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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 7:57:35 GMT
..according to Nixon
Someone I've never heard of called Jack Bonham
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Post by werrington on Jun 20, 2021 7:58:48 GMT
In which case it looks like the end for Davies?
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Post by bolders on Jun 20, 2021 7:59:03 GMT
..according to Nixon Someone I've never heard of called Jack Bonham 27 Plays for Gillingham gotta be 3rd choice Conceded 57 in 44 games
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 8:04:51 GMT
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jun 20, 2021 8:11:11 GMT
We're scraping the barrel this summer aren't we?!.. a long hard season awaits.
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Post by gingerninja on Jun 20, 2021 8:13:29 GMT
What about Adam Davies?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 8:17:30 GMT
gillsconnected.proboards.com/thread/10147/retained-listLooks like he was offered a new deal there, and played pretty much every game last season. Not hated by any means, but definitely not considered a star. Whether he'd be looking at No.2 or No.3 (for a wage increase), who knows? "solid pro, but in nicest sense fairly replaceable " "not Championship quality" "competent League 1 keeper" "Championship number 2 at best" Whether anyone would give us a reasonable fee for Davies, with one year left, is hard to gauge
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jun 20, 2021 8:23:25 GMT
Mark Prudhoe lookalike.....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2021 8:25:30 GMT
Since when did Davies become 'not good enough'? Give Bursik one good season (ie this coming one) - and bigger/better clubs will be swarming all over him.
English, good solid keeper, at a Champo club renowned for letting players go on the cheap. We won't be getting our slice of his career - the faintest whiff of talent, and clubs like ours get plundered.
Aaron Ramsdale going for £20m?? On that basis, Bursik is worth £10m-plus having not played much....and if someone offered that today, we'd probably bite their hand off.
Then we're back to square one.
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Post by followyoudown on Jun 20, 2021 8:41:25 GMT
Since when did Davies become 'not good enough'? Give Bursik one good season (ie this coming one) - and bigger/better clubs will be swarming all over him. English, good solid keeper, at a Champo club renowned for letting players go on the cheap. We won't be getting our slice of his career - the faintest whiff of talent, and clubs like ours get plundered. Aaron Ramsdale going for £20m?? On that basis, Bursik is worth £10m-plus having not played much....and if someone offered that today, we'd probably bite their hand off. Then we're back to square one. Well on the basis we told the Peterboro chairman we rate him at £20m already I dont think thats right about letting him go on the cheap, since Simmo goalkeeper is one position we have not had to worry about apart from a short period where Jakob Notverygaard was playing. Blondie seems highly rated and we have another couple of keepers who are around the england age group sides from memory. Butland was unfortunate in that when we were relegated all the clubs that could have afforded him had settled keepers, 2 years of throwing them in then cost him and us or the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool would have snapped him at £10m for a back up keeper instead he is palace back up keeper.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 8:41:46 GMT
Since when did Davies become 'not good enough'? Give Bursik one good season (ie this coming one) - and bigger/better clubs will be swarming all over him. English, good solid keeper, at a Champo club renowned for letting players go on the cheap. We won't be getting our slice of his career - the faintest whiff of talent, and clubs like ours get plundered. Aaron Ramsdale going for £20m?? On that basis, Bursik is worth £10m-plus having not played much....and if someone offered that today, we'd probably bite their hand off. Then we're back to square one. I think he's good enough for where we find ourselves. But I can understand why we're supposedly going all-in on Bursik - and if he stays, he's obviously got to play. I think there's every reason to hope we'll get at least a couple of years out of Bursik before someone thinks he's ready to play in the Prem and comes in big. And if that's the case, it's probably better to part ways with Davies if we can get a few hundred thousand and shed his wages, which will be a lot bigger than those of this Gillingham kiddie. We can't really expect him to spend this season on the bench, then re-sign next summer
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 9:00:18 GMT
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Post by yyy on Jun 20, 2021 9:02:04 GMT
Anybody have anything to slow my pulse down?
Surely Davies isn't moving on unless Bursik is
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 20, 2021 9:28:02 GMT
Our evolution into a solid average lower league team continues. Stoke City. A proper football league club.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 9:34:29 GMT
Our evolution into a solid average lower league team continues. Stoke City. A proper football league club. A regular League 1 keeper seems to fit the profile as a decent back-up in this league though. With our FFP situation, we won't be spending money in areas like experienced No.2 keeper. And he'll be on comparatively low wages. All seems sensible enough With one of the brightest young keepers in the country potentially as No.1 - and maybe Davies' relatively high wages (certainly for a back-up) shed and the possibility of a fee too from someone as he runs his deal down?
