Tom King

[SuperGran]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1757831319898259659

 

[Rhoswolf]

Great news, can sleep easy tonight, what a player!!

 

[WickedWolfie]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1757831319898259659

Deep joy.... I wonder if he can play up front....

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Well done Tom. Hopefully you get a full first team league appearance

 

[Erick1011]

Seems a weird one to me.
He's clearly not at the level we need... and there's youth goalkeepers like Louie Moulden who are probably on significantly less wages, with a massive upside if they happen to come good

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

That will be on the first of never. Having seen him on the Molineux pitch against Rennes l sincerely hope to never do so again. Him diving was less dynamic than a fridge-freezer toppling over.

...

He might get a sub appearance at the end of the season. It’s not wum to wish someone well after a new contract too many people on here filled with hate for other posters they don’t agree with.

King has been given a long term deal because the club value him as a person, no doubt a full wales international should get a Wolves appearance before those 3 years are up!!

 

[SuperGran]

Seems a weird one to me.
He's clearly not at the level we need... and there's youth goalkeepers like Louie Moulden who are probably on significantly less wages, with a massive upside if they happen to come good

Neil cutler is well respected and obviously thinks differently he also sees him every day in training which is a bit different from making judgment on a 5 minute appearance in a preseason friendly.

 

[Matt]

He’s obviously well liked and a good influence around the training ground and happy to be a number three goalkeeper, so I don’t see any issue with this. If Moulden continues to impress he’ll be out on loan again for the next couple of seasons anyway.

 

[St. Lukes Reserves]

He might get a sub appearance at the end of the season. It’s not wum to wish someone well after a new contract too many people on here filled with hate for other posters they don’t agree with.

King has been given a long term deal because the club value him as a person, no doubt a full wales international should get a Wolves appearance before those 3 years are up!!

He's not a Wales international, been in the squad but never played. Not that that highly rated in the lower leagues, biggest thing going for him he's English so helps with our 'home grown' quota..

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

He's not a Wales international, been in the squad but never played. Not that that highly rated in the lower leagues, biggest thing going for him he's English so helps with our 'home grown' quota..

Interesting he’s English but gets in the wales squad every time

 

[St. Lukes Reserves]

Interesting he’s English but gets in the wales squad every time

Not really, Wales have a small pool of players to select from, non of their keepers are regular starters at their clubs

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

Nice way to earn a decent living. Train all week, go on the occasional trip out with the first X1, never play a game and possibly then retire!

 

[WickedWolfie]

He's not a Wales international, been in the squad but never played. Not that that highly rated in the lower leagues, biggest thing going for him he's English so helps with our 'home grown' quota..

Re your last sentence 'home grown' in football terms relates to where you did your youth training not your national identity.

 

[Matt]

Nice way to earn a decent living. Train all week, go on the occasional trip out with the first X1, never play a game and possibly then retire!

Not a bad gig is it! Like Carson at City.

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

Not a bad gig is it! Like Carson at City.

They say goalies are a different breed. I just can't believe outfield players would sign a 3.5 year deal knowing that they most probably will never play a game. Surely a professional sportsman takes up whatever sport to play it, not just watch from the side-lines?

 

[St. Lukes Reserves]

Re your last sentence 'home grown' in football terms relates to where you did your youth training not your national identity.

Being born in Plymouth and playing all your football since you were 13 in England / Wales does mean you qualify

 

[Matt]

They say goalies are a different breed. I just can't believe outfield players would sign a 3.5 year deal knowing that they most probably will never play a game. Surely a professional sportsman takes up whatever sport to play it, not just watch from the side-lines?

Yeah it is a bit strange in that sense, especially as he’s in his peak years. But I guess being a part of a Premier League squad is appealing when the alternative is playing in League One/Two? Probably on more money too.

 

[Scallywolf]

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I’m really, really bloody excited.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful news which has cheered me up no end!

Seriously though, I am totally underwhelmed.

 

[Hot Fuss]

Yeah it is a bit strange in that sense, especially as he’s in his peak years. But I guess being a part of a Premier League squad is appealing when the alternative is playing in League One/Two? Probably on more money too.

Guess he’s on about 250k a year here as opposed to 80k in league 2.

He’d be mental to turn it down.

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

They say goalies are a different breed. I just can't believe outfield players would sign a 3.5 year deal knowing that they most probably will never play a game. Surely a professional sportsman takes up whatever sport to play it, not just watch from the side-lines?

Will be about the money, like it is for the vast majority.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Being born in Plymouth and playing all your football since you were 13 in England / Wales does mean you qualify

Absolutely. But "homegrown" does not equal English.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Not a bad gig is it! Like Carson at City.

The difference being that Carson in the past was a first choice PL keeper and full international.

 

[JOSWolf]

Three and a half years?! Just wow.

 

[old wittonian]

He might get a sub appearance at the end of the season. It’s not wum to wish someone well after a new contract too many people on here filled with hate for other posters they don’t agree with.

King has been given a long term deal because the club value him as a person, no doubt a full wales international should get a Wolves appearance before those 3 years are up!!

