Alex McCarthy called up for England

[Colinjb]

Just come through on my phone.

 

Errrr, really? Our reserve keeper who Palace were by all accounts happy to lose?

[Saint_Ash]

Haha! I just got it off twitter as well. Not a bad back up we have then.

[SuperSAINT]

It was the EFL Trophy penalty miss that confirmed he was England material

[Saint-Armstrong]

Here we go, just one injury away from a start for Stuart Taylor now...

[Restark19]

Dave Watsons influence?

[SuperSAINT]

Dave Watsons influence?

 

He's not part of the set-up now is he?

[SuperSAINT]

Here we go, just one injury away from a start for Stuart Taylor now...

 

I consider Taylor as understudy to Harry Lewis - It works for me

[LaptopSaint]

Good for Alex - and great moment for SFC.

[Stu Man Do]

Does this now stop the age old argument on here of having two international standard Gks in case of injury ;-)?

[beatlesaint]

Wow, never saw that coming !

good on him tho

[richardc]

I know we don't buy internationals we only make them - but that was ridiculously quick even for saints

[igsey]

I'm surprised but it makes sense when you think about it, assuming Sam wanted 3 goalkeepers:

Hart

Forster

Heaton

 

Obviously Forster has hurt himself in training, so the possible replacements would be Butland (injured), Pickford (injured), Foster (retired from internationals), Green (sh*te), Ruddy (old and likely to have retired by the World Cup)... I guess McCarthy was next in line.

[percy windham]

Ridiculous big club bias at its worst again. Hasn't even played a prem game for his club.

[trousers]

Southampton? Squad depth? My arse....

 

 

[stevegrant]

He's not part of the set-up now is he?

Nope.

 

Looking at who the other options are, and to be fair, there aren't that many:

 

Leicester - Kasper Schmeichel, Ron-Robert Zieler, Ben Hamer

Arsenal - Petr Cech, David Ospina, Emiliano Martinez, Matt Macey

Tottenham - Hugo Lloris, Michel Vorm, Pau Lopez

Man City - Claudio Bravo, Wily Caballero

Man United - David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone

Saints - Fraser Forster, Alex McCarthy, Stuart Taylor

West Ham - Adrian, Darren Randolph, Raphael Spiegel

Liverpool - Simon Mignolet, Loris Karius, Alex Manninger

Stoke - Jack Butland, Shay Given, Jakub Haugaard, Lee Grant

Chelsea - Thibaut Courtois, Asmir Begovic

Everton - Maarten Stekelenburg, Joel Robles

Swansea - Lukasz Fabianski, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Mark Birighitti, Gerhard Tremmel

Watford - Heurelho Gomes, Costel Pantilimon, Rene Gilmartin, Giedrius Arlauskis

West Brom - Ben Foster, Boaz Myhill, Jack Rose

Palace - Steve Mandanda, Wayne Hennessey, Julian Speroni

Bournemouth - Artur Boruc, Adam Federici, Ryan Allsop

Sunderland - Vito Mannone, Jordan Pickford

Burnley - Tom Heaton, Nick Pope, Paul Robinson (yes, that one)

Middlesbrough - Victor Valdes, Brad Guzan, Dimi Konstantopoulos

Hull - David Marshall, Alan McGregor, Eldin Jakupovic

 

So of 61 goalkeepers registered in PL squads this season, only 15 are English.

 

Of those, only Forster, Butland, Foster and Heaton are first-choice for their club - plus Joe Hart, assuming he'll be first pick for Torino. Butland is currently injured, and I don't think the FA are willing to consider Ben Foster anymore after he made himself unavailable for selection a few years ago.

 

Jordan Pickford might have been selected, but he's had to withdraw from the U21s through injury, and with Hart pretty much a shoo-in to play on Sunday, it's hardly worth bringing in Paul Robinson at the age of 38, who hasn't played for England since 2007. Fairly slim pickings, with all that in mind, I guess...

[once_bitterne]

Their must be quite a few English keeper starting in the Championship though.

[Pancake]

Nope.

