22 minutes ago, burnden said:

Bonham played 2 efl cup games august 2025      dunno about other fella

Harrington has made 8 Cup appearances for Fleetwood this season, most recent one being 9th of January.

Edited January 15Jan 15 by Cheese

Harrington played a week ago in the FA CUP 3rd round and played in the 2nd round.  Same as Miller really.  

No reason if he is in training today he shouldn't be good to go Saturday.

1 hour ago, Rizlar said:

Dare I say that these 2 goalkeepers are an upgrade on TSL and Miller !

 

TSL and Miller were fairly shite so if these two are competent then that'd be an upgrade.

I am a bit skeptical of how highly rated Harrington could possibly be if he can't get a game for the 13th best team in League Two. But we'll see.

Interesting content in the Iles article today around unrest, discontent, etc etc 

also pretty much confirmed TSL spat his dummy out after being dropped 

SS might be struggling to reign them in at the minute which is obviously impacting on performance so he needs to get rid of the mouthy bastards who have done five fifths of fuck all on the pitch recently to justify what they think they deserve 

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Re these keepers, SS worked with the lad from Stoke previously and the director of football or whatever he's called from Fleetwood knows all about Harrington.

I don't think they just did a raffle on local keepers.

 

I get that to a extent, but one min he is saying we need to make the squad leaner.......We are now out of all cups yet we have 4 keepers contracted for next season. One a journey man and three unproven above lge 2

No need what so ever to commit four keepers to be contracted next season who are untested

17 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

I get that to a extent, but one min he is saying we need to make the squad leaner.......We are now out of all cups yet we have 4 keepers contracted for next season. One a journey man and three unproven above lge 2

No need what so ever to commit four keepers to be contracted next season who are untested

All 4 keepers won't be in the match day squad. 

I'm not sure what other keepers were available to purchase but I doubt the club have turned any better ones down for these two.

It is what it is and quite unique situation.

It's not the clubs fault TSL is a massive fucking ponce and can't handle being shouted at or dropped. 

It's not the clubs fault Miller has been offered a job back in his home country and not having to deal with a January in Bolton in division 3.

Time will tell if the new lads are good enough but what else could the club do other than bring in two lads the hierarchy are familiar with.

 

 

Both goalies (if we bring in Fleetwood second choice) haven’t played a league game for over a year - what is going on with this recruitment lot

1 minute ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Both goalies (if we bring in Fleetwood second choice) haven’t played a league game for over a year - what is going on with this recruitment lot

Which other two keepers should be signing half way through a season?

 

And are cup games not real football?

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

All 4 keepers won't be in the match day squad. 

I'm not sure what other keepers were available to purchase but I doubt the club have turned any better ones down for these two.

It is what it is and quite unique situation.

It's not the clubs fault TSL is a massive fucking ponce and can't handle being shouted at or dropped. 

It's not the clubs fault Miller has been offered a job back in his home country and not having to deal with a January in Bolton in division 3.

Time will tell if the new lads are good enough but what else could the club do other than bring in two lads the hierarchy are familiar with.

 

 

We only had to bring one in and not two....Broome for the bench until May then re-visit for the 25/26 season but now we have commited for next season when there was no need to

Just now, gonzo said:

Which other two keepers should be signing half way through a season?

 

That’s the problem- we signed two poor ones last summer

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Which other two keepers should be signing half way through a season?

 

Shut up pal you sound like Cheese! 

Just now, masi 51 said:

We only had to bring one in and not two....Broome for the bench until May then re-visit for the 25/26 season but now we have commited for next season when there was no need to

Maybe Broome isn't good enough to be 2nd choice. Like he wasn't last week?

 

Just now, gonzo said:

Maybe Broome isn't good enough to be 2nd choice. Like he wasn't last week?

 

very small chance Broome will play a min football between now and next May

 

Just now, woolli said:

Shut up pal you sound like Cheese! 

