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In the euphoria of last season's promotion to the Premier League, people seem to have forgotten about Stockdale's many errors. Yes ok he did many good things too, but he is far from a great goalkeeper, merely a good one. Oh and by the way, isn't it time we moved on now?.

I really do wish that we had!

Indeed. Anyone else going to the Pig's wake?

Has Mat Ryan signed yet then????

You can bet your bottom dollar that he son't be living in Brum. Some lovely countryside mansions in Warks or Worcs where he can park up his Bentley Continental though.

Seems sensible to me.

Absolutely and utterly this. Couldn't have put it better myself.

No. I'm largely with Knocky on this one. Being fortunate enough to be a professional footballer comes with many resposibilities. One of those is not to rub your adoring fans noses in the dirt, by being an arse on twitter, and dangling pics of their kid being handed a Leeds shirt for every Tom...

Well Poyet was manager at the time, so same difference as far as l'm concerned.

Big difference with Glenn though, when he signed for Palarse it was because the Albion pushed him out. Stockdale is revered here, by most people at least.

Yep, that's largely how it works. Little or no loyalty with professional footballers. It's a job to them after all.

I'm sure that Chelsea are looking at a whole host of goalkeepers, it certainly won't just be Stockdale.

An opinion none the less.

Well I guess he has the right to decide what he wants to do, but I agree that some sort of timesacle needs to be put on it, to give us the time to find a capable replacement.

Stockdale isn't the greatest, but he is far from the worst. He won't be replaced that easily and that quickly.

I'm no great lover of Stockdale either, but to say that if we looked on the continent we could find better in no time, is lunacy.

Absolutely none.

Nicky Rust, what a keeper? I hope that was said tongue in cheek! If it's a cheap replacement for Stocko that we are looking for, look no further than the FDM. He sits in the stand and watches most home games anyway. You never know, he may even pay the club to wear the jersey again.

That's my concern too. With only five weeks until he is a free agent, we need to have plans in place to find another competent keeper. It's a core position in the team, and capable, (and available), Premier League goalkeepers are difficult to find.

I very much think we are in a small minority here, but I absolutely agree with what you say. In what was ultimately a very successful season, people are happy to laud the great saves that he did make, but conveniently forget all of the occasions costly errors were made, of which there were...