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He’s certainly got that ability to anticipate and be in the right place at the right time. He’s also very good using his strength and getting goal side of his marker.

This possibly belongs on the BHA loaners thread, but pertinent to a GK discussion. Here are the basic stats for Sheffield Weds 3-0 win - a MASSIVE win in every sense: By all accounts the stats don’t lie with Beadle being ranked as MOM on Owlstalk as well -...

Mostly not from specific incidents in a game either. Apart from March, I think, the injuries have all seemed to happen in training.

I’ll admit to blaming RDZ for picking him. He seems very stubborn with this GK rotation even though it hasn’t worked.

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Let's be honest, that incomprehension is mainly from the tedious African 'fans' of top-6 clubs infesting Twiiter/X with their paid-for-blue-tick accounts meaning that their tweets get prominence. And these guys have zero understanding of English football culture.

The back injury was mid Feb. The one from December was picked up during the Palace game but not serious enough to keep him out of Asia cup.

It's always been advertised as a perk of 1901 that people pay the premium for and for commit 5 years though, hasn't it? Assume it's on basis that businesses can buy a couple of tickets and use one for entertaining clients etc.

I really don't think we do. Whilst I don't think that Steele should be our number 1, he's perfect for a back-up in that he'll happily train and sit on the bench and do a job on the very rare occasions that the number 1 is injured or suspended. Rushworth is a 22 year old in development with a...

I know I'm sounding like a stuck record on NSC, but please, no more GK rotation!!!!

I'd rather we don't revert to the goalkeeper rotation policy next year. Choose your number 1 and stick with him week in week out.

Definitely. Given the potential for injuries, a level-headed player with a good agent will likely see a guaranteed 4 years on 30K a week as preferable to 1 year on 50K.

Helps that we're almost certainly off loading Fati, Lallana and Milner in that respect.

I doubt this will happen. Rushworth has potential to be an England keeper and sitting on our bench all season for all but half a dozen cup games is the last thing he needs. Unless he's coming back to be our number 1 then it's far better for him to get another loan at a decent Championship club...

It's a bit early in Gilmour's career to be clearing him out, I think. He's had a few really good games this season, and only turns 23 this summer. Worth comparing his development with MacAllister's career trajectory, who, although he came over to us having just turned 21 in January 2020 (just...

I don't think it's a case of not expecting Steele to do the standard goalkeeping stuff; we do expect him to do that, and he generally does. However, that is his ceiling, and he doesn't have the ability to do anything exceptional like pull off the type of saves that win 'undeserved' points...

Is it well documented about the training? I’ve not seen or read anything but it wouldn’t surprise me given the injury list and that, apart from Solly, they all seem to have originated from the training ground. Biggest red flag was Jack Hinshelwood breaking into the team and looking like he’d...

Didn’t Robbie Fowler do something like that in the mid 90s?

I’m not sure that there’s any other manager in the PL that would play him as first-choice keeper. He spent the rest of his career at Championship level for a reason.

We outplayed Utd earlier this season, certainly, but let’s be honest, the cup semi-final and the late 1-0 home win were 50/50s.