In other news Kondogbia is another one we can strike off the wishlist. Done deal to Inter. I recall both he and Sanogo were in the same France under 20 team in 2013 before we chose to sign San-no-goal
In other news Kondogbia is another one we can strike off the wishlist. Done deal to Inter. I recall both he and Sanogo were in the same France under 20 team in 2013 before we chose to sign San-no-goal
I do remember a discussion on Cech where some were saying he's not the same player but you'd have to name names if anyone has flip flopped and has suddenly changed their tune.
IMO it's a good signing if it goes through. I still don't think it will happen. But if it happens, you can't slam Wenger for going for him. Signing a keeper is difficult because most of the best are first choice at their club and you don't know when a top class one will become available so you have to pounce at the opportunity. If anyone thinks Cech isn't good enough, you'll be hard pressed to name someone better that's available. Unless you make a ridiculous offer for the keeper, no club will sell.
Corrected your minor typo thereOriginally Posted by Özim
Why shouldn't we slam Wenger. We are having to buy a second choice keeper who is past his best from our rivals due to whom? - Whilst teams around us inc the f-----g spuds are buying the likes of Lloris & De Gea, our recent keepers have been Ches, Flapianski & Ospina. Why, because they were £10 mill cheaper than buying proper quality in the 1st place. Now, we are paying that £10 mill for a keeper past his best & one that will be worth f--k all in a few years time.
If we are that useless at finding quality young keepers, the Spuds are lining up Gerrin from Genoa ( if they lose Lloris ) who is very highly rated - most of our scouts have defected to Spurs over the past few years ( because of pay & Wengers running of the academy ) & we don't seem to have replaced them, so lets nick their ideas for a change & buy for the future.
agreed, we'd definitely be more successful if we followed Spurs lead.
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Spurs signed Llloris in 2012. De Gea signed for Utd in 2011. Why even bring that up? It's 2015 and Utd spent almost £20m on De Gea whose only showing his true class in the last couple seasons. He wasn't ready when he first signed for them and we haven't got time to spend big money on a future keeper. We want the league title for next season, not 4/5 years down the line. Would you prefer us to spend £20m on a keeper that might or might turn out to be top quality in a few years?
I don't get the criticism on this one. I really don't.
Neither do I.
Courtois has 10 years less on Cech and is equally as good, that's why Cech was replaced. Not because his ability was in question.
It took United years to find a quality keeper after Schmichael. VDS signed for them at 34 and he's easily one of Fergies greatest signings.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 22-06-2015 at 02:27 PM.
Im with you on this MO. Cech is by far the best GK we can sign, he is solid, experienced, still young for a GK and a proven winner, ticks all the boxes IMO and anyone who can criticise this move is being silly. Good GKs in Europe tend to struggle with the pace, crossses and long balls of this league and we have needed a solid PL ready GK for some time now. Cech is ready, he can hit the ground running and give us that key stability we have lacked.
no complaints from me anyway.
1) @ Zim - You keep saying "Chelsea Reject" without appreciating the context of the situation. That being the difficulty in rotating between two top goalkeepers to keep them happy or the fact that Mourinho patently doesn't want to sell him to us. This isn't a Silvestre situation we're dealing with here where we actually bought a rival's reject.
2) @ Zim - Courtois has been impressive but so has Chesney at times in his career. Frankly his season wasn't anything more special than what Chesney produced for us last year. He's a step below the De Gea/Neuer level of Goalkeeping presence right now.
3) @ Zim - GK's can play up till they're almost 40. We've got plenty of years left with Cech and hopefully by the time he does fade, one of Chesney or Martinez would have developed enough to surpass him.
4) @Dein Machine - The last thing we need is to bring in a talented but raw and unproven keeper like Gerrin just when the squad is ready and at the right age to challenge for the league. Besides, I thought everyone was sick and tired of project Youth anyway and wanted the final product.
5) @Dein Machine - You act like De Gea was amazing to begin with when Ferguson brought him in. He was dodgy as hell for two years and probably even cost them a league title the year when City won it on GD before exploding into the GK he is today.
6) @ Dein Machine - Cech is better than Lloris btw.
The only concern is whether he's actually an agent sent by Mourinho.
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