Pickford

[marcusblackcat]

Trouble is we often fall for a sucker punch when selling (Henderson apart ) - think we are seen as soft touches - I fear that any 5 figure bid will get him -we've no bargaining power
Who's his agent ?

5 figures
Even I know Ellis won't sell him for that little! He's a top keeper in the making from what I've seen.

Utd had De Gea looking shaky as hell in his first season. Cut his teeth really well and is now one of the best keepers in the world.

We have a kid who is cutting his teeth. Good shot stopper, good communicator and good distribution. Up with the best I've seen distribution wise. OK so he gets the odd one wrong but who doesn't? Even Paul Scholes misplaced one pass in his career!

To say less than £100k for him is pure idiocy - he's worth more than ten times that now FFS!

Let him find his feet properly and become the keeper we all think he might be - then start giving him a price tag if the big boys come knocking. If they don't and he fulfills the potential we think he has, then we have a top keeper at our club for a long time

 

[Nacho]

Its suprising but those low kicks often went to a Sunderland player - they may not of all been mis kicks.
Nevertheless he's got huge potential and loves Sunderland -
His confidence in the pre match warm ups is amazing for a young player - huge future beckons

They definitely weren't all miskicks, nearly all of them were absolutely superb long passes. There were two though that looked like miskicks which barely cleared the ground and went straight to the opposition. I wouldn't want him to change the way he plays but he does need to keep practicing to avoid any clangers.

 

[clockstander]

It was different but at the same time, regardless of circumstances I have no doubt we could have done a lot better out of it. If we sell Pickford with the same level of savviness then we'll have ****ed up big time.

I'd value him at 30 mil and wouldn't be happy with less, I rate him.

This, he is outstanding and wont be here in two years time, my guess is he will be first choice at a top four team by then.

 

[Nordic]

IMO where he parries the ball is one of his strongest points. 9/10 he parries the ball away from the danger area but because he did it once on Saturday people pick up on it.

Seems to me as if people look to criticise our lads before anything else.

Sadly, this is very true.

 

[red&white wanderer]

5 figure bid mate, there's been mentions of £25m and £10k on the same thread. Shows how many folk have no idea how your club is ran.

The lads a kid, he shouldn't have a price tag, let him cut his teeth and see if he's got the mental capacity to hack top level football. It's more than just making saves and kicking balls.

Totally agree about the fee but we not in a strong position to retain potential stars or attract current top players - bottom of the league and relegation battle are no incentatives to the right players.
I responded to the threads theme.
I still feel we'll struggle but things will improve as players are recruited in Jan
We do need a some luck and our supporters to stay for most of the game - I pay to stay and support the team
Some pay to vent their anger and leave so undermine going in the first place
The team need support KTF

 

[nomoregeordies]

I am actually hoping its a bit of a revenge on England for f ing up out start to the season. That's twice he has been injured now when called up by England. good, its about time we got a bit nasty or devious. Other teams players are diving about all over and getting free kicks for nowt eg whickham, we need to do the same. slightest touch fall down.

 

[Tel (they/them)]

I am actually hoping its a bit of a revenge on England for f ing up out start to the season. That's twice he has been injured now when called up by England. good, its about time we got a bit nasty or devious. Other teams players are diving about all over and getting free kicks for nowt eg whickham, we need to do the same. slightest touch fall down.

It's not.