I fear so.
Justin Bijlow - Feyenoord keeper
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I fear so.
Bijlow would only be second choice to Onana or Diogo Costa imo. He's not going to be second choice to a GK who fails in the build up phase.
Bijlow is a good keeper for any coach who wants to build play from the back and dominate the game.
Bijlow is a good keeper for any coach who wants to build play from the back and dominate the game.
Complains about always Dutch players / players who’ve played in Dutch league… then mentions a player who’s played in the Dutch league and under EtH.
You couldn’t make it up
Not sure what your point is here, Sof. I didn’t say that Dutch players should never be signed, I said that ETH almost exclusively targeting Dutch / Dutch league players is becoming a bit OTT and is bordering on parody. Which it is.
I get it, you don’t like to question anything the club does, ever, and spend a good deal of your time on the attack to anyone that does. And in a way I commend you for it. But if ETH carries on this reliance on players from, or linked with, the sub par Dutch league it will end up costing him.
ETH isn’t the finished article as a coach. His potential is fecking massive, but a big issue for him appears to be sticking very close to Dutch players / league. It’s blatantly obvious for all to see.
No disrespect aimed at you my friend. No need to take a minor criticism of the club personally.
I just thought it was a little ironic that you complained about signing dutch players or players who only played in the dutch league but then mention someone who played under EtH at Ajax.
I do hold the same reservations as you as a lot of the players who he likes seemingly do come from the dutch league or played under him before. Is it all his thinking? Or is it some of Arnold's/Murtough's too? We will never know.
would be a massive downgrade, dude is literally a few months a year out with an injury
2023: 68 days
2022: 83 days
2021: 59 days
2020: 118 days
2019: 242 days
2023: 68 days
2022: 83 days
2021: 59 days
2020: 118 days
2019: 242 days
No way he's being considered for first choice GK.
We are stupid but not that feckin stupid.
We are stupid but not that feckin stupid.
How does a goal keeper get injured so much?
I looked at TransferMarkt (https://www.transfermarkt.com/justin-bijlow/verletzungen/spieler/315121), and it seems to be a fairly random collection of injuries - possible apart from his series knee injuries in 2020/21, but he didn't miss as many games because of those. (Well, still six in total.)
@KirkDuyt, any idea what's up with Bijlow and his many injuries?
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..third choice, surely?
We aren't signing Onana and Diogo Costa in addition to Bijlow, so second choice to one of them.
If we sign either Onana or Costa, we're not signing Bijlow. So nothing choice to either of them.
He's third choice out of our targets.
We need two keepers, unless we intend on using either Kovar or Heaton as second choice. I do agree though that this guy wouldn't come as a number 2. Think he's too expensive.
Someone should tell EtH that there are players outside Dutch league.
It will probably be Bijlow due to the cost of the other two (Onana and Costa). Heaton kept on as no2 then?
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If we get this guy and Onana, we should also sign Higuaita as the goalkeeping coach.
Onana played for ETH at Ajax.
Probably just a tactic to get Inter to agree a figure, same as they did for Mount
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Avid watcher of Eredivise and I can tell you he won’t be signing as a number 2 so if he does he’ll be the budget 1st choice option.
He could well be a realistic target but I don’t think he’ll be 1st on our list. Others have mentioned his injury record which is a bit of a worry for me. This smacks of sounding out a cheaper alternative.
Other than that he’s a very capable GK and absolutely can be involved more in build up than De Gea. I’m sure a lot of you have seen his viral clip but he’s much more than that!
Unfortunately if I’m being brutally honest I’m not sure how he’d cope with the higher intensity of PL pressing relative to Eredivise and the overall physical and mental demands. I also am not sure of his mentality to be able to deal with an incredibly difficult and high scrutiny role. Feyenoord has been a relatively safe environment to develop in.
He could well be a realistic target but I don’t think he’ll be 1st on our list. Others have mentioned his injury record which is a bit of a worry for me. This smacks of sounding out a cheaper alternative.
Other than that he’s a very capable GK and absolutely can be involved more in build up than De Gea. I’m sure a lot of you have seen his viral clip but he’s much more than that!
Unfortunately if I’m being brutally honest I’m not sure how he’d cope with the higher intensity of PL pressing relative to Eredivise and the overall physical and mental demands. I also am not sure of his mentality to be able to deal with an incredibly difficult and high scrutiny role. Feyenoord has been a relatively safe environment to develop in.
