Sam Johnstone - now retired

[chrisw1]

Impressive...most impressive.

Emilio has taught him well...

[castlefields_villan]

Looked good. Stays up on his feet and doesn't commit

that sounds just like me in boogies or Edwards when chatting up a girl in the 70s and 80s

And me !

[amfy]

Mr amfy tells me that he was brilliant at Preston and they wanted to keep I'm on loan but Man U would only let them keep him if they were buying.

This sounds very promising from our perspective. Mr amfy is v pissed off about him coming to us when they couldn't get him back. We have a bit more money than PNE - If we like him I think we will keep him.

[footyskillz]

Johnstone seems the number one villa keeper now.  Bunn is out of contract in summer i think he like to stay.
Johnstone looked commanding and  has great kicking abilities something that is of real added bonus.  The departed Gollini and Nunn are lesser distributors of ball and I like how accurate this GK distribution is. Certainly a good move.

[wittonwarrior]

Another good shot stopper without  looking the whole  deal.  Very disappointed with the goal  yesterday what was he doing.

Think it is a case of wait and see.

[john e]

for all Wolves dominance he didn't really have a lot to do yesterday

can I ask what he was supposed to have done with the goal,
he couldn't have caught it, his only option for me was to parry/punch it away, it went straight to one of their players which was unfortunate,
 but i'm not sure he would have had the time to steer the ball away to safety as there were players all around him and the ball was hit at speed into a crowded goalmouth

I'm not just trying to stick up for him here but I dont put the goal down to a goalkeeping mistake

[aj2k77]

Thought he was poor for the goal.

[Old Kodjia]

for all Wolves dominance he didn't really have a lot to do yesterday

can I ask what he was supposed to have done with the goal,
he couldn't have caught it, his only option for me was to parry/punch it away, it went straight to one of their players which was unfortunate,
 but i'm not sure he would have had the time to steer the ball away to safety as there were players all around him and the ball was hit at speed into a crowded goalmouth

I'm not just trying to stick up for him here but I dont put the goal down to a goalkeeping mistake

I'm inclined to agree with this.  I thought that he had to go for the ball and could not be expected to have caught it.  I blame poor defending more than the keeper for this one.

[SoccerHQ]

He's not better than Gollini is he.....

[ciggiesnbeer]

Nope. Worse actually as we have no stake in him long term. At least with Gollini is he improves then we get to reap the benefits.

[Dave]

He's not better than Gollini is he.....

The fawning over him* after a semi-competent first match against Spurs was ridiculous.

*From some quarters

[ROBBO]

He's a big lad still learning his trade we need someone who's more experienced.

[PaulWinch again]

Several very costly errors.

[itbrvilla]

Several very costly errors.

Cost us more than Golini already.

[themossman]

He's not better than Gollini is he.....

The fawning over him* after a semi-competent first match against Spurs was ridiculous.

*From some quarters

He had a good debut, a misleadingly good one. As I said st the time the deal only made sense if he is better, right now, than gollini. And he clearly isn't.