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    Quote Originally Posted by Demesne Lad View Post
    Putting him in the shop window?
    I hope they put him in goals ! (wink)

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    Travers is a top half Championship keeper at the moment and could get better - there are plenty of teams in the championship where he would be an upgrade.

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    A clean sheet tonight and currently ranked as the man of the match on the BBC sport website.
    Keane O'Shea Given Best Smallbone

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    A lot of people judge Travers on his poor performance against Servia. However he is far better than that and was having a really successful loan at Stoke when an injury crisis forced Bournmouth to recall him. I reckon he has a big future.

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    I only saw MOTD highlights. One fine save, albeit one you’d expect a top flight keeper to make. Wolves’ keeper was the busier of the two.

    Clean sheet was a bit flattering. Wolves had 2 goals disallowed for fringe decisions where Travers was beaten in real time. Little he could have done with either - just saying the clean sheet involved a break or two.

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    Seems he might get the gloves for the rest of the season - obviously that's only four more games but would be at least a bit of compensation for having his season effectively ruined by the loan recall. Would give him a chance to either stake his claim for the jersey or put himself in the shop window for a Championship move. Neto is not popular with the support at the moment and Bournemouth may be in the market for a more modern type keeper this summer (someone like Kelleher would fit the job description I suppose).
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    Another clean sheet and a MOTM, on the basis of votes on the BBC Football website - but only one shot on target to deal with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Demesne Lad View Post
    Another clean sheet and a MOTM, on the basis of votes on the BBC Football website - but only one shot on target to deal with.
    Tis actually hard to tell which one will be our goalkeeper for the next few years ~ Depends on injuries ~ Whether the goalkeeper is playing first team football or not ~ Lap of the gods stuff !

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    His one save was brave, sliding out to stop a tight angle shot from close range.

    He made a brilliant save as well in a play that was ultimately called offside — an athletic jumping save to tip a ball wide which was heading for the top corner. Great to see him putting together some good performances at Premier League level — as a pure shot stopper he may be our best ‘keeper.

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    Big test today for Travers as he starts again but play Arsenal away.

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    Very solid game at Arsenal on Saturday. Some good saves and interventions at important times, though helped by each being one you'd expect him to make. Poor finishing gave him the chance to save (e.g., Saka's failure to placve a shot close to the post early in second half).

    Conceded the penalty for the opener. I can't be objective (Arsenal fan) but while I think it was clearly a manufactured contact by Havertz I think Travers also went completely through Havertz's path with his slide. I always maintain that any tackler has to get the ball if he slides through a player's run, or else the ref can give a foul - even if no contact at all. My real time reaction was penalty though I expected replays to show a fair dose of gamesmanship from Havertz. it was arguably similar to Duff in Suwon?

    What I liked most about him was his presence and general air of confidence. That's an intangible thing I like to see in a keeper. Kelleher has it now, but didn't 2 years ago. Bazunu has it to a fair degree for Ireland, much less so at club level.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuttgart88 View Post
    Very solid game at Arsenal on Saturday. Some good saves and interventions at important times, though helped by each being one you'd expect him to make. Poor finishing gave him the chance to save (e.g., Saka's failure to placve a shot close to the post early in second half).

    Conceded the penalty for the opener. I can't be objective (Arsenal fan) but while I think it was clearly a manufactured contact by Havertz I think Travers also went completely through Havertz's path with his slide. I always maintain that any tackler has to get the ball if he slides through a player's run, or else the ref can give a foul - even if no contact at all. My real time reaction was penalty though I expected replays to show a fair dose of gamesmanship from Havertz. it was arguably similar to Duff in Suwon?

    What I liked most about him was his presence and general air of confidence. That's an intangible thing I like to see in a keeper. Kelleher has it now, but didn't 2 years ago. Bazunu has it to a fair degree for Ireland, much less so at club level.
    If Bournemouth revert back to Neto as number one or bring in another keeper this summer to be number one think Travers would be a great get for Southampton given Bazunu's injury.

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    Reports that Celtic and Palace have interest in Travers with Bournemouth valuing him at £10m.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JR89 View Post
    Reports that Celtic and Palace have interest in Travers with Bournemouth valuing him at £10m.
    That would be a great move for all involved

    Edit: The money Bournemouth are asking are ridiculous though
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    Quote Originally Posted by backstothewall View Post
    That would be a great move for all involved

    Edit: The money Bournemouth are asking are ridiculous though
    Think Celtic would be a good move. Palace likely eyeing him up as back up for Henderson.

    Would Celtic pay half of that for a keeper? Maybe an experienced keeper? Not sure what their previous big fee for a keeper was Could also see them wanting to take Travers on loan first with Bournemouth wanting a permanent move.

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    Asking for £10m might mean selling for around £6m when it comes to it. Realistically Palace can afford to pay more for a backup than Celtic can for a first choice, so Travers might have to push for a move that allows him to be a first choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eirambler View Post
    Asking for £10m might mean selling for around £6m when it comes to it. Realistically Palace can afford to pay more for a backup than Celtic can for a first choice, so Travers might have to push for a move that allows him to be a first choice.
    I would prefer Crystal Palace to be honest.

    We have a tendency to push our players to play at a lower level just because its easier but ultimately this is why so many end up going nowhere in their career, because they aren't being challenged to improve every week which ultimately leads to them staying in their comfort zone which ultimately results in them stagnating development wise.

    With all due respect, Henderson is not THAT good a GK and would be easier to displace than Neto was/is...if Travers is truly viewed as a 10m pound player he should be able to challenge Henderson for the number 1 spot. Competing with Henderson for the number 1 spot, a similarly aged GK, is going to force Travers to up his game which going well will only improve him as a GK.

    At the end of the day it comes down to 2 things, do we want Travers to get soft minutes at Celtic and never develop into anything more than a top half championship GK/Bottom half PL level GK...or do we want him to develop into a mid table PL GK (for me his ceiling, happy to be proved wrong though)?

    If its the latter, I'd imagine it is for most on here, then Crystal Palace is the move he should make.

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