Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
He's a fraction over 6ft.
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- Thread starter Dirty Dave
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Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I know he's gone never to return but apart from Villa played well I thought.
BensGrandad
New member
I didnt think that he was an upgrade on Bong ,so the obvious answer as he was already our player, was to extend and offer Bong a new contract.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Gibberish.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
my word
Also Connor not Conner.
Good point. You can take over from me with his remedial English lessons. I'm clearly overworked.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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No need for the comma between "scored including" on second line either. Think you were just overwhelmed by how many mistakes there were!
SIMMO SAYS
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Pondicherry
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Good question. His wiki page list him at 6ft and 1/2 inch and also at 180 cm. Now 180 cm is 5ft 11in. Looking at him today there is no way he is over 6ft so i am going with 5ft 11in. You would have to be an incredibly good keeper at that height.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
It looks like 'a Glenn Murray penalty' was also amongst the goalscorers
Icy Gull
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And he's not overweight, let's look for the positives.
JimmyJayUK
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- Feb 20, 2014
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You do realise that Ryan is a lot more athletic than Stockdale, I'm sure he can make up those extra inches and then some by be able to jump higher and react that bit faster.
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
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.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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His shirt didn't look like it fitted him. Really frustrated me first half.
boik
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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.
Maybe we should make a sneaky bid for Peter Crouch and stick him in goal? He's very tall and obviously that is all that matters.
Everytime I see (2 or 3 times a season, until now!!! ) de Gea I swear he gets considerably thinner.
Sure he's 3 inches taller, with a wing span to match, but my right leg is thinker than his body.
These days it's all about agility, fleet of foot, and passing as well as shot stopping, instead of t'other way round.
Sure he's 3 inches taller, with a wing span to match, but my right leg is thinker than his body.
These days it's all about agility, fleet of foot, and passing as well as shot stopping, instead of t'other way round.
Pondicherry
Well-known member
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.
Happy to be proved wrong and hope he turns out to be the best keeper we have ever had. Obviously there is a point a which a keeper is too small. If we had signed someone 4ft tall we would all be moaning (and even a dwarf would have kept a clean sheet in the first half against Crawley). All i am doing as someone who was behind the goal today is saying he is very small for a Premier League keeper (probably the smallest in the league i suspect) for the benefit and interest of anyone not there today. For all we know, he may not be earmarked as our number 1 keeper anyway.