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Number 1

Post by Yorkshirelad » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:04 pm

Who will be are first choice keeper?

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Re: Number 1

Post by ArmchairDetective » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:05 pm

Muric

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Re: Number 1

Post by Milltown1882 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:14 pm

Ugurcan Cakir

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Re: Number 1

Post by NewClaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:14 pm

ArmchairDetective wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:05 pm
Muric
My guess too.

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Re: Number 1

Post by RVclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:17 pm

Muric being guessed? I take it that’s a joke?
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Re: Number 1

Post by ksrclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:17 pm

Mods, please suspend the accounts of those saying Muric.
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Re: Number 1

Post by Longsider » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:17 pm

ArmchairDetective wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:05 pm
Muric
Please noooooooo

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Re: Number 1

Post by ArmchairDetective » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:18 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:17 pm
Mods, please suspend the accounts of those saying Muric.
:lol:

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Re: Number 1

Post by CoolClaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:22 pm

Jeez, I loved Muric but no.

He hasn't kicked on as one would have hoped and despite his natural talent, I don't think he will ever have the temperament to keep goal to a high-standard in intense leagues, such as the PL.

For me, we need a big physical unit that loves to claim high balls and is relatively accurate with their mid-long range kicking. The easy/lazy suggestion is Sam Johnstone.

No idea who else is out there that fits the bill.

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Re: Number 1

Post by ArmchairDetective » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:24 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:22 pm
For me, we need a big physical unit that loves to claim high balls and is relatively accurate with their mid-long range kicking. The easy/lazy suggestion is Sam Johnstone.

No idea who else is out there that fits the bill.
That's our Aro

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Re: Number 1

Post by jedi_master » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:25 pm

Sam Johnstone seems a likely easily done deal and would fit the bill for a few years for us. Solid.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Conroy92 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:26 pm

Think it'll be Muric.

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Re: Number 1

Post by randomclaret2 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:27 pm

Muric would be an utterly nonsensical signing

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Re: Number 1

Post by Conroy92 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:36 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:22 pm
Jeez, I loved Muric but no.

He hasn't kicked on as one would have hoped and despite his natural talent, I don't think he will ever have the temperament to keep goal to a high-standard in intense leagues, such as the PL.

For me, we need a big physical unit that loves to claim high balls and is relatively accurate with their mid-long range kicking. The easy/lazy suggestion is Sam Johnstone.

No idea who else is out there that fits the bill.
Says no to Muric and proceeds to describe Muric.

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Re: Number 1

Post by jdrobbo » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:41 pm

Viktor Johansson for me

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Re: Number 1

Post by CoolClaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:44 pm

Conroy92 wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:36 pm
Says no to Muric and proceeds to describe Muric.
Yeah, because of his temperament/concentration, which I also outlined in the post?

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Re: Number 1

Post by NewClaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:45 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:17 pm
Muric being guessed? I take it that’s a joke?
Can a guess be a joke?

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Re: Number 1

Post by Newchurch Claret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:45 pm

Our

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Re: Number 1

Post by Murger » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:47 pm

It’ll certainly be interesting who we go in for. You’d have thought there’ll be a couple of targets lined up.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Goliath » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:49 pm

Ramsdale

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Re: Number 1

Post by Longsider » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:49 pm

Newchurch Claret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:45 pm
Our
Not heard of him. Who does he play for?

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Re: Number 1

Post by gandhisflipflop » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:51 pm

Goliath wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:49 pm
Ramsdale
If there’s even a remote possibility of him coming here we should be all over it
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Re: Number 1

Post by BurnleyFC » Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:56 pm

Weiss.
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Re: Number 1

Post by chekhov » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:05 pm

Trafford. Anyone?

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Re: Number 1

Post by RVclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:09 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:45 pm
Can a guess be a joke?
Of course it can. I take it you weren’t being serious?

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Re: Number 1

Post by Darnhill Claret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:10 pm

I'm certain we've spoken to our next number one. I just hope we get our number one choice.

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Re: Number 1

Post by boatshed bill » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:12 pm

It could well be Weiss.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Goliath » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:15 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:12 pm
It could well be Weiss.
This would suggest we'd learnt absolutely nothing from the last debacle

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Re: Number 1

Post by Holtyclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:20 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:12 pm
It could well be Weiss.
He’s been bought to mould into a future number one, very much number two for the foreseeable you’d imagine.

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Re: Number 1

Post by NottsClaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:24 pm

jedi_master wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 12:25 pm
Sam Johnstone seems a likely easily done deal and would fit the bill for a few years for us. Solid.
Decent shout that, Weiss can be the potential to keep the player trading guys happy but Johnstone would be an affordable, steady away keeper for right now.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Pearcey » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:34 pm

Trafford on a season loan. Transfer price low due to our loan fee.

