sammynb 3916 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 30 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: is there a worse keeper in the league at passing out from the back? i dunno tbh, but i don't imagine there are many worse I give you Fraser Forster. Dubs deserves to keep his place, until he doesn't, and I though we should have put the guy through a wood chipper when he wanted to fuck off to Man U but it appears he's realised: 1. Things aren't always rosier when you get your chance at "a big club" (or maybe he realised he was already at one?) 2. He, like all players, needed to put some effort into improving his game, which he obviously has. His missus' pre-season social media post, as obvious as it was a dig at either fans or the club itself, shows he has knuckled down and improved his game/attitude. I also think the fact he was unchallenged as number one keeper for so long in the Ashley years, didn't help the situation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5918 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 4 hours ago, OTF said: Dubravka's distribution and composure on the ball has certainly been a blessing. But nevermind as it will all come crashing down now that we've sung his praises. Where's @Rayvin to declare him as the worst keeper of all time so he can keep up this run... He is massively overrated like. Hooper-esque. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7564 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Dubravka is not in the same league as Hooper. i think the two worst goalkeepers I’ve ever seen play for us are Karelse and Mike Hooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5918 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I was just honouring OTF's request tbh... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4250 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 4 minutes ago, Rayvin said: I was just honouring OTF's request tbh... There are civilisations on distant planets which rose, flourished and then declined into extinction a billion years before dinosaurs roamed the planet who still understood this was what you were doing. Ffs catch up @Holden McGroin 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11313 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Holden McGroin said: Dubravka is not in the same league as Hooper. i think the two worst goalkeepers I’ve ever seen play for us are Karelse and Mike Hooper. Sels was turboturd when he was here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 16416 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I've surely mentioned it before on here, but one of my most distinct memories of the Keegan era is being out on Gosforth High Street getting lunch from Greggs or the chippy or wherever and a street sweeper accosting us out of the blue and delightedly telling us "He's dropped Hooper!". Can't even remember what match it would have been. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33151 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 10 hours ago, Holden McGroin said: Dubravka is not in the same league as Hooper. i think the two worst goalkeepers I’ve ever seen play for us are Karelse and Mike Hooper. I remember asking John Karelse for his autograph in the player’s lounge and him being amazed that I even knew he was a player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 10 hours ago, ewerk said: I remember asking John Karelse for his autograph in the player’s lounge and him being amazed that I even knew he was a player. He was probably more worried why you were in the Player's Lounge because you weren't a player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 According to Downie, Almiron is staying. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18985 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 12 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: He was probably more worried why you were in the Player's Lounge because you weren't a player And he was also about 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49834 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 10 hours ago, ewerk said: I remember asking John Karelse for his autograph in the player’s lounge and him being amazed that I even knew he was a player. "Please sir. Would you sign my clipboard?" 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11343 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 minutes ago, Gemmill said: "Please koind sir. Would you be moinded to soign my clipboard? t'be sure" EYP 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Just on Miggy. Apparently the offers for him are shit and Miggy wants to stay. Surely we will be at the same point in summer or worse, his value would have dropped further? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49834 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 If £5m is the asking price, and the offers aren't even meeting that, it's not worth having for the wages he's on. He might (MIGHT) come on and score an important goal between now and May. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 8403 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Just on Miggy. Apparently the offers for him are shit and Miggy wants to stay. Surely we will be at the same point in summer or worse, his value would have dropped further? I'd say he would still carve up the MLS, no injury issues and extremely fit so should have several years of high level football in him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12473 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 26 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Just on Miggy. Apparently the offers for him are shit and Miggy wants to stay. Surely we will be at the same point in summer or worse, his value would have dropped further? Can't sell him if he won't go, irrespective of his value decreasing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, RobinRobin said: Can't sell him if he won't go, irrespective of his value decreasing. Oh absolutely. He has a contract and as Downie said, he aint gonna be earning what he will be here over in the MLS. But if we aint getting the price now, we aint gonna get it in summer. So all this 'oooo we need to sell PSR blah blah' stuff. He will be on a canny wage. Will this dent our search for a replacement? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23599 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I’m surprised a lower-end premier league club doesn’t fancy him at £5m. He could do a job for one of the promoted clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5918 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 02/01/2025 at 21:39, wykikitoon said: Interesting take This actually stuck in my head a bit, that PSR has fundamentally changed the game into less of a transfer free for all, and it dawned on me that against that backdrop, the value of Howe is underlined even further. Because if you can't just buy players to solve your problems, you instead have to coach and train them to be better. This means that any team with a very hands on, in the details coach - as with Howe - is in a stronger position than those that operate with chequebook managers. I would say his value to the club is far higher under PSR than it would have been otherwise (not that it wouldn't have been high anyway). 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1365 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 He is right though in suggesting that transfers are part of the entertainment of football. SSN drumming up transfer activity for deadline day over the last couple of windows which have then ended with the odd youth loan being the highlight is indicative of that. They won't like that it reduces their traffic to their web pages or viewing figures to their channels. As we saw last summer, it's absolutely not fit for purpose when you have to sell academy products just to meet a set of bullshit rules while other clubs sell their own assets to themselves. I'd like to see a balance somewhere between what we have and what we had. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 36530 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 "You boy! Is the transfer window open my young fellow?" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Apparently we've agreed to sell Dubravka to a Saudi club but have asked if we can keep him for the next game first. I can only imagine we are getting a few mil for him otherwise it makes no sense to sell him whilst he's our first choice fit keeper and is out of contract in 6 months anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 11726 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said: Apparently we've agreed to sell Dubravka to a Saudi club but have asked if we can keep him for the next game first. I can only imagine we are getting a few mil for him otherwise it makes no sense to sell him whilst he's our first choice fit keeper and is out of contract in 6 months anyway. The form he’s in I’d probably prefer to keep him and let him leave on a free in the summer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 11726 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Suppose his fee might free up funds for his long term replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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