The Aynsley Pears appreciation thread.

[Tugayisgod]

4 minutes ago, islander200 said:

It isn't our job to find an upgrade on Pears, we ain't employed by the club to identify players.

There are plenty of goalkeepers around that wouldn't make the errors Pears does.

 

So in the last two or three years we've identified Wahlsted and Toth, both highly rated in their countries, but neither looking like an upgrade at the moment at least.

The days of picking up the likes of Friedel on a free transfer are long gone. They are just not about in the modern game.

The main issue with all keepers these days is they can't deal with corners and set pieces. They get blocked in on their line with the sheer amount of bodies in front of them, making it almost impossible to get to the ball.

 

[RoversClitheroe]

30 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Just when you think football can’t get any crazier. Maybe he’s being brought in as an example of what not to do as a goalkeeper.

Has to be this.

Never seen a goalkeeper scared of a floating ball.

Something all our keepers have struggled with under the great Ben Clipboard Benson

[ageoftherover]

I rewatched the highlights of the Stoke game at Ewood earlier in the season. No obvious howlers, but note his positioning on the save at 1:00.

Its a particularly good camera angle to highlight the problem. Yes he reacts well to parry, but look how much room he's offering on his near post. A half decent striker glances up and strokes that home comfortably. That's criminal keeping at this level, even if at first glance it looks like a good moment for him. This is back when he was in his so called purple patch just before we went on our run of 6 straight. It's not just problems with his confidence and mental fortitude, he's got significant technical issues in his game that should have been rooted out at a much lower level than the Championship.

Contrast that with Johanson's performance in the same game. Yes Pears makes the odd decent stop and even a string of them from time to time. Can we imagine him pulling off anything like the sublime save at 1:17? I'll forgive the odd moment from a keeper if he can make saves like that. Swap keepers and we get 3 points there, no doubt about it in my mind.

He's gotta be replaced. And a few steady games from this point won't change that.

Edited yesterday at 10:04 by ageoftherover

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, Tugayisgod said:

Totally agree that an upgrade on Pears would be fantastic but unless someone can come up with a name within our budget that improves the GK position then we are stuck with him (unless he moves on)

Toth hasn't impressed in the couple of games he's played although maybe he needs more game time in this league.

Keepers just don't command the box like they used too, the standard is as low as it's ever been.

The two best keepers in the Premier League, Ederson and Aliisson both guilty yesterday of conceding poor goals.

Maybe Michalski will eventually come through, don't know, can't say I've ever seen him in the flesh. Maybe someone who goes to u21 games can give an opinion.

But like I say, if anybody can come up with a name to replace Pears, go ahead

Pears isnt just a standard example of modern goalkeeping and obviously all keepers make mistakes.

Hes particularly bad. He has regular spells of making a mistake costing a goal in each game.

[alcd]

3 hours ago, Craigman said:

Latest from Nixon. 
 

Is it April 1st today?

[Mercer]

Not a snowball's chance in hell that Pears will end up at Manchester United.

I've seen some utter dross in Rovers' goal, and I date back to the Fred Else era, and I think Pears is right up there with the very worse.  

I can only think Nixon has an ulterior motive for scribbling what I think is such garbage.

Edited yesterday at 11:36 by Mercer

[K-Hod]

3 hours ago, Craigman said:

Latest from Nixon. 
 

Alan Nixon in seeking attention shocker.

[chaddyrovers]

4 hours ago, Craigman said:

Latest from Nixon. 
 

lets hope they take him. 

3 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Totally agree that an upgrade on Pears would be fantastic but unless someone can come up with a name within our budget that improves the GK position then we are stuck with him (unless he moves on)

Toth hasn't impressed in the couple of games he's played although maybe he needs more game time in this league.

Keepers just don't command the box like they used too, the standard is as low as it's ever been.

The two best keepers in the Premier League, Ederson and Aliisson both guilty yesterday of conceding poor goals.

Maybe Michalski will eventually come through, don't know, can't say I've ever seen him in the flesh. Maybe someone who goes to u21 games can give an opinion.

But like I say, if anybody can come up with a name to replace Pears, go ahead

what your budget for a new keeper? £1m? 

in the summer, we bid 900k for Jeffery De Lange and his club wanted another 300-500k and Rovers wouldn't pay it. What a massive mistake by us. 

We need a keeper who can command the box, good distribution of the ball and quick, good reflexes, communicate with the defender and can organise the defence. That what we are lacking massively. 

[Tugayisgod]

14 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

lets hope they take him. 

what your budget for a new keeper? £1m? 

in the summer, we bid 900k for Jeffery De Lange and his club wanted another 300-500k and Rovers wouldn't pay it. What a massive mistake by us. 

We need a keeper who can command the box, good distribution of the ball and quick, good reflexes, communicate with the defender and can organise the defence. That what we are lacking massively. 

De Lange hasn't started a single game for Marseille since joining them 9 months ago. Not sure what that tells you about him or whoever the No 1 is. 

 

Edited yesterday at 12:47 by Tugayisgod

[chaddyrovers]

13 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

De Lange hasn't started a single game for Marseille since joining them 9 months ago. Not sure what that tells you about him or whoever the No 1 is. 

