£9M for a Scottish goalkeeper ?

[lazaroonie]

teacake why not take a look at this video instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWHEKs4d4s

Video of what ? A goalkeeper making saves ? Whats next, a video of a bricklayer building a wall ?

All goalies make saves. Its their job. It is probably the least technical part of their job. Dealing with low/high crosses, organising set pieces, shouting at defenders, one on ones,  positioning at crosses, are all equally as important.

A shotstopper does not a good goalkeeper make.

Gordon has the potential to be as good as Boruc, he may even play in the champions league one day.

[fergus8]

teacake why not take a look at this video instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWHEKs4d4s

Video of what ? A goalkeeper making saves ? Whats next, a video of a bricklayer building a wall ?

All goalies make saves. Its their job. It is probably the least technical part of their job. Dealing with low/high crosses, organising set pieces, shouting at defenders, one on ones,  positioning at crosses, are all equally as important.

A shotstopper does not a good goalkeeper make.

Gordon has the potential to be as good as Boruc, he may even play in the champions league one day.

comedian, if boruc was sooooooooo good why has keane bought gordon?, are you trying to tell me celtic wouldnt sell for 9 million? or that boruc wouldnt move for double or treble wages? so why would keane buy gordon over boruc, unless duh duh duh, gordon is infact better.

p.s. hes better than reina as well

[kinboshi]

p.s. hes better than reina as well

Is that the keeper who is consistently up there with the most clean sheets in the Premiership?

[lazaroonie]

teacake why not take a look at this video instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWHEKs4d4s

Video of what ? A goalkeeper making saves ? Whats next, a video of a bricklayer building a wall ?

All goalies make saves. Its their job. It is probably the least technical part of their job. Dealing with low/high crosses, organising set pieces, shouting at defenders, one on ones,  positioning at crosses, are all equally as important.

A shotstopper does not a good goalkeeper make.

Gordon has the potential to be as good as Boruc, he may even play in the champions league one day.

comedian, if boruc was sooooooooo good why has keane bought gordon?, are you trying to tell me celtic wouldnt sell for 9 million? or that boruc wouldnt move for double or treble wages? so why would keane buy gordon over boruc, unless duh duh duh, gordon is infact better.

p.s. hes better than reina as well

You honestly think Boruc would sign for Sunderland when both AC Milan and Barca were sniffing around him at the end of last season ? I fully expect Boruc to leave sooner rather than later, but I can pretty much guarantee it wont be to play for a club that will be fighting relegation. Likewise I dont expect Gordon to be there for more than 2-3 years before he gets his big move, if his progression continues as it is.

My point is the same - Gordon at age 22? has the potential to be a world class keeper. At present Boruc has played in CL matches, world cups, etc.

Answer this question - if your team was playing the CL FInal today and you were given a choice between playing Boruc or Gordon in goal, which one would you choose ?

[AndrewT]

p.s. hes better than reina as well

Is that the keeper who is consistently up there with the most clean sheets in the Premiership?

He damn well should be - he's playing behind one of the three defences who are miles better than anyone else. And he isn't top of that group of three goalkeepers.

[kinboshi]

p.s. hes better than reina as well

Is that the keeper who is consistently up there with the most clean sheets in the Premiership?

He damn well should be - he's playing behind one of the three defences who are miles better than anyone else. And he isn't top of that group of three goalkeepers.

Well, I keep hearing that there are better right-backs than Finnan; better left-backs than Riise, better centre-back partnerships than Carragher and Agger, and yet in 2005/06 we kept the most clean sheets, and in 2006/07 we were second only to chelsea in clean sheets in the Premiership.  If it's not the keeper, then I guess we're just very lucky.

[kinboshi]

Cech and Reina are only 25 and 24 respectively - so as goalkeepers go, they're still fairly young as well.  Barring injuries, they should both have another 10 years at the highest level - possibly?

Gordon is 24 also, so all three could/should be expected to improve do you reckon?

[The Baron]

You honestly think Boruc would sign for Sunderland when both AC Milan and Barca were sniffing around him at the end of last season ? I fully expect Boruc to leave sooner rather than later, but I can pretty much guarantee it wont be to play for a club that will be fighting relegation.

We had this a year or two back with Stan Petrov who apparently would walk into a top 4 club and run their midfield but in reality went on to Villa and has done next to nothing there.

[Ironside]

Cech and Reina are only 25 and 24 respectively - so as goalkeepers go, they're still fairly young as well.  Barring injuries, they should both have another 10 years at the highest level - possibly?

Gordon is 24 also, so all three could/should be expected to improve do you reckon?

cech and reina have both been playing and training at a higher level than gordon
in the first 2 years in the EPL gordon will improve faster than cech and reina
there after if all 3 stay in present clubs there improvement should be fairly similiar
if gordon gets bought by manu or arsenal as a first team player i think gordon could
 improve to a better standard than reina and maybe on par or better than cech


but thats all ifs and maybes he could get injured for 2 years in his first game

[GlasgowBandit]

You honestly think Boruc would sign for Sunderland when both AC Milan and Barca were sniffing around him at the end of last season ? I fully expect Boruc to leave sooner rather than later, but I can pretty much guarantee it wont be to play for a club that will be fighting relegation.

We had this a year or two back with Stan Petrov who apparently would walk into a top 4 club and run their midfield but in reality went on to Villa and has done next to nothing there.

I don't remember this TBH, Stan Petrov was a decent player, but was often found missing in big games.

It was probably the best bit of business Celtic have done in the past number of years getting the money we did for him.

Boruc has proved more so in the big games that he is a big time player.  Petrov on the other hand showed he was more an SPL player. 

[bobby1]

quite simply a ridiculous price to pay, Roy Keane seems to be taking the Peter Taylor route to Premiership management.

[fergus8]

yea it is, but so are about 20 other transfer fees to the epl this year

hargreaves, bent, bale to name 3

[bobby1]

yea it is, but so are about 20 other transfer fees to the epl this year

hargreaves, bent, bale to name 3

deffo

[johnbhoy76]

The guy is an absolute diddy!

I can't beleive Sunderland have paid this much for him.

Check out his heroics for Celtic last season 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQIzqXMYhd8

[Ironside]

The guy is an absolute diddy!

I can't beleive Sunderland have paid this much for him.

Check out his heroics for Celtic last season 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQIzqXMYhd8

wow he must be crap as both celtic fans both found 1 bad video of him

where in all honesty he made 2 mistakes not helped by the fact he was under constant pressure as the rest of his team was pure dead mince

i could find hundreds of great saves and games by gordon