Daniel Bentley

if we are going to sell McCarthy for 3 Mill, then why don't we spend 1 mill on the Southend keeper. Young and very talented.

 

Good shout.
We have a history of producing great keepers, this would be another opportunity to get that tradition back.

 

I believe Hull are in for him as well. He is certainly the "one to watch" at the moment, and I think he'd be good replacement for McCarthy. But again, it'd be a waste for him to sit on the bench for a year behind Green. We need a number 1 immediately.

 

No elnino it looks as though we need anumber one in a year...

 

You don't want another year of Green do you Beth?

 

No, we need to replace Green now. In my eyes, he's served his time and we need to be rid of him. He has a 'loser' mentality with our club. 2 relegations in 3 seasons. No thanks.

 

I am not commenting on what I want...I am commenting on what I am seeing in the club
We are looking to sell McCarthy, who honestly has not impressed me, and I also would guess has not impressed CR if he is willing to sell, and stick with Green. (as the most obvious thing would be to move Green on or down...one asks why that isn't happening....maybe because Green is the best keeper in the club currently.
We are looking to buy a definate second string, so my educated guess, is that the club are sticking with Green

 

We aren't "looking to sell". He has a relegation release clause that Premier League clubs are looking to exploit. He would cost a PL club £3.5mil. If Green is a better keeper, then surely a PL club would take him for a £1mil? The obvious thing for the club to do would be to come out and say "McCarthy is our number 1 moving forward". That way, we wouldn't need to look for anyone else, and Green can then move down and we have a better, hungry keeper in goal.

I understand your viewpoint, which is fair as it does look like Green will start. However, I personally feel that isn't great. Any striker lining up against him must be relishing it. All you have to do is shoot low in the corner and you know he's never going to get down quick enough.

 

Betty's right. McCarthy looks sh*t from what I've seen of him. No doubt he's probably better than what he's showed at QPR but he ain't all that.

The only problem is if Green believes he has zero competition he'll go to sh*t himself. Which we can't afford cos he ain't all that either.

 

I'd imagine you've seen close to **** all of him given he's barely played. He proved hes a very good goalkeeper at Reading.

 

He's also been promoted several times in his career. By your definition someone like Clint Hill is also a loser.

 

By 'Premier League player' definition....he kind of is?

 

Which would be relevant if we were in the Premier League.

In the Championship he's about as proven a winner as you can get.

 

But this year isn't about "winning" the Championship (apparently). It's about building for the future so if we get up again we aren't screwed. I simply think that this season, we should get a keeper who will be in goal for the next few seasons. Rob Green isn't that man in my eyes. Plus my only ever recollections of the man is him picking the ball up out of the net. A lot.

 

I misread the OP as 'David Bentley'. Came over all lightheaded and dizzy for a bit.

 

Would you not rather have a player who can win in the Championship and the Premier League? Practically the point of building a squad right?

 

To be honest, I don't give a flying two bob bit how a player plays anywhere else, either before or after QPR. Its totally irrelevant to me. I just judge them on what I see when they play for us which, at the end of the day, is all that matters.

What I seen of McCarthy for Rangers is the same as you. A game v Liverpool which he did nothing wrong or extraordinary. A Cup game v Sheff U in which he was atrocious. A game vs Newcastle in which he did a fair amount of flapping and I think one other match (either that or the Newkie game he was at fault for a goal). I watched the game against Monaco last week and although it was only a friendly, he made a hash of two back passes which both almost resulted with the ball in the net.

I said that "he's probably better then what he's showed for QPR" but a very decent Keeper he ain't, IMO. I've seen just about enough to convince me.

Couldn't give a fukk if he played like Luigi Buffon for bloody Reading

 

Let 5 in against Leicester. Albeit without a defence in front of him.

 

But it is relevant because he's never had a run for us. It's virtually impossible to play your best straight away after months on the bench and reserve matches.

He's a young, English player and it's a shame we'll have to lose him so cheaply because he's clearly worth more than that. Palace wouldn't want him if he was ****e.