[Archived] Brad's Replacement

[roverfanuk]

BBC Teletext says that we are on the verge of offering 4 million to Liverpool for Carson...

[jim mk2]

Says on teletext Rovers in for Carson

[roverfanuk]

Says on teletext Rovers in for Carson

BBC Teletext says that we are on the verge of offering 4 million to Liverpool for Carson...

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ity/7505679.stm

[Bobby G]

Id take Robinson over Carson for sure.

I wonder if one of the 3 players is Robinson to us maybe...Chimbonda is surely one of them...

[Bobby G]

Nicko seems to be certain we only want Robinson but some of the media says we are about to bid for Carson.

Id definitely take Robinson who I believe has been overly criticized and has alot to prove again over Carson who for me hasnt established himself as a top keeper yet and I believe has been overly hyped by the media, especially until his debut at which point one error saw him fall from grace. If he was THAT good, he would still be up there...

[RibbleValleyRover]

I'd wouldn't buy either of them, both aren't good enough in my view.

I'd look abroad for a keeper, must be some out there.

[frosty]

Out of the two, Robinson.

[roverfanuk]

As i said in the other topic, is the reason we dont want Carson because of his penalty save that stopped us getting into Intertoto.

I haven't seen any terrible mistakes he has made that Robinson hasn't made, in fact i think i have seen more clangers Robinson has made...?

[Bobby G]

Robinson has been in the spotlight for a long time...I believe he is a good keeper and always rated him highly. I dont think he is anywhere near Friedel at this moment but with time who knows.

[ally]

why is this topic open if we arent even approaching Carson. Maybe we should open a topic entitled 'Robinsons or Cech and why?'

[roverfanuk]

Not that im disagreeing with Nicko, but we cant just write off a topic because he says he isnt coming, besides, in generates interesting convo which is only going to clog up the Nicko topic!

Just found this, rather amusing... Robinson singing to the Spurs fans:

[modes98]

As i said in the other topic, is the reason we dont want Carson because of his penalty save that stopped us getting into Intertoto.

I haven't seen any terrible mistakes he has made that Robinson hasn't made, in fact i think i have seen more clangers Robinson has made...?

It is not because of 1 penalty save, that was an awful penalty.

Carson made that awful mistake for England vs Croatia and that seemed to kill his confidence. Robinson is 27, Carson is 22, so i think it is pretty likely that Robinson will have made more errors, that comes with time.

why is this topic open if we arent even approaching Carson.

How do you know we are not approaching Carson? BBC are reporting we are interested, the topic need not be limited to just Robinson or Carson, if other names are linked then by all means discuss.

[1&OnlyRover]

Robinson any day - on that clip, we could get robinson saying, stand up if your hate burnley

[Tom 1]

I am a Villa fan and can safely say Paul Robinson. Having been linked with both quite strongly at some point this summer I was more worried about having Carson back than Robinson.

[ace]

How do you know we are not approaching Carson? BBC are reporting we are interested, .....

Oh do keep up modes ..don't you read Nicko's thread !

[modes98]

Oh do keep up modes ..don't you read Nicko's thread !

I wish. It seems to be all i do thesedays.

I meant, just because Nicko has written it off doesn't mean it's true (we will see later i suppose), another journo or 2 has linked us with him and it is causing debate as to who we would prefer, etc.

[Eddie]

Nicko may not have contacts everywhere and the BBC are usually fairly decent.

I think I might rather have Carson. He hasn't been amazingly impressive at times, but he's 22. That is very, very young for a keeper, but he has a lot of talent. He has the ability to pull off fantastic saves and just needs to work on the more basic aspects of keeping (remind you of anyone?).

[b12_simon]

Just found this, rather amusing... Robinson singing to the Spurs fans:

In my ideal world Brad's will still be our keeper but I'm officially a Robbo fan after watching that.

Carson made that awful mistake for England vs Croatia and that seemed to kill his confidence.

Agree with that, modes - it's a confidence thing with Robinson. I just hope we can cure that if he does sign for us. If we can rehabilitate Robinson we'll have got a genuine bargain when you consider what some clubs are paying for keepers.

[Eddie]

[67splitscreen]

Who ever, which ever, keeper we sign.

Im sure Ince will have run it by Steel.

Steel must know what he can do with any given keeper, good or bad. (in our eyes.)

[roverfanuk]

In my ideal world Brad's will still be our keeper but I'm officially a Robbo fan after watching that.

(don't want us to sign Bullard). But if you like that clip, 3 guesses who your going to want us to sign next!

:lol:

[RibbleValleyRover]

Who ever, which ever, keeper we sign.

Im sure Ince will have run it by Steel.

Steel must know what he can do with any given keeper, good or bad. (in our eyes.)

If Steele is involved theres a good chance who it might be

http://www.ericsteelecoachingservices.co.u.../interviews.asp

[modes98]

When Nicko mentioned that we should get a message to Robinson, i did wonder if our goalkeeping coach may have put in a call to him. Just a social call you understand.

[92er]

I have wanted to post my reason for not signing Robinson but I was never sure where to post it............but here goes.

Stewart (?) Robson, a coach, is a regular contributor to the Sunday Telegraph and he wrote about Robinson a few months ago. His point was that Robinson's problems were not just down to a lack of confidence etc but that he is out of step with players who would be counted as more talented keepers at the present moment. There is now a much bigger need for athleticism than ever before and this is something Robinsone does not have and cannot develop. I cannot remember all the points that were made, but as Robinson was a player I had quite rated when he was at Leeds, it stuck in my mind.

[Iceman]

Not sure what all the fuss is about.both carson and robinson,wont be bad at all.robinson is stil young for a keeper at 28,england international,and experienced,stil has 10 years left in him.carson at 22 is stil a baby,for a goalkeeper at that age,but he has so much potential,and can get so much better.there are 2 keepers,who are quality who we mite in the future not be able to sign.the opportunity is there,so why not grab it.