ryanegg Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 More concerned we can’t put 3 keepers on the bench now tbh. Harper is gonna have to put his gloves back on for a short term deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 We definitely need someone in as an injury to Dubravka is going to leave us badly exposed. His injury record is below… Are people saying De Gea is finished because he is without a club? Also, he isn’t going to get the wages he was on unless he goes to Saudi and he has apparently turned down a move there, so I don’t think he would be getting anywhere near that. We either get someone short term which he would be the obvious choice or we bring forward a move for a new keeper, which could be difficult mid season with us maybe not having the money to spend due to FFP and the selling club not wanting to sell mid season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Can’t see us signing a GK in January. However, I think the summer will be looked at as a time to see if the right player comes available. I’m very happy with Pope but is this his third bad injury to that shoulder? Does anyone have an idea of similar goalkeeping injuries and whether it could actually limit his game in the future or make him more injury prone? If so, I can’t imagine we’ll be sitting on our arses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Mildly concerning this is the 2nd time Pope has had this shoulder issue, and it's a recurrence after it was surgically repaired. Presumably the first time he had a bankart repair, which involves drilling into the shoulder with pins. It's not really something you want to do multiple times as you get bone loss and risk of arthritis. Sure he's in the very best hands and all will be well. I've heard of something called 'latarjet repair' which you get after recurrence after bankart repair. Source: I've had a bankart repair and they mentioned that a recurrence of dislocation afterwards is quite messy to clean up. Not least in a contact athlete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Matt1892 said: We definitely need someone in as an injury to Dubravka is going to leave us badly exposed. His injury record is below… Are people saying De Gea is finished because he is without a club? Also, he isn’t going to get the wages he was on unless he goes to Saudi and he has apparently turned down a move there, so I don’t think he would be getting anywhere near that. We either get someone short term which he would be the obvious choice or we bring forward a move for a new keeper, which could be difficult mid season with us maybe not having the money to spend due to FFP and the selling club not wanting to sell mid season. What's the point of having Karius and Gillespie if we NEED to get someone in, in the event that Dubs MAY get injured. Why would they want to be here if they knew they wouldnt even get a chance if the player in front of them was unavailable? Should we just scrap having a squad all together and just buy/loan replacements when needed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Pretty much any club in the world are going to be weakened if down to their 3rd choice keeper - in the unlikely event it happens, a match-fit and confident Loris Karius is probably a pretty great option in that position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, TaylorJ_01 said: Mildly concerning this is the 2nd time Pope has had this shoulder issue, and it's a recurrence after it was surgically repaired. Presumably the first time he had a bankart repair, which involves drilling into the shoulder with pins. It's not really something you want to do multiple times as you get bone loss and risk of arthritis. Sure he's in the very best hands and all will be well. I've heard of something called 'latarjet repair' which you get after recurrence after bankart repair. Source: I've had a bankart repair and they mentioned that a recurrence of dislocation afterwards is quite messy to clean up. Not least in a contact athlete. It was classed as a minor op when he was at Burnley. He almost didn't have it done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 03/12/2023 at 10:27, The College Dropout said: Hope it’s not a season ender. Dubs will have to try and play like Pope. He needs to aggressively sweep up and claim crosses more. and make sure his kicking goes to shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Perhaps Pope will spend the entire rehab period playing keepy uppy and teq ball and he'll come back like a fucking goalkeeping Messi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, SteV said: A reminder that De Gea was on £375k p/w at Man Utd…. He’s also concentrating on his E-Sports team he’s invested in and building up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabbe2 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Can Dubrovka play all these games to come without getting injured? Sure we will see Karius in goal in more games. Stupid to have to ditch Pope this summer, but I wonder if that is what is needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Mackemosaurus Rex incoming January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon No9 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 I'd rather play Dubravka than bring in De Gea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 5 hours ago, The Butcher said: Said absolutely no one? Look on the previous pages. One person talking about an end of season wave goodbye to the fans, another talking about him getting replaced. 6 hours ago, Minhosa said: Think we'd need to soon enough anyway if we've got ambitions to look at competing for the title. He's a really really good keeper but he'll never be elite for me. He's fine for where we are now and he's been a great buy for the £10m or whatever it was we spent on him but we need better if we're serious about challenging imho. 6 hours ago, Displayname said: Lets just keep playing like we did against Man utd. He didnt have much to do there Even though I think Pope have been an important part of getting us to where we are now, I also think he was up for replacement soon enough. Need a keeper who is better with his feets going forward. Awful timing though. Feel bad for him 6 hours ago, Gottlob said: It's a shame it has to be this way, but the best we can probably hope for now is that he heals up well, comes on as a sub for a round of applause in the last game of the season, then proves fit enough for us to sell on in the summer for a handsome profit. It's like Lord Byron said, 'Fare thee well, Nick Pope! And if for ever, still for ever fare thee well'. 6 hours ago, Wilson said: I've been of the opinion that we'd be replacing Pope in the next year or so for a while. Wouldn't be too surprised if we are linked with a few in the summer now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Laviofies said: Unlucky Pope Still laughing at how weird that first paragraph is It's up there with the "although his name sounds similar he's no relation to Vurnon Anita" line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Sandro Tonali has been banned for 10 months, including the crunch tie against Aston Villa on January 30th at Villa Park Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Dubravka had angina? Can't be right. Edit. Just googled, he did. Crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 6 hours ago, OCK said: Wish someone would sell his fucking keyboard Hoy him on ignore, it makes the place absolute bliss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Just now, SUPERTOON said: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1731730952257163677?s=20 Hey David, we can't pay you 375k per week, but we can give you a free opportunity to cuck ten Hag out of the Champions League places this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 I know he's got the odd rick in him but he's been one of the best shot stoppers about for a long time. We're not losing out on anything by him being average with his feet because Pope is dodgy in that area anyway. Think he'd be a cracking signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejaxer Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1731730952257163677?s=20 Fuck it, bring him in. Bring in Ramsdale as well while we're at it. We'll collect keepers like they're Infinity Stones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Stick with Dubravka and if cattled, use Lorius either of those if injured won't be out for months on end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Big blow for Pope and us, no getting away from it. He hasn't had a great season imo, looking v uncomfortable and nowhere near as good as he was for the first 6 months of last season but we'll still miss him. If it's that bad we may not even register him in Jan tbh, opens up a place in the squad for another keeper, maybe de Gea, or another midfielder or forward. We're really stretched now and the same players are being asked to go again and again and are going to run themselves into the ground eventually. There's no obvious solution as once we get to Feb then they'll nearly all be back. Fixtures are relentless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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