You’re all being a bit silly. Bijlow will not join as #2 behind Onana, the very reason that it’s being considered to sign him is because it’s unlikely we’ll be able to pony up the money for Onana. He’ll outright be #1 or get a fair chance to compete with DDG if the latter ends up staying.
Feyenoord will require a transfer ee in the region of £20m, potentially a little bit more as a Man United ‘you always pay crazy money’ tax. But likely not more than £25m.
Bijlow is a brilliant goalkeeper who is great at sweeping, 1 v 1 and in the air. His downside are positioning (he’s sometimes found too far at the near or far post) and his injury proness. He seems to on average miss 40% of games each season, every time for unrelated injuries. It’s hard to say whether he’s just not build for professional football or whether it’s bad luck, but it has been said before that it may also be related to how ‘reckless’ he was as a young goalkeeper by throwing himself in front of strikers to prevent goals at the risk of catching a foot here and there.
Feyenoord will require a transfer ee in the region of £20m, potentially a little bit more as a Man United ‘you always pay crazy money’ tax. But likely not more than £25m.
Bijlow is a brilliant goalkeeper who is great at sweeping, 1 v 1 and in the air. His downside are positioning (he’s sometimes found too far at the near or far post) and his injury proness. He seems to on average miss 40% of games each season, every time for unrelated injuries. It’s hard to say whether he’s just not build for professional football or whether it’s bad luck, but it has been said before that it may also be related to how ‘reckless’ he was as a young goalkeeper by throwing himself in front of strikers to prevent goals at the risk of catching a foot here and there.
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The other thing is due to his positioning he often needs to dive more and so more load is placed on joints, muscles etc to perform those explosive movements.
If we’re skint then bringing in a keeper that had the right playing style for the system even if they’re not elite would be the right thing to do as a stop gap to allow the team to develop/build and upgrade the keeper next year
i have no clue, but these injuries cost him the starting spot in the Dutch NT for quite a long time and he probably lost it after 2 games to Verbruggen now
Would love to see this happen, just to piss off @KirkDuyt 
All banter aside, this is a seriously bad keeper who is very over rated. Hope UTD doesn't buy him.
All banter aside, this is a seriously bad keeper who is very over rated. Hope UTD doesn't buy him.
Has Verbuggen actually joined Brighton yet? Given the uncertainty over our GK situation, feels like a deal we should be trying to muscle in on, especially if DDG ends up staying.
He might not be good enough to start as #1 now, but if he's as talented as people say then it sounds like he might well have established himself as that by the end of the season.
Agreed.
I wouldn't mind really. It's just a goalkeeper and I'm not that big a fan of him anyway, being injured for 10 games a season. I'd say he's underrated at this point honestly. He's not United level, but he's definitely a talented keeper.Would love to see this happen, just to piss off @KirkDuyt
All banter aside, this is a seriously bad keeper who is very over rated. Hope UTD doesn't buy him.
He's had quite a few impact injuries due to his kamikaze style coming of his line. He's reeled that in a bit now, but has become slightly hesitant at times now.
Koeman seems loyal to players to a fault, cant imagine he'll boot out Bijlow after 2 games where he was far from brilliant, but also hardly terrible.
If there's anyone that should be fecked off from the starting line up it's Van Dijk.
Isn't Verbruggen still with the youth squad? But that won't be for much longer, of course, if he signs with Brighton and becomes their first keeper. Big if though: he'd have to displace Steele, and wouldn't be the Dutch 1st keeper if he's on the bench at Brighton.
His injury records alone is enough for us not to sign him as No.1. However, it should be less of a problem for No.2.
If he is really our budget No.1 GK next season, it will be a disaster with his injury records.
If he is really our budget No.1 GK next season, it will be a disaster with his injury records.
He'd only be second choice behind a more established keeper with the ability to provide the numerical superiority in the build up phase under a coach like ten Hag who wants to implement a more dominant brand of football.
The news originally broke via the 1908 who are reliable when it comes to Feyenoord, and they said that United were trying to sign both Bijlow and Onana.
Yes, but how loyal can you be to a player you've played two times.
OMG... We can't be keep looking at the budget option FFS.
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Signs that we're getting more organized in the transfer market with back up options to primary targets.
Maybe go for Verbruggen who has a higher potential and is not injury-prone.
Seems absolutely pointless with his injury record
Going to Brighton I think
Injury prone first choice GK sounds risky for a team that compete in CL, PL, FA and League Cup.