GreenSeater Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 My preferences in order: 1- Tando 2- Visa Keeper 3- Keeper from another A-League side 4- Roganovic 5- A 3 legged dog 6- Myself 7- Maybe Brad Jones if we get him cheap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Bump. Keep the original going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) It's a given then. Edited June 18, 2015 by Jovan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Buffon or Casillas plz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 well if we are saying ridiculous names i'll chuck in Neuer and Courtois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 My preferences in order: 1- Tando 2- Visa Keeper 3- Keeper from another A-League side 4- Roganovic 5- A 3 legged dog 6- Myself 7- Maybe Brad Jones if we get him cheap. I'd take the 3 legged dog over Roganovic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Jeff Oliver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Jeff Oliver? Jamie Oliver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Â Jeff Oliver? Jamie Oliver? Oliver Twist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Jeff Oliver? Jamie Oliver? Oliver Twist? Around the twist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Â Â Â Jeff Oliver? Jamie Oliver? Oliver Twist? Around the twist? Twist and shout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji19 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hahah Cech! Are you serious!!!??? Absolutely delusional. I reckon Shay Given is a fair shout due to Duff connection. As i said in the transfer talk thread I have an irish supervisor at work, he is good mates with duff and frequently got together with him. Duff mentioned to my supervisor that Shay had asked him life in Australia was more specifically melbourne So there is a possibility of him signing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomby Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Jeff Oliver?Jamie Oliver?Oliver Twist?Around the twist? Twist and shout? Shut the fuck up you pack of cunts. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Birighitti returning to Newcastle from A.S. Varese in Serie B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I wasn't serious about Cech but the man in the know says it will b a big name keeper don't see many of the names on here being that big ,given maybe but people saying that just cos he is Irish like duff , no visa keeper for me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Sincerely hope we sign a keeper like Bray for the minimum wage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 If you look back at any title winning team, the goal keeper 9/10 times is well above average and expirenced.We need this new keeper and have been missing one since Boltons second year, when his legs started giving way.Sorry but Tando can't give us a title, if he could he'd still be at any of his last two clubs. I hope he accepts being number two because he would be a great back up.Is he worse than Lawrence Thomas and Nathan Coe? Because Victory cruised to the league and the championship and was so happy with its goalkeeping candidates that it inked Vukovic to a deal before the champagne had even gone flat.The obvious question that we don't know the answer to yet is whether we're after a #1 or a #2. Personally, I'd like Velaphi to get a clear run at the #1 and focus on filling some of the holes in front of him. His form last season suggests that he deserves it, as far as I'm concerned.When considering the option of a visa GK, the thing that strikes me is that Australia consistently produces quality goalies. And if we need to unearth an Aussie from the lower levels (either here or in Europe) to develop with us, well, isn't that what our famous 'network' is for? I want someone cheap, someone with a lot of promise and someone that will be a clear #2, unless Velaphi goes into a Redmayne-esque slump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidrildid6 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 "Goalkeeper is the least important position TBH, and the fact that they have the lowest transfer fees of any position is evidence that I'm not the only one who thinks that's the case."Goalkeepers are like sex in a relationship. 10% of the relationship when they're good, 90% of the relationship when they're bad. You also expect at a bare minimum, zero mistakes from your goalkeepers, and preferably some world class saves, good presence in the area, and marshalling the defense on top of that. Goalkeepers are undervalued because they are basically playing a different game, but they can make all the difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Look at any top 4 side from any league/level and more often than not they have the 4 best keepers in that league/level. Keepers move less often especially quality keepers. Rarely do you see a top class keeper in his prime out of contract.  Tando had a good spell last season but for me he won't be title winning keeper and isn't that what were building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I certainly can't agree with anyone who takes the view that the GK is the "least-important position" in the team. If you can get yourself a "good" keeper who makes only one more save per match than an "average" keeper then in the A-league that means 27 goals fewer conceded over the complete season - that makes one hell of a difference in your final league position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Well IIRC Sir Alec Ferguson was a big fan of quality goal keepers and how difficult it was to find them. As far as he was concerned there are too many pretenders rather than actual champions. So if Sir AF says they are a vital part of the team that is good enough for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japiedog Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I've said this beforeBrian Clough did two signings first and foremost when he went to a new clubFirst he signed John McGovern from his previous clubthen he bought the best keep that he could, and that was usual Peter ShiltonCloughie knew a thing or two about winning things   1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) Well IIRC Sir Alec Ferguson was a big fan of quality goal keepers and how difficult it was to find them. As far as he was concerned there are too many pretenders rather than actual champions. So if Sir AF says they are a vital part of the team that is good enough for me.He could afford to think that way. Of course goalkeepers are important, but every position on the field is important. The thing in a salary capped league to consider is that if we're spending 100k-odd more than the minimum for another goalie, that's 100k less that we have to spend elsewhere. Economics 101. And it's compounded if we use a visa spot on him too. I'm not absolutely against it, but considering the usual suspects for the title of 'best keeper in the A-League' have always been true blue Aussies (Theo, Covic, Galakovic, Vukovic in recent years...Janjetovic was another last year), they would want to be bloody sure he'll be a standout. Edited June 20, 2015 by