I think you'll find that whilst he has been called up to the Wales squad he has never been capped.

 

[JamesWolves]

Literally here to fill the home grown a
Quota, like Carson at
City

 

[wolfslair]

I think you'll find that whilst he has been called up to the Wales squad he has never been capped.

So mirroring Sa till he got a cap this season then.

As he was exactly the same

 

[lets all have a disco]

They just need a keeper for around the training ground....it also allows us to push the senior kids out on loan , to see if they are good enough for us or to make a fee......it's all quite straightforward really......I'm not surprised....

 

[WV10Wolf]

Binned by Millwall. Binned by Newport. Binned by Northampton. Binned by Salford. Gets a 2 and a half year extension off us. Sa must be ****ting himself at the prospect of losing his appearance bonus.

I’ve said it before, nobody rewards mediocrity quite like us.

 

[Matt]

The difference being that Carson in the past was a first choice PL keeper and full international.

Yeah but City are on a different planet to us and he’s got one start and one sub appearance in 5 years, so it doesn’t really matter as the likelihood of your third choice keeper actually playing is extremely low.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Yeah but City are on a different planet to us and he’s got one start and one sub appearance in 5 years, so it doesn’t really matter as the likelihood of your third choice keeper actually playing is extremely low.

We could of at least gone for a big name to be third choice like Guillermo Ochoa Magana. Probably would be the best keeper at the club. Worryingly

Joking aside. He’s there to help the younger lads. That’s obvious. But I thought Bentley did the same thing? Why so many keepers?

The young lads out on loan will probably want to leave knowing their career at Wolves is just loan spells

 

[Flump]

Joking aside. He’s there to help the younger lads. That’s obvious. But I thought Bentley did the same thing? Why so many keepers?

The young lads out on loan will probably want to leave knowing their career at Wolves is just loan spells

He's here specifically so that those young lads can go out on loan rather than having to rot waiting for a spot on our bench when Bentley/Sa is injured. They're not going to leave because they think their path to being 3rd choice keeper is blocked by Tom King!

 

[Matt]

We could of at least gone for a big name to be third choice like Guillermo Ochoa Magana. Probably would be the best keeper at the club. Worryingly

Joking aside. He’s there to help the younger lads. That’s obvious. But I thought Bentley did the same thing? Why so many keepers?

The young lads out on loan will probably want to leave knowing their career at Wolves is just loan spells

Three keepers is pretty standard isn’t it? I don’t think it does a young keeper much good being third choice, they’re better off out on loan getting experience. It’s not like young outfield players who can be given 10 mins as a sub here and there.

 

[WV10Wolf]

Yeah but City are on a different planet to us and he’s got one start and one sub appearance in 5 years, so it doesn’t really matter as the likelihood of your third choice keeper actually playing is extremely low.

If that’s the case why didn’t we sign someone from Wolverhampton Casuals?

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

He's here specifically so that those young lads can go out on loan rather than having to rot waiting for a spot on our bench when Bentley/Sa is injured. They're not going to leave because they think their path to being 3rd choice keeper is blocked by Tom King!

One old head is enough. Ruddy for example (while he was here). Two old heads hard great competition for Sa (not).

Is what it is. I trust the club. How can we find the next Murray or Ikeme if they have no chance of getting into the match day squad.

 

[Matt]

If that’s the case why didn’t we sign someone from Wolverhampton Casuals?

Because Tom King is a professional? But we probably could have and it wouldn’t make much difference to the first team. Who would you like as a third choice keeper?

 

[wolfslair]

Tom king getting a new deal isn’t inspiring or anything to get the juices pumping…..

But

He is there to be an extra body for our homegrown quota, allows our juniors to go on loan and you should rarely if ever see a third choice keeper unless it is a pointless pre-season game. Plus if the worst were to happen, he is needed, while he isn’t a great choice and it would almost be “shoot on sight” season for strikers, he will be more ready physically and more importantly mentally to play a senior game than the kids we have.

The decision Makes sense, let’s not let the frustration of crap planning in regards to strikers muddy the waters on a move that makes a lot of sense strategically.

 

[Flump]

One old head is enough. Ruddy for example (while he was here). Two old heads hard great competition for Sa (not).

Is what it is. I trust the club. How can we find the next Murray or Ikeme if they have no chance of getting into the match day squad.

Because the next Murray or Ikeme will do well out on loan at another club, and if and when they do, they'll easily be able to get past King. This has obviously been done to help the young keepers.

 

[SA Wolf]

Strange one on the face of it. One minute we haven't got a pot to **** in and the next we're giving long contracts to journeyman players. Just hope that like Baldrick, Hobbs has a cunning play.

 

[BillyBoots]

Deep joy.... I wonder if he can play up front....

Yes he can

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Because the next Murray or Ikeme will do well out on loan at another club, and if and when they do, they'll easily be able to get past King. This has obviously been done to help the young keepers.

I hope you’re right. Not sure the likes of Moulden will want to hang around too long though! Class shines through. He will get a lower half championship club easily.. (That’s all Wolves were when Ikeme & Murray broke through)