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  • Carson was great until it mattered at Ewood Park
  • Dean Kiely and Bob Bolder - the epitome of solid, both of them 
  • Bob Bolder’s display on New Years Day at Man Utd was unbelievable. Best I have seen!!
  • Who plays in goal for the Kenyan national team…surely we will have to be linked with him 
    Has Linda Keeper said anything?
  • Any news on Kaminski, what do people think, hasn’t been mentioned surprisingly.
  • wolfgang
    edited August 9
    SteveACS said:

    Mannion is young enough to learn and improve.

    I do think his morale is shot, though. The free kick he threw in his own goal, and the Wednesday howler, seem to have crippled his decision making.
    Pathetic this younger generation.

    I post on here nearly every day, sometimes 5 or 6 posts a day. Nearly all of them get derided. I get insulted, only yesterday someone called me "a charmer". "Likes" on my posts are rarer than dry farts in the Dominican Republic, where I now live.

    Yet I still persist in posting despite my judgment being crippled, assuming I ever had any. Because at 86, I am still young enough to learn and improve.
  • Jdredsox said:
    Jdredsox said:
    wolfgang said:
    If a club wants to take Kaminski " home" ...
    He is Belgian. Sparta are Dutch. He would have a long walk home after the game.

    Different nation, different league, though if they had any sense they would merge the two leagues. It would raise the standard and make their top clubs more competitive in Europe.
    I actually looked up where he's from and it's surprisingly not as far from Rotterdam as I thought.

    Then again, as the song goes, Rotterdam is anywhere ...

    If he was anywhere near Brussels, Rotterdam is around 90 miles away.  People would probably be surprised on how many players do a commute in football.
    East Flanders, so even closer than Brussels. Although he may have moved his family over here now considering how long he's been playing in England.
    He may be like NJ and have a family near every club he has ever played at (or so we were told).
  • RedChaser said:
    Bring back Willie Duff, he could pack a good punch :)
    Dave Hickson of Everton can vouch for that after Willie laid him out at the Valley in a cup tie January 1959. He took his green jersey off and headed for the dressing room before the ref had time to get his notebook out 👊.
    And did he fool the ref by doing that?

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  • golfaddick
    edited August 9
    Would prefer Okonkwo if he was available. 

    Not sure why he has fell out of favour at Wrexham to bring in other keepers etc? 
    Not good enough at this level, been exposed a fair bit. He only looks good against us cause we have looked toothless everytime vs that lot.

    Funny the difference in League 1 to Champ. Two seasons ago I'd have loved Okonkwo or the Stockport keeper Addai. Both looked class, now I wouldn't want either.

    We need a bit better. I think the goalie slot should almost always be filled by a loan from a prem team unless you have developed one yourself. Plenty of times over the year a loanee goalkeeper has done a job in this league, and it's arguably the least important position in terms of tactics. A good goalie can just slot in anywhere almost.
    Scott Carson was one of the best keepers in my lifetime.

    I'd say that he was the best in my lifetime and I go back to '76.
    Better than Kiely? 
    Kiely has probably been our best keeper over the past 40 years. Only Scott Carson (1 season loan) comes close imo. Then Nick Pope & then (perhaps surprisingly) Rob Elliot.
  • This goalkeeper stuff, tis but a diversion, until the arrival of our new dynamic midfield combo!

    Believe!


  • https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/estoril/amp/holsgrove-falhou-estreia-do-estoril-na-liga-por-problemas-fisicos

    Jordan Holsgrove was weight loss in the Estoril team, which yesterday drew (1-1) with Famalicão in the first day of the Betclic League. The Scottish midfielder was out of the squad due to a "physical limitation", revealed coach Vasco Matos at the press conference after the meeting.


    The 26-year-old player, who has two more seasons of contract with the Canary emblem and has generated a lot of interest from foreign clubs in this market, should miss the next game, against Nacional in Choupana, and may stay out of the lawns for a few weeks.
  • Would prefer Okonkwo if he was available. 

    Not sure why he has fell out of favour at Wrexham to bring in other keepers etc? 
    Not good enough at this level, been exposed a fair bit. He only looks good against us cause we have looked toothless everytime vs that lot.

    Funny the difference in League 1 to Champ. Two seasons ago I'd have loved Okonkwo or the Stockport keeper Addai. Both looked class, now I wouldn't want either.

    We need a bit better. I think the goalie slot should almost always be filled by a loan from a prem team unless you have developed one yourself. Plenty of times over the year a loanee goalkeeper has done a job in this league, and it's arguably the least important position in terms of tactics. A good goalie can just slot in anywhere almost.
    Scott Carson was one of the best keepers in my lifetime.

    I'd say that he was the best in my lifetime and I go back to '76.
    Better than Kiely? 
    I think so, but of course Kiely was fantastic for us.
  • Kiely was sensational for 5 seasons .  
  • Just over three weeks to go.
  • A prem loan keeper would be good. Shame we didn’t go for Beadle as he’d get more game time with us. Coventry getting Rushworth was a fantastic move.

    on loans more generally I’m not sure why we have a policy against them as you then usually are front of the queue for signing player who’d never have come to you permanently 
  • cafc4life said:
    Is Ouma still happening or what?
    Ouma god, can you just be patient!
    Got a chant you can sing about him to yourself while we wait…based on The Wiseguys - Ooh La La

    it goes…

    “Say Ooh ma ma 
    say Ouma
    Ouma Ouma
    say Ooh ma ma 
    say Ouma
    Ouma Ouma”
  • Ouma's chant was already determined the other day 

