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Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
08-17-2013, 05:18 PM
really not been one decent keeper in the last 8 yrs we could have got for £15m or less?

I saw this article about how stats show that a team is only as strong as its weakest link.

This is why signing Nacho last season made sense. That £8.5m got us top 4. (No Santos style howlers, and 2 wins due to his goal or assist.)

Higuain would not have made a difference - Olly scored one and almost made another. (Also a great sprint back to win the ball near our goal as the last man.) Decent game imo.

But a decent GK would have made a difference.

The squad is threadbare. This is inexcusable.

But refusing to buy a top class keeper for all these years is a joke.

Is there really not a good goalie anywhere?

Ghost of Highbury
08-17-2013, 05:21 PM

Yesterday Once More
08-17-2013, 05:27 PM

Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
08-17-2013, 05:28 PM
as they play until they're older.

You can buy one in their mid/late 20s and then not have to worry about the position for 5-10 years.

Insane.

AW has never spent much more than a few million on a keeper, if that.

And if this stuff about the team being as strong as its weakest link is right, then this is the height of stupidity.

I'd take a decent keeper and Alex Song back over Higuain at the mo.

Song can play MF in a 4-1-4-1 or a 4-2-3-1 and can play at CH.

This is what we need. A player capable of covering two of our weakest positions.

But why not buy a keeper?