Multiple news sources, including the BBC, now reporting this as a done deal, subject to a negative Covid test.
Bournemouth will have a 24 hour recall option as he is still their number 2 keeper.
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Multiple news sources, including the BBC, now reporting this as a done deal, subject to a negative Covid test.
Bournemouth will have a 24 hour recall option as he is still their number 2 keeper.
Sounds like a great deal for Travers, assuming he's number one. He'll get his game there and if he's called back then he'll get his game at Bournemouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Yes it sounds good for him. There won't be much competition for him at Swindon, their only other senior keeper seems to be very much a journeyman/backup type that has been around the league without much success.
Wonderful news as long as he plays
His first match for Swindon this Saturday against Ipswich is live on Sky.
Good move.
Let's see what he's made of.
Just a point of note.
If I was the manager of Swindon or any club on planet earth, I would never ever agree to a "24 hour notice" to call back a player.
Yeah, it's a funny one. I would think that Travers would have more than one offer on the table in League One and maybe this was the proviso included that ensured Travers didn't go elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
I only realised there that there is an Irish connection at Swindon with Lee Power, Waterford United owner, the chairman and owner and John Sheridan managing.
They’re more common than you’d think but rarely ever used. Generally there’s a serious financial penalty if the player is recalled built into the contract. Like lets imagine Swindon pay his wages and there’s a signing fee of 50k on top. Contract may include a clause saying the player can be recalled but Bournemouth will have to reimburse all of the wages paid to date and the 50k fee and a a further 25k penalty to facilitate Swindon finding a replacement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
You can always sign a keeper on an emergency loan if necessary, so there’s never a risk they’ll be left without a keeper if he’s recalled.
Clubs often sign deals where if a player isn’t playing X mins or X games, he can be recalled early without fee. Or often, there’s a large loan fee with the lending club covering all or most of the wages and if the player gets enough game time, the loan fee is waived, basically to incentivise the young player getting enough football.
Ben Woodburn famously cost Sheffield United an arm and a leg for his loan a few years back...
I think this is how Troy Parrott's loan was set up and why Spurs feel they can recall him in January if they want to.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
The only down side to this for Travers is that, if Bournemouth need him for a week or two after the window closes, he could be recalled for just one of two games and then not be able to go back to Swindon and be stuck on the bench again for the rest of the season.
Solid enough debut from Travers in a good win for Swindon. Beaten twice from close range but not to blame for either and made a very good save from Alan Judge in the first half.
Swindon up 2-0 away to Charlton at present. I see that they move up 5 spots in the league table should all results remain the same. Only 3 points separating Shrewsbury in 17th and Wigan in 23rd.
A clean sheet would be nice for Swindon with Masterson and Travers playing.
Edit: Goal conceded but no fault of Travers or Masterson. Charlton striker unmarked at the back post.
Has ended 2-2. For Charlton's equalizer, Masterson thought he had played the goalscorer offside but the linesman didn't agree and the goal stood.
John Sheridan is clearly a risk taker when it comes to keepers - no sub goalie on the bench to cover Travers today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
Early reports from his loan spell seem positive.
Travers recalled by Bournemouth. Swindon say in a press release that it's because of an injury to Begovic but no mention of that at the Bournemouth end.
Either way, it will be a real shame if this means he only plays one or two more games at Bournemouth for the rest of the season, he was getting a great run in the team and by all accounts playing well, even though Swindon themselves are struggling.
Swindon have been playing with no keeper on the bench so this will cause them a huge issue. Will probably apply for an emergency loan now. Max O'Leary maybe, or Kelleher?!
https://www.the42.ie/mark-travers-bo...52374-Feb2021/Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Lunacy for swindon to agree to a 24 hour call back! Just pure stupidity!
This is kind of disappointing alright. I've done a few searches online and can't really substantiate the nature or extent of Begovic and his injury. If Begovic recovers and retains the number one spot then Travers is either stuck there as number two or on the lookout for another loan. Or maybe he rips the starting spot from Begovic- that would be a great outcome.
Begovic is also at least 55 years of age
It feels like Begovic has been around forever. Yet somehow he is only 33. He could have another five years in him yet!
