TheBlueButterfly
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Apologies if been mentioned but wow, what a save that was second half. I sit behind that goal and was flying in the bottom corner. How he got to it I’ll never know! (Probably not as good in the highlights! )
Absolutely, Glover is sub-standard. Like you say, we could rue those gamesGreat goal keeper. The first time in years that we don't have to worry about bringing in a goal keeper during the summer.
He's been arguably our best signing.
That said it does annoy me about how Carrick continued with Glover for those 3-4 games that Dieng was fit. Those mistakes have cost us valuable points. Dieng is our best keeper by a country mile. He should have come straight back in.
Made a big difference him coming back, said how much we were missing him before he came back too.
Just seemed a bit odd that he didn't come straight back in, when he returned, unless he had a knock.
Not sure if I think that's it, no club would (should) risk the team for one player, unless the player was worth more than the team and the team had no aspirations. Wouldn't make sense to handcuff the club like that, not saying it didn't happen but seems a little unlikely. Promising players game time is generally a tough road to start to go down.I genuinely think that we promised Glover a set number of games if he stayed during the Asian Cup.
He talked about it being a mutual decision between himself and Australia, with them thinking him getting games here was better for him.
The fact he was straight back in the Australia squad this month makes me think it even more.
It was a silly decision by Carrick at the time. It would have been understandable to an extent had Glover been in really good form at the time, but he wasn't.Great goal keeper. The first time in years that we don't have to worry about bringing in a goal keeper during the sum
He's been arguably our best signing.
That said it does annoy me about how Carrick continued with Glover for those 3-4 games that Dieng was fit. Those mistakes have cost us valuable points. Dieng is our best keeper by a country mile. He should have come straight back in.