When does Guzans loan period expire - will he play this next game or not? Any news on Mannone progress? And whats the latest on Fagan......all gone quiet on his rehabilitation?
Guzans last game is Watford Fagan is out for the season Mannone is taking longer then expected and Duke will be in goal Vs Swansea
Unless Mannone gets fit, we've got Duke until the end of the season. We can only bring an emergency loan keeper if both Duke and Oxley now get injured at the same time, though I expect if Duke did get injured we'd ask for special dispensation to bring someone else in, due to Oxley's lack of experience.
He's out too(back injury), if he doesn't recover by Swansea, we'll have to go with Billy Ward(18) or Joe Cracknell(17) on the bench.
I think once Guzan goes we can bring one in if either of them is injured as we'll only have one senior keeper available.
Possibly, I don't know what the criteria is, but as Oxley has never played in a league game for us, he probably doesn't qualify as a first choice player, so we may well be able to apply to loan someone immediately.
I did wonder why Joe Cracknell was playing yesterday, it's odd that there's been no announcement, has it just happened?
Dukey not played for a while, don't fancy him in for the Swansea game to be honest. Guzan has been OK but has cost us at Reading and then again at home to Norwich. Need Mannone back! Surely another loan wouldn't be viable - we will have 6 in after Guzan has gone back, and I suspect NP will want everyone in on loan playing (except maybe Amoo when Mannone is fit).
Why is it not viable? We currently have a loanee keeper. If he's swapped for another loanee keeper the situation is exactly the same.
I don't know to be honest, just about two days ago, I asked him how his step-brother's doing at City and he said he has been released. No disrespect to Billy but I have seen him play a few times and I haven't been overly convinced with him. So not too big a loss and ã10,000 off the wage bill
Hobbs, Evans, Mannone, Gerrard, Amoo is five, with Mannone out we only have four, so Akpan can come into the squad(or another keeper of we get permission).
I see that Dennis Eilhoff is still a Bielefeld player so presumably if we sign him it won't go through until the window opens.
We can't sign anyone on a permanent until the window opens and we can't get an emergency loan from a foreign league, so this was always one for the summer.