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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #421
Merseyskyblue said:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t seem to remember many of the goals against us this season being from 1 on 1s.
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Off the top of my head, Sheff Weds and Tottenham
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #422
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Off the top of my head, Sheff Weds and Tottenham
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Burnley Kitching was one on one with Collins.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #423
shmmeee said:
Burnley Kitching was one on one with Collins.
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Kitching has worked hard to rein in the top bins into his own goal business to just get tackled by the keeper anyway.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #424
clint van damme said:
But everyone acknowledges that Wilsons not that good.
Just that he's still better than Collins.
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Its a strange argument that as Wilson has made some mistakes in the past we should keep the bloke that's making mistakes every game in.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #425
Think it’d be pretty disastrous if any of them are still here as Dovin’s understudy next season.
 
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Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #426
Tommo1993 said:
Think it’d be pretty disastrous if any of them are still here as Dovin’s understudy next season.
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I think one needs to stay. Would be pretty silly to sign 2 new keepers in the summer.

It should be the new keeper and Wilson to start, with Dovin returning as number 2 in the new year
 

TomRad85

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #427
Tommo1993 said:
Think it’d be pretty disastrous if any of them are still here as Dovin’s understudy next season.
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I'm assuming a loan keeper will come in as number 1 next season as Dovin is out for some time. As i said before i think its time for Frank to pull some Chelsea strings as they have about a dozen decent keepers on their books.
 
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Viktor17

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #428
We have reached point, where Tyler or Bell are legit options instead of collins. Its gone to far now, for his own career and mental sake.

No one is saying Wilson is the saviour, but hes a better bet than collins currently, who's shot. Genuinely dont think he would save any shot currently. cant imagine what the team think.........

It has to be Wilson on saturday, purely to change the narrative if nothing else, we may loose, likely concede, but cant continue with Collins anymore.
 
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skyblueinBaku

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #429
Viktor17 said:
We have reached point, where Tyler or Bell are legit options instead of collins. Its gone to far now, for his own career and mental sake.

No one is saying Wilson is the saviour, but hes a better bet than collins currently, who's shot. Genuinely dont think he would save any shot currently. cant imagine what the team think.........

It has to be Wilson on saturday, purely to change the narrative if nothing else, we may loose, likely concede, but cant continue with Collins anymore.
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It's gone too * far
We may lose*
 
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LarryGrayson

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #430
TomRad85 said:
I'm assuming a loan keeper will come in as number 1 next season as Dovin is out for some time. As i said before i think its time for Frank to pull some Chelsea strings as they have about a dozen decent keepers on their books.
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weve already got an ex chelsea keeper
 

Tommo1993

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #431
TomRad85 said:
I'm assuming a loan keeper will come in as number 1 next season as Dovin is out for some time. As i said before i think it’s time for Frank to pull some Chelsea strings as they have about a dozen decent keepers on their books.
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As long as he’s got a better pull than Viveash!
 

Tommo1993

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #432
Chicken Mcgraw said:
I think one needs to stay. Would be pretty silly to sign 2 new keepers in the summer.

It should be the new keeper and Wilson to start, with Dovin returning as number 2 in the new year
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Also quite disappointing we couldn’t sign one and develop one of our own
 

rob9872

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #433
Tommo1993 said:
As long as he’s got a better pull than Viveash!
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Charlie Wakefield
 
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Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #434
Tommo1993 said:
Also quite disappointing we couldn’t sign one and develop one of our own
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Yeah of course if one of the young lads could be the third keeper then great. Just if Wilson and Collins are above them as of now it seems unlikely they’re going to improve that much over the summer.

The young lad at Gloucester (I think) did get good reviews and that’s a decent enough level for a young lad. However, I remember those watching him at youth level saying he struggles with distribution and Lampard alluded to something similar last week.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Apr 24, 2025
  • #435
TomRad85 said:
I'm assuming a loan keeper will come in as number 1 next season as Dovin is out for some time. As i said before i think its time for Frank to pull some Chelsea strings as they have about a dozen decent keepers on their books.
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I reckon we’ll go for a permanent deal. We need a more reliable 2nd choice GK than Collins and Wilson in the longer term. Assuming Dovin’s rehab is perfect and he’s back playing by December, we don't want to be in the awkward position of him being on the bench for a loanee.

