No he wasn’t. He’d been great from pretty much when he arrived up to the end of 2018; six years if you don’t count his first year acclimatising to the league. But that disastrous World Cup in 2018 seriously dented his confidence and he was pretty awful the entire season following.
It was at the end of that awful season that in true Woodward style we gave him the huge pay rise
The reports that the club wants to move him on and it’s only ETH that wants to keep him have a number of possible explanations. How about:
- The press are talking out of their collective arse.
- It’s true and ETH genuinely rates him, or at least regards getting rid of others first as more important.
- The club and ETH are actually in agreement, but Arnold/Murtough have stepped forward to take the flak. Dave has plenty of ardent fanboys and ETH won’t be popular if he’s shipped out.
Im not disagreeing with you btw, im just saying thats what people were saying around the time he got his contract extension. It made no sense then,its even more baffling now if we sign him.
If hes a starter, were looking at the same issues of trying to dominate games (in that we will struggle, even with Varane, Martinez back, Shaw back to LB, a better striker etc)
It will mean going for top four rather than the title.
If were offering this to DDG, fair play to him, why should he turn it down? I cant wait to see what the wages are. Even if they are 100k, its mad to have a second choice keeper on that, if thats what happens (and it wont)
This feckin owner takeover is the biggest piss take. We have no clarity at all in terms of whats happening, when it will happen and its going to feck up our transfer window.