20 Apr 2017 21:11:17
With the season near finishing, the press are linking us to a few players for when the window opens. This is probably the most important window we have faced in recent years. Will Rom stay or go? Will Ross sign the deal on the table? These two questions alone will have a massive impact on who we bring in. One of the biggest decisions, for me at least, is which keeper we will sign.
We need a strong character on top of the usual attributes you want from a GK. Out of the two main targets, if you believe the papers, I would opt for Hart. Despite what some say on here, he is a class keeper, no doubt about it. No1 for his country and he will be hungry to prove to City that should not have got rid of him. He has plenty of top level experience. Pickford is the other name I keep hearing but I have reservations. His situation is similar to when we signed Joel, playing for a relegation doomed club, he is going to be busy in games. He will make some good saves along the way, that's bound to happen with the amount of shots he faces. He's decent but is he really good enough for a team chasing European football? I just don't get the hype over him.
Butland is probably dead in the water, Stoke won't want to sell and they have stuck by him during his injury so I think loyalty will be shown by him. Saints won't want to sell Forster so our options will be limited. Hart looks like the only goer and even if he was only your third choice to bring in, it's not a bad option!

{Ed025's Note - im with you on pickford spud hes well over hyped for me, hart would do fine ...and hes got great hair.. :)

1.) 20 Apr 2017
20 Apr 2017 22:44:59
I'm with you on Pickford Spud. He's similar to Robles in that he seems panicky. I'm not a fan of Hart either but he has an air of confidence like a Neuer that spreads to the rest of the defence.

Harts main problem though is over-confidence. However, he would be an improvement.

2.) 20 Apr 2017
20 Apr 2017 22:42:48
Don't fancy either of them, rather go for Smeicle or Heaton.

3.) 20 Apr 2017
20 Apr 2017 22:43:28
Some may go so far as to say Hart is head and shoulders above the rest! ☺️.

4.) 21 Apr 2017
21 Apr 2017 07:08:03
Interesting post, my brother is a Sunderland fan and he says Sunderland keepers always look so good because they get A LOT of practice. If you remember Mingolet, he was unreal for Sunderland. Not so much for Liverpool it would seem, is he even first choice anymore?

{Ed025's Note - at the moment he is gibbo but karius will be first choice next year... which gives the rest of us a lift.. :)

5.) 21 Apr 2017
21 Apr 2017 07:25:58
I have sneaky feeling Forster will be our number 1 next season. Saints are a selling club and if the price I see right players are allowed to leave, just take a look over the park for the example of that, if not I would take Joe in a Hart-beat.

6.) 21 Apr 2017
21 Apr 2017 12:16:02
Schmichael for me. Old head on young shoulders.

7.) 21 Apr 2017
21 Apr 2017 12:31:54
Schmeichel been around a while now, must be over 30. Not old for a keeper. Forster my preference though.

8.) 21 Apr 2017
21 Apr 2017 17:37:13
Wow you're right Tedster. He's 30. Thought he was younger than that.

9.) 22 Apr 2017
22 Apr 2017 05:51:49
We should have signed Shmeichel years ago when we had the opportunity.