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  • Ouma Delort-Purse 
  • A prem loan keeper would be good. Shame we didn’t go for Beadle as he’d get more game time with us. Coventry getting Rushworth was a fantastic move.

    on loans more generally I’m not sure why we have a policy against them as you then usually are front of the queue for signing player who’d never have come to you permanently 
    We don't. Jones prefers permanent signings if possible but we've used loans pretty regularly since he took over.
  • RedChaser
    edited August 10
    wolfgang said:
    RedChaser said:
    Bring back Willie Duff, he could pack a good punch :)
    Dave Hickson of Everton can vouch for that after Willie laid him out at the Valley in a cup tie January 1959. He took his green jersey off and headed for the dressing room before the ref had time to get his notebook out 👊.
    And did he fool the ref by doing that?
    No chance he received a suspension and we ended up drawing 2-2 by conceding late goals then losing a replay 4 days later at Goodison 4-1. They were old 1st Division and we were 2nd.
  • StrikerFirmani
    edited August 10
    RedChaser said:
    Dave Hickson of Everton can vouch for that after Willie laid him out at the Valley in a cup tie January 1959. He took his green jersey off and headed for the dressing room before the ref had time to get his notebook out 👊.
    And did he fool the ref by doing that?

    Absolutely Not.  He was the first player I saw get sent off.  

    I thought the score was 4-0 at Everton, not that it makes any difference still same outcome.

  • Would prefer Okonkwo if he was available. 

    Not sure why he has fell out of favour at Wrexham to bring in other keepers etc? 
    Not good enough at this level, been exposed a fair bit. He only looks good against us cause we have looked toothless everytime vs that lot.

    Funny the difference in League 1 to Champ. Two seasons ago I'd have loved Okonkwo or the Stockport keeper Addai. Both looked class, now I wouldn't want either.

    We need a bit better. I think the goalie slot should almost always be filled by a loan from a prem team unless you have developed one yourself. Plenty of times over the year a loanee goalkeeper has done a job in this league, and it's arguably the least important position in terms of tactics. A good goalie can just slot in anywhere almost.
    Scott Carson was one of the best keepers in my lifetime.

    I'd say that he was the best in my lifetime and I go back to '76.
    Better than Kiely? 
    Kiely has probably been our best keeper over the past 40 years. Only Scott Carson (1 season loan) comes close imo. Then Nick Pope & then (perhaps surprisingly) Rob Elliot.
    Ben Hamer must come ahead of a couple of those surely. Great keeper.
  • Would prefer Okonkwo if he was available. 

    Not sure why he has fell out of favour at Wrexham to bring in other keepers etc? 
    Not good enough at this level, been exposed a fair bit. He only looks good against us cause we have looked toothless everytime vs that lot.

    Funny the difference in League 1 to Champ. Two seasons ago I'd have loved Okonkwo or the Stockport keeper Addai. Both looked class, now I wouldn't want either.

    We need a bit better. I think the goalie slot should almost always be filled by a loan from a prem team unless you have developed one yourself. Plenty of times over the year a loanee goalkeeper has done a job in this league, and it's arguably the least important position in terms of tactics. A good goalie can just slot in anywhere almost.
    Scott Carson was one of the best keepers in my lifetime.

    I'd say that he was the best in my lifetime and I go back to '76.
    Better than Kiely? 
    Kiely has probably been our best keeper over the past 40 years. Only Scott Carson (1 season loan) comes close imo. Then Nick Pope & then (perhaps surprisingly) Rob Elliot.
    Ben Hamer must come ahead of a couple of those surely. Great keeper.
    Agree. Hamer after Deano and Carson for me. 
  • BR7 said:
    Bob Bolder’s display on New Years Day at Man Utd was unbelievable. Best I have seen!!
    It was superb and definitely up there with Nicky Johns v Chelsea at The Valley in 1983. 
  • A prem loan keeper would be good. Shame we didn’t go for Beadle as he’d get more game time with us. Coventry getting Rushworth was a fantastic move.

    on loans more generally I’m not sure why we have a policy against them as you then usually are front of the queue for signing player who’d never have come to you permanently 
    Nathan specifically talked about the loaning of young players. He did not want to spend time improving young players of other Clubs when we had such wonderful youngsters here.
    I was skipping when I heard that Nathan was to be our manager, and was particularly pleased at the length of the contract. It is not a surprise to me that Clubs that have stuck with a manager are the ones that tend to be successful in the end.
    I think it gives the manager time to plan ahead and build the whole clubs direction. Too many IMO are expected to deliver results immediately and this leads to the buying of oven ready players at top end prices and wages with little room for profit, in order to get results.
    Man Utd went for the instant solution and Arsenal went long.


  • Simonsen said:
    BR7 said:
    Bob Bolder’s display on New Years Day at Man Utd was unbelievable. Best I have seen!!
    It was superb and definitely up there with Nicky Johns v Chelsea at The Valley in 1983. 
    Bob Bolders display in the early 90’s in an FA Cup replay at Sheffield United was also unbelievable.

    The worst I have ever seen. 

    Two down after 5 minutes, and he was a bag of nerves for the remaining 85 minutes.

  • If we could add 2/3 players capable of playing in the championship we stand a chance of avoiding relegation. Keeping Godden fit & not overloading his game time is crucial. Unfortunately those 2/3 are going to cost a fair bit & as yet we are not sure of our budget. My feeling is the loan market is our way forward. I’m just not convinced we have much money to spend but with Jones we always have a fighting chance.