We want competition for places and Collins/Wilson just aren’t reliable deputies. I’m still perplexed why we offered Wilson a new contract and as for Collins, I hope a L1 or L2 club will take him off our hands.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #436
Skyblue Bangkok said:
A bit over the top for an awful keeper. So do we say nice things and say poor Brad your well being may be effected so we ignore now shite you are .
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It's a fact he's crap.
 

Lamps

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #437
clint van damme said:
But everyone acknowledges that Wilsons not that good.
Just that he's still better than Collins.
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In our minds he is better than Collins. But in our minds a sack of coal is better than Collins.

Why don't we do this properly? Put both Collins and Wilson on the bench then watch the sack of coal get MOTM.
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #438
@Saddlebrains
Who's in goal tomorrow do you know?

Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #439
Mucca Mad Boys said:
I reckon we’ll go for a permanent deal. We need a more reliable 2nd choice GK than Collins and Wilson in the longer term. Assuming Dovin’s rehab is perfect and he’s back playing by December, we don't want to be in the awkward position of him being on the bench for a loanee.

We want competition for places and Collins/Wilson just aren’t reliable deputies. I’m still perplexed why we offered Wilson a new contract and as for Collins, I hope a L1 or L2 club will take him off our hands.
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I think ideal would be a Moore type signing who can mentor Dovin when he’s back as well as step in.
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #440
I watched 2nd half of Newport v Walsall. ( I know I need to get a life )
Walsall keeper, young lad, looked the part. Plenty of bottle.
Get him. Then learnt he is on loan from Stoke City. P
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #441
Lamps said:
In our minds he is better than Collins. But in our minds a sack of coal is better than Collins.

Why don't we do this properly? Put both Collins and Wilson on the bench then watch the sack of coal get MOTM.
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What a good idea.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #442
shmmeee said:
I think ideal would be a Moore type signing who can mentor Dovin when he’s back as well as step in.
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If we got to the prem, 100% agree because we’d be able to afford a seasoned pro like Ken Darlow (to name drop) who is at the level required but not as ambitious to play.

If we’re in the Championship, perhaps counterintuitively, we should go for a younger pro willing to push Dovin.

With the seriousness of an ACL and the risk of re-injury (even for a GK), the recruitment process needs to assume a worst case scenario with Dovin. Like with Jodi Jones, it’s a possibility he may not come back the same.
 

torchomatic

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #443
CovValleyBoy said:
I watched 2nd half of Newport v Walsall. ( I know I need to get a life )
Walsall keeper, young lad, looked the part. Plenty of bottle.
Get him. Then learnt he is on loan from Stoke City. P
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Mmm...the last Walsall keeper we were impressed with didn't have a happy ending!
 

torchomatic

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #444
Wyken Sky Blue said:
@Saddlebrains
Who's in goal tomorrow do you know?

Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk
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If he does know, don't tell us! As he may as well let Matt Broomfield know. We don't need to know until 11:30 tomorrow. Saddlebrains' leaks need to stop in my opinion.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #445
Lamps said:
In our minds he is better than Collins. But in our minds a sack of coal is better than Collins.

Why don't we do this properly? Put both Collins and Wilson on the bench then watch the sack of coal get MOTM.
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Given the levy imposed on fossil fuels I think we'd pay a lot more for a sack of coal than a genuinely decent keeper right now.
 

rob9872

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #446
CovValleyBoy said:
I watched 2nd half of Newport v Walsall. ( I know I need to get a life )
Walsall keeper, young lad, looked the part. Plenty of bottle.
Get him. Then learnt he is on loan from Stoke City. P
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There's a keeper who plays in L1 that looks the part. Tall, commanding, plays out with his feet a lot very well. Might be worth a look. Player of the year last season at Crawley, having a good season at Stockport this season. Corey Addai.
 
