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Post by swampySCFC on Dec 10, 2023 13:45:21 GMT
All credit to the young lad that played yesterday but Stoke have been pissing about with goalkeepers for long enough. Fuck knows what the recruitment team are doing and it’s not the only position we have been lack lustre in nailing
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Post by jzime on Dec 10, 2023 13:51:30 GMT
It's a disgrace really, on so many fronts.
We so obviously needed two goalies in this summer. Bonham seems like a nice chap but he should not be starting games at this level. The decision to give him a new contract on the basis of a few clean sheets in a row was a joke and speaks volumes about the short-term, reactionary decision making at the club.
Tommy Simkin is clearly a talent and I hope he has a great career here, but I do wonder if it's a bit unfair to throw him into the squad when we are playing so poorly. It's a lot of ask of a 19-year-old kid.
If Frank Fielding is thought of so poorly by the management that Simkin and Blondy Noukeu are both ahead of him in the pecking order, he's a waste of wages and a waste of a place in the 25 man squad. If he's not trusted to even be third choice goalie, we should just pay up his contract right now.
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Post by robrigo on Dec 10, 2023 13:53:50 GMT
For a club that has such a cracking history with keepers our current pool has been neglected to the point that we had to throw in a 19 year old yesterday (well done to the lad though!)
Massive areas of the squad have been overlooked, and it’s one of the reasons we are where we are.
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Post by swandog73 on Dec 10, 2023 13:59:10 GMT
Hats off to Simkin yesterday. Did anyone see the efl show, bego was unbeatable for QPR, only 36.
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Post by biglad180 on Dec 10, 2023 14:42:11 GMT
fair play to the young lad yesterday but we need a more experienced keeper in sometime this week,
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Post by xchpotter on Dec 10, 2023 14:46:27 GMT
All credit to the young lad that played yesterday but Stoke have been pissing about with goalkeepers for long enough. Fuck knows what the recruitment team are doing and it’s not the only position we have been lack lustre in nailing Maybe it’s the same lot who have responsibilities for centre halves, left backs and goal scorers who are looking out for keepers too. I mean you can’t rush these things, look how long it took them to get a defensive midfielder. I don’t get how things are so blindingly obvious to fans (and have been for years) yet the scouts, managers, recruitment team and powers that be seem oblivious to what is needed.
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Post by walrus on Dec 10, 2023 14:47:11 GMT
It's a disgrace really, on so many fronts. If Frank Fielding is thought of so poorly by the management that Simkin and Blondy Noukeu are both ahead of him in the pecking order, he's a waste of wages and a waste of a place in the 25 man squad. If he's not trusted to even be third choice goalie, we should just pay up his contract right now. He’s injured isn’t he?
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Post by stokesaint1 on Dec 10, 2023 14:56:44 GMT
It's a disgrace really, on so many fronts. If Frank Fielding is thought of so poorly by the management that Simkin and Blondy Noukeu are both ahead of him in the pecking order, he's a waste of wages and a waste of a place in the 25 man squad. If he's not trusted to even be third choice goalie, we should just pay up his contract right now. He’s injured isn’t he? Giving Fielding a new contract after last season, especially after deciding Bonham was being retained, just about sums up how badly we have managed this key position for the last few years. Just like the left back position. P*ss up and brewery spring to mind, just typical of the mis management at this club for the last 6 seasons and the last season and a half the worst of the lot.
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Post by cvillestokie on Dec 10, 2023 15:05:36 GMT
I think Simkin did a great job overall. He was thrust into a position he shouldn’t have been near.
Stoke’s whole defensive line is a joke as a unit. On their own, any one of them would be okay amongst something more cohesive but together, they are tripe.
Loaning in a goalkeeper as a first choice was pathetic. I argued that point right at the beginning. It’s not just because it’s the one place that a recall can happen, it’s because a defensive unit needs stability and there isn’t any stability if your goalkeeper goes back home after one season.
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Post by boweryboy on Dec 10, 2023 15:15:53 GMT
Who is coaching keepers,that a shot hit across them that sticking out a leg is the best option,!! jesus a defender can do that much,who decided that diving full length and pushing a ball round the post is now not the better option, passing it to one another at the back, going all the way back to the keeper from being on the edge of the opponents penalty area.... IT'S SHIT and it's making the game unwatchable as entertainment.
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Post by jzime on Dec 10, 2023 15:28:46 GMT
It's a disgrace really, on so many fronts. If Frank Fielding is thought of so poorly by the management that Simkin and Blondy Noukeu are both ahead of him in the pecking order, he's a waste of wages and a waste of a place in the 25 man squad. If he's not trusted to even be third choice goalie, we should just pay up his contract right now. He’s injured isn’t he? Didn't know that, fair enough
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Post by LGH87 on Dec 10, 2023 15:29:58 GMT
Are we allowed to sign one now fielding and Bonham are injured leaving us with two rookies?
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Post by baconburger on Dec 10, 2023 15:39:54 GMT
Who is coaching keepers,that a shot hit across them that sticking out a leg is the best option,!! jesus a defender can do that much,who decided that diving full length and pushing a ball round the post is now not the better option, passing it to one another at the back, going all the way back to the keeper from being on the edge of the opponents penalty area.... IT'S SHIT and it's making the game unwatchable as entertainment. Don’t know much about the first bit but I’m on board with the last bit. Football is rubbish to watch nowadays far too patient. I don’t want to watch hoof ball but I think English football has gone way too continental.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 10, 2023 15:40:15 GMT
Who is coaching keepers,that a shot hit across them that sticking out a leg is the best option,!! jesus a defender can do that much,who decided that diving full length and pushing a ball round the post is now not the better option, passing it to one another at the back, going all the way back to the keeper from being on the edge of the opponents penalty area.... IT'S SHIT and it's making the game unwatchable as entertainment. You’re having a laugh mate. In a one-on-one a keeper will come and spread himself to try and block the ball anyway he can. Simkin was in no way to blame for their goal.
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Post by boweryboy on Dec 10, 2023 16:13:37 GMT
I know your name sake didn't come out and stick a leg out or have it put through his legs, like today's keepers, diving at players feet was the norm.
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Post by boweryboy on Dec 10, 2023 16:37:57 GMT
And no,I wasn't talking about Simkin,iwas talking about keepers in general letting in poor goal,a man on the post for corners has also disappeared, can't you tell I'm from a different era...
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