QuotePerhaps I should have waited another 3 days before posting.Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Someone said that someone said that MON said somewhere...
I'd be surprised tbh. If nothing else, O'Neill can see how good an asset Randolph's kicks are.
Perhaps I should have waited another 3 days before posting.
Given is injured and won't play for Stoke at the weekend. Some Hungarian bloke will play at Swansea.
Is he a goal keeper or just any hungarian bloke ?
Is this a first, where implied relief is expressed at one of our players not making their club first team due to injury?
Even if Shay was fit he'd still be behind the Hungarian goalie.
That's exactly what Liverpool fans ask about Bogdan.
He's actually a upcapped 23 year old Dane, Jakob Haugaard. He's played two games for Stoke, both in the F.A. Cup.
How do we know this?
Because Geysir says so. Duh.
The fact that he was happy to follow your lead on the Hungarian thing makes me dubious about his credentials
Stutts thought I was serious about someone, somewhere said something, so I assumed Stutts was overly serious about things like facts
Not definite but in all probability I think he would have anyway been chosen over a newly recovered but still ring rusty, Shay.
Jakob in line
"The 39-year-old is hoping for game time – not least to stake his own claim for a place at the European Championships – but has only been gradually stepping up his comeback.
Jakob Haugaard has made two Stoke appearances in the FA Cup.
Instead, 23-year-old Haugaard is in line to make his top-flight bow in a home match against Swansea on Saturday, 10 months after joining from then Danish champions FC Midtjylland.
The 6ft 5in stopper has impressed with his shot stopping and distribution in FA Cup outings at Doncaster and Crystal Palace and has been trusted as Butland's deputy during Given's recovery."
Probably, I thought you were taking Given's injury out of the equation altogether.
I saw the interview on Sky (where else). MON pretty much said that if Given is fit, he travels. Not the end of the world provided he remains the third choice keeper behind Elliott and Randolph. If he starts him, now that would be a different story.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
There should be an olive branch with Westwood.
In my opinion it is madness to bring three goalkeepers who aren't first choice at their clubs.
The universe is sorting out the path for Shay to regain his (rightful) nr 1 spot.
He will be 40 when he takes up his position in goals for us in France, older than Buffon.
He's older than Buffon now too. In fact he always has been.
Yes Charlie thanks for the information that you are aware that our Shay has always been older than Buffon.
If he was younger, then no doubt you would have let us know that he was alway younger.
But we just happen to be playing Italy in the finals and Buffon is the acclaimed veteran goalkeeper on his last foray. In the possible event of our Shay making the line up, it would indeed be a remarkable achievement and in doing so he would outage the celebrated aged.
But i do appreciate that would be my fantasy send off for Shay, one of the very few top class consummate professionals to have ever donned the national shirt.
I just wanted to say it before Paul waded in to tell us he's suspected for years that Buffon is younger than Given
I like Shay but I'd just worry he's not physically at a good level anymore, through no fault of his own. Hopefully if he gets a good run at Stoke he'll prove me wrong.
Shay is fit but shelved
Jakob Haugaard is in line to be selected ahead of the Donegal man for the meeting with Swansea City.Given has declared himself fit after spending five months sidelined with a knee injury. This opportunity, however, may have come too soon for the veteran stopper. "I know who is playing and the lad knows," was as much as Hughes would reveal. "Everybody else can wait and see."
From a Stoke point of view it makes a lot more sense playing Haugaard. They'll probably need him next season until Butland returns also. He'll either sink or swim but it's an ideal opportunity to throw him and find out if they need reinforcements in the summer. Shay will just have to hope he sinks, and quickly.
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