Mannion fully understood the situation from before he signed. The idea that he'll be pissed off at this development is a nonsense. We signed him because Jones trusts him to be the guy in an emergency, but we signed him as the number 2
Mannion will still probably start on Saturday, if he does well then he might be able to keep the spot initially. If he does well, gets a clean sheet, and still gets dropped then he might be a bit pissed
I watched his highlights in their recent pre-season friendly vs Bournemouth - interestingly he wasn't great with his feet for an Arsenal keeper, I think the first 2 minutes of the video are him booting the ball out of play while under no pressure.
He made a couple of good saves and was the hero in the penalty shootout, you can see he will be a good player in the future. I'm not sure how good he'll be as a number 1 at first-team level, but he's got pedigree.
Who is he meant to be passing it out to for us ? If he commands his box and saves shots , that’s good enough for me .
Here’s hoping it’s a season long loan and not til January. A keeper and defence really need to work together over a season to get that rhythm and consistency. Wouldn’t want a Connor Gallagher situation where he plays a blinder up to Christmas then joins a championship team for the second half of the season.
Asked my mate who is a massive Gooner about Hein. He said the following 'fingers crossed you have an obligation to buy clause if he plays 1 minute lol'. His review is much less glowing than the others but maybe he's just miserable!
Mannion fully understood the situation from before he signed. The idea that he'll be pissed off at this development is a nonsense. We signed him because Jones trusts him to be the guy in an emergency, but we signed him as the number 2
Well possibly but at 26 years of age and after an impressive last half of last season at Cambridge I’d have thought that he’d at least aspire to being number one, particularly in the third tier. Perhaps it’ll inspire him to make himself undropable. Competition is a good thing but nothing is going to make me believe he’s going to be fully understanding of this. Particularly if he starts on Saturday and does well.
I mean all this searching has made it pretty clear that Mannion isn't seen as the #1 keeper. So if we're left with only him (or him with a cheap backup) it's a huge risk.
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The mist on the Thames is all Hein, come on..."
"I've seen him a few times. We've had him for god knows how long. Think we signed him in 22.
Oh dear lol, Hein now set to move to Real Valladolid
There's still near enough 4 weeks of the window left, I hope we get the right person in and not any old shit to plug a gap
Id say that's Poor for Four!!