Usually when he was on loan before he joined us... we have the ability to turn Messi into... well... errmm... messy...!!
He's going through a bad patch of form right now and he is certainly not perfect but he had been #1 for quite a long time and fans were generally happy with that. I still think that the position needs improvement if we could afford to upgrade that is.
Saints goalie is right up there with Trump’s lawyer on the list of jobs you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy tbh
If we get no-one in, we start the season with Fraser for me. We've been linked with Strakoshka who I think would be an excellent signing (no idea how realistic that rumour may be)
Here's the link... https://saintsmarching.com/2021/05/25/southampton-saints-linked-goalkeeper-thomas-strakosha/
In a perfect world: Forster: Sell McCarthy: Sell Gunn: Back up Then buy new keeper with the money. However, this isn't an perfect world and Gunn is likely the only one we could get any money for. So I'd sell or loan Gunn and have Fraser as our no.1 and Macca on the bench next season. After both their contracts are up next summer we would then need to buy a new keeper and potentially a back up if Gunn is sold. Either way we need rid of Forster & Macca asap as neither are good enough and both are on hefty wages.
15 years on and I'm still waiting for us to have a keeper who even deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Niemi. None have come close for me.
Shilts was World class and in his prime with us, Flowers was very good and earnt a move for the big money at Blackburn, Niemi was probably on a par with Flowers and SKD was superb at the lower level for us but not so much in the PL. 1. P. Shilton =2. T. Flowers and A. Niemi 4. K. Davies
Niemi was world class. I personally would have him above Shilton, who had the Fraser issue of being like Dracula when it came to crosses.
It wasn’t entirely serious. SKD is a club legend for more than just his skill at the top level. I never saw Shilton so in my memory Niemi and Flowers are probably equal.
It's all about opinions of course but Shilts gets in most of the all time Saints XI that I have seen including the poll I had on here a few years ago.