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Re: Number 1

Post by NewClaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:37 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:09 pm
Of course it can. I take it you weren’t being serious?
I was being serious. That’s my guess.

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Re: Number 1

Post by RVclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:44 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:37 pm
I was being serious. That’s my guess.
Oh right. Seems a very bizarre guess, that’s all. I think he’d probably be below Accy Stanley’s keeper on the list.

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Re: Number 1

Post by jojomk1 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:46 pm

Tom Heaton

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Re: Number 1

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:50 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:44 pm
Oh right. Seems a very bizarre guess, that’s all. I think he’d probably be below Accy Stanley’s keeper on the list.
I would have him below Stanley Laurel

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Re: Number 1

Post by Guller Bull » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:53 pm

Weiss Weiss baby

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Re: Number 1

Post by beddie » Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:56 pm

I’m out of touch with this. I thought we sold Muric, was that not the case then?

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Re: Number 1

Post by Rileybobs » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:35 pm

Pearcey wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:34 pm
Trafford on a season loan. Transfer price low due to our loan fee.
Not possible.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Pearcey » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:40 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:35 pm
Not possible.
Wasn’t being serious but I must remember that it doesn’t translate over a message board.
However, hasn’t there been cases where this has happened?

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Re: Number 1

Post by Rileybobs » Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:45 pm

Pearcey wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 2:40 pm
Wasn’t being serious but I must remember that it doesn’t translate over a message board.
However, hasn’t there been cases where this has happened?
There probably has been. But currently a PL club can’t loan a player to another PL club in the same transfer window in which they were signed.
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Re: Number 1

Post by willsclarets » Fri Jul 25, 2025 9:54 pm

Signing muric would be suicide. But I can't see Parker being the least bit interested thankfully

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Re: Number 1

Post by helmclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 9:57 pm

Nicky Walker
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Re: Number 1

Post by boatshed bill » Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:00 pm

willsclarets wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 9:54 pm
Signing muric would be suicide. But I can't see Parker being the least bit interested thankfully
Totally agree here.
I'm somewhat surprised that some posters would prefer Johansson to Weiss, there's nothing to suggest he is any better (or admittedly worse the Weiss) and I wonder how many posters have seen either play.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Goalkeeper » Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:38 pm

Muric was a joke and his incompetence directly lead to our relegation. He made easy saves look difficult, and was frustrating in that he never used his long frame when diving to either side. I rate him alongside Perer Mellor and Roger Hansbury.
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Re: Number 1

Post by ksrclaret » Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:45 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:00 pm
Totally agree here.
I'm somewhat surprised that some posters would prefer Johansson to Weiss, there's nothing to suggest he is any better (or admittedly worse the Weiss) and I wonder how many posters have seen either play.
Johansson has been one of the standouts in the Championship for a number of years now, whilst Weiss at 21 years old has played just one season in the German second division.

I'm not saying we should sign him specifically, but we'll need more experience for the number 1 position this season. As good as Weiss might become, it's usually too much to throw a young keeper into premier league footy.

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Re: Number 1

Post by CaptainClaret » Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:04 am

Will probably get shot down for this suggestion but we could do a lot worse than signing Mat Ryan who’s currently available on a free transfer. I’ve always rated him highly. Certainly a cut above the options we have at the club.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Row x » Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:11 am

Goalkeeper wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:38 pm
Muric was a joke and his incompetence directly lead to our relegation. He made easy saves look difficult, and was frustrating in that he never used his long frame when diving to either side. I rate him alongside Perer Mellor and Roger Hansbury.
A bit harsh on Peter Mellor that, I'd replace him with Tony Woodworth and the statement makes more sense
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Re: Number 1

Post by IanMcL » Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:14 am

helmclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 25, 2025 9:57 pm
Nicky Walker
He now runs Walker's Shortbread.

Probably gets a day off though!

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Re: Number 1

Post by IanMcL » Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:17 am

We now get our trousers taken down trying to replace Trafford.

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Re: Number 1

Post by Mattster » Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:39 am

Without knowing how good Weiß is it's a tough one. If the club think he's at the level then go for it, keepers don't improve sitting on the bench. If they think he's a project who needs some time then best to look at a short term, experienced option to develop him alongside - Johnstone and Ortega seem the obvious options. If Weiß is seen as nothing more than a long term backup keeper then you push the boat out a bit to get a younger, quality option such as Lammens or possibly Cooper.

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