SuperSAINT Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Well, it's an easy headline for The Sun. So that's something. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 So…Willys going to fill the hole. 😳 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Sounds like it's a done deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 "Willy Caballero set for Southampton medical tomorrow ahead of signing a short-term deal following injuries to Alex McCarthy and Fraser Forster. The 40-year-old Argentine has been training with AFC Wimbledon to keep himself fit and key figures at the club acted quickly to wrap up a deal on Sunday. Caballero was keen to join as soon as he heard about the opportunity and one of the key attractions for Southampton was that his style will fit into the club’s goalkeeping playbook." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Good stop gap signing this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy the Kidd Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 13 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said: "Willy Caballero set for Southampton medical tomorrow ahead of signing a short-term deal following injuries to Alex McCarthy and Fraser Forster. The 40-year-old Argentine has been training with AFC Wimbledon to keep himself fit and key figures at the club acted quickly to wrap up a deal on Sunday. Caballero was keen to join as soon as he heard about the opportunity and one of the key attractions for Southampton was that his style will fit into the club’s goalkeeping playbook." Has anyone got a copy of our goalkeeping playbook? Actually, has Ralph even asked our GKs to read it? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy the Kidd Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 That said, very happy with this, am I alone thinking he may actually be better than what we already have at the club? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 1 minute ago, Billy the Kidd said: Has anyone got a copy of our goalkeeping playbook? Actually, has Ralph even asked our GKs to read it? It was written by Jeffrey Archer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 7 minutes ago, Billy the Kidd said: That said, very happy with this, am I alone thinking he may actually be better than what we already have at the club? Nope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 22 minutes ago, Billy the Kidd said: That said, very happy with this, am I alone thinking he may actually be better than what we already have at the club? Hope so. Just hope he's fully fit and not too rusty needing a few weeks to get up to speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 23 minutes ago, Billy the Kidd said: That said, very happy with this, am I alone thinking he may actually be better than what we already have at the club? No you’re not, he’s certainly no worse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Hopefully he's fit and doesn't have any injury issues. I'd hate to see Willy getting too stiff and having to be pulled off at half time. 3 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Good signing. Certainly no worse than what we’ve got, but almost likely better than what we’ve got. Amazed to see he’s been training with AFC Wimbledon, how bizarre, out of all the places you could train! Feel like we should delve into the free agent market more for players of experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 4 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: Good signing. Certainly no worse than what we’ve got, but almost likely better than what we’ve got. Amazed to see he’s been training with AFC Wimbledon, how bizarre, out of all the places you could train! Feel like we should delve into the free agent market more for players of experience. I don't know where exactly they train but geographically, he's not far from Chelsea's Cobham training ground, where he'd been going to work for the last four years. He's been in England for a good while now, so unless he was particularly homesick it all makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 8 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said: Good signing. Certainly no worse than what we’ve got, but almost likely better than what we’ve got. Amazed to see he’s been training with AFC Wimbledon, how bizarre, out of all the places you could train! Feel like we should delve into the free agent market more for players of experience. Given Caballero's age age maybe Kelvin will be filling the bench to avoid any generation gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Have to say that 40 is pretty old, I hope he's still got it. He's good with his feet if I remember rightly, so will fit with the style Ralph wants to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 What's the purpose of us having Lewis around the place as 3rd choice if he's not going to play when the 1st and 2nd choice can't? Seems completely pointless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 44 minutes ago, Badger said: Hope so. Just hope he's fully fit and not too rusty needing a few weeks to get up to speed. We won’t see him until New Years Day - “as he will need to be conditioned into the way we play”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 9 minutes ago, egg said: What's the purpose of us having Lewis around the place as 3rd choice if he's not going to play when the 1st and 2nd choice can't? Seems completely pointless. I would assume he was signed as one for the future, as a 17 year old, and is basically third choice by default. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 1 minute ago, Lighthouse said: I would assume he was signed as one for the future, as a 17 year old, and is basically third choice by default. That must be right, but I have a feeling his contract was extended last summer. It seems his 3rd place duties are to fill the bench when we have nobody else, but never be trusted to actually play. Bizarre use of wages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 Let's hope this man can work miracles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 5 December, 2021 Share Posted 5 December, 2021 15 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said: We won’t see him until New Years Day - “as he will need to be conditioned into the way we play”. Er, no. We haven't got any fit goalkeepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 I give it 20 minutes into the Arsenal game before he gets written off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 11 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said: I give it 20 minutes into the Arsenal game before he gets written off He should be honoured if we let him set foot on the pitch before we write him off... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 16 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said: I give it 20 hours before the Arsenal game before he gets written off Fixed it for you (this is Saintsweb we're talking about here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 2 hours ago, trousers said: Fixed it for you (this is Saintsweb we're talking about here) Willy out! