Guzan To Re-Sign

[peter w]

Not a big Guzan fan myself. An okay number 2 though and I think he thought that he'd get better elsewhere to be a number 1 at a club challenging higher than what he has probably been offered. that saying he probably has listened to what lambert has to say and has been swayed byt he prospect of fighting for the Villa keeping berth. i just don'think he's good enough. He is very poor under the ball and Blackburn badly exposed him the semi a coupel of seasons ago.

A couple of years contract at best and if he hasn't signed yet its probably because he wants to keep the door open. i wouldn't slam it shut if I was Lambert either by giving a time limit. If he signs, great - he's on the bench. if not, great - we'll work with what we've got.

[villastikz]

if not, great - we'll work with what we've got.

Would that be Andy Marshall then, our third choice keeper last couple of seasons, released by Coventry and rejected by Charlton and hasn't, as far as I'm aware, started a EPL game for 10 years.

[pauliewalnuts]

if not, great - we'll work with what we've got.

Would that be Andy Marshall then, our third choice keeper last couple of seasons, released by Coventry and rejected by Charlton and hasn't, as far as I'm aware, started a EPL game for 10 years.

The keeper in the reserves is meant to be good, the young kid, Seabiscuit or whatever his name is.

[not3bad]

if not, great - we'll work with what we've got.

Would that be Andy Marshall then, our third choice keeper last couple of seasons, released by Coventry and rejected by Charlton and hasn't, as far as I'm aware, started a EPL game for 10 years.

The keeper in the reserves is meant to be good, the young kid, Seabiscuit or whatever his name is.

He's in the Olympics squad.

[peter w]

I think its Seacrest. And it depends on when he gets clearance from presenting US Idol.

[Percy McCarthy]

Callum Barrett is overtaking Seabiscuit in the reckoning now I reckon.

[hipkiss92]

Not a big Guzan fan myself. An okay number 2 though and I think he thought that he'd get better elsewhere to be a number 1 at a club challenging higher than what he has probably been offered. that saying he probably has listened to what lambert has to say and has been swayed byt he prospect of fighting for the Villa keeping berth. i just don'think he's good enough. He is very poor under the ball and Blackburn badly exposed him the semi a coupel of seasons ago.

A couple of years contract at best and if he hasn't signed yet its probably because he wants to keep the door open. i wouldn't slam it shut if I was Lambert either by giving a time limit. If he signs, great - he's on the bench. if not, great - we'll work with what we've got.

You didn't watch the Stoke game last season then?

[villastikz]

if not, great - we'll work with what we've got.

Would that be Andy Marshall then, our third choice keeper last couple of seasons, released by Coventry and rejected by Charlton and hasn't, as far as I'm aware, started a EPL game for 10 years.

The keeper in the reserves is meant to be good, the young kid, Seabiscuit or whatever his name is.

No doubt Benjamin Siegrist is one to watch over the next couple seasons but he needs time to be eased in to the team, I wouldn't want to rely on Marshall or Siegrist - a has been who never really was and a complete novice in EPL terms - as no2 at this time.

[peter w]

Not sure why we're suddenly anti-Given on the back of a poor couple of games in the Euros. He was arguably our best player by some distance last season. Not sure how ireland got a look-in from the fans but there you go. He is comfortably our bestkeeper and if we are to replace him sooner rather than later it will be by a keeper a lot better than Guzan.

As for Stoke, yes he did well. But you knew they'd score from a header. And they did.

[not3bad]

Not sure why we're suddenly anti-Given on the back of a poor couple of games in the Euros. He was arguably our best player by some distance last season.

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[Concrete John]

Yep - it's still Given's jersey to lose!

[pauliewalnuts]

Not sure why we're suddenly anti-Given on the back of a poor couple of games in the Euros. He was arguably our best player by some distance last season.

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Said the same myself earlier in the thread.

[VillaAlways]

As for Stoke, yes he did well. But you knew they'd score from a header. And they did.

It was 0-0 wasn't it ?

[arnie66]

Not sure why we're suddenly anti-Given on the back of a poor couple of games in the Euros. He was arguably our best player by some distance last season.

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My only niggling doubt is Givens ability to command his six yard box.....especially from corners.....despit our back four being poor last year I still think that the keepers inability to dominate his 'space' made everyone nervous.

I do think that as a shot stopper he is one of the greatest ever to play in the EPL but for me we need an imposing keeper that dominates everyone around him and makes the back four confident that he will come and collect when required.

[peter w]

Didn't he play in the 1-1? If not then Given did well.

As for the 0-0 that was lacking in any type of action that I'd go as far to say that Stephen Hawking could have played in goal for us and we'd have been okay.