There's a "raft" of clubs after Neil Etheridge....................

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Seemingly, Swansea only bid £500k for Jamal Lowe and it was reported that Wigan were prepared to accept £750k for him - that's someone who was a regular selection as an attacking player for a team that may have been relegated, but actually had a record which would have seen them finish thirteenth. The sheer lack of deals being done and figures like those I've quoted suggest a very depressed market in the Football League and I'm not sure that there will be many clubs below the upper echelons of the Championship who will be willing to spend seven figure sums on a goalkeeper.
A couple of things about City goalkeepers, are those writing off Joe Day basing their opinion on one game at Wigan or are they also going by what they saw of him at Newport? I thought Day was good at League 2 level, in County's FA Cup runs and, by all accounts, he did well in League One last season in a struggling AFC Wimbledon team. Also, I rated George Ratcliffe as City's best keeper with the ball at his feet when he was 16 or 17 - the mistakes I saw him make in that department were all to do with him being over confident because he was so comfortable with having to build from the back.

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From financial point of view it may make sense on the face of it, to cash in for the million pound plus were likely to get for Etheridge
However if we are seriously mounting a promotion challenge, would we want to risk losing a tried and tested player in a specialist position for what seems a small risk in comparison to the size of the reward on offer, should we succeed?
I haven't seen enough of Day to have any confidence in him to replace Smithies in the event of him picking up an injury

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Originally Posted by olderblue

From financial point of view it may make sense on the face of it, to cash in for the million pound plus were likely to get for Etheridge
However if we are seriously mounting a promotion challenge, would we want to risk losing a tried and tested player in a specialist position for what seems a small risk in comparison to the size of the reward on offer, should we succeed?
I haven't seen enough of Day to have any confidence in him to replace Smithies in the event of him picking up an injury

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The reality is that, like nearly everyone else, Cardiff City need the cash and the squad is unbalanced.

Pack, Murphy Flint would be way ahead of the list before Etheridge in my view
Now it may be that he wants away anyway to guarantee first team football which I can understand
In that case I would let Day go as well and make an all out effort to resign Marshall

A raft of clubs obviously that that he's worth a punt.....

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

A raft of clubs obviously that that he's worth a punt.....

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oh no, I have a sinking feeling about how this thread is going

Unthinkingly, I omitted the word 'think', I think.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Seemingly, Swansea only bid £500k for Jamal Lowe and it was reported that Wigan were prepared to accept £750k for him - that's someone who was a regular selection as an attacking player for a team that may have been relegated, but actually had a record which would have seen them finish thirteenth. The sheer lack of deals being done and figures like those I've quoted suggest a very depressed market in the Football League and I'm not sure that there will be many clubs below the upper echelons of the Championship who will be willing to spend seven figure sums on a goalkeeper.
A couple of things about City goalkeepers, are those writing off Joe Day basing their opinion on one game at Wigan or are they also going by what they saw of him at Newport? I thought Day was good at League 2 level, in County's FA Cup runs and, by all accounts, he did well in League One last season in a struggling AFC Wimbledon team. Also, I rated George Ratcliffe as City's best keeper with the ball at his feet when he was 16 or 17 - the mistakes I saw him make in that department were all to do with him being over confident because he was so comfortable with having to build from the back.

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Wigan is a fire sale, they need all the cash in they can get by 31st August or they go to the wall. It will be interesting what happens but if we can swap Etheridge for Lowe, that would represent good business for me.

Re Day, he can't kick. At all. Technically he's an absolute shambles. I don't know enough about his goalkeeping, I don't think he had too much of a chance with the Wigan goals but others on here thought he could have saved one or two.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Wigan is a fire sale, they need all the cash in they can get by 31st August or they go to the wall. It will be interesting what happens but if we can swap Etheridge for Lowe, that would represent good business for me.

Re Day, he can't kick. At all. Technically he's an absolute shambles. I don't know enough about his goalkeeping, I don't think he had too much of a chance with the Wigan goals but others on here thought he could have saved one or two.

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If we're looking to cut wages it makes total sense to let Etheridge go. Isn't there also a rule about emergency goalkeep loans outside the normal window if we're really stuck?

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Originally Posted by PhyllisStant

If we're looking to cut wages it makes total sense to let Etheridge go. Isn't there also a rule about emergency goalkeep loans outside the normal window if we're really stuck?

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We're not allowed to have any available senior keepers. I'm guessing that would include Ratcliffe as well.

Raft of clubs is agent or club talk, only Brum has been mentioned, Bournemouth and Derby interested in Marshall perhaps we are asking too much?

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Originally Posted by Ianto13

Raft of clubs is agent or club talk, only Brum has been mentioned, Bournemouth and Derby interested in Marshall perhaps we are asking too much?