 

he went there as the number 2 cos Geronimo Rulli the number 1 there. Paid for £4m for Rulli from Ajax. 

De Lange was one of the keeper we went, Drommel was another, Begovic was another 

But it is clear that we need a new number 1 keeper 

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

Not a snowball's chance in hell that Pears will end up at Manchester United.

I've seen some utter dross in Rovers' goal, and I date back to the Fred Else era, and I think Pears is right up there with the very worse.  

I can only think Nixon has an ulterior motive for scribbling what I think is such garbage.

He's just kidding Man U, Pears is a top drawer keeper worth 30 million. But since we are cash strapped you can probably get him for a bargain 20 mill. He's basically the Adam Wharton of keepers. Mercer is trying to put you off because he's so good is all...

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, alcd said:

Is it April 1st today?

Straight swap for their Turkish GK, please. 

[Exiled_Rover]

4 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Totally agree that an upgrade on Pears would be fantastic but unless someone can come up with a name within our budget that improves the GK position then we are stuck with him (unless he moves on)

Toth hasn't impressed in the couple of games he's played although maybe he needs more game time in this league.

Keepers just don't command the box like they used too, the standard is as low as it's ever been.

The two best keepers in the Premier League, Ederson and Aliisson both guilty yesterday of conceding poor goals.

Maybe Michalski will eventually come through, don't know, can't say I've ever seen him in the flesh. Maybe someone who goes to u21 games can give an opinion.

But like I say, if anybody can come up with a name to replace Pears, go ahead

What's our budget?

Literally every GK we've played against this year has been better than Pears.

How much would that Tickle lad at Wigan cost?

If the budget is £0 and £5,000 a week in wages then yes it'd be a tall ask - but you could still find better (albeit you'd probably have to go foreign and find a FA) as Pears is woeful. 

[lraC]

30 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

What's our budget?

Literally every GK we've played against this year has been better than Pears.

How much would that Tickle lad at Wigan cost?

If the budget is £0 and £5,000 a week in wages then yes it'd be a tall ask - but you could still find better (albeit you'd probably have to go foreign and find a FA) as Pears is woeful. 

I don’t think his wife Tess, would fancy a move to Blackburn. We would probably make a balls of the paperwork anyway. 

[ageoftherover]

41 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

He's just kidding Man U, Pears is a top drawer keeper worth 30 million. But since we are cash strapped you can probably get him for a bargain 20 mill. He's basically the Adam Wharton of keepers. Mercer is trying to put you off because he's so good is all...

Go check out him out vs Newcastle in the FA cup last year and no other matches ever.

[bigbrandjohn]

2 hours ago, alcd said:

Is it April 1st today?

Took the words out of my mouth. That being said, Walton is well thought of at Ipswich. 🤷

[rock steady]

Has to be replaced now surely. We have to draw the line somewhere. Despite some improvement this season, he still has glaring errors in his fundamentals.

Aside from the howlers, he will also do things you don't expect to see from a professional at this level.

Noticed this yesterday. This is not how a competent professional goalkeeper catches a high ball.

 

 

[Ferrit]

6 hours ago, Craigman said:

Latest from Nixon. 
 

Is Tony Coton blind?

That being said, this is that prime tosspot Nixon. He is literally one of the worst 'journalists' out there, we all know this is nonsense.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Take him off our Hands Utd,only asking a VERY reasonable 10 Million.

Come fill yer Boots..you know you want him!

Edited yesterday at 14:43 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Ferrit]

10 pence and a half eaten pork pie and id still feel like we were ripping them off.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

.......Shhhhhhhh man!😄

[davulsukur]

7 hours ago, Craigman said:

Latest from Nixon. 
 

How does he manage to get paid to write this stuff?

Actually quite impressive tbh

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, Mercer said:

Not a snowball's chance in hell that Pears will end up at Manchester United.

I've seen some utter dross in Rovers' goal, and I date back to the Fred Else era, and I think Pears is right up there with the very worse.  

I can only think Nixon has an ulterior motive for scribbling what I think is such garbage.

Even Fred Else had the odd stunning performance.

[Mercer]

47 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Even Fred Else had the odd stunning performance.

Think you are dong Fred a great disservice there!

Didn't Fred amass over 400 appearances for PNE and Rovers in Division 1 (now the PL) - and PNE nearly won it one year?  Think we signed Fred for a fee of circa £20/30k which at the beginning of the 1960's was 'biggish dosh'.  Pears will never ever come close to matching Fred's record as a First Division / PL goalie.

I seem to recall an Alf Thornton article where Fred was described as one of the best English goalkeepers never to be capped though if my memory is correct, he did play for England B?  The same article mentioned a bad neck/shoulder injury Fred suffered with Rovers which kept him out for some time - don't think he was ever the same after that injury.

 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, rock steady said:

Has to be replaced now surely. We have to draw the line somewhere. Despite some improvement this season, he still has glaring errors in his fundamentals.

Aside from the howlers, he will also do things you don't expect to see from a professional at this level.

Noticed this yesterday. This is not how a competent professional goalkeeper catches a high ball.

 

 

Terrifying, isn't it?