Summer Ins and Outs

[double d]

Who?

[The Informant]

Just confirmed we're after Darlow and we have cash to spend - press conference.

[maffff]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jaap-stam-press-conference-live-13284463

Stam wants to 'keep as many' players as possible

He said: “There was interest in players and that’s inevitable. But you want to expand and keep as many [players] as possible.”

However, he also said Sandro Wieser “can leave”.

"I want to keep as many players as possible. Apart from Wieser, he can fcuk off"

To be fair, there's more to that quote (picked up by the Chronicle).

He should leave "on loan to get experience of playing in England".

[No Fixed Abode]

John Smith seem's to have gone quiet over the Darlow news. Can't think why.

[genome]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

[Sutekh]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Seriously, Manuel Neuer

[The Informant]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Seriously, Manuel Neuer

Hound is getting excited

[muirinho]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

I'm glad it's not just me that thought that!

On goalies - we need

someone who can deal with horrible shanked backpasses from a panicky Blackett
someone who is comfortable with the ball at their feet
can pass accurately to a defender
can actually aim long kicks vaguely at an intended target
someone who can stay awake passing back and forth with the back 4, waiting for a midfielder to come out of hibernation and make themselves available
who can command their area for corner kicks
and is a good shotstopper

.

How much will that cost us?

[maffff]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

I'm glad it's not just me that thought that!

On goalies - we need

someone who can deal with horrible shanked backpasses from a panicky Blackett
someone who is comfortable with the ball at their feet
can pass accurately to a defender
can actually aim long kicks vaguely at an intended target
someone who can stay awake passing back and forth with the back 4, waiting for a midfielder to come out of hibernation and make themselves available
who can command their area for corner kicks
and is a good shotstopper

.

How much will that cost us?

£310,000

[mambo3]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

I'm glad it's not just me that thought that!

On goalies - we need

someone who can deal with horrible shanked backpasses from a panicky Blackett
someone who is comfortable with the ball at their feet
can pass accurately to a defender
can actually aim long kicks vaguely at an intended target
someone who can stay awake passing back and forth with the back 4, waiting for a midfielder to come out of hibernation and make themselves available
who can command their area for corner kicks
and is a good shotstopper

.

How much will that cost us?

£310,000

Free Agent that no one has heard of but comes from a well known club

[Lower West]

someone who can deal with horrible shanked backpasses from a panicky Blackett

Left foot kicking wasn't Al Habsi's best attribute.

[Hound]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Seriously, Manuel Neuer

Hound is getting excited

Aren't we all knowing we have another opportunity to experience your biting wit?

[3points]

Just noticed on the OS that the Gravenberch loan was confirmed yesterday. Can't see that anywhere else on this thread

[Sutekh]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Would that be the same Marc-Andre ter Stegen under contract at Barcelona until 2022, but with a reported buyout clause of 180 million Euros? Now that would be ambition.

[cornflake]

Anssi Jaakola should be given a chance in the first team.

[LWJ]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Would that be the same Marc-Andre ter Stegen under contract at Barcelona until 2022, but with a reported buyout clause of 180 million Euros? Now that would be ambition.

Whooooosh

[Hound]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Would that be the same Marc-Andre ter Stegen under contract at Barcelona until 2022, but with a reported buyout clause of 180 million Euros? Now that would be ambition.

I'm presuming Darlow was serious just by the fact that both the chronicle and GR reported it without saying it was tongue in cheek.

If it had just been J-Low, I'd have disregarded it as sarcastic from Stam and Low not picking up on it, but as both did, sounds like he wasn't joking

[genome]

Having read the whole quote and not just the journo's tweet... are we sure Stam wasn't being sarcastic?

"We've got a list with eight possible goalkeepers. Darlow, Neuer and Ter Stegen are on that list"

Would that be the same Marc-Andre ter Stegen under contract at Barcelona until 2022, but with a reported buyout clause of 180 million Euros? Now that would be ambition.

No, really!?

[LWJ]

My Newcastle supporting m8 suggests that 5m for Darlow is a good deal and he is a solid keeper. Slightly surprised to hear him potentially leaving by all accounts.

[No Fixed Abode]

Gunter signs new deal keeping him at the club until 2020