SF33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aardvark Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Well IIRC Sir Alec Ferguson was a big fan of quality goal keepers and how difficult it was to find them. As far as he was concerned there are too many pretenders rather than actual champions. So if Sir AF says they are a vital part of the team that is good enough for me.He could afford to think that way. Of course goalkeepers are important, but every position on the field is important. The thing in a salary capped league to consider is that if we're spending 100k-odd more than the minimum for another goalie, that's 100k less that we have to spend elsewhere. Economics 101. And it's compounded if we use a visa spot on him too. I'm not absolutely against it, but considering the usual suspects for the title of 'best keeper in the A-League' have always been true blue Aussies (Theo, Covic, Galakovic, Vukovic in recent years...Janjetovic was another last year), they would want to be bloody sure he'll be a standout.Probably helps that the only candidates were "true blue Aussies". Aside from Moss, there's been maybe one VISA keeper ever in the A-League (Warner?).While I understand not wanting to break the bank for a GK, if we can get someone of as good or better quality than the best keepers in the league, for comparative wages, then it is worthwhile, even if it takes a VISA spot. A quality keeper is something we've never really had, and thinking back to all the soft goals we have conceded through hesitant keeping or poor direction of defence we desperately need something to change. It would also be nice to see a goalkick not result in a turnover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Well IIRC Sir Alec Ferguson was a big fan of quality goal keepers and how difficult it was to find them. As far as he was concerned there are too many pretenders rather than actual champions. So if Sir AF says they are a vital part of the team that is good enough for me.He could afford to think that way. Of course goalkeepers are important, but every position on the field is important. The thing in a salary capped league to consider is that if we're spending 100k-odd more than the minimum for another goalie, that's 100k less that we have to spend elsewhere. Economics 101. And it's compounded if we use a visa spot on him too. I'm not absolutely against it, but considering the usual suspects for the title of 'best keeper in the A-League' have always been true blue Aussies (Theo, Covic, Galakovic, Vukovic in recent years...Janjetovic was another last year), they would want to be bloody sure he'll be a standout.Probably helps that the only candidates were "true blue Aussies". Aside from Moss, there's been maybe one VISA keeper ever in the A-League (Warner?).While I understand not wanting to break the bank for a GK, if we can get someone of as good or better quality than the best keepers in the league, for comparative wages, then it is worthwhile, even if it takes a VISA spot. A quality keeper is something we've never really had, and thinking back to all the soft goals we have conceded through hesitant keeping or poor direction of defence we desperately need something to change. It would also be nice to see a goalkick not result in a turnover. I thought Bolton was more than serviceable. His distribution got worse and worse, but at least he wasn't killing us on a weekly basis. And Velaphi has had a lot more good games than poor ones, since he took over the starting spot. I don't see why people are so adamant that he can't be that quality keeper that we're all looking for. I think people are too focused on the whole 'he was Redmayne's understudy for nearly two years' thing and ignoring what he actually did when he was on the ground. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info@VW Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 His from England that's all I know... Could be oz or VISA player but 100% from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronAV11 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 His from England that's all I know... Could be oz or VISA player but 100% from England. Has he already signed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 There has been so much smoke about us going after a visa keeper, it must be true.  There are heaps of Australian options, but affordability for a lot of them is likely to be a problem and maybe that's what got the club thinking about a visa spot.I did think Tando did well when he had his chance, but I'm all for competition for the starting place and a strong back up.  So if we bring in a keeper who is starting quality he and Tando can fight for the top spot and we know whatever happens we'll have quality between the sticks. I do see it as important to have a high standard between the goals.  You look at how Perth kept collecting points last year- its not hard to get something in a match when you have what amounts to a brick wall across your goals as to the flip side, how did we travel with "the happy clapper" as custodian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Tando deserves his chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Can mods please merge the two virtually identical keeper threads please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info@VW Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 All I know his at the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BazelCityFan Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 A keeper from England.... (Hint: Shay Given)! John Van't Schip is in Europe now trying to sign a few players - Melbourne City inside source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BazelCityFan Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 A keeper from England (hint: Shay Given). John Van't Schip is currently in Europe trying to sign a few players - Melbourne City inside source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Will be a massive waste if we don't sort out some of the shit in front of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Hope it's an Aussie, bad enough wasting cap space let's not waste a visa spot as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Shay Given. 100% confirmed.Same source as Kuzmanovski so 100% record so far.Another Irish backpacker deal, same as Duff, comes here on the 'cheap' (relatively) for a bit of a working holiday, possibly only a year, and then will most likely return to Ireland to retire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 39yr old.sweet, he can tell stories with Grella over a pint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 What an absolute waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) I'm just joking, it's not Shay Given. He has a year left at like $6m a year, he ain't coming here for $300k.Dont see it being an Aussie as Schwarzer and Brad Jones are the only two you could consider a 'big name', and I dont see either of them coming over.Any other oldies lost their #1 spot in the premier league? Or been relegated? Edited June 20, 2015 by Tesla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 That's too much man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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