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Alex McCarthy called up for England


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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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