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I’m pointing out that what you’re saying is in contradiction to the evidence. His career has been strange but look at Emi Martinez for a strange career. From what we’ve seen and what the stats show, he’s a competent championship keeper. I don’t think anyone is thrilled that Wilson is our...

He’s not been a regular number one for 5 years

Mat Ryan, who is evidently happy seeing our his career as a well paid number 2?

We literally finished top 6 with him in goal

Who?

Laughable - we’re not Chelsea. We spent seven figures on a young keeper, we don’t have the resources to write that off and go bigger.

So your view is that we spend more millions on another keeper, despite already having a young keeper we spent millions on. One of those keepers is then surplus to requirements come January. It’s not like outfield players, instead one is just out of the team. Effectively like setting fire to your...

There’s studies that have shown this to be true, including a Uefa lead one. Moreover whilst modern day goalkeeping is demanding, it’s common sense that a goalkeeper will not be exposed to the same demands (on the knee) as an outfield players.

That’s a change of question though. Is he fine to stand in for the first half of the season, given the alternative is spending yet more money on a keeper? IMO he is.

We didn’t make the play off final in spite of Wilson though, he was fine that season and surprised us. I also don’t think he makes constant mistakes. We could do better but IMO it doesn’t make sense to spend again on a keeper when Dovin is likely back in January.

Yeah the season he made 20 clean sheets. There’s actual evidence he’s good enough but you say he isn’t.

Genuine question - how then were we a coin flip away from promotion with Wilson in goal?

Also Dovin isn’t playing outfield, he’ll return quicker, more like December/Jan, so could still play a major part in the season. His confidence and mental side might take a while but physically it’s nothing like the return to playing that an outfield player would go through.

It’s nonsense to think that a club that makes a loss outside of player sales will spend yet more money on a goalkeeper. The loan argument perhaps, but taking young keepers on loan also seems a major risk. Removing all bias, statistically he’s fine too isn’t he. 47% clean sheet record, save...

Fine by me. We’re not in a position to spend again on a keeper. Bigger concern is a Wilson injury, so ideally we move Collins on and a new replacement brought in, at £0 cost.

They’re going to love him and he’ll score 20 goals no worries

He is very capable, and it’s credit to him that he’s established himself as such being from the academy, it’s very rare and clearly incredibly difficult to do. But we aren’t getting £5m for him, and notwithstanding improvement on his part we aren’t going up with Eccles as a regular starter.

In the last 3 years, at that age in central midfield (loosely) there's only Hamer, Glen Kamara, Lewis O'Brien and Gabriel Sara that have left for £5m or more. There's some very good players signed for less than that as well. I might be wrong, but just don't see that you could get £5m for...

Plenty of reasoning that this is why Sheff Utd are struggling to get a big fee for Hamer

they’re a similar level but strikers worth a premium because there aren’t many of them