Mic09 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: That’s because he plays for United and is Argentinian. In reality, I’d much prefer Heaton between the sticks. That's because he is English and plays for Villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, Teale's 'tache said: Considering neither has particularly played many games the last few years, who knows?! That's true. With Heaton I always have a feeling we have a solid keeper. Whenever I watched Romero he seemed like a solid keeper that can do that bit extra that elite keepers do these days. So it's a biased opinion of mine but it would be great to see these two fight for No1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 22 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Romero is better than Heaton. Discuss. If he's still the player he was during his starting run at Sampdoria, then yes. Can't really know if that's the case, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, the_eristic said: If he's still the player he was during his starting run at Sampdoria, then yes. Can't really know if that's the case, though. Same with Heaton as we don't know how he will recover after his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mic09 said: That's true. With Heaton I always have a feeling we have a solid keeper. Whenever I watched Romero he seemed like a solid keeper that can do that bit extra that elite keepers do these days. So it's a biased opinion of mine but it would be great to see these two fight for No1. I have not seen much of Romero tbh, does this bolded bit mean he has good distribution and is good with his feet, helps build from the back and keep possesion etc? If so, then that is what we need if we want to be passing the ball out again. Also on the plus side if he signs, it is one more player in front of Nyland ever having to play in goal for us again. Therefore I am all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 What other examples are there of keepers that have spent ages on the bench then transition back into a Number 1? There must be some. Hart - Not Really Heaton - Was he #1 at Burnley before he signed? If not it wasnt for long I guess Begovic - That worked out badly for Bournemouth I think Foster - How long was he a #2 for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 If we can get rid of Nyland and Kalinic, that'll probably cover the majority of Romero's wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said: I'd say let's sign him 1st then see what he is like, then decide. Steady on now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted September 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2020 So have we signed him or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarryOnVilla Posted September 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2020 40 minutes ago, AVTuco said: So have we signed him or what? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Djemba_Villan said: What other examples are there of keepers that have spent ages on the bench then transition back into a Number 1? There must be some. Hart - Not Really Heaton - Was he #1 at Burnley before he signed? If not it wasnt for long I guess Begovic - That worked out badly for Bournemouth I think Foster - How long was he a #2 for? Keylor Navas springs to mind. Granted his spells on the bench weren't as long as Romero's Edited September 3, 2020 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Guzan. Wish he'd stayed on the bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Given was on the bench for a season at Man. City before joining us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I was reading many good things about Romero yesterday that convinced me to look past the fact he's been back-up since birth then, someone said that they rated him better than De Gea and it dawned on me he cannot get a game over him at league level and it filled me with doubt again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 also wasn't there a period when Arsenal had 2 good GKs? Fabianski and Szczesny? Logically that would mean one went from being #2 to a succesful #1 elsewhere as im sure both went on to do very well at Swansea and Juve respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Villarocker said: I was reading many good things about Romero yesterday that convinced me to look past the fact he's been back-up since birth then, someone said that they rated him better than De Gea and it dawned on me he cannot get a game over him at league level and it filled me with doubt again. I commented earlier that I saw nothing but positive comments from Man U fans about him. Some also noted that they felt he was unfairly treated by the club. Re DeGea, I wouldn't look into that too much. Man U are almost forced to persist with him because of the ridiculous amount of money he is on, they HAVE to almost insist he will get back to his best form again. Dropping him for 2nd/3rd choice keeper probably would not help his confidence. Edited September 3, 2020 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 He’s had a strange career - Only 258 club appearances for a 33 year old, but 96 international caps. Always looked a decent keeper to me, and for £8m it’s good business as having him and Heaton fighting it out for the number 1 jersey is more than good enough for us. Fingers crossed this one goes through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Wezbid said: If we can get rid of Nyland and Kalinic, that'll probably cover the majority of Romero's wages. I imagine hell be getting a signing on fee or payoff to cover the remainder of his contract and then accept lower wages with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk-villa Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Djemba_Villan said: What other examples are there of keepers that have spent ages on the bench then transition back into a Number 1? There must be some. Hart - Not Really Heaton - Was he #1 at Burnley before he signed? If not it wasnt for long I guess Begovic - That worked out badly for Bournemouth I think Foster - How long was he a #2 for? Steve Ogrizovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Djemba_Villan said: What other examples are there of keepers that have spent ages on the bench then transition back into a Number 1? There must be some. Hart - Not Really Heaton - Was he #1 at Burnley before he signed? If not it wasnt for long I guess Begovic - That worked out badly for Bournemouth I think Foster - How long was he a #2 for? Bosnich? Had a few seasons at Manure as an understudy....does he count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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