f***ing hell . When did sheikh mansour take over?
This is not true.I was chatting to Ellis and he said 'Fuck it, time to shit or get off the pot - fuck financial fair play, let's give it a proper f***ing go'. Make of that what you will. I didn't realise Ellis was such a sweary bloke.
In the games he's played in he has a better reading of the game, gets his angles spot on better than Westwood, comes for and is more assured for crosses than Westwood is, therefore I would rather have him than Westwood any day he's shite.
Serious question, how many games have you seen him play in?
4, but you can tell from one game if a keeper is any good, and you think Westwood is good I take it then ?
You cant tell if a keeper is any good after 1 game, and if you could I would make the judgement that Ustari would not last 10 minutes in the Premier League and even less in the Championship. The bloke might be a good shot stopper but he is way way too small for England and in time that would be picked up on by the other teams and he would be bombarded constantly. As for Westwood, he is not good enough for Sunderland. He is and always has been a bog standard Championship level player, and will never be anything more than that. If it was down to me, I would try and keep hold of Mannone, hopefully if we stop up then he will stay but if we go down then I think he will be sold given he has only a year left and he is a saleable asset. As for the Number 2, again if we stop up then an experienced keeper who will be happy to be a No2 or if we go down I would give Pickford a chance, he is 19 now and has done nothing wrong when out on loan and its about time we gave a youngster a chance, he seems capable enough and highly regarded so why not.
If the Keeper is involved a fair bit in a game you can tell how he reads a game, Westwood is only any good as a shot stopper and even that's only some of the time, I'm not talking about Pickford I'm comparing Westwood and Ustari.
24 though. Lukaku would've been better there I think
Have we not got enough immobile forwards ?
Ok then, bottom line is they are both not good enough, regardless of what league we are in. To me its like comparing shit with shite! And as for scouting a keeper for one game and knowing how good he is you are either a genius or a more probably clueless.
Dear me, if you can't figure out if a keeper is any good by how he reads a game and organizes himself and getting his angles sorted then it's not me that's clueless, do you know what goalkeeping is about by any chance ?
Ustari could be good enough, Westwood isn't, keep the Argie with Pickford as second back-up, but hopefully out on loan somewhere getting games and learning his trade.
Jan Koller
Would have more goals upfront than Altidore and Fletch!