It's a genuine question. Folk can't wait to jump all over things but don't have any answers themselves.

I can't imagine there's a massive list of available first team league 1 standard goalkeepers kicking about.

These two lads have worked with people at the club before and one in particular sounds like he's pretty well thought of.

I really don't get the big problem unless folk have any other keepers in mind we didn't go for.

Looking at loans of younger keepers in League One this year, they've frankly all been bobbins. Cooper, Goodman and TSL all sent back, as well as Simkin. Probably because they're all being coached for 'distribution' these days and not actually shot-stopping.

Perhaps now we'll see some investment in defence as opposed to an expensive keeper. All you need to do well is a functional goalkeeper and a strong defence tbh.

 

Edited January 15Jan 15 by jmjhb

32 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

Interesting content in the Iles article today around unrest, discontent, etc etc 

also pretty much confirmed TSL spat his dummy out after being dropped 

SS might be struggling to reign them in at the minute which is obviously impacting on performance so he needs to get rid of the mouthy bastards who have done five fifths of fuck all on the pitch recently to justify what they think they deserve 

Who would you have down as the "mouthy bastard's"?

Didn't Christie reckon they were all a very quiet bunch?.

6 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Maybe Broome isn't good enough to be 2nd choice. Like he wasn't last week?

 

So why did we sign him initially then? Doesnt make any sense whatsoever!

9 minutes ago, woolli said:

Shut up pal you sound like Cheese! 

well said

15 minutes ago, gonzo said:

All 4 keepers won't be in the match day squad. 

I'm not sure what other keepers were available to purchase but I doubt the club have turned any better ones down for these two.

It is what it is and quite unique situation.

It's not the clubs fault TSL is a massive fucking ponce and can't handle being shouted at or dropped. 

It's not the clubs fault Miller has been offered a job back in his home country and not having to deal with a January in Bolton in division 3.

Time will tell if the new lads are good enough but what else could the club do other than bring in two lads the hierarchy are familiar with.

 

 

The 4 Keepers may not count to the match day squad but they still have to be paid so like others I’m unsure why we needed two further keepers. In desperate straits if Broome and Hutch aren’t up to it we could have used the emergency loan option and invested the wages elsewhere.

Just now, Whitesince63 said:

The 4 Keepers may not count to the match day squad but they still have to be paid so like others I’m unsure why we needed two further keepers. In desperate straits if Broome and Hutch aren’t up to it we could have used the emergency loan option and invested the wages elsewhere.

At last somebody who understands it

2 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

At last somebody who understands it

Do you want Broome and Hutchinson in our match day squad on Sat?

 

5 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

The 4 Keepers may not count to the match day squad but they still have to be paid so like others I’m unsure why we needed two further keepers. In desperate straits if Broome and Hutch aren’t up to it we could have used the emergency loan option and invested the wages elsewhere.

They're clearly not up to it. One might be in the future.

Broome was only ever meant to be 3rd keeper and hutch is an academy grad out on loan.

Edited January 15Jan 15 by gonzo

15 minutes ago, gonzo said:

All 4 keepers won't be in the match day squad. 

I'm not sure what other keepers were available to purchase but I doubt the club have turned any better ones down for these two.

It is what it is and quite unique situation.

It's not the clubs fault TSL is a massive fucking ponce and can't handle being shouted at or dropped. 

It's not the clubs fault Miller has been offered a job back in his home country and not having to deal with a January in Bolton in division 3.

Time will tell if the new lads are good enough but what else could the club do other than bring in two lads the hierarchy are familiar with.

 

 

I’d add to that, that his 3 main signings  4 if you include TSL have been a real disappointment. People can blame the recruitment method and it may need looking at but the fact is the spine of our team hasn’t progressed the way we’d hoped.

I don't mind the idea of getting a second choice keeper in from a higher league to be the number one, but I don't understand trying to sign a player, regardless of position who is a back up in a lower league or at a lower level.