I do understand the role of King. I also saw how bloody awful he looked when he came on against Rennes. I normally wouldn't care if it wasn't for the number of Mixers who would blithely sell Sa without replacement - that frankly scares the hell out of me. Bentley isn't a PL starter and King certainly is nowhere near being PL back-up.
Hodge
I’d guess the problem we’re going to have getting loans in is they usually want a good chance of plenty of playing time. If our players stay fit that is going to be very hard to offer.
I've seen giant redwoods fall to the ground faster than King...
I agree hodge is the one to potentially who can be moved on loan or miss out on the squad for a cb.
It was but it sent Oh Robbie Robbie into meltdown lol. But yes sell now, I don’t think he can possibly have the confidence of his defenders (or most fans)
Lopetegui thought that Bentley was a PL starter. Lots of people calling for him to start tomorrow
What about female keepers? They go down in stages!
King is only there to allow development of the young keepers incase both get injured he would come in without need to buy another keeper.
To know our top scorer last year got six right?
Re your first sentence what is the evidence for that? Trying him out, as was done for other players in the dead days when we were already safe at the end of last season, does not imply that such a trial was successful.
You cant bring in another forward when now sasa and fabio are here
No need to try him out if he didn’t think he was ready for premier league
We have no money and could buy other younger players?
I think Kaspar is absolutely finished as a player unfortunately. His last season in the premier league he looked like shilton did in Italia 90
He tried out pretty much every member of the squad who hadn't been playing regularly. I actually think that it was part of the process of deciding who stayed/went.
If we get another CB I would replace Bueno on the basis that Toti can play there and it keeps the balance of the suns bench as is.
You say "other younger players" here, you say "experienced pros" earlier. The two aren't compatible. Both have their own issues.
Thank you
Thank you
Sa is erratic there’s no doubt about that. He’ll probably cost us 9-12 points a season but he wins us that many as well. He is (for me) at his level, he’s an average premier league keeper at an average premier league club. To replace him with better (which would be the only reason to let him go) means probably spending two or three times what he’s worth which just isn’t happening
We have to look at resale value?
I think you’d still want Hodge on the bench as a 4th midfielder.
The thing neither of them told you though is it's absolute *******s!
Sa, for whatever the reason, is looking a real weak link.
Again astute and HG
How old is he?
Would he want to be guaranteed to play football though? That'd be my question. If he wants to then we can't accommodate that in my opinion, if he's happy being a bit part player though, gerrimin
If we can get in a young and hungry replacement for 6 to 10m if we can sell SA for similar money id be all for it
He might be a useful short-term addition but would wages be an issue?
Wouldn’t be the worst idea but convincing him to join to be second choice RCB behind Craig Dawson, at his age, would be the stumbling block even before wages were discussed.
Oh, I see. That's interesting.
Fair enough it’s been so long Sasa slipped off the radar!
