Ronaldo

the sad thing is, if Krul completely f***s up and costs us this season it'll be the usual suspects praising him to high heaven today that'll be the first ones on his back. Having a considered, consistent opinion seems to count for nowt here

Well apparently one game is knee-jerking, but two clearly isn't?

need I remind you of this post sir? Follow your own advice time

To be fair no one is saying that, after all young goalkeepers are notoriously inconsistant. The point i'm trying to hammer home is not only that Krul did very little wrong and therefore doesn't deserve any stick he is getting on here by the Ron Manager's sitting behind their computer screens, but Harper is far from the "Ingurlundz numba one!!11!!111" he used to be. In fact he's went right off the other end. now you're just talking rubbish. I said Harper was a 'decent' keeper and Krul looks good but has a very, very blatant weakness.

Could it be that Allardyce, Keegan, Shearer etc all believed that Krul wasn't ready for a place in the squad because of what we've all witnessed today - very talented but suffering from inexperience and underdeveloped judgement? Of course not, he made 3 good saves today and 4 against Palermo, those managers are all idiots for not selecting him ahead of Harper Why all the knee-jerking? He appears to be a great shotstopper with a lot to learn and certainly one the future if not the immediate future

Have you voted yet? Not yet, but I'm reckon I'd keep. so you're not with Madras at all are ya

Pretty much every game he played at the back end of last season? Absolute garbage

As good? I said he was a decent keeper, no more than that

Name me some more then, do it. If you can remember further back than Krul's save at 7PM

He is over confident and under talented. 5 bad Games?? take the rose tinted specs off man, he's a crock of s***. Well go name me 6 bad games then. Harper is one of the few players who'll actually do ok for us in the championship

Have you voted yet?

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no, you're not Got raped by a 17 debutant. Aye, very good. missed that

Harper played well under Shearer although before that looked lethargic, granted. Harper has played 5 bad games for us in his entire career here, the criticism aimed at him is pretty unfair to say the least

Harper isn't a bad keeper tbh, gets a lot of unfair criticism. Go back a a year and many on here thought he was one of the better Keepers in the league

I think you've missed the point Messi, as usual.

6ft giant? I'm 6'1, does that make me the geordie godzilla?

what absolute nonsense. 10 years ago Harper was on hell of a young keeper. Anyone remember his performance against Boro away, that incredible save onto the bar? So easy to take a few good saves, and then make such a massive judgement. He's looks like a great shotstopper, fair enough. But if you think 135 minutes of that makes him better than Harper, you basically don't understand goalkeeping or even football. The jury is still out, and so it f***ing should be

no, you're not

looked dangerous to me

With a better partner Carroll will. specuation mate. Realistically Carroll has played with better players than that useless c*** and still looked out of his depth It's also speculation that they both won't do anything of course. Speculation with a fairly solid basis though. Not exactly throwing darts at the board. Carroll does an ok job but he isn't a goalscorer, which is what we badly, badly need

James - That's the worst bunch of match ratings i've ever read, well done sir

With a better partner Carroll will. speculation mate. Realistically Carroll has played with better players than that useless c*** and still looked out of his depth

Did you watch the game? He clearly isn't ready for the shirt full-time. I'm not saying Harper is Pagliuca or owt like. jesus calm down man, its not as if we decide if hes playing or not right this minute. its just nice to see a promising performance from a young player I completely agree, but most are suggesting he should be our no.1 after that