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Post by bolders on Jun 20, 2021 9:55:39 GMT
He is coming here to be number 3 this year with the chance to be number 2 next year
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Post by theonlooker on Jun 20, 2021 10:02:04 GMT
I wonder if we are getting rid of Davies to shave even more off the wage bill?
In that case it would make sense.
Bursik as No 1. This lad as a cheap No. 2
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2021 10:02:15 GMT
Because a keeper who won't be first choice is coming in, it doesn't mean that another is automatically leaving, especially Davies.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 10:32:58 GMT
Wonder how common it is in this league to have a 27yo, in their peak years, with 200 career games, as a potential No.3 though?
Without going through all the clubs, hard to know. But I'd guess that kind of profile for a No. 3 would be pretty rare?
Doesn't seem to be much in it for Bonham.
No. 2 seems more likely, with one of the young lads able to step in as a third option.
Should Davies depart, even if Blondy went on loan somewhere, we do seem to have a number of promising young keepers.
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2021 11:07:14 GMT
He is coming here to be number 3 this year with the chance to be number 2 next year That sounds like it. Blondie out on loan presumably Manager seems to want three keepers
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2021 11:07:31 GMT
Wonder how common it is in this league to have a 27yo, in their peak years, with 200 career games, as a potential No.3 though? Without going through all the clubs, hard to know. But I'd guess that kind of profile for a No. 3 would be pretty rare? Doesn't seem to be much in it for Bonham. No. 2 seems more likely, with one of the young lads able to step in as a third option. Should Davies depart, even if Blondy went on loan somewhere, we do seem to have a number of promising young keepers. A pay rise
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2021 11:12:12 GMT
Wonder how common it is in this league to have a 27yo, in their peak years, with 200 career games, as a potential No.3 though? Without going through all the clubs, hard to know. But I'd guess that kind of profile for a No. 3 would be pretty rare? Doesn't seem to be much in it for Bonham. No. 2 seems more likely, with one of the young lads able to step in as a third option. Should Davies depart, even if Blondy went on loan somewhere, we do seem to have a number of promising young keepers. A pay rise Short-term, yes. If it's his best offer, it's obviously possible. Wouldn't think we'd be spending big, salary-wise, for a No. 3 keeper though in our FFP-inhibited state And it'd be an end to pitch time which is not good news when he'll be looking for his next deal. It would be an unusual move for a player right at his peak age who's been a week-in, week-out starter for the last 4 seasons
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Post by neddy on Jun 20, 2021 11:13:48 GMT
Maybe there is nothing in it?
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jun 20, 2021 12:01:00 GMT
Wonder if hes any relation to legendary top drummer, John
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2021 12:14:34 GMT
Wonder if hes any relation to legendary top drummer, John Didn't he have one arm? Don't tell me we are signing a one armed keeper...
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 20, 2021 13:14:11 GMT
Wonder if hes any relation to legendary top drummer, John Didn't he have one arm? Don't tell me we are signing a one armed keeper... For info. The "one armed" drummer is Rick Allen of Def Leppard. Had his arm ripped off in an accident, and sewn back on. Still plays.
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Post by lordb on Jun 20, 2021 13:28:19 GMT
Didn't he have one arm? Don't tell me we are signing a one armed keeper... For info. The "one armed" drummer is Rick Allen of Def Leppard. Had his arm ripped off in an accident, and sewn back on. Still plays. Gruesome
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jun 20, 2021 13:54:41 GMT
Didn't he have one arm? Don't tell me we are signing a one armed keeper... For info. The "one armed" drummer is Rick Allen of Def Leppard. Had his arm ripped off in an accident, and sewn back on. Still plays. And a bloody good drummer he is too, even with his disability John was the late, wild man of Led Zep. Not a man to be messed with apparantly. Coukd play a bit though
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2021 13:59:52 GMT
Wonder how common it is in this league to have a 27yo, in their peak years, with 200 career games, as a potential No.3 though? Without going through all the clubs, hard to know. But I'd guess that kind of profile for a No. 3 would be pretty rare? Doesn't seem to be much in it for Bonham. No. 2 seems more likely, with one of the young lads able to step in as a third option. Should Davies depart, even if Blondy went on loan somewhere, we do seem to have a number of promising young keepers. Yes, got to imagine that someone has come in for Davies (or is about to). The only other consideration would be if another Bursik loan is on the table, which I don’t really see the point in now that Gunn has definitely gone. I’d be surprised if a 27 year old who had a relatively late start to the game was going to pack it in and be a 3rd choice keeper.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jun 20, 2021 14:00:09 GMT
Maybe he wants to give Bursik another year out on loan at a top end league 1 club. If Davies is his number one surely it is better development for Bursik to do that than play backup to Davies. Jack Bonham comes is for the bench, a kind of lower level Gunn
Im probably totally wrong though
Dont know anything about Bonham. Cool name though
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