 

Looking at who the other options are, and to be fair, there aren't that many:

 

Leicester - Kasper Schmeichel, Ron-Robert Zieler, Ben Hamer

Arsenal - Petr Cech, David Ospina, Emiliano Martinez, Matt Macey

Tottenham - Hugo Lloris, Michel Vorm, Pau Lopez

Man City - Claudio Bravo, Wily Caballero

Man United - David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone

Saints - Fraser Forster, Alex McCarthy, Stuart Taylor

West Ham - Adrian, Darren Randolph, Raphael Spiegel

Liverpool - Simon Mignolet, Loris Karius, Alex Manninger

Stoke - Jack Butland, Shay Given, Jakub Haugaard, Lee Grant

Chelsea - Thibaut Courtois, Asmir Begovic

Everton - Maarten Stekelenburg, Joel Robles

Swansea - Lukasz Fabianski, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Mark Birighitti, Gerhard Tremmel

Watford - Heurelho Gomes, Costel Pantilimon, Rene Gilmartin, Giedrius Arlauskis

West Brom - Ben Foster, Boaz Myhill, Jack Rose

Palace - Steve Mandanda, Wayne Hennessey, Julian Speroni

Bournemouth - Artur Boruc, Adam Federici, Ryan Allsop

Sunderland - Vito Mannone, Jordan Pickford

Burnley - Tom Heaton, Nick Pope, Paul Robinson (yes, that one)

Middlesbrough - Victor Valdes, Brad Guzan, Dimi Konstantopoulos

Hull - David Marshall, Alan McGregor, Eldin Jakupovic

 

So of 61 goalkeepers registered in PL squads this season, only 15 are English.

 

Of those, only Forster, Butland, Foster and Heaton are first-choice for their club - plus Joe Hart, assuming he'll be first pick for Torino. Butland is currently injured, and I don't think the FA are willing to consider Ben Foster anymore after he made himself unavailable for selection a few years ago.

 

Jordan Pickford might have been selected, but he's had to withdraw from the U21s through injury, and with Hart pretty much a shoo-in to play on Sunday, it's hardly worth bringing in Paul Robinson at the age of 38, who hasn't played for England since 2007. Fairly slim pickings, with all that in mind, I guess...

 

Somewhere near Staplewood Kelvin is kicking himself.

[New Forest Steve]

I know we don't buy internationals we only make them - but that was ridiculously quick even for saints

Got be worth 10 mil now [emoji6]

 

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[merrimd]

Really surprised we have let this happen. England have already sent our first choice back injured, it makes no sense to then send them our second choice. This could come back and bite us!!!!

[Window Cleaner]

Is Watson still the England goalkeeping coach ?

[trousers]

Dave Watsons influence?

 

He's not part of the set-up now is he?

 

Nope.

 

Is Watson still the England goalkeeping coach ?

 

Keep up....

[wild-saint]

so let me get this right. Can we consider our transfer business even better as we also signed an England International. Are people less whelmed?

[The9]

so let me get this right. Can we consider our transfer business even better as we also signed an England International. Are people less whelmed?

 

We signed a non-international and turned him into an international and hiked his value in a matter of weeks, pretty much the plan generally.

[Horley CTFC Saint]

Should get him a transfer to Scousehampton in the summer...

[david in sweden]

so......?..is McCarthy really much better than anone thinks?...or is Sam really desperate? Er.. don't bother to answer that .

[The9]

Should get him a transfer to Scousehampton in the summer...

 

Hasn't he got to score against them at Anfield first?

[shurlock]

Hasn't he got to score against them at Anfield first?

 

You mean like Lallana, Lambert and Clyne did?

[Master Bates]

Is it true there's a clause in his contract saying we have to pay more if he gets an England call up?

 

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[Badger]

Good luck to McCarthy but the fact England have to call up a GK who seldom featured last season and is our current reserve goes to show the limited options of quality available now.

[Mallagroth]

lol well he has got to at least be happy at his decision to sign for us. Good sign for our teams England eligible players going forward...

[Lighthouse]

You mean like Lallana, Lambert and Clyne did?

 

Wasn't it Clyne, Lovren and Mané who scored at Anfield? The other two were at St Mary's.

 

They need Pelle and J Rod for the full set if my memory serves me correctly.

[Badger]

lol well he has got to at least be happy at his decision to sign for us. Good sign for our teams England eligible players going forward...

 

Bet JWP is sat by the phone...

[Mutt Le Tiss]

Got be worth 10 mil now [emoji6]

 

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Liverpool are keeping tabs on him I believe :-)

[david in sweden]

Alex in the England squad-----WOW !...even if he never has to put on the gloves, it's tripled his valution already !

[krissyboy31]

Play in the JPT/FLT for Saints, get an international call up!! Lambert, Lallana, Fonte. Schneiderlin, Antonio and fastest of all McCarthy.

[John Boy Saint]

I thought Pickford looked pretty good last weekend, but I guess he has had a call from Mr Moyes to fall over and feel a bit queezy as Sunderland have injury issues with Mannone.