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rob9872

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #447
Mucca Mad Boys said:
If we got to the prem, 100% agree because we’d be able to afford a seasoned pro like Ken Darlow (to name drop) who is at the level required but not as ambitious to play.

If we’re in the Championship, perhaps counterintuitively, we should go for a younger pro willing to push Dovin.

With the seriousness of an ACL and the risk of re-injury (even for a GK), the recruitment process needs to assume a worst case scenario with Dovin. Like with Jodi Jones, it’s a possibility he may not come back the same.
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I'd go the other way. The only things Dovin is lacking imo is confidence and experience. Those will come and I believe that's why Wilson had his new contract. Big personality and bucket loads of confidence. I'm a Wilson fan, but he doesn't possess half the ability of Dovin who imo has a really high ceiling and will play at the top level (hopefully with us). He's very young and raw and at 21/22 incredibly young for a keeper, so needs experience to guide and push him, maybe even to be taken out for the odd time here and there and he'll continue to grow and develop. I think two young keepers vying for the spot could damage both. Wilson more likely to accept his role as number 2 and the perfect foil for a fit Dovin. In the interim until fit, I'd be looking for an experienced loan option I think.
 
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Bassette Deck

Active Member
  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #448
Lamps said:
In our minds he is better than Collins. But in our minds a sack of coal is better than Collins.

Why don't we do this properly? Put both Collins and Wilson on the bench then watch the sack of coal get MOTM.
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That sack of coal will feel right at home in the pit that is Kenilworth Road.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #449
rob9872 said:
I'd go the other way. The only things Dovin is lacking imo is confidence and experience. Those will come and I believe that's why Wilson had his new contract. Big personality and bucket loads of confidence. I'm a Wilson fan, but he doesn't possess half the ability of Dovin who imo has a really high ceiling and will play at the top level (hopefully with us). He's very young and raw and at 21/22 incredibly young for a keeper, so needs experience to guide and push him, maybe even to be taken out for the odd time here and there and he'll continue to grow and develop. I think two young keepers vying for the spot could damage both. Wilson more likely to accept his role as number 2 and the perfect foil for a fit Dovin. In the interim until fit, I'd be looking for an experienced loan option I think.
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Dovin is a class act with bags of potential, but we don’t know how he’ll recover or for how long. The minimum is Dec 2025 but 12 months takes us to late March 2026.

I doubt the loan market will be brimming with experienced keepers, it’ll be most likely young keepers Prem teams want to farm out like Beadle.

A permanent signing for a number 2 is the best long term bet imo. If Dovin comes back strong, we have two goalkeepers that are highly competitive and in a worse case scenario, we have a new number 1 GK should Dovin not come back the same player. Either way, we need a long term solution for a number 2 GK that is not Wilson or Collins.

A loan is too risky imo.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #450
oscillatewildly said:
Given the levy imposed on fossil fuels I think we'd pay a lot more for a sack of coal than a genuinely decent keeper right now.
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Seems Collins is on £3k per week, surely we can get a bag of coal for that much? (or even 2 )
 
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napolimp

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #451
Just had an awful day at work. Spent all morning writing up a document and then did a Collins, failed to save it.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #452
napolimp said:
Just had an awful day at work. Spent all morning writing up a document and then did a Collins, failed to save it.
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Is that you Les?!

 
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napolimp

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #453
clint van damme said:
Is that you Les?!

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Not going to lie, this has gone straight over my head.

Like shots on target at Collins.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #454
rob9872 said:
Corey Addai.
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From the highlight shows I've seen this season he still has a look of Collins about him.
 
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skysblue

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #455
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Collins is better with his feet than Wilson. Wilson is braver but both are poor keepers
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Collins reaction time is shocking. Wilson much better, he does have our clean sheet record.
 
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