I assume it's mainly to help with the homegrown quota too.
Jack Butland | Loan agreed, medical completed.
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Don’t we have a young and regular goalkeeper in the U23s? Is he not good enough to be the third goalkeeper for the first team?
Why would you stop them playing football though
Still. More than you've ever done.
I've always rated this guy although I have to admit didn't realise he was still playing!
Always interesting to go back to the old threads to see what people were saying 5 years ago. Few thought he'd be amazing, some said he'd be England's no.1. @Samid said he had enormous potential.
Sadly nobody embarrassed themselves which was the main reason I went looking but I'll be damned if the effort was in vein so here's a post anyway.
Sadly nobody embarrassed themselves which was the main reason I went looking but I'll be damned if the effort was in vein so here's a post anyway.
Is there an English quota we are trying to fill up?
Not English necessarily but homegrown. Which is why I always find it funny when people do their transfer wish list and want to sell every homegrown player with foreign players. Makes sense to fill it with a back up keeper.
I remember when he was very highly regarded. Obviously his career has completely nosedived but shouldn't be a poor number two. Then again, it was hard to imagine Dubravka would be quite that useless.
Ya. I meant homegrown quota. Else it doesn't make sense that we pick a guy who has played like 10 games in last 2-3 years.
We sign keepers with the ease in which Bayern nab Bundesliga talent.
It's an art.
It's an art.
People seem to refuse to acknowledge he played in the easy cup games, and overly romanticise his clean sheets.
He became the GOAT GK on one of my FM saves.
Big day tomorrow
He might have gotten some game time for Palace, had we not broken him in preseason. Maybe we feel guilty.
I reckon this guy will be the best goalkeeper in the world in 5 years and you can quote me on that
When he lifts the World Cup for Ingerland and comes home
He was woeful at the end of his Stoke career. I mean look at these posts from when they sold him
The Guardian also wrote this
Butland is he good? I only want answers from posters who actually saw him play several games
Looked like the next big thing a few years ago. Picked up an ankle injury that kept him out for ages playing for England and never recovered.
Probably fine as a backup.
Terrible keeper, even before he was washed up.
But homegrown status matters.
But homegrown status matters.
This feels like the sort of transfer you would do in football manager to see if you could revive the career of a failed wonderkid. Or just to get another homegrown in the squad.
Spoke to a Palace fan who said Butland is decent and had a fantastic game against Brighton last season.
Made quite a few good saves and saved a penalty to help them get a draw:
Should be an upgrade on Dubravka.
Made quite a few good saves and saved a penalty to help them get a draw:
Should be an upgrade on Dubravka.
Don't understand this at all. Is he better than Heaton? People saying it helps the homegrown quota but we could do that by promoting from within, no? Just another weird keeper signing.
Only deals we seem to excel at.
True. The same people conveniently forget how when Van Gaal asked Romero to step up, when Dave was on the verge of Madrid, he was terrible.
How is he overrated?
He was Argentina's no. 1 Gk that reached WC Final when he was here.
His Wiki: Romero is the most capped goalkeeper in the history of the Argentina national team,[3] playing over 90 times since his debut in 2009. He has represented Argentina at two World Cups and at three Copa América tournaments, finishing as runner-up in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as in the 2015 and 2016 Copa América tournaments.
Hehehehe
Finally, just took around 10 years.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/manchester-united-monitor-jack-butland.351633/
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/manchester-united-monitor-jack-butland.351633/
I think that buttland would make the perfect last signing from the Glazers
Butland as striker in a daring ETH tactical master stroke.
If we’re signing Palace back up keepers, I’d rather have Sam Johnstone back
Oh yeah, so that's where he went. Seems like a terrible move for him, zero minutes in PL, 2 games in the Carabao.
I have no idea how good Guehi is, mind you.
Not that good.
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No good at keeping the ball out of the net so I play him upfront eh?
Great goalkeeper, honestly still has potential to be world class. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he replaced DDG within 2-3 months. He's THAT good. Stoke/Crystal Palace (albeit on loan) are idiots for letting him go.
At the end of the season, we'll let De Gea go and have twice as good as a keeper in Butland signed permanently I reckon. You can quote me on this at the end of the season, I'm THAT confident.
bite you cnuts, bite
At the end of the season, we'll let De Gea go and have twice as good as a keeper in Butland signed permanently I reckon. You can quote me on this at the end of the season, I'm THAT confident.
bite you cnuts, bite
Some of you seem to have this guy pegged as third choice keeper, but I think he will slot into the number 2 position with relative ease!
Wow - we must not rate Heaton at all. Appears he's just here for the vibes - basically a Grant replacement
Pure speculation, but given our apparent interest during the summer, I wouldn’t be surprised if the conversation started with us asking to take Johnstone on loan and led to them saying they’d be willing to let Butland out.
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