Robert Snodgrass - loaned for 17-18 season

[ozzjim]

I can’t think the last player we had who took a better set piece?

Ashley Westwood? 😂

Ah Mr Floaty Corner. Does he ever play for Burnley?

[Risso]

I can’t think the last player we had who took a better set piece?

Ashley Westwood? 😂

Ah Mr Floaty Corner. Does he ever play for Burnley?

Was in London today with a business partner who is a big Burnley fan. Doesn’t rate Westwood at all and thinks they were robbed.

[SoccerHQ]

He barely plays for them.

Lowton on the other hand in a more defensive system and patience has started to look a pretty decent full back for them although he's not in the team atm.

[Toronto Villa]

I can’t think the last player we had who took a better set piece?

Ashley Westwood? 😂

Ah Mr Floaty Corner. Does he ever play for Burnley?

Was in London today with a business partner who is a big Burnley fan. Doesn’t rate Westwood at all and thinks they were robbed.

When I look back at great pieces of business by the club specific to selling players, the money we got for Downing and Westwood will always be highly ranked in my book. Such a vanilla player who does literally nothing of note every game.

[brentastonb6]

There is a buy clause for £5 million I am pretty sure. It was reported in the press this week in a few places. If he relied on pace I would say nah, too old. But he doesn't at all, and there are plenty of 32-33 year olds doing very well in the premier league. For 2 seasons I think he would be one of those that would score 4-5 winners over a season and pull in 12-15 points on his own. That is before his assists, work rate and attitude are taken into account. Signing him will be the second easiest decision Bruce has to make after going up. Signing Johnstone will be the

Unfortunately the better Johnstone performs for us the less likely I fear that Man Utd will be to release him,especially with the annual De Gea returning to Spain issue and Johnstone being 10 years his junior.

[paul_e]

There is a buy clause for £5 million I am pretty sure. It was reported in the press this week in a few places. If he relied on pace I would say nah, too old. But he doesn't at all, and there are plenty of 32-33 year olds doing very well in the premier league. For 2 seasons I think he would be one of those that would score 4-5 winners over a season and pull in 12-15 points on his own. That is before his assists, work rate and attitude are taken into account. Signing him will be the second easiest decision Bruce has to make after going up. Signing Johnstone will be the easiest.

£5m is about as much as i'd be comfortable with us spending on him.  A big part of the reason why we have FFP problems and why we were spending 15-20m a season and going backwards is that far too many players were leaving us for nothing after a big fee and big wages.

I'm still not as convinced by Johnstone as most.  He's a very good shot stopper but he's not commanding enough and his distribution is poor.  If it was a free again he'd be worth picking up and then if we have to replace him after 6 months we've got a solid backup that hasn't cost us much.  I'm not sure you can turn your back on a £5m player who's been a key part of promotion so quickly.

[Toronto Villa]

Snodgrass’ talent, experience, leadership, determination and attitude will be absolutely invaluable in the PL. Worth every penny if it is £5m given the stupid fees being paid today.

[SoccerHQ]

There is a buy clause for £5 million I am pretty sure. It was reported in the press this week in a few places. If he relied on pace I would say nah, too old. But he doesn't at all, and there are plenty of 32-33 year olds doing very well in the premier league. For 2 seasons I think he would be one of those that would score 4-5 winners over a season and pull in 12-15 points on his own. That is before his assists, work rate and attitude are taken into account. Signing him will be the second easiest decision Bruce has to make after going up. Signing Johnstone will be the

Unfortunately the better Johnstone performs for us the less likely I fear that Man Utd will be to release him,especially with the annual De Gea returning to Spain issue and Johnstone being 10 years his junior.

Man. United have Romero and also a younger Portugese keeper called Periera who Mourinho rates highly.

They'd likely go and sign an elite keeper if De Gea left.

Sam isn't getting a sniff there realistically.

Proved me wrong, he didn't impress me hugely in his loan last year so I wasn't that convinced by him coming back but he's been excellent and a real difference maker in games.

[Toronto Villa]

Right now he’s reminding me of a young Joe Hart.

[paul_e]

Right now he’s reminding me of a young Joe Hart.

Me too, that's why I'm a bit nervous about being too gushing about him because he has the same weaknesses that Hart has never managed to fix.

I'm probably coming across as overly negative about him here, I think he's a great shot stopper and has been essential to our form recently, but I also think he's made silly mistakes at times and that those would be targeted by better teams.

[Toronto Villa]

Right now he’s reminding me of a young Joe Hart.

Me too, that's why I'm a bit nervous about being too gushing about him because he has the same weaknesses that Hart has never managed to fix.

I'm probably coming across as overly negative about him here, I think he's a great shot stopper and has been essential to our form recently, but I also think he's made silly mistakes at times and that those would be targeted by better teams.

He’s very young and goalkeepers don’t mature until their late 20’s. So he’s going to get better if he keeps working at his game. And I would argue he’s done just that and cut down on a lot of the mistakes we saw last year. For the most part he’s been very solid this season.

[SoccerHQ]

He's an obvious one to sign up if we go up.

Knows the club and team mates, young so can improve further and I honestly don't think he'd cost the earth.

Add an experienced premier league number 2 to take over if he finds week in week out premier league difficult and that should be our keeper department properly sorted.

[Dougs Socks]

I like him. Hes a proper pro, watch how when under pressure, how he buys a free kick to relieve it. Not divng, but putting his body in position where a free kick is the likely outcome.

[Diablo]

His winner last night was made all the more impressive by the fact that he'd taken a kick/knock 10 mins earlier, stayed down for a while (despite not getting a deserved free kick) and I thought then his night was over.

[fbriai]

My first thought when I see him is always that, if I was playing against him, he would be one of those players who I would think, 'I'd rather he was on our team'. He holds the ball so well, rarely gives it away, has good delivery and is solid in everything. He's a good player.