Manuel Almunia among seven players to be released by Arsenal

[Woodchip]

Eccentric goalies are FLAIR.

Sign him up Gus!

 

[matthew]

They're having a major clear old few players could do a job

 

[Meade's Ball]

The Alm is someone i wouldn't greatly trust in goal. He may have played for the Arse there for a while, but the keepers he was battling for a place with couldn't handle the big stage, so he was the cream of a slightly pooey crop. As soon as you have a keeper that tears off his line and into the corner of the pitch to chase or a ball or a conjoined pigeon then the defence begins to internally worry from then on, and are aware of potential mishaps of others rather than just remaining in the position they were meant to individually concentrate on.
And lest we forget:

 

[BensGrandad]

The simple question is he better than what we have answer Yes

Are there better keepers available that we can afford answer probably

If her hasnt signed for anybody and we havent signed a keeper by about mid July I can see Gus asking about him but it is still very early in the close season and he does not strike me as a player that Gus will rush to sign.

 

[ees complicated no?]

Agree^^

 

[Ninja Elephant]

And lest we forget:

That has changed my mind entirely, he can forget about it. Anyone with a shitty little dog like that should be ashamed of themselves. Runt isn't a strong enough word to describe that pathetic little creature.

 

[edna krabappel]

He is way past his best, and even that wasn't that great anyway. He played for West Ham at this level last season and completely failed to impress.

Don't be fooled by the fact he played for Arsenal: that doesn't make him a great keeper for a second. They've had a succession of poor keepers since Seaman retired. No, no, and thrice no from me.

PS: what about Gavin Hoyte? Comes from Arsenal so must be good? Oh...wait...he already played for us and was one of the worst defenders in a very decent history of bad Albion defenders.

 

[patricksullivan]

dean, can you get rhys to get in contact with me, i may have something for him patrick@gbsm.org

So you think Rhys (who I know personally, so he wont mind me saying this) is better than Almunia?

 

[BensGrandad]

If my memory serves me well and I cant be bothered to look it up, wasnt there a time on here when people were saying we should ask Arsenal about getting Rhys Murphy on loan.

 

[ees complicated no?]

dean, can you get rhys to get in contact with me, i may have something for him patrick@gbsm.org

Just sent him a message on FB, I guess its something to do with this? work experiance in football related business (if it is I told him to take a look at it)

 

[ees complicated no?]

If my memory serves me well and I cant be bothered to look it up, wasnt there a time on here when people were saying we should ask Arsenal about getting Rhys Murphy on loan.

I think your correct, the question is do we need more fowards in the development squad and would Rhys want to do that instead of finding 1st team football? because I doubt he would 1st choice with CMS, Hoskins & Barnes ahead of him then Toby & Bergkamp in the Development.

 

[TPS]

When did he play for West Ham?

 

[ees complicated no?]

When did he play for West Ham?

on loan at the end of the season he played against us.