We're interested apparently, along with Villa, who currently have him on loan.
Source: Alan Nixon on twitter.
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We're interested apparently, along with Villa, who currently have him on loan.
Source: Alan Nixon on twitter.
I would have him here in a heartbeat.
Was the best keeper I saw last season, both when we played them and when I saw them on TV.
Young and very talented.
Would give us 2 excellent keepers
Who would be your number 1 then?Originally Posted by Lawnmower
I’d rather a keeper with premiership experience and a bit older maybe. Seems to similar to Etheridge if you ask me.
He's the reason we didn't win at Villa Park and a big reason that a very average Villa side are even in the playoffs
I'd take him in a heartbeat
Wouldn't be fair for me to say. They would both have all summer to prove to Warnock which one was best.
Fabianski and Japuvik ( boy from Leicester 😂) are both superb keepers, but neither would turn into a £20m keeper. There's a fair chance Johnstone or Etheridge could.
Fabianski be better option in my opinion. More experienced.
I wonder if the commercial considerations from etheridge would come into play.
He'd be the only Philippines national player in a top league, and the premier league is the most popular league to watch over there.
Football isn't a massive sport there, unlike other countries in the region, but it's a massive country and its popular enough to new us a bunch of overseas supporters surely?
The type of support that will evaporate overnight.
Yes, it is a massive country - but it is also extremely poor. Basketball and boxing is the main sport there and, unlike the Japanese who support players (and change clubs with the player), Filipinos are extremely patriotic. There are barely any football fans there at all, the National Team are known as the Azkals (street dogs) but are also much maligned. They are not likely to spend £40 on a shirt (unlike Koreans, Japanese, Chinese - even Thais). I was there in April, and whilst the locals knew Neil Etheridge, they didn't know that their national team had just qualified for the Asian Cup for the first time ever. They also didn't care.
You can see kids wearing football shirts, but they are usually given as gifts from relatives who work overseas (lots of nurses work in the UK for example), or from charities to street kids who will have no concept of what that club is.
There are very few commercial opportunities in promoting Etheridge imo. The locals will take pride in him if their national team starts getting recognised overseas - but I think it unlikely that this will extend to Filipinos buying Cardiff merchandise or UK based Filipinos buying match tickets in massive numbers. If the Philippines do nothing in the Asian Cup (very likely) then there will be little exposure of the team or of Etheridge.
Thanks for that. You sound like you are well informed. Spending a lot of time in Asia myself I can only concur that unless Etheridge was playing in something huge like the Champions League or got to the World Cup, then it isn't going to happen in the way some are hoping.
Good post. But I don't think the point is that he is worth a lot commercially to us, to a bigger buying club, looking to expand in untapped and growing markets. Etheridge could help give one of the CL teams an effective monopoly of support going into the future.
Johnstone is a class keeper. However, I think a lot depends on Villa winning their Playoff game or not. If they win I think they will be in pole position to either loan or sign him especially with Bruce having such strong united connections and seemingly more financial clout than us. If they fail to get promoted It will be interesting if we would e looking to loan or sign him as I don't think he'll come that cheap.
Johnstone will be loaned to a club where he will be a guaranteed no.1.
We are looking for a back up keeper.
Cant see us being interested.
Two Etheridge's would suit me fine.
It won't be a loan.
However as mentioned above, if Villa win next week he'll probably go there
I beg to differ. I think we are looking at all positions to see if improvements can be made. It all depends on money. If someone like Johnstone became available and the wages weren't a problem, I'm sure we'd sign him. No player is invincible if we're going to improve, just some positions arguably need strengthening less than others.
He’s out of contract at the end of this season with Man Utd I believe. So unless he signs a new deal there he won’t be going on loan next season.
Man United have the option to extend it for another year. They'll trigger that and sell him this summer. He'll more than likely go to Villa if they go up but they won't be able to afford him or his wages if they stay down. If we can get someone of his ability for £5m then it's a no brainer, especially with Etheridge missing a month plus for the Asia cup.
I’d rather a more experienced keeper to come in tbh.
I wonder if this rumour will materialise now that Villa failed to go up.
A loan for Snodgrass also seems like an obvious one.
I think Villa would be nuts to loan him to us. If they want to go up he’s the sort of player they need to keep hold of. If it’s financial then they’d surely sell rather than loan.
Johnstone is a Manchester United player
Snodgrass a London City player
Both on loan at Villa
I’d go for a more experienced keeper, Wayne Hennessey on a free?
I’d forgotten Villa had loaned him.
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