VillaChris Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 A shame, always liked Brad. I can only conclude Sherwood had doubts initally, Man. City game gave him an excuse to drop and he also feels Guzan is too closely associated with the Lambert era so wants to make as much of a break as possible from that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) **** ridiculous decision, if true. Hardly a surprise. His exit was a formality as soon as our interest in Begović was confirmed. Edited June 27, 2015 by Isa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) I don't have a problem with Brad going as long as someone better is brought in to replace him. The same goes for every player at the club. Guzan is at an age and a stage in his career where he is not going to want to hang around and be a number 2 again so it makes perfect sense that if we do bring in what the manager thinks is a better keeper that Guzan will then move on. Edited June 27, 2015 by markavfc40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Replacing Guzan will only ever make sense if we get decent replacements/additions wherever they are needed in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Sherwood is willing to stick his neck on the line and make the big decisions certain other managers wouldn't. He obviously thinks to get up the table we need a better first-choice goalkeeper, fine, go get one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Gutted if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I actually think this will be good move all round. Guzan to get a fresh start and we get IMO a better keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Guzan is good but there are many better keepers in the PL and Begovic is one of them....no player bigger than the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 If this is true, then despite my main concerns regarding budget and misdirected funds, I'd also like to point out we'd be losing one of the most important/influential players in the squad. Although it's been an awful few years, most people would acknowledge that at different times over that period, Guzan, Vlaar, Delph and Benteke have been the spine that hat have kept us up. We could realistically lose all four this summer and how that can't fill people with dread is beyond me. It's this that highlights we are still a slowly sinking ship, why arent we replacing the average/poor players rather than patching up significant departures? If it's true of course. But a bit tired of depressing rumours rather than inspiring ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Let's hold on a minute....Begovic is unlikely to sign. I'm fine with Guzan moving on if it's a keeper of his standard e.g. someone who's been a regular in the prem for 4-5 years. If it's just some young kid from abroad or some bloke from the championship like that Brentford keeper who was linked a few weeks ago then no I wouldn't be confident with that and Given as back up. It depends on the standard of replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Wouldn't be surprised to see Guzan sold first and then we fail to sign Begovic, such is the stupidity of our club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw_nuff Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If true this is shambolic. Brad is a much better keeper than he's given credit for and has been a model professional. One bad patch and he's shipped out when we have a whole crock of shit playing in front of him. If he does move on I'm sure he'll prove his worth elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hes really not that good. Hes a nice bloke and a decent keeper if we want to progress we need to make less mistakes at the back and Begovic will be a great start to that if he's Brads replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I don't think anyone is saying he's too good to be replaced, it's just a case of it being such a low priority. Especially if it impacts on budget. We more urgently would be better improving on Cissokho, Richardson, Hutton, Cleverley, Sanchez, NZogbia,Gabby and Weimann of just the players who played large parts of the season. I'd personally argue that we'd make greater improvements as a team if we even tried to improve on 'good' players such as Baker, Okore and Westwood than replace Guzan. The realistic replacements for, certainly anyone in that first group, would have a far greater impact on our progress next season than replacing Guzan. It's not that he can't, or even shouldn't, be replaced it's just that is completely the wrong area to be focusing on unless you're 100% sure it won't impact on the more vital areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Gutted if true. Why? I'm impressed that people still have heroes these days. I like Brad, I think he's a decent keeper. I think we overrated him a touch a couple of years back, but there's nowt wrong with that, it's called being a fan and I'll be annoyed if we don't replace him with somebody better. But it's kind of exciting, signing a keeper is a huge deal, they are the fulcrum of your defensive strategy. Maybe Brad just doesn't fit in with what the manager wants, who really knows, but I'll wish Brad all the best and thanks for the good times no doubt. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 To be fair, there are no actual quotes or other teams linked in that article . . . obviously we're looking for a new keeper, but we may well fail to find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm prepared to trust Sherwood with his decision on this but It'll be a sad day if Guzan leaves. One of only a few players who have come out of the Lambert era who have done us proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) Would be another bad call by Tim if true. Replacing Guzan would cost us a decent wedge (unless we can pull something special off), that money would be better served being invested in higher priority areas. Guzan is solid at this level. Edited June 28, 2015 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Not really bothered. I've become a bit bored of Guzan. He's slowly getting worse after a great year during Lambert's first season and with how abysmal our defence has been for the past 4/5 years I'm happy to see changes to it. Would be another bad call by Tim if true. Replacing Guzan would cost us a decent wedge (unless we can pull something special off), that money would be better served being invested in higher priority areas. Guzan is solid at this level. Another bad call? What are the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Not really bothered. I've become a bit bored of Guzan. He's slowly getting worse after a great year during Lambert's first season and with how abysmal our defence has been for the past 4/5 years I'm happy to see changes to it. Would be another bad call by Tim if true. Replacing Guzan would cost us a decent wedge (unless we can pull something special off), that money would be better served being invested in higher priority areas. Guzan is solid at this level. Another bad call? What are the others? Are you seriously trying to reignite the 'free Gil' campaign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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