but some of them won't work out, and you won't keep hold of all the ones that are good - keepers don't get rotated the same way outfielders do, so if the first choice is fit and playing well you aren't getting a look in. Shepperd types are happy to just be in the squad and show up to training and occasionally make the bench, but you'd hope most of these lads want to play regularly, and some of them will decide that if Nardi and Walsh are ahead of them they're going to go elsewhere and do that rather than waiting around. | | | |
| New goalie for development squad on 10:42 - Jan 9 with 331 views | QPR_Hibs |
I think that Brighton have been successful in signing a number of young (English?) goalkeepers and developing them/loaning them out to the Championship. I was reading the other day that they own 3 of the 5 goalkeepers that are Under 23 y.o. who have appeared in either the Premier League or Championship. | |
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| New goalie for development squad on 12:44 - Jan 9 with 188 views | DannyPaddox |
If he’s good and makes the grade that’s great and what a find. If he’s not he can run his contract down and leave on a Bosman’s Halliday.
Can you see what I did there?
I’ll get me coat. |  | | |
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