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- Thread starter Dirty Dave
- Start date
Record transfer fee and not number 1 ?
Seasider78
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- Nov 14, 2004
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Obviously he grows a few inches when he plays internationally.
Jesus Christ, some of the f*cking posts on here. Let's just accept our relegation now, because our scouts obviously missed how tall Ryan is and therefore we are f*cked. If we're going to judge goalkeepers on their physical appearance then I'd still take a goalkeeper who doesn't "have footballers legs" over a visibly overweight Stockdale.
Not just our scouts that have had the wool pulled over their eyes but Valencia and Genk as well. Same height as Cassilas as well what were Real Madrid thinking for all of those years. However what do all these scouts know anyway a couple of people have seen Ryan stand under a crossbar at Crawley in a game he has not made a save and written him off already.
Couldn't make it up could you only on NSC
Pondicherry
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I hope so. He did not have anything to do in the first half so I can not comment at all on his keeping ability from that game other than he did one very accurate low kick out to Bruno which looked good. He looks small. Some of the lower end Premier League teams (Stoke, WBA, Burnley etc) are massive and physical so he may have a problem with that. He may be able to cope, who knows at the moment.
Theatre of Trees
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I have visions of Goldson rising from his operating table and heading in with his drip still attached.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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And don't forget his legs don't look like footballers legs.
Maybe he was always sitting behind a desk when our scouts went to see him so they didn't notice his rubbish legs or how small he is?
He has to be bloody good then. Some of the shit written about Stockdale looking over weight and other stuff is laughable.
Don't forget he was voted the best keeper last year. Managed to save at least 3 penalties. A presence in goal who made very few mistakes. Excellent reactions and generally a brilliant shot stopper.
Ryan has a lot to prove especially being our record buy.
Look at the storm it created on here over the summer whether he was staying or not.
I'm hoping this doesn't turn out like the Murray transfer where we didn't pay enough money and regretted it badly letting him go on a free.
darkwolf666
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mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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We've done really well to turn a 6-0 win into a chance to criticise our new goalkeeper.
Well done everyone. That's a good effort.
Well done everyone. That's a good effort.
The Brighton Buzz
Falmer here we come
- Jan 31, 2008
- 1,277
Tom Heaton England Goalkeeper is 6' 1" Ryan is at best 2" shorter. 2" for Christ's sake, I bet that means he will let a hatful in. Some of the comments on here are laughable. We have signed three players and two of them have already taken a lot of stick for either being too short or too slow. It won't be long before someone finds fault with Gross. They complain that we are not making signings and when we do they slag them off. Only on NSC.
Hugo Lloris another who's no giant. Guess he'd be a dodgy keeper too if he signed tomorrow.
Kaiser_Soze
Who is Kaiser Soze??
- Apr 14, 2008
- 1,355
Get off your high horse. You're the master of pointless discussion. Drone thread included.
Still at least we now know which random thread will be 
d in x weeks/months time by someone prematurely saying 'I told you so'.
The predictability is almost comforting.
d in x weeks/months time by someone prematurely saying 'I told you so'.The predictability is almost comforting.
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Hove / Παρος
I've translated it in to Spanish, to Icelandic, to Zulu, to Romanian and back to English. Still makes about as much sense.
Lindfield23
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- Dec 14, 2016
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As others have already suggested, it is nothing short of mind-boggling to try and refer to some sort of muscular or height deficiency (an idea that's, put plainly, ludicrous, the guy's not a dwarf for Christ's sake, he's over 6ft) as "evidence" that Ryan is inferior to Stockdale, despite our new No1 not having actually made any errors in a Brighton shirt to support these claims. Now is the time to get behind the squad, whereas the time to pass comment on various squad members is after they have had a decent opportunity to prove their worth during the new season. Rant over.
The Birdman
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What our support today
The Birdman
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thank you
There could have been some more Albion fans sitting in the main stand, the seating area for away fans was full up and sold out I believe. I have sat in the main stand before at a Crawley v Albion friendly.
The away terraces were pretty packed this afternoon.
£5 million as a reserve keeper?!