weedman Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 1 hour ago, VillaAlex said: He was in the Man Utd youth team for years. Did he have an Italian coach there? If not it's all a bit odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 11 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Well he is never going to play for us again. That was a waste of time wasn't it? Sums up about 90% of our signings over the last couple of years. I know not all signings work out but our success rate must be one of the worst in global football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Shame tbh as I rate Gollini. Hope he goes on to have a good career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommybread Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 6 hours ago, weedman said: Did he have an Italian coach there? If not it's all a bit odd No he didn't. He was only here for 2 years and barely played tbh. Johnstone was always first choice and rated much higher. Gollini was honestly lucky to be 3rd choice most of the time, also being behind Amos and Sutherland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 16 hours ago, bobzy said: I'm more surprised by the vitriol he's getting for this. He obviously asked to work with an Italian goalkeeping coach before he joined - which we hired. Our managerial regime has since changed and we don't have an Italian goalkeeping coach. Gollini doesn't want to work like that and asks to move away - his request is granted. It's an odd request but I can't really see what anyone has done "wrong" here. a. he has aired it in public b. he comes across a diva because he doesnt want to change Real Madrid or Barcelona call him tomorrow to sign he isnt going to say I will only go if you have an Italian goalkeeper coach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 8 hours ago, Zatman said: a. he has aired it in public b. he comes across a diva because he doesnt want to change Real Madrid or Barcelona call him tomorrow to sign he isnt going to say I will only go if you have an Italian goalkeeper coach Yeah, he probably wouldn't. It was obviously something he asked for here, though? I mean, something that was fundamental to him coming to the club got sacked off. I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Odd request in the first place, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, bobzy said: Odd request in the first place, of course. It is an absolutely ridiculous request in fairness especially so as when he would have been approached about coming I am sure the goalkeeping coach was already in place and was Italian so this suggests he wanted assurances that would remain the case. No club knows what is going to happen going forward and can give cast iron assurances beyond a few weeks as to how long a manager and his coaching team will be in place and certainly can’t guarantee what nationality any replacements will be. The whole thing wreaks of bullshit to me. I think Gollini has had his nose put out of place because the new manager dropped him for Bunn and then brought in Johnstone at the earliest opportunity and he has come out with a load of crap regarding the nationality of the coach as to why he wanted out when the reality on the face of it appears to be that he wasn’t rated here. Edited January 27, 2017 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 ^possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, markavfc40 said: The whole things wreaks of bullshit to me. I think Gollini has had his nose put out of place because the new manager dropped him for Bunn and then brought in Johnstone at the earliest opportunity and he has come out with a load of crap regarding the nationality of the coach as to why he wanted out when the reality on the face of it appears to be that he wasn’t rated here. In which case I still don't understand why people are hating on him - if he's been pushed and come out with a reason that solely reflects on him, rather than the club, surely that's commendable? Odd. All odd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy_Lion Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) It's hard for any player to express their feelings publically these days. Right or wrong, if a player comes out with a statement they tend to get judged on it very quickly. I think with Gollini it was probably just an off the cuff remark out of frustration of it not working out how he planned at villa. Just take these sort of things with a pinch of salt, we don't know the ins and outs. I'm not saying forget it, just don't be too quick to jump on the hate wagon. Edited January 27, 2017 by Grumpy_Lion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 46 minutes ago, bobzy said: In which case I still don't understand why people are hating on him - if he's been pushed and come out with a reason I don’t know if fans are hating on him. I am certainly not. I just think the issue around the coaching set up here is just a kop out by him when I believe he left simply because he had been dropped for 4 games, then saw another keeper come in and go straight into the side and simply wanted out as his playing prospects were then poor. There was no need for the comments about being unhappy about the training regime here. In the grand scheme of things this is pointless though I guess. Bottom line is he wanted out and I doubt he will ever return. Hopefully we can recoup most of the 4 mill we spent on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I think he had it a bit tough here. Yea he made a few mistakes, but he also saved us quite a few times. There were a few saves he made that were great. I think he deserved more than 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Dont let the door hit you on the way out sweetheart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Czechlad said: I think he had it a bit tough here. Yea he made a few mistakes, but he also saved us quite a few times. There were a few saves he made that were great. I think he deserved more than 6 months. i cant really remember that many games that he saved us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted January 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2017 i think we might live to regret this one. I see this guy being something similar to de gea at united. He needs time to grow and he will be a world class keeper one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I honestly think he will be a top goalkeeper one day. It's a shame it didnt work out, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Who knows, maybe Johnstone can be our Tom Heaton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 If he does stay in Italy by showing by his performances that he is worth what we then want for him I would want a decent sell-on clause from the buying club as well because I think he is young enough to iron out his flaws with the help of a goalkeeping coach from Italy or from anywhere else come to think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: I honestly think he will be a top goalkeeper one day. It's a shame it didnt work out, Not sure how so many people are jumping to this conclusion. I never saw him do anything special for us this season at all. He looked like a woeful keeper at the start of the season and then improved to just be okay. Did he ever even get an MOTM award? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted January 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2017 Cost us points. With the problems we had with keepers to bring in such an inexperienced keeper was a ridiculous decision from RDM , it was an early warning sign for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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