PIG why was he released?

[Whitechapel]

Utter bullsh!t. Heard this a few times. A "pony" keeper that carried us into the playoffs two seasons in a row.

Let's not rewrite history

A quality keeper for his first 18 months with us followed by 6 months of being an inconsistent keeper who wasn't above belittling other players when realistically, he was at fault. As you said, let's not rewrite history. We got in the play-offs last season due to having a manager who played two defence minded midfielders ahead of a (largely) solid back four, along with Leonardo Ulloa and a solid slice of luck.

The first season? You could make an argument that PIG was one of the key reasons we finished 4th, but you could also make an argument that it was PIG and his occasional clangers that cost us Automatic Promotion. I'm not going to claim that because it would be very, very harsh but he was never flawless.

 

[Hillian1]

Missed the exact reason why we never kept him, good keeper why did he go? Not great distribution but got us points out of games many a time.

Glass Coffee table.

 

[Ali_rrr]

Ulloa got us into the playoffs following a Kuszczak howler. He also conceded 6 goals in the playoffs last year.

What about Ulloa's miss where he dragged it wide? That nearly cost us too.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

What about Ulloa's miss where he dragged it wide? That nearly cost us too.

Misses don't count. Goals do.

 

[wehatepalace]

Glass Coffee table.

Balls deep, Mrs Garcia.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Balls deep, Mrs Garcia.

Or was it Mrs Lopez ?



who knows?

Fox Mulder once said 'The truth is out there'.

 

[Lifelong Supporter]

Due to his alleged dalliance with Mrs Garcia he fell out with the Spanish contingent, and he was too expensive. That, and touting himself around to all and sundry in March pretty much sealed his exit

This seems to sum things up pretty well. Time for him to go.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Keeping PIG might have been a rasher decision..........

 

[janee]

Don't get me wrong; I think Stockdale has been really poor for most of this season. However, I think that keeping a player that was causing disharmony in the squad would've been a disaster. I'm sure there's a reason that no-one else has taken him on as their first choice keeper.

Think stockers has won a few games recently so disagree with this bit but..

Poyet told me he was a disruptive in the dressing room player. And that was before the rumours of mrs Garcia

 

[champion7]

Wanted more money and more of Mrs Garcia,neither was going to happen.

 

[lovelyboy]

A poor tommy K is still better than the shower we have in goal at present