Possible Goalkeeper Next Season

We have a goalkeeper who needs a new contract. Pointless thread.

 

Better than in goal

 

You do realise he's under contract dont you? He can't just up and leave wherever he wants.

 

Crazy some views on this thread.

Adam Davies should go and be a number one somewhere (league one probably), and on maybe 5-6k a week, instead of being on five times that at Sheffield United…

It’s a short career. He’s securing the rest of his adult life - does he have a wife and kids too?

It’d be a pretty selfish decision to take an 80% pay cut because your pride couldn’t take sitting on a bench and not starting.

Since leaving Barnsley Davies hasn’t played a stack of games - but he’s a full international and been to a major tournament with wales (he did get one cap as a sub before he signed for Stoke to be fair); he’s been in the premier league (ok, without playing - but still).

Goalkeeper is a pretty unique position; only one is ever going to play but three or four are needed in a squad. The better teams in any league are likely going to have a better second choice than some of the first choices at other clubs in the same league. A lot of the premier league would love to have Ortega or Kelleher you’d imagine, for example.

Davies is a lesser example of much the same. Although bizarrely he’s paid quite a bit more than the lad he’s second fiddle to - if the online sources are correct (though many different ones have him on the same wage of 25k). He has another year - he’d be absolutely mental to leave to ‘play’ and take a huge drop in pay. If he could match the wage and play, I’m sure he would do so.

There are worse. Patrick Bamford is amongst the highest earning players in the championship, and allegedly Leeds’ highest paid player on 70k a week. For their investment Leeds’ return from Bamford this season (in the league) is not a single start, 13 substitute appearances, totalling 177 minutes and not one being for as much as half an hour, and not one goal or assist.

His only start all season was in the league cup against Boro and they got gubbed 3-0.

Since the start of the season he’s beeen paid about 2.5million to do absolutely nothing.

Davies did actually start the season for Sheff Utd, he started the first two league games before Cooper was selected.

 

Bottom line.... Davies ain't coming on his wages, he's ok but not brilliant in any case and the keepers we have are cheaper and potentially just as good if not better. So endeth the thread. May your God go with you.

 

Contracts aren't worth the paper they are written on. When a player wants to leave that's that. We know that ourselves.

 

But a player isn't going to force a move, on less money, to a lower league and not knowing if any club actually wants him..? Unless you want to be pedantic and say something like Barrow would take him on 300 quid then fair enough lol

 

That isn’t true though - it depends on the club and its resolve.

There is very little point holding a player to ransom and invariably it’s better to let them go if the right bid comes in - but when a player is contracted the club he is registered to are well within their rights to retain. At Barnsley we seldom do - and I’m not really criticising them. But clubs can and do refuse to sell even if a player wants to go.

There are plenty of examples of this.

 

No for Adam Davies. He’s not the keeper he was. Ask any Utd fan.

I’d be happy with Flavell and Jackson next year.

Although I accept Flavell still has work to do.

Brad Collins would be the only former keeper I’d bring back as not that old still, and a decent kicker. But that’s never going to happen due to contracts, wages and needs.

 

Kevin Muller, current no.1 at FC Heidenheim in the German Bundesliga.

If he wasn't born to keep goal for Barnsley, I don't know who was.

 

Not sure we get anywhere near our first choice goalkeeper wise hence getting them on loan.

We’ve gone in for Luke Southwood twice. Once we get out-priced by Cheltenham and the other was he turned us down to join Bolton despite virtually being in the building. Mistake on his part like as he hasn’t played much since joining them.

 

I'd have Isted back tbf over Davies, far more realistic target. Not sure Flavell quite there yet, a little more development needed.

 

The same Isted that can't even get a game at Burton? He had a good few months with us, behind a top level defense and I'm sure he is a decent bloke, but he's not the answer here.

Much rather stick with Flavell or Smith over bringing Isted back.

 

I don't think that we need to recruit another keeper in the summer, unless Flavell's contract is allowed to run down - it's up this summer, which is why his agent seems to be getting frisky with rumours about premiership and championship teams taking an interest. We have more important positions to fill. Nonetheless, I did a trawl and came up with some pretty good possibilities, should Flavell be allowed to leave. Here are my best ones: Josh Griffiths (WBA) - unless, of course, they choose to retain him now he is first choice, but I think they may look to recruit and Josh would be back on the bench. Superb performances against us for Bristol Rovers and might be available at something we could afford. Callum Burton (Wrexham) -- if they go up, as looks likely, they may recruit and Burton has not played many games, but was an excellent stand in keeper for Plymouth after Cooper's injury last season; he will want first team football again soon. Matt Ingram (Oxford United) - now very experienced and the sort of reliable keeper who always does a good job when called on; could be free and can be trusted. Sol Brynn (Boro) - outstanding against us on loan to Leyton Orient last season and looks a very good prospect with plenty of experience under his belt now. Boro have too many keepers and I am not sure if Brynn gets a go even on the bench these days. Could be a free if his contract is up - not sure. If Flavell departs, my top two would be Brynn and Griffiths. I would not be at all worried if Flavell and Jackson were our two first team keepers next season, but we signed a decent target-man centre forward and, maybe, a no nonsense central defender who can organise the back line, especially as Roberts must be winding his playing career down now.

 

Southwood is a really good keeper. I would have him, but he must be under contract, so would cost us

 

I think with our current financial situation, CB is one of the least likely places we would recruit, especially if we move to a back 4.

I’d be more than happy with Roberts and Shep as first choice next season