http://www.thehardtackle.com/news/2...s-watford-join-race-to-sign-thomas-strakosha/ Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere on here. We do like buying keepers for some reason.
Would be utterly mental if Udinese send a good RB that we could do with to Lazio, in return for a sh1te GK that we should not be anywhere near. Which is why it will happen.
Are they not only looking rid of him because he won't sign a new deal? Think I saw that on here or Twitter.
We could do with him agreed. But in all honesty I don't think the keepers as bad as you make him out.
Strakosha is decent, no? Both Strakosha and Larsen are out of contract in 6 months so would be a suitable trade. Strakosha is still 26 and two years ago was valued at €30m per Transfermarkt.
He is. He’s awful. If we think Bachmann is bad, we ‘ain’t seen nothin yet’. But all jokes aside, he’s dross.
Yea won’t sign a new deal even though he’s their best keeper. He’s a lot better then both Bachmann and Foster, but still has the same issue as them in the sense he doesn’t command his box
Hopefully we get this new keeper purely so Bachmann demands a move. I hear Man City want Dan to replace Ederson.
He is not as bad as Burnsy is making out. Have actually watched quite a lot of him, as quite a few of my footy pals are very keen on Serie A. He is a pretty decent shot stopper, although sometimes his lack of decisiveness requires him to be more reactive than proactive. I don’t know how well he would fair in the premiership but he would be a very decent keeper in a championship promotion battle.
did I say that? I believe I said he is not as bad as your making out. I never mentioned once how many games you may have watched him play?
So you stated as fact that he’s not as bad as I said. And then padded it out with the reasoning that you have reached that conclusion is because you’ve watched him play. Either way, if we are looking for a GK who would be decent in the Championship, we may as well just keep Dahlberg/Bachmann/Okoye. But if we want better for the PL, then Strakosha isn’t that.
jesus, why does everything have to be an argument with you! i gave my opinion. my opinion is that he is not as bad as you said, so much so that I would consider him an upgrade on what we have. that doesn’t make your opinion any less valid, it just means I have a different opinion to you. not everyone has to agree with everything you say, it’s the whole point of a discussion forum. it’s no wonder I mainly lurk nowadays, contribute something and you just get baselessly lambasted.
Baselessly lambasted? You mentioned my name and said I was wrong. I can happily accept different opinions to my own - but the nuance was that my opinion was somehow wrong because you and your mates had watched him play. I merely used a right to reply seeing as you mentioned my name without me mentioning yours! You didn’t say ‘In my opinion, he’s not as bad as Bursy says….’ - go back and read it! I will always welcome your opinion. I’m not criticising your post because lord knows I’ve said things to people in exactly the same way many times! I was just asking the nuance to it, sorry if you took that the wrong way! PS. As you say, it’s a discussion forum. You’re the one framing it as an argument, not me!
Well speaking yesterday to the Father in law, Very Roma biased. He said he's very overrated as alot of younger keepers have been over the years in Italy. Was very highly rated but has seemed to hit the rails over the last year. But he is definitely not seen as the future of Lazio by Sarri. But he's heard absolutely nothing of our interest or Udinese.
I agree I did not but it is still an opinion that I gave, and it should have had no bearing on you personally. I was merely offering an opinion based on the fact that I have watched a lot of serie A football in the past three years. I am part of a fantasy draft where we play in five year league cycles. As a result I have tended to end up watching usually three to five games of serie A football a week. I have therefore in previous seasons seen quite a lot of him. He is not a world beating goalkeeper, but he is not as you so eloquently said ‘gash’, ‘sh1te’ or ‘dross’. He is an excellent shot stopper, but doesn’t read the game very well at the moment. His distribution is mediocre, but there is potential there to be an excellent keeper if he could round out the aspects of his game. This is my opinion, and it is worth no more or less than your opinion. Please do not take it personally that I disagree with you, and I am sorry if you felt my initial comment implied that I thought your opinion was not valid. It was not meant to be the case and I still don’t quite see why you took offence. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Opti (the lurker)
Difference here is Opti made a point - and rightly or wrongly (my fault) was asked to explain it, which they did very eloquently and without hesitation. Can you say the same?
I mean I read your post about your situation on another thread and gave a heartfelt reply. It’s pretty clear I only wish the best for everyone on here and am not here to start ‘fights’ but instead just like to debate differing opinions. I will always apologise to anyone who thinks I step over a line. As I did with Opti. So yeah. Merry Christmas!
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So have we already decided Okoye is not good enough? Doubt he'll come from Lazio to The Championship anyway.
26? Bit younger than I would of guessed knowing our age of entry right now. It is good Gino does understand we will have a problem next season with this area as Foster will probably leave especially if we go down, and Bachmann is not a PL keeper. Elliott will probably never play as a first choice. Okoye is not somebody we are considering as a starter but cannot judge. Serie' A to the Championship will feel like two steps back for him, playing second fiddle to Reina would of been a dream ahead of playing second fiddle to Bachmann.