| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax 09:32 - Aug 13 with 1947 views | Block8 |
Looks very much like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax, where do we look now? | | | |  |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 09:49 - Aug 13 with 1899 views | SonicBoom |
Or not. Apparently Arsenal turned it down. | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 10:33 - Aug 13 with 1827 views | UTS1885 |
Reading between the lines from last night, you can forget about another goalkeeper. We clearly want another midfielder and left sided attacker. It’s highly likely that a couple of loans might happen as well. [Post edited 13 Aug 14:12]
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 11:02 - Aug 13 with 1779 views | saint22 |
Absolute suicide if that’s true
Get Johnstone in
We will be bottom 3 in January and blowing a Fortune on a kneejerk replacement | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 11:18 - Aug 13 with 1764 views | PatfromPoole |
Arsenal will not loan Ramsdale out.
They want a sale only.
Looking like Johnstone or the Lazio keeper. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 11:57 - Aug 13 with 1680 views | SaintNick |
Arsenal have said they will consider a loan if they cant get a sale, so that means waiting for the last week or even days of the window, which is effect missing only the first 3 games.
Johnstone is looking the best option..
I cant think why everyone is so keen on the Lazio reserve keeper, at 23 he only 52 League games to his name, only 9 of them in Serie A for Lazio and the rest in the Greek league.
I cant believe the number of people who think he is any better than what we have here, his value is barely £2.5 million and would clearly be thrown into the deep end | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 12:04 - Aug 13 with 1667 views | saint22 |
I am not sure why this is all taking so long other than us being skint/tight AF
If we dont get a good keeper we are down, its simple
I think ppl are keen on the Lazio keeper because he is BETTER than what we have
Plymouth keeper should be an option too, Ramsdale, Johnstone, Dubravka ALL are superior so lets get one in
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 12:09 - Aug 13 with 1665 views | PatfromPoole |
Are you relying on Transfermarkt for player values again???
Do you not thinking being a keeper in an ultra-defensive League like Serie A carries a certain gravitas? | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 12:47 - Aug 13 with 1603 views | sledger |
if sam johnstone is available for small money then just get it done,hes way better than what we have | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 12:48 - Aug 13 with 1602 views | TripleNiemi |
But is the Lazio keeper a ‘Baller’ ? | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 12:54 - Aug 13 with 1579 views | Chesham_Saint |
Frankly, if Rylan can’t see that he really is a tvvat. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 12:54 - Aug 13 with 1575 views | PatfromPoole |
He will cook. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 13:45 - Aug 13 with 1473 views | SaintNick |
Yes being a keeper in an ultra defensive League like Serie A carries a certain gravitas, but I dont think being a reserve keeper in Serie A carries much gravitas, a week ago no one had ever heard of him, but a couple of good saves in 45 minutes of a friendly doesn't tell us much either.
I don't rely on transfermarkt for player values, but it does give a fairly decent approximation of a players value, but the real value is about how much someone is willing to pay, Lazio paid 1.3 million euros for him and Transfermarkt a year ago saw his value as 1 million euros they value him now at 3 million Euros.
So I think that is a lot nearer the mark than the 20 million euros that he is being touted as his value.
I suspect that Lazio can't afford to buy Alcaraz and knowing we need a keeper are trying to inflate his value to try and tempt us to buy him.
With only 9 Serie A games to his name and a season spent on the bench, no one can surely think that will have increased his value 15-20 fold in a year. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 13:47 - Aug 13 with 1470 views | SaintNick |
You say he is better than what we have, but where is the proof, being a bench warmer for Lazio doesn't suggest he is better, 45 minutes in a low key friendly game didn't suggest he was that much better, in truth Lumley looked just as good in his 18 minute cameo. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 13:56 - Aug 13 with 1443 views | kingolaf |
I agree with Nick with regards to the Lazio keeper.
I don’t think we can risk nearing the end of the window relying on Ramsdale. Too risky in our situation.
Get Johnstone in. Very decent keeper. | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 14:02 - Aug 13 with 1427 views | NYC_Saint |
Reminds me a bit of the Forren debacle. We were so desperate at centre back everyone was clamouring for him to start/get fit and no one realized he wasn't any good (I'm not sure he ever actually played for us in the end). Bit of an echo chamber on here about how poor McCarthy is that any keeper must clearly be better than what we've got... | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 14:03 - Aug 13 with 1427 views | City_boy |
Nick. almost anyone is better than what we have at the moment !
I have not seen the Lazio keeper, but given the desperate position we are in between the posts, if Ramsdale doesn't arrive, then I can't see how we are any worse off, unless a more proven keeper becomes available. It's this or we play 'rush goalie' !! | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 14:36 - Aug 13 with 1348 views | saintmark1976 |
saint22, there is no way that our owner will sanction “ blowing a fortune” if we are in the bottom 3 in January given our last experience of panic buying in an attempt to stay in The Premiership.He will take a view that it’s better to take a chance in The Championship once again. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 15:52 - Aug 13 with 1234 views | saint22 |
The proof is what we have | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 16:11 - Aug 13 with 1215 views | A1079 |
Ramsdale aside there have been and are better goalkeepers around that are better than what we have and have or are available. For me, not going for Viktor Johansson from Rotherham Utd who went to Stoke City would have been a good purchase and you are not saying he would not have preferred us over a cold wet Tuesday in Stoke - though knowing us we would probably only offered a pittance for him.
Lawrie McMenemy recognised the value of a good goalkeeper when he signed Shilton. John Lyall of West Ham at the time said, a good goalkeeper can give you 20 points a season and that was at a time when it was 2 points for a win.
Our issues with goalkeeping have been long and painful for several seasons now and we seem to stumble from one goalkeeping crisis to another. Put simply, what we have is not good enough and to have a chance we will need to score a bucketful at the other end and that is not going to happen, certainly not in the PL. | | | |
| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 17:11 - Aug 13 with 1164 views | TripleNiemi |
Could be worst, could have a Paul Jones type between the sticks 😉
Whilst a decent shot stopper, imagine him at the back with us playing the tippy tappy böllox. He was no Baller [Post edited 13 Aug 17:30]
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 13:51 - Aug 15 with 810 views | Berber |
I hope it proves more beneficial than Jordan’s Henderson stint. It isn’t exactly a showcase club any more. | |
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| Looks like Ramsdale is on his way to Ajax on 14:05 - Aug 15 with 774 views | saint22 |
Huge error
The fact we are two days out from the new season and we haven't even attempted to sign a keeper (unless its been very well hidden) is quite astonishing | | | |
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