George Long - Official: Loaned from Norwich

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

No. Sell the other number one properly and recruit a new one that is good enough. 

The truth is nobody would buy Bazunu.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

The truth is nobody would buy Bazunu.

Only one club came in for a loan, whose DOF already knew him.

Rasmus thinks he’s world class though.

[Football Special]

1 minute ago, Wade Garrett said:

The truth is nobody would buy Bazunu.

They wouldn't I agree. I meant keep and play Ramsdale under contract unless offered £20M, get money back on him and recruit proper replacement 

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, VectisSaint said:

Because it's not true. We replace Ramsdale with Baz, we replaced Lumley with Long. Don't get me wrong Baz is a huge drop from Ramsdale, but this guy appears to be a bit of a step up from Lumley (not difficult).

So it is true then.  As I said, we replaced Ramsdale with Baz.  That is going to turn out to be a horrendous decision.

[pingpong]

If he's genuinely blind, then he has done very well to get to 3rd GK championship standard, and ID love to see him do well. He could become the best blind mens goalkeeper since Gordon banks and follows the England women's trend as well with Hampton having strabismus.

 

[scumbag]

We only conceded 2 less goals than a relegated side last time in the Championship.

Baz should be the 3rd choice keeper.

'FIRST INTERVIEW' posted on YouTube! Fking hell. Depressing times.

Edited 5 hours ago by scumbag

[Verbal]

1 hour ago, coalman said:

We asked for a number 10 and we get a reserve keeper. 

They could give him the vacant no10 shirt. Problem solved, I think you'll find. 

[Chez]

6 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Or admit the error, pay the 12 months up (couple of mill), use the loan on a first choice keeper as competition for Baz and a mid-30s L1 keeper as third choice (Cheltenham let Evans go because of wages, he’s no worse than Long). 

No problem trying to loan in a first choice, but what's the point of paying McCarthy up if you then have to bring in a mid 30s league 1 keeper to replace him as our number 3?  You are paying twice for a third choice keeper.  

[Saint Fan CaM]

This is a tricky one. Do I think Bazunu is a great keeper - no, but clearly those at the club think he's good enough. Given that and we don’t want to clog up the squad with unproven players, a loan of a keeper that is as good as McCarthy seems a sensible choice.

Do I think there are more important positions to sort out? Damn right I do. Raising the overall quality profile of the squad needs to be done in attacking midfield and striker positions. If Spors can do that then the GK position means less. If he can’t then we’re still going to end up an inconsistent mid-table club.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Chez said:

No problem trying to loan in a first choice, but what's the point of paying McCarthy up if you then have to bring in a mid 30s league 1 keeper to replace him as our number 3?  You are paying twice for a third choice keeper.  

Sometimes it’s just about easing some of the clutter around the dressing room and training ground and also a response to the ‘well, we can’t have three senior keepers’ so you resolve the issue.

Same as Hurlock and Magilton on the same trancing pitch would never work so Terry was paid off and it was BIG money as he had quite a bit left on his extension by Branfoot.

[S-Clarke]

38 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Coner Hazard, Nathan Trott, Murphy Cooper, Nathan Bishop

there you go

 

A couple more - Mat Ryan, Yvon Mvogo available on freebies. Maybe both ambitious choices, but worth a stab if we really want to build a good side.

But the scouts paid big bucks at the club are the ones who should be coming up with these solutions, we just know that our options today aren't good enough, but others seem happy to settle for mediocrity which is why we'll probably be in this league next year and for the foreseeable.

[Miltonaggro]

Might as well of kept Lumley on. If Bazunu is confirmed number 1 we are in for a bumpy season regardless if Spors manages to sign some attackers. 

[Miltonaggro]

3 hours ago, Saint NL said:

I asked a Norwich fan and they can't believe how bad this guy is. Really not sure what the thinking behind this signing is...

Just texted my Norwich supporting mate and his take was ‘are they fucking mental’ - so a ringing endorsement! 

[skintsaint]

Bloke has over 100 appearances in this league, played SPL, but isn't good enough as a third choice? Ok.

To me it seems he is well qualified to stick some cones out and help warm up/train our other two for the majority of this season.

Lumley had the same stick when joining and didn't play one minute in the championship.

[Miltonaggro]

50 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Bloke has over 100 appearances in this league, played SPL, but isn't good enough as a third choice? Ok.

To me it seems he is well qualified to stick some cones out and help warm up/train our other two for the majority of this season.

Lumley had the same stick when joining and didn't play one minute in the championship.

We needed to sign a first choice. 

[CylonKing]

Baffled to be honest, keeper wasn't high up on my ticklist. Think Bazunu has been pretty good so far this season. Still waiting for the new regime to click. Could be worse, could be Rangers 😉😂

[Dr Who?]

Makes up the numbers. 

[Matthew Le God]

36 minutes ago, CylonKing said:

Baffled to be honest, keeper wasn't high up on my ticklist. Think Bazunu has been pretty good so far this season. Still waiting for the new regime to click. Could be worse, could be Rangers 😉😂

We only had two senior keepers; you need three. Dylan Moody is 17 years old, it does not really benefit him to spend an entire season on 1st team duty and missing out on some under-21 games where he can develop as a player. The occasional time with the first team would be good so he sees the environment, but he needs to play u21 games. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Matthew Le God

[Saint_clark]

4 hours ago, egg said:

Pointless waste imo, and nobody has yet named a credible option to loan in as competition to Baz. 

 

Brighton - Jason Steele

Leeds - Islan Meslier or Karl Darlow

Liverpool - Freddie Woodman

Man City - Marcus Bettinelli or, ambitiously now they've signed Donnarumma, Stefan Ortega.

 

Those are just the ones I can see that are obviously surplus, where they have 4 or more keepers 21 or over. All of whom I would prefer to Bazunu. 

Edited 48 minutes ago by Saint_clark

[Saint Fan CaM]

20 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

We only had two senior keepers; you need three. Dylan Moody is 17 years old, it does not really benefit him to spend an entire season on 1st team duty and missing out on some under-21 games where he can develop as a player. The occasional time with the first team would be good so he sees the environment, but he needs to play u21 games. 

That’s not exactly how I would see it - why couldn’t Moody play U21 games AND be a backup to the 2 senior keepers? That would appear to be a win-win for all concerned and kept the squad tight.

[Matthew Le God]

6 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

That’s not exactly how I would see it - why couldn’t Moody play U21 games AND be a backup to the 2 senior keepers? That would appear to be a win-win for all concerned and kept the squad tight.

3rd choice keepers go home and away to 1st team games, he'd also be training with the first team rather than the u21s. It would mean he misses training and u21 games. That isn't beneficial to a 17 year old keeper's development. Will Still has said as much himself.

[egg]

30 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Brighton - Jason Steele

Leeds - Islan Meslier or Karl Darlow

Liverpool - Freddie Woodman

Man City - Marcus Bettinelli or, ambitiously now they've signed Donnarumma, Stefan Ortega.

 

Those are just the ones I can see that are obviously surplus, where they have 4 or more keepers 21 or over. All of whom I would prefer to Bazunu. 

Meslier is a good shout. Steele is BHA number 2 so unlikely, Woodman has just joined Liverpool, and Bettinelli hasn't played in 4 years. Ortega ambitious as you say, but he'll want a move you'd imagine.