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David Marshall has completed a move to Derby County this afternoon

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Originally Posted by olderblue

Pack, Murphy Flint would be way ahead of the list before Etheridge in my view
Now it may be that he wants away anyway to guarantee first team football which I can understand
In that case I would let Day go as well and make an all out effort to resign Marshall

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We should hang on to Murphy, now we've signed Moore. He might be able to get his head to some of Murphy's wayward crosses.

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Originally Posted by tforturton

We should hang on to Murphy, now we've signed Moore. He might be able to get his head to some of Murphy's wayward crosses.

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we should hang onto him because if he has a good season he's one of the only players who will have any kind of residual value next summer

Some other thread touched on this....but cannot find......who was the last keeper to move into first team contention.
Pretty sure it was Dilwyn John...short for a keeper but VERY good. I last saw him at Chelsea when we lost 6-0 (think it was 5-0 at half time....)...and Bobby Tambling hit the bar from thirty five yards to make it seven....

After that he didn't figure much....even though none of the goals were his fault...

An interesting read.....https://longballfootball.wordpress.c...squad-1961-62/

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Originally Posted by Maurice Swan

Some other thread touched on this....but cannot find......who was the last keeper to move into first team contention.
Pretty sure it was Dilwyn John...short for a keeper but VERY good. I last saw him at Chelsea when we lost 6-0 (think it was 5-0 at half time....)...and Bobby Tambling hit the bar from thirty five yards to make it seven....

After that he didn't figure much....even though none of the goals were his fault...

An interesting read.....https://longballfootball.wordpress.c...squad-1961-62/

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15 Welshmen in that squad, those were the days! That was my third season of watching the City. My first game was in our Promotion season, us old codgers had to wait a long time to see promotion back to the top division !

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/bi...ecent-arrival/

Birmingham City reportedly remain keen on signing Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge after their interest in Charlton Athletic’s Dillon Phillips has cooled.

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Originally Posted by Maurice Swan

Some other thread touched on this....but cannot find......who was the last keeper to move into first team contention.
Pretty sure it was Dilwyn John...short for a keeper but VERY good. I last saw him at Chelsea when we lost 6-0 (think it was 5-0 at half time....)...and Bobby Tambling hit the bar from thirty five yards to make it seven....

After that he didn't figure much....even though none of the goals were his fault...

An interesting read.....https://longballfootball.wordpress.c...squad-1961-62/

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That's a good read thanks. I remember your namesake and he seemed to be a decent keeper but I think he broke his collar bone and struggled after that.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Wait til you see Joe Day :hehe:. I was at Wigan away and Jesus H Christ.

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Etheridge has been kicking badly nearly every game since he's been here not just at Wigan :hehe:

"I rated George Ratcliffe as City's best keeper with the ball at his feet when he was 16 or 17 - the mistakes I saw him make in that department were all to do with him being over confident because he was so comfortable with having to build from the back."

"Re Day, he can't kick"

We're talking about goalkeepers here. Has the world gone mad?

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

"I rated George Ratcliffe as City's best keeper with the ball at his feet when he was 16 or 17 - the mistakes I saw him make in that department were all to do with him being over confident because he was so comfortable with having to build from the back."

"Re Day, he can't kick"

We're talking about goalkeepers here. Has the world gone mad?

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keep up

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Originally Posted by Rjk

keep up

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Goalies have to do keepy-upies now?

It's just crazy!

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

Goalies have to do keepy-upies now?

It's just crazy!

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And wasn't Glen Campbell working on a remake of one of his famous songs just before he died. The Wichita Referee's Assistant almost finished, I believe.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

And wasn't Glen Campbell working on a remake of one of his famous songs just before he died. The Wichita Referee's Assistant almost finished, I believe.

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I think he got in trouble with the FA first one for admitting he was working for the County. Not sure if it was Notts, Stockport, Derby or Newport but still, it's not on!

Looks like the raft may have sunk, as Birmingham sign two keepers, including a #1 from Espanyol. Karanka going big, that'll be his 8th signing.

Can’t see the word “raft” in the article, “clutch” is there and so is “number of clubs on red alert”. Anyway, he’s probably going which is just as well in these cash strapped times. Hopefully the vast amount of interested suggested by the article will lead to a bidding war. Let’s face it, we need to free up some cash to pay for Category 1 Academy status, Steve McPhail the Director of Football and a sh*te winger from Derby County as suggested in other threads.

what happened to the many millions chatter we could have got for him,seems many moons ago.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-city-18874027

Neil Harris admits a Cardiff City goalkeeper must leave after Birmingham City make contact with Neil Etheridge