If he really thinks that he can get regular games quicker by displacing a current England GK than sitting still and automatically replacing a GK who is already way past his sell by date then I can only agree that he is not short of confidence. I really really do hope you are right but I have my doubts.
i've not found one blackburn fan who doesn't rate him higher than paul robinson. none of them could understand why he wasn't first choice and they all think he's potentially international class, so he's definitely good. no matter what anyone says, this will make a difference. we'll see how ruddy copes under pressure cos he hasn't been under any before. he may well raise his game to another notch higher. if that's the case, its been worth it. if not, then we have a class back up in case we need him or someone who can be better than ruddy. i just think this move has been met by so much negative feedback purely because people are so desperate to see a centre forward come through the door, which is by no menas a guarantee. i worry how sections of our fans will react if we don't sign a new forward...
Have to say I very much doubt that this signing (sensible signing IMO) will have no impact on whether or not we buy a striker, or indeed how much we'll spend.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? Seriously... On the one hand you have QPR with the hopeless Green (admittedly he was decent when he was with us and I was a big fan then) and the mercenary 80k a week Cesar, who pundits say is past it and injured constantly. And on the other, you have Norwich with the England No.2 Keeper (Ruddy), plus Bunn (who will fight tooth and nail for the starting berth and provide good competition to JR), plus Rudd and Steer who are both fantastic young keepers who need to go out on loan to get that competitive experience from a different club and that all important match awareness that you can't get from playing in the reserve league. We should be happy that we have 2 great keepers, 1 almost there (Rudd, England U21 International) and one with a lot of potential (Steer). Now pick which scenario you would like to be in? So long as every signing improves our squad, I am happy whoever comes in to give us a hand and will support each and every one, even if his name is unpronounceable (also as I support Chelsea, their new RB is extremely challenging!...Cesar Azpilicueta)
Don't really understand the uproar with Mark Bunn signing in all honesty. It's providing more competition for Ruddy and enabling Rudd and Steer to gain experience elsewhere. Simple as that. I do think their is panic about this centre forward business. I do think it's where we need most to improve but I am happy to go into this season with our current squad. And unlike Supers I still think we have a tidy amount of money stashed away for a striker. I may be wrong but I genuinely do. Look at last season, how many goals did we score? a lot What attacking players have we lost who contributed goals last season? none It's just finding the balance, more to do with the tactics rather than actual finishing, we need to start making the most of out creative players. Like i said a forward would be a welcome addition but I don't think it's crisis if we don't get one. If Anichebe is the only one available I would pass.
Also, I think most people believe Steer to be the better of the two younger goalkeepers, and as he only 19, he has five years or so before he should start getting itchy feet because he's not starting for a Premier League club.
Put another way Supers - would you be happy to go forward with only 4 strikers one of whom is Chris Martin? I wouldn't!! On another thread it has been worked out that we now have 26 players for the 25 man squad so already 1 has to go and I suspect that Chris Martin would be ante post favourite amongst the supporters. The next 48 hours is going to be very interesting and I suspect we could be in for a couple of surprises especially in the exit door.
Hmm, this one really divides us. I can see the arguments for bringing him in, but I worry that it seems to have been such a priority when we are crying out for more firepower up front. Apparently, Morisson and Martin did not impress against Scunthorpe. I also think the point about using up a squad number is important.
I don't think anyone can deny that we don't need another striker. Most of us were surprised to see Chris Martin retained but Vaughan put out on loan. Unless there are deals to be done in the next 24 hours or so, we do appear to be going into the first half of the season with only 3 strikers. Thats not panicking. Thats just an observation at 12.20pm the day before the deadline.
When we went up to the championship we loaned Cody McDonald out to gillingham. Every time anything slightly went wrong, we didn't score, delia slightly burnt a pie it was instant crisis mode and the reason and only solution was "COOODY what about COOODY!""we'd have won if we'd had COOODY" We'll get the same thing this year. It'll be every time Vaughan scores or we get into any tiny but of stress it'll be "VAUGGHHHANNNY what about vaaauughhnny!" "we'd have won if we'd had vaughany!" The brutal truth is Vaughan has been loaned out because he hasn't been able to prove himself at this level. We're trying to support him in furtherin his career, hopefully with us, and anything that happens to us or during his time at Huddersfield means nothing to our season and any hypothetical situations made up aren't useful.
