The goalkeeper situation

Stephen230 said:
I can’t think of a single instance where a manager has successfully rotated goalkeepers.

England tried it briefly with Shilton and Clemence in the 80s and it was soon dropped. Brighton have apparently been doing it a bit this season. But it doesn’t look like it’s doing them much good.

No matter how similar in quality they might be, the manager must always slightly think one is better than the other at any given time.

Ederson is No. 1 and I’m 99% sure he will be next season. If Ortega can’t live with that then off he pops and we find someone else as backup.
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I think Pep did it well with Bravo and Ter Stege. One played in the cups including Champions League and the other was mainly the league keeper.
 
Given he'll only have 12 months left but is only 31 (which is possibly peak age for a goalie) what sort of fee has been bandied about?
 
If Ortega goes, I hope he doesn't. A curveball would be an ex premier league goalie training locally and without a club. Be gentle and considerate with the pile on.
Tin hat on;-)
 
no goalkeeper has ever won more English top flight league titles than Ederson!
 
bluemanchester said:
If Ortega goes, I hope he doesn't. A curveball would be an ex premier league goalie training locally and without a club. Be gentle and considerate with the pile on.
Tin hat on;-)
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Saw some alpacas in Alderley Edge last weekend, so possibly still in the vicinity

Never been great with his hooves though
 
Ridiculous post. There Is no better keeper than ederson for our system. Ortega is not on his level.
 
Stephen230 said:
I can’t think of a single instance where a manager has successfully rotated goalkeepers.

England tried it briefly with Shilton and Clemence in the 80s and it was soon dropped. Brighton have apparently been doing it a bit this season. But it doesn’t look like it’s doing them much good.

No matter how similar in quality they might be, the manager must always slightly think one is better than the other at any given time.

Ederson is No. 1 and I’m 99% sure he will be next season. If Ortega can’t live with that then off he pops and we find someone else as backup.
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As you mentioned, Brighton are the best example who have rotated completely evenly split between Verbruggen and Steele. Crystal Palace have rotated keepers this season, mainly between Johnstone and Henderson.

Arsenal planned to do it this season, if you take Arteta for his word, but it didn't work out that way. Newcastle did it a bit further back in multiple seasons.

Burnley kinda have this season but also more genuinely did it under Dyche when they had three England internationals (Heaton, Pope, and Hart), and another time when they had two England internationals and a Northern Ireland international (Heaton, Pope, and Peacock-Farrell), all getting game time in goal.

We've had dilemmas in the past, and in those situations we either opted for a complete 1st choice, or just given the number 2 enough time as not to complain. Given vs Hart, Hart vs Pantilimon, Hart vs Caballero.

Ortega Moreno is very strong, Ederson is world class. I'm sure that the ever-growing schedule gets on top of Eddy sometimes, just as it does with our (other) outfield players. A somewhat even split between Eddy and Ortega Moreno could work out brilliantly, or could go south. I recon it's worth trying out though. Pep can always have a chat with his mate on the south coast and ask him what it's like.
 
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