Middlesbrough have tabled a £3 million bid for Westwood: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35857202.html
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Middlesbrough have tabled a £3 million bid for Westwood: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35857202.html
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Originally Posted by Colin Young
I would say that even as a Top Level Championship Goalkeeper he is worth more than that.....Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Unless a club was lucky enough to have an up and coming goalkeeper to replace him its going to cost a few bob to replace him .......
Goalkeepers are traditionally undervalued in the transfer market although the recent sale of the Sunderland keeper bucked the trend. I would say there is very little chance of Wednesday selling their keeper to a potential promotion rival. They are not a selling club at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
I am not sure why the writer says that "a move for Westwood, who has been the Championship keeper of the season, as well as the Owls' player of the season, in their last three campaigns, could also enhance his Ireland's prospect, with uncertainty surrounding Darren Randolph's future at West Ham".
Yeah, there's only one thing that can enhance Westwood's Ireland prospects... and that's Randolph.
It's filler. Doubtful the author would have gotten away with presenting a two-paragraph "article" to his bosses for publication.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Westwood went off in the first half today. A collision with a Burton player who went in late on him. He tried to play on but was unable to continue.
The Wednesday twitter account didn't specify what the injury was.
Says he hopes it's just bruising and not ligament damage http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footb...bion-1-8723795Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
Making a few mistakes this season. Let one squirm under his body against Brentford on Tuesday and in the 96th minute against Cardiff he could have done better with a free kick which he just pushed out to the feet of an on-rushing Cardiff player. He just hasn't been the same player this season compared to the previous two.
Saw that alright. Should have been able to push it out for a corner or further wide. The one against Brentford was a proper howler.
Not to be outdone though, Randy conceded a goal after having a clearance blocked down by Jamie Mackie.
What do you think it's down to? A physical deterioration or a mental thing (lack of concentration or motivation possibly)? He's still not that old for a keeper - he'll be 33 next month - but could having just missed out on a return to the EPL again have affected his frame of mind?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
He had really outstanding seasons in 2014/5 and 2015/6. Last season, while playing well, he went off the boil a bit and this season a further deterioration. The first two seasons, he had a point to prove so perhaps it's a mental rather than a physical thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Westwood missing Wednesday's game tonight with a fractured rib.
It would have been amazing if his name was also Wednesday. Then, 'Wednesday would be missing Wednesdays game tonight, Wednesday, with a fractured rib'.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Wednesday have perversely enough lost 9 of their last 11 games on a Wednesday. Luckily they weren't called Sheffield Saturday or they'd be in even more trouble.
Actually how did the Wednesday part of the name come about?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I googled that more than once actually! They started out as a cricket club that used meet on Wednesdays. The football team was set up after a while.
His stand-in did well against the Forces of Evil from 35 miles up the road to the north. He might be hard pressed to get back in to the side after a few uncharacteristic mistakes this season.
One or two sloppy pieces of play aside by O'Kane when he tried, close to his own box, to play foot rather than hoofball, I thought he did well and is certainly not afraid to put his foot on, as opposed to through the ball.
No. 3 now in the pecking order at Wednesday. Feel for him. When he was at the top of his game, a clearly not at the top of his game Shay Given played instead for Ireland.
How did that come about OF?
He was losing form and making the odd mistake when he came back from injury and SW now have two young keepers who the manager is trying out and they're doing ok. Giving youth a chance and all that.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
A relatively recent update on Westwood - https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...ukay-1-9427308
Almost a year without playing a match!
Manager says he's injured after months of silence and only after another drubbing and the crowd chanting Westwood's name. Bizarre.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Whatever the reason, it's a sad state of affairs at this stage of his career to go so long without football. Hopefully he gets out of there in January.
interesting to see him back in out Of The cold today with manager gone
Yes, thye manager had been telling porkies that he was injured. 2 games and 2 clean sheetsQuote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Thank God. He is by far our best 2nd option.
true. Hopefully Elliott gets a championship or foreign move in Jan to play first team football. Could do with a keeper breaking through maybe kelleher will get a chance to go on loan in janQuote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
Some of us would argue he's our best option.
That could be the case if he has maintained his previous formQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Missed last match - another injury.
Wednesday have kept six clean sheets in eight league games since Westwood was brought back in. In their other 23 league games this season they have kept only two clean sheets.
Altogether they've conceded 4 goals in the 8 games he's started since his return, and 41 goals in the 23 games without him.
I though Kieren looked sluggish v Chelsea in the recent cup game, was a bit slow to get down to his left to stop a saveable shot.
Yeah, he was definitely poor for one of the goals. Caught at the near post iirc.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Definitely not the player he was when a half-fit Shay was standing between the sticks :(
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Came back a few weeks ago with the new manager, Pulis. Then injured himself in the match 🙄 Had fallen out with Gary Monk.
the current in form irish goalkeeper atm
Ready for Serbia, please
Ready to what? Co-commentate?
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Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Well, picture a situation where Randolph limps off after 30 minutes... who would you feel most comfortable about replacing him? While I'm glad Kelleher did well in his three games earlier this season, at this point it would still elicit a gulp from me to see him run on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fizzer
No contest Sam, I would feel more comfortable with our most exciting goalkeeping prospect in three decades coming on ahead of a 36 year old Championship journeyman that let in six against Germany.It’s time to take a gulp or two and give the likes of Kelleher and Knight a chance, let them learn a bit about international football before they reach their prime.Who cares about bloody Serbia? Let’s blood a team of young lads who’ll have decent experience at this level at age 25 and can actually contest a major championship in a few years. I am sick of hearing fellas talking about the likes of Westwood and Shane Long. Their time has come and gone. Shane Long cannot score a goal for us, hasn’t done in years.He’s the striker who doesn’t score goals.Sure, he’ll hold it up, he’s world class at pressing the full-back, but he cannot score! He’s exactly what the team that doesn’t score goals doesn’t need.Westwood was beyond brutal for us when he was in his prime.He’s a second-rate keeper, always was, he never had any business playing international football.We’re now blessed to have about three really promising young goalkeepers coming through. Kelleher, who looks the best of them right now, has had an utterly incredible start to his career, He’s been instrumental in keeping clean sheets for one of the best teams in Europe. He’s clearly, one of the best overall prospects we’ve produced in twenty years. Get these young lads in (in every position), they’re hungry, technically better than what we’ve got, and they seem to play without fear, which has been our Achilles heel for years now. The team’s already laden down with deadwood, Hourihane, Maguire, Hogan, why bring more in?