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Excellent young keeper. I'd personally prefer a permanent signing in that position but certainly wouldn't be adverse to it. Not sure if Stoke would loan to a rival?

That's literally Pickford's strength? He's streets ahead of all the other England keepers in that area.

He's never been voted in a Team of the Year by his peers.

Exactly this. I just started a new thread on partnerships/networking before I'd seen this but this is absolutely what a lot of clubs will be looking to do now. The Dike deal was an inspired coup by Barnsley, he literally only qualified for a work permit earlier that same day by representing...

It seems like PL clubs at least are slowly grasping the importance of these kind of deals. Surely can't be long before it filters down into the Championship too. I don't necessarily mean like Barnsley's pound shop Red Bull model, but with the Brexit moves shifting recruitment emphasis, having...

Indeed they do & Sunderland only have a mid-table home record. Wonder if their fans will be backing them or if it will be pretty toxic as is often the case. Even if they do somehow turn it around I can't see them beating Blackpool anyway, vastly superior team.

Incredible story;

How clueless & out of touch are Spurs' owners? Charged £60 a ticket last night & sat them here...

No, it's voted by an independent, EFL appointed panel around February/March time ridiculously I believe (when Sunderland were flying & keeping loads of clean sheets). Agree though he's an average, lower end L1 goalkeeper, should never be first choice in a top 6 side - especially one with...

When you spend more than most of the league combined you'd expect them to be better than just scraping the playoffs though tbf. They genuinely have a few players that really aren't up to top L1 level (Power, Scowen, the inferior McFadz & both keepers).

Yeah I have mate, binged through it in a couple of evenings as soon as it released, was really good. 😁 Yeah, interesting that the Lakers had to go via the new 'Play In' but with a fit again LeBron they'll always be in with a chance. And yes I appreciate your post was before their victory last...

I love it but never seem to find time to watch it all nowadays. Doesn't help that my team (Magic) have been awful for years. Finished this season with 3rd worst record & have a massive rebuild job to do. Was mad on it in the 90s (showing my age!) with the likes of Jordan & Pippen, Stockton &...

Both LB & CB

And kicking the ball into touch with majority of his kicks. What he should have done tonight, ironically.

It's in the toilet cistern isn't it?

Great analysis on Collins this & backs up my point that his underlying numbers aren't all that. It never would have been a good fit here.

Yeah 100%. Backpass always looked short but he stood & waited rather than approach the ball. I wouldn't even try & clear that downfield, it'd be straight in the stand. Poor decision making.

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No loss in my opinion, don't think he's better than what we have. Good shot stopper but very error prone & was dropped after the game against us ironically where he was at least partly at fault for 2 of our goals. Weak on crosses & was farmed out on loan to League One this season. Walton is the...

He might be a good goalscorer but he's not from Cov & doesn't smile enough obviously.