feck! How did he go there from Sunderland?! Injuries?
Craig Gordon
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So Britain's second most expensive goalie after Dave De Gea is now supposedly the second choice keep for Dumbarton in the Scottish first div.
Damn!
Definitely United quality!!
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With a decline that fast, I wouldn't be surprised if he did.
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Must have broken down mentally or have a serious medical condition. He used to be a perfectly adequate prem keeper.
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He was definitely a similar standard to what Simon Mignolet is now. Real shame that he's fallen this far.
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Right now,I doubt there's a better keeper in the EPL than Craig Gordon.
Perhaps Van der Saar, perhaps Cech ... the rest, wouldn't put them in the same category for various reasons ... Friedel I feel is still excellent, as is Howard on their days but they're just not getting to certain shots these days.
Too many people rating players based on what they think they know rather than what they actually see, and then again you need to know what you're looking for.
Well at least i'm not the only one. Although i wouldnt care if i was. I feel that time will change peoples opinions. All Gordon needs is the platform of a bigger stage.
Outside of scotland and all that stuff, for the national team he's our only World CLass player, he's that good for us. He's won sunderland games this season, their fans are hailing Roy Keane even NOW for signing him and that was for 9mil.
If he signed for United i could see all the panic and negativity at first but it'd soon turn around and you would be hailing him as the best in the league in no time.
As i say, time will tell, he's coming into his own now and will only get better still. Anyone comparing anyone outside of Cech or Reina to him arent paying much attention in my opinion.
And this is it in a nutshell ... a very very composed and assured keeper, and it is this that allows him to always keep his concentration levels right up there. He's not a 'busy' keeper like Hart, Reina, and Casillas. I think this busy-ness tends to impress a lot of folks but really these three are actually quite susceptible to poor decision-making and hence errors ... good keepers mind, especially the former two.
You can count the number of mistakes he's made for Sunderland in three years on one hand ... he really is very consistent, and some of his shot-stopping is RIGHT up there with the very best, ever.
He's be a steal at 12 mill.
showing that you know nothing isn;t really an opinion either.
His injury record isn;t an issue. His arm was broken twice, not exactly his fault. Brave goalkeeping resulting in bad injuries. Before that he has been a very healthy keeper.
He's better than VDS. He'll prove it, wait and see. I really hope he goes to United. I wonder what your opinion would be if he did end up at United and proved to be as good as I and a few others think he is or know he is in my case.
I would say VDS is better for us, while Gordon is better for Sunderland. VDS is astonishingly good with his feet, which is needed for us who play the ball out from the back so regularly. Gordon is a better shot stopper, an ability that is more often needed at Sunderland.
Well it would help, because then you could actually have an informed opinion about his abilities as a keeper rather than something based on what you've read from others on the internet.
Not good enough? On what grounds?
His "injury record" as you put it was down to him doing his job. 2 broken arms is hardly injury prone.
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Are you saying you think VDS is a better shot stopper than Gordon currently?
He's a very good shot stopper, makes things look easy, but I would put him behind Gordon, Cech, Reina, Foster and Howard in the Premier league in that particular aspect in his goalkeeping.
Foster and Howard are nothing like Gordon ... if anything Gordon is a younger, and potentially better version of VDS.
As I'm in the mood for calling people out the above posters should be ashamed of themselves.
Hang your heads in shame, the lot of you.
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Why would you feel the need to do that exactly?
He was once very promising and people recognised that. Big fecking deal. What happened next wasnt exactly something that was in anyway predictable?
He was once very promising and people recognised that. Big fecking deal. What happened next wasnt exactly something that was in anyway predictable?
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It was a different Craig Gordon, gimps.
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He doesn't have a team. I'm pretty sure he's just coaching at Dumbarton. He's on the panel on BBC Scotland's SPL highlights.
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Why would you feel the need to do that exactly?
He was once very promising and people recognised that. Big fecking deal. What happened next wasnt exactly something that was in anyway predictable?
It was because his injury record was brought up time and again in this thread. It should also have been clear to anybody who watched him play that he was never a better shot stopper than even a VDS heading toward retirement.
Never good enough to play here and now a free agent according to wiki.
Oh how the average have fallen!
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Did he lose both his arms or something?
Close. Broken arms and an ACL
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Gordon set to hang up gloves
Former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon may be forced into an early retirement by a persistent knee injury.
Craig Gordon: Hints at early retirement
The 30-year-old became the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of British football in 2007 when the Black Cats paid Hearts £9m for his services - but his career has since been hampered by several serious injuries.
Two broken arms and the knee problem plagued the latter years of his stay at the Stadium of Light, and he has been without a club this season - seen most recently in a coaching capacity at Dumbarton.
The Scotland international said: "It's very unlikely I will be playing again this season. In fact I'm not sure if I'll play again, so I'm looking to get into coaching as I want to remain in the game.
"I'm not ruling out playing again, but I need to get things in place if the news is not good in that respect. I've had a couple of surgeries on it, but it's definitely not back to 100 per cent yet.
"Hopefully I can get back to playing with a bit of pain. It's about getting to a stage where I can get what I need to out of the knee.
"That's part of the reason I wanted to go into coaching, you don't know when the end might come for playing. I'm certainly not ready to throw in the towel just yet but it's been a long time and I don't know where I'll be going in the future."
Former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon may be forced into an early retirement by a persistent knee injury.
Craig Gordon: Hints at early retirement
The 30-year-old became the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of British football in 2007 when the Black Cats paid Hearts £9m for his services - but his career has since been hampered by several serious injuries.
Two broken arms and the knee problem plagued the latter years of his stay at the Stadium of Light, and he has been without a club this season - seen most recently in a coaching capacity at Dumbarton.
The Scotland international said: "It's very unlikely I will be playing again this season. In fact I'm not sure if I'll play again, so I'm looking to get into coaching as I want to remain in the game.
"I'm not ruling out playing again, but I need to get things in place if the news is not good in that respect. I've had a couple of surgeries on it, but it's definitely not back to 100 per cent yet.
"Hopefully I can get back to playing with a bit of pain. It's about getting to a stage where I can get what I need to out of the knee.
"That's part of the reason I wanted to go into coaching, you don't know when the end might come for playing. I'm certainly not ready to throw in the towel just yet but it's been a long time and I don't know where I'll be going in the future."
Has signed for Celtic. Won't oust Forster but he can probably do some coaching while he is there and get the odd game. Really feel for him as he was brilliant on his day.
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As others said good keeper on his day. Sadly injuries played their part.
Keiron Westwood is on a free.. Celtic could have had him
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