Rumoured John Ruddy

[CFC-Lloydy 38]

what about mark schwarzer... we wont need to spend 10mil on him...

My thinking exactly, a goalkeeper who wouldn't mind sitting on the bench earning 20-30k a week to see his career out. Him or even Sorensen, who I believe is on a freebie (I might be wrong), or Shay Given we could get for cheaper.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Fits what we need - would be our number 2 HG goalkeeper, definitely better than Turnbull... Not worth £10m though.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Schwarzer would be Australia's number one whether he plays one game next season, or one hundred.

Yeah no he wouldn't. I'm pretty sure I know more than you in that area...

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

umm why is everyone crying about us spending 10M on ruddy? lol last i checked we bid 5M not 10M

simple fact when you bid 5M for a 10M rated goalie just shows we're trying to get the best possible backup for 5M at the biggest possible discount and not us trying to get ruddy no matter what the cost lol

[DavidEU 2,023]

Really don't see us paying £10m for this guy. The offer may be raised to £6m or so + add ons but no more. As Alex said, we'd be better off keeping Turnbull on the books for an extra year, or selecting one of the couple of freebies about, than shelling out big money on Ruddy.

Majority of the players back for pre season training a week Monday, so would have thought JM would want a deal for an extra goalkeeper wrapped up pretty sharpish.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Schwarzer would be Australia's number one whether he plays one game next season, or one hundred.

Exactly, he doesn't even have any competition in the Australian NT.

If we're going to spend 10m on a homegrown GK, I'd much rather we get someone who could actually retain his price if we want to sell him when Courtois comes back from loan. Someone like Boro's Steele who for me is much better than Buttland.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Exactly, he doesn't even have any competition in the Australian NT.

Oh the ignorance...

[lucio 5,418]

Oh the ignorance...

who else would play gk? brad jones or the reading guy im guessing?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Oh the ignorance...

Well enlighten us then instead of using sarcasm. Who would overtake Schwarzer in the Australian NT of he did not play regularly next season?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Well enlighten us then instead of using sarcasm. Who would overtake Schwarzer in the Australian NT of he did not play regularly next season?

Schwarzer is on his very, very last legs. If he went a whole year of not playing or playing the odd game here and there then Federici or Langerak could take over. As soon as Schwarzer was released from Fulham serious questions and doubts were raised over his future in the Australian team.

Now that you have been enlightened, please don't make such ignorant comments.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Schwarzer is on his very, very last legs. If he went a whole year of not playing or playing the odd game here and there then Federici or Langerak could take over. As soon as Schwarzer was released from Fulham serious questions and doubts were raised over his future in the Australian team.

Now that you have been enlightened, please don't make such ignorant comments.

True that he is 40, but he is a goal keeper, so stamina and pace don't really come into the equation for him. Regardless of his age, he is still a much better keeper than Federici who is incredibly error prone. No idea who that other guy is, though..

[The Mak 4,459]

There seems to be a weird obsession with fans and 'home-grown' players. Honestly, why the hell do we really care? The club will always ensure we have enough, one way or another.

I personally have never seen it as a big deal. I certainly don't see it as much of a valid point when spending a couple of million that could be invested elsewhere. As Alex said, we may as well have kept Turnbull in that case. Worst case scenario, we promote Blackman as 3rd choice and get a different back up (which is what I thought we were doing in the first place).

I don't see a point in signing the likes of Ruddy either. He might be back-up now, but any keeper that comes here knows that they might even be 3rd choice in a couple of years if Cech stays while Courtois is no. 1.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

There seems to be a weird obsession with fans and 'home-grown' players. Honestly, why the hell do we really care? The club will always ensure we have enough, one way or another.

I personally have never seen it as a big deal. I certainly don't see it as much of a valid point when spending a couple of million that could be invested elsewhere. As Alex said, we may as well have kept Turnbull in that case. Worst case scenario, we promote Blackman as 3rd choice and get a different back up (which is what I thought we were doing in the first place).

I don't see a point in signing the likes of Ruddy either. He might be back-up now, but any keeper that comes here knows that they might even be 3rd choice in a couple of years if Cech stays while Courtois is no. 1.

Basically whoever come in know that they will be sold next season or will most likely never play a match for the club again after this season.

[francozola 2,040]

Why?

His English, young, has Premier League experience, and is a very good goalkeeper. Cant understand why anyone would be against this..

Only now saw your reply, sorry.

I see absolutely no point to this signing tbh. He is "too good" to simply sit on the bench for the whole season. I mean, unless Cech gets some freak accident, the backup goalie, whoever he is, will only get about 5-8 games all season. i personally dont see the point in splashing out 8-10mil plus high wages on Ruddy when as others have mentioned, we could simply have kept Turnbull or can sign someone like Schwarzer.

Even if I'm thinking on a long-term level, there is no way he is good enough to be our first-choice keeper. We have Courtois for that anyway. Even if we lose Courtois (which could happen if either he himself wants a permanent move or if he is not willing to wait and the club decides to stick with Petr past this upcoming year) we should go out and get someone world class or potentially world class. Ruddy is neither of those.

To each his own, of course!

[Duppy Conqueror 1,527]

I'd prefer us to look at a cheaper veteran.think it would be better for Ruddy to go where he can be a regular starter too. He is a good keeper tho.