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far que Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 willy is in always good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 He should stiffen us up at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 Jesus Wept. Must mean the other two are out for a decent time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 1 hour ago, skintsaint said: Jesus Wept. Must mean the other two are out for a decent time. Good they have both been shocking fir a while now and for some reason the manager insists on playing the worst of the two! Willy will have to be shocking to be worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 7 hours ago, Pamplemousse said: I give it 20 minutes into the Arsenal game before he gets written off 7 hours ago, trousers said: Fixed it for you (this is Saintsweb we're talking about here) Yes but according to SaintsWeb rules, every single player that gets slagged off and written off at the beginning then goes on to prove absolutely everyone wrong because Sadio Mane or something. In recent years this process has become shorter and shorter, with Lycano possibly the shortest ever time from write off to comprehensively proving absolutely everyone wrong. So I predict three days after the first "written off" the victory laps of "I told you so" will begin. Willy cannot fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 9 hours ago, Billy the Kidd said: Has anyone got a copy of our goalkeeping playbook? Actually, has Ralph even asked our GKs to read it? IT says something about dot bother covering the near post as we will have someone on the post/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 9 hours ago, egg said: What's the purpose of us having Lewis around the place as 3rd choice if he's not going to play when the 1st and 2nd choice can't? Seems completely pointless. It could be a Caceres/Stephens situation where we believe Harry Lewis is the new Peter Schmicheal so keep an obviously much better more experienced player on the bench to prove it. Remember We don’t buy success we breed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammysaint93 Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 Free Willy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 9 hours ago, Lighthouse said: I would assume he was signed as one for the future, as a 17 year old, and is basically third choice by default. He's now 23 and has played a full season on loan as first choice Dundee United, it's a huge show of no confidence that we're not willing to give him a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Corbyn Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 8 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: He's now 23 and has played a full season on loan as first choice Dundee United, it's a huge show of no confidence that we're not willing to give him a go. Yeah, very odd. What happened at Dundee? To have a full season in the Scottish Championship at 19/20 years old is reasonably promising and then it just looks like he came back to Southampton to stagnate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 Hope he's focussing on his football and not fannying around. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 Good to see the club moving quickly to being in an experienced glovesman anyway. Good keeper. Surprised he’s without a club 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jeremy Corbyn said: Yeah, very odd. What happened at Dundee? To have a full season in the Scottish Championship at 19/20 years old is reasonably promising and then it just looks like he came back to Southampton to stagnate. They finished 3rd conceding 42 goals in 36 games, but he only made 30 appearances so not sure how many he conceded. There is a video of him dealing with an awkward pass back in a pretty clever way, by pulling off a diving header at the feet of the attacker to pass it to a teammate. That's the extent of his existing highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 10 hours ago, egg said: What's the purpose of us having Lewis around the place as 3rd choice if he's not going to play when the 1st and 2nd choice can't? Seems completely pointless. He's there to be the cheap match day warm up person, which is exactly what Stuart Taylor's job was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 Interesting that he has made less professional appearances since 2017 than Harry Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 7 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: They finished 3rd conceding 42 goals in 36 games, but he only made 30 appearances so not sure how many he conceded. There is a video of him dealing with an awkward pass back in a pretty clever way, by pulling off a diving header at the feet of the attacker to pass it to a teammate. That's the extent of his existing highlights. But has won more than any other player in our squad, probably all of the put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 6 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: They finished 3rd conceding 42 goals in 36 games, but he only made 30 appearances so not sure how many he conceded. There is a video of him dealing with an awkward pass back in a pretty clever way, by pulling off a diving header at the feet of the attacker to pass it to a teammate. That's the extent of his existing highlights. Just checked, 14 clean sheets in 30 appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 Just now, Turkish said: But has won more than any other player in our squad, probably all of the put together. I assume you mean Caballero, and I understand that. I'm not disappointed with his signing - he's a quality keeper, although it remains to be seen how he has aged - I just dont see the reasoning behind not using Lewis when he's not a youngster nor is he completely lacking in experience. If we aren't willing to give him games now for a few weeks, a month or two at most, we are never intending on him being in the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 4 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: I assume you mean Caballero, and I understand that. I'm not disappointed with his signing - he's a quality keeper, although it remains to be seen how he has aged - I just dont see the reasoning behind not using Lewis when he's not a youngster nor is he completely lacking in experience. If we aren't willing to give him games now for a few weeks, a month or two at most, we are never intending on him being in the first team. I agree with you but he will also be our only fit keeper so we’d need to bring one in. Will be interesting to see if he plays or not or as I said above it’s a Caceres situation with the young player being preferred over a clearly better and more experienced short term signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 14 minutes ago, Turkish said: I agree with you but he will also be our only fit keeper so we’d need to bring one in. Will be interesting to see if he plays or not or as I said above it’s a Caceres situation with the young player being preferred over a clearly better and more experienced short term signing. They will not be playing Harry Lewis in front of Caballero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 36 minutes ago, stevy777_x said: They will not be playing Harry Lewis in front of Caballero That's true, even when your as bad as us the premier league will not allow you to field two goalkeepers at the same time. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st alex Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 56 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: I assume you mean Caballero, and I understand that. I'm not disappointed with his signing - he's a quality keeper, although it remains to be seen how he has aged - I just dont see the reasoning behind not using Lewis when he's not a youngster nor is he completely lacking in experience. If we aren't willing to give him games now for a few weeks, a month or two at most, we are never intending on him being in the first team. Expect he's lacking in Premier League quality though. There's a huge gulf between the Scottish Championship and the Premier League. I'm all for giving youngsters a chance but not Jan Poortvliet style where it's at the expense of our performances, they have to actually be good enough. Tommy Forecast was also our 3rd choice/reserve goalie - doesn't mean there was any intention to ever play him in the Premier League. It looks like he stopped playing at 28 because he couldn't get game time at Chelmsford. While Lewis might be better than that he's clearly not considered Premier League quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 6 December, 2021 Share Posted 6 December, 2021 1 minute ago, st alex said: Expect he's lacking in Premier League quality though. There's a huge gulf between the Scottish Championship and the Premier League. I'm all for giving youngsters a chance but not Jan Poortvliet style where it's at the expense of our performances, they have to actually be good enough. Tommy Forecast was also our 3rd choice/reserve goalie - doesn't mean there was any intention to ever play him in the Premier League. It looks like he stopped playing at 28 because he couldn't get game time at Chelmsford. While Lewis might be better than that he's clearly not considered Premier League quality. Well then why bother having a third choice keeper at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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