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Great win at the weekend thought we were much better much more convincing and we actually took our chances quality stuff.  Awful news about Brezovan hes been great this year, have to agree with some of the sentiments of below that Smith isnt up to the job.  Reckon we should try and get Tom Heaton back on loan from Man Utd, hes 3rd or 4th choice and they may even give us him just for the experience and they pay his wages as hes doing nothing at Man U at the moment.  Plus wee Willy knows Sir Alex well apparently, so if he pulls his finger out then maybe he could secure this deal,thought he looked a quality keeper and we were in the league above then and apparently he still comes down occasionally to watch games as he enjoyed his time here.

Heaton was shite last season.

I'd have no problem with Heaton coming back, I'm not sure it will happen though given the amount of keepers united have out on loan currently and the finances of the deal. And the fact we are in L2 now.

To be honest I think Phil Smith deserves a run of a few games. At least give him a chance to try and prove himself. Problem with that being other clubs wont release a keeper to be second choice at a L2 club.

Ive heard on the grapevine .. Reading No 3 is the man we are targeting..
the Aussie keeper Adam Federici ... however his loan spell at Bristol City isnt over until 28th October .. but he hasnt been playing so it may end early and a move to us where he will be first choice - he played against us in the friendly and looked BIG and a good keeper

no he wasnt....

..he made the odd mistake like all keepers do....but he was far from shite.

Heaton was good .. very good

Thought Heaton looked a better keeper than Evans last season.

I have to disagree, he had a shite defence in front of him.

i liked heaton.not a patch on brez though

Heaton would be good cover, Federici is going to be quite a good keeper too one day

Does anyone really believe that a man who was on the bench for a champions league tie will really want to come to League 2?

I think Heaton is beyond us now, and we need to be more realistic.

Where did you hear this? I got told that we're signing a Reading keeper onloan, by someone who works within the club. Wasn't sure who the player actually was though.

This has all the makings of a rumour snowballing...Poyet tells the masseur, who tells all the blokes he's rubbing (!) down at the half marathon, who tell their mates who are Town fans, who tells everyone else.

What the hell...its all we've got right now.

fact is, Adriano Basso is keeping this Federici out of the City side and I'd choose Smith ahead of Basso - going on the fact Crawley fans seem to like Smith, whereas even Woking fans thought Basso was utter bollocks at the same level.

I'd be gutted if I was Smith - I reckon we should sign Pavel Srnicek.

On the keeper front, Sam Allardyce has stated he'd like to get his keepers out on loan. Ignoring Ian Walker and Ali Al-Habsi who he's offered to Chelsea, he also mentioned a trainee: Chris Haworth.

Probably worth Wisey seeing if Chris fancies a season at Swindon?

Good shout ... I hope we get someone BIG like Brez in .. really made a difference!

Tim Krul of Newcastle

The Reading connection would make sence.

Nicky Hammond is a regular visitor to the CG, he was there on Saturday and left around 4.30ish to get back for the Chelsea game.

Scouting Brezovan no doubt...

Smith deserves a chance, he's looked alright whenever I've seen him but lacks the same height and physical presence as Brezovan. We need good cover for Smith as I'm not convinced by him yet.

I don't see why Heaton wouldn't come back here, he may be third choice at Manure but that's still a fair way down the pecking order - especially once Foster comes back from Watford. He's a good keeper and I recall seeing an interview with him towards the end of last season where he said he kept an eye on our results despite being out in Belgium. I suppose the fact Iffy and Reeves are no longer here may hinder our chances as well.

Chelsea are bound to have a load of young keepers, although the timing isn't right. Leeds, maybe?

I think Foster and Howard can both be recalled so really Heatons fifth.

Give Smith his chance but if Heaton was here I'd certainly put him in.

Heaton looked solid when he was here (bar that stupid goal he conceded against Port Vale), I'd definitely have him back as No 1.

when I originally mentioned Heaton I didnt mean as a number 1....but we do need back up....I mean who has the confidence in Jon Stewart at this stage in his career to play first team football.

I know I dont, same with Bulman last year....the highlight of his career is saving a jason lee penalty....then conceding 4.....

Even if the loan keeper never plays and doesnt even make the bench I feel we need back up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6054976.stm

interesting, maybe the english kiddy is worth a look?

Man U won't release Heaton to come and not even make the bench. My moneys on Steve Book coming in to provide cover on a short term deal.

With Mr Diamandis in charge- it will be the cheap option, whether that be Book or a loan where the other club pay the wages!!

Give it a rest

What and shut up like the rest of you.

They throw their toys out of the pram 2 please dont attack us" and you all shut up, how subserviant

Nice one

As i said on another thread the truth WILL come out and hopefully not far into the distant future

Blah blah blah.........stick to the topic, hey?

Why not make it now Bart?  or are you too scared of the nasty board??

Champions elect eh Phil?

This club will never achieve anything or go anywhere with these in charge. If we go up they have to pay bonuses so dont bank on it happening

Firstly nothing will move on the ground because the council will  not work with them.

Secondly no investors will work with them either

So you tell me how we can move forward?

 :boring:

Bart, has diamandis given you aids??

come on Barty boy, dont bottle it. Tell us what you know. Or are you running scared?


pussy

We recieve money through promotion.....That can cover these apparent bonuses, plus not each player is going to have a bonus in their contract.

Can we get back to the keeper topic....is this reading guy that seems to be the juiciest gossip any good then???

I thought he looked ok in the friendly we played against them

Jesus - I thought STFC_Bart (who is an obvious poxford troll) was going to make a football comment for once!!!
Smithy can do a job if not, we'll get a reserve prem keeper for 6 months, easiest position to cover imho

Well according to someone i know with in the club, we are signing a Reading keeper onloan.....When i was talkin to Gus, he just said Dennis had been on the phone all day, trying to get a new keeper.

I'd say thats enough to go by, but Dennis may have found a better keeper to bring in, so i guess we're back to speculating/gossip.

Ian Walker is available ?  Wages could be a small problem .

He knows more about the club than most of its fans put together. Okay so he's boringly repetitive but he is speaking the truth.

Thats clearly bollocks. I challenged him above to say what he knows, which he ignored. He knows nothing more than the rest of us on here know.

Hear hear! Haven't been on this site for very long, but his comments usually piss me off.
We all get pissed off about the running of the Club, but to intimate you are somehow 'in the know' but never back it up is tiresome.........

he/she never backs it up Boeta - just a one way tirade of Diamandis obsessed bile - just move on for chrissakes is my advice (i'm sure it's Oxford Fan) - I'm obsessed about the footy that's what I pay for, I missed 3 goals and poor old Petr breaking his humerus - at least I won 12 quid on the result!

Stevie Book,Book,Book!!!!!