My god I thought he was that and more when we played him in 2015Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Has he got a Dorian Grey ? ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
I haven’t seen it discussed on here yet, but Begovic’s move to everton has presented a great chance to Mark. Bournemouth have been unable to replace Amir yet, and may back Mark if he does well preseason. Mark has started all the preseason games so far so fingers crossed things will go well! It’s conceivable we could have young goalkeepers starting for championship and league one promotion chasing sides, as well as another young keeper playing all the cup games and being primary back up for league games for one of the top European sides
Bournemouth are today reportedly in for Bailey Peacock-Farrell, and almost signed Freddie Woodman recently, his even going so far as to have a medical with the club, before injuries at Newcastle meant the move was eventually nixed.
I'd be (very pleasantly) surprised if Travers was Bournemouth Number 1 this season.
Who's this Closed Account fella!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Closed Account
it was cfdh_edmundo, he asked for his account to be deleted a little while agoQuote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
Travers with a clean sheet today in league cup vs MK Dons. He seems to have done okay and made one very good save.
Kilkenny was MOTM as a holding midfielder, which Scott Parker said is how he sees him during an interview this week. I wonder if he has the defensive side for a holding midfielder. Perhaps, more like the style of Pirlo… Either way, it’s great to see him do so well preseason and now in league cup. He has a genuine chance at breaking through this year
Travers, Kilkenny, Robinson and O'Shea all starting tonight.
Saw the game on TV today - Travers made one good save from a Robinson shot - could possibly have done better with O'Shea's goal, but no chance with Robinson's. Looked vulnerable under crosses but got one good punch away late in the game.
Do you think that re O'Shea's? It was close range and O'Shea accounted for the fact that it was close range by putting down into the ground. Travers couldn't have got down to that in my view.
I don't think he was at fault for the O'Shea goal, it was a great header. He still looks vulnerable from crosses though and I'd say he is unlikely to hold on to the jersey at Bournemouth unfortunately. On the face of it he has all the attributes to make it as a top keeper but something seems to be missing - possibly just confidence, but that's hugely important. Well behind Bazunu and Kelleher in the Ireland setup at this point I'd say.
I wonder would a good year of 40 games at League One or Two or the SPL or even on the continent just help him with that confidence piece? It just feels like it to me.
Would help him massively I'd say. There's a big difference between him and Bazunu in confidence just watching them play. Bazunu looks completely unfazed by everything. A year getting peppered with shots down at Rochdale had to have been good for him.
Our keepers need to play now more than anything. It's hard to see Travers keeping his spot at Bournmouth just from watching him play so far.
I watched Bournemouth vs QPR from 75 mins onwards on SKY last night. Bournemouth were 2-1 up at the time and that's how it finished. Travers was busy throughout the bit I saw. One really super diving save from a header and then 3 or 4 good saves, including one from close range in the 6th or 7th minute of injury time. Only blot on his copybook was a flap at a corner that he missed completely, the ball landing on a QPR's guy's head from only a yard or two out that bounced safely into Travers' arms after a scramble. It could just as easily have bounced straight into the net and it'd have been a direct error, but he deserved his luck.
He has a fantastic physical presence. He makes the goals look tiny. Once or twice he went to cover a shot going over the bar and his reach was about 2-3 feet higher than the crossbar. In fact after one good save he followed up with an agile tip over but the shot was probably already a fair bit over the bar.
Overall very good but I'd like to have seen him deal with that corner better. It left a little nagging doubt in my head, especially after Tadic caused so much trouble in Belgrade with his pin-point corner delivery.
Well, is that on him or is that how Bournemouth play?
I was going to add I didn't notice anything one way or the other wrt distribution. I'd say Bazunu's international passing stats are strong but augmented by short 5-10 meter passes inside his own box, giving him 20 completed passes per match of no degree of difficulty whatsoever.
Good to see Travers doing well at club level and Parker trusting him to be their number one this season. GK is a position we've got sown up for years to come.
There's a tweet doing the rounds (yesterday) of Travers making a super save at the weekend. Dangerous inswinging free kick, forward gets a head on it, Travers dives left to push it away. Quality save.
No, it was another one from a dangerous inswinging free kick where the forward gets a head on it and Travers dives left to push it away.