BothI didn’t go today but just from reading the comments, does it actually highlight how poor he is, or just how disliked he is?
All Stockdale done really was one good save and caught a few crosses, yet people are amazed at how good he was. That to me highlights what people's expectations are.Both
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Don't put that idea in his head. If he thinks he won't make it in the Championship he'll stay. Let him fuck off so we can bring in somebody newIt was just refreshing to not worry about a simple catch and wondering how many more points we would have had with an other keeper.
Burge should probably be having a think about how he will do in the championship.
There was that whiff of quality about him. When he came for a cross, you knew he’d make it. When he kicked it, you knew who he was aiming for and 9 times out of 10 he’d find his target. Some of the quick thinking, route one kicks were fantastic. No dilly-dallying around like that nervous, flaphanded, indecisive sheep we’re normally used to watching.
Hopefully today was a sign of things to come. Joe Murphy used to fill me with such confidence too. Ever since he left and we put the faith in the likes of Burge, we have always been prone to an error. I’ll give him his due and during the play offs and the odd game here and there, he’s earned us points but no way in a million years is he championship standard.
He gets a lot of flak yes, but it's deserved flak. Nobody gives him flak for his reaction saves he makes. He gets flak for being an all round poor keeper.I have some sympathy for Burge as he gets a lot of flak despite being a decent shot stopper.....but it must be said, he doesn't inspire as much confidence as you would like. A QPR-supporting mate of mine once explained to me why Chris Day, who I'd always thought was a decent keeper, lost his place in their team to the likes of Fraser Digby, Lee Camp and Simon Royce...."they were better keepers than him". Fact is, Burge isn't the best we can do - there are others out there who could do better. If it's deemed a sensible use of funds, I'd support us signing Stockdale, or someone like him, on a permanent deal, and put Burge on the bench to learn from them for 2-3 years. But perhaps that's not realistic; perhaps he'd decide to leave and try for first team action elsewhere. I just think that when Murphy left he was thrust into the team before he was ready and has never lost his reputation as an unreliable rookie despite playing 100+ games for us.
Stockdale is Birmingham's 3rd choice keeper and on 40k per week .
All Stockdale done really was one good save and caught a few crosses, yet people are amazed at how good he was. That to me highlights what people's expectations are.
Wow, he caught a cross, amazing!!! Why are people amazed at a keeper doing his meat and drink? Because we haven't seen it happen for 4 bloody seasons that's why!
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All Stockdale done really was one good save and caught a few crosses, yet people are amazed at how good he was. That to me highlights what people's expectations are.
Wow, he caught a cross, amazing!!! Why are people amazed at a keeper doing his meat and drink? Because we haven't seen it happen for 4 bloody seasons that's why!
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Did you just make that up out of nowhere?Stockdale is Birmingham's 3rd choice keeper and on 40k per week
No way the blues are paying him 40 grand a week.You freakin' what??????????????
No it was from the lads on the coach today but if that's already refuted then perhaps that was their source. Either way I imagine it is sizeable and beyond our means long term.Did you just make that up out of nowhere?
If we had a goalscorer Burge woudn’t have to be any good in this division.He probably didn't have that much to do (though in part that may be because he was better at sorting out the defence). But after 20 or so mins I almost felt like I'd had a bit of a light bulb moment - I no longer felt nervous when crosses were going in. It seemed to dawn on me just how far our expectations over that position had fallen. No wish to decry Burge - seems like a good guy. But I do think we need to strengthen that area as a priority (after a goalscorer, of course).
9 of the 13 games we have lost have been by one goal.If we had a goalscorer Burge woudn’t have to be any good in this division.
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