if he went to championship club for loan and played 50 games I would be happy for him but if there is a chance deGea leaves this summer I would keep him around the team and let him fight eventually for the starting spot, he can surely be better than Romero or Lindegaard very soon.
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When was the last time we had a youth GK that went on to establish himself as the 1st team GK? Ben Forster had the potential but was weak mentally.
We bought Foster, he wasn't a youth product nor that young when he broke through. Probably going back to the 80's or 70's for a young keeper as can't think of any.
We have recently brought in someone superb young keeping prospects, maybe in another 7 or 8 years they may establish themselves
Ben Foster is not a product of our youth academy
Tom Heaton has probably come the closest to getting to the 1st team in the recent past
You have to go before the Fergie era to find one.Historically we're quite bad at producing goalkeepers compared to other positions.Must be incredible to finally see one.
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I thought he passed the ball very well today, which surprised me. Also, as vs Club America, quick off his line sniffing out danger.
He seems comfortable with the ball at his feet and reacts quickly, I like him.
Hopefully we have a Courtois-ish plan for him.
IMO, it seems that for a young GK to break through they have to be at the right place at the right time. Either be significantly better than other GKs when at a smaller club, or be at a big club and the right sequence of injuries allows them to grab the position and not let go.
I didn't like how it him forever to kick the ball out of bounds when he had a fast paced striker coming at him. Needs to deal with those types of situations better.
wtf? he was making over 100passes per game which is a lot and dealt very well with them yet you pinpoint one situation when he could do a little better but it wasn't that bad at all. DeGea puts himself under pressure also at times and I don't think he had to deal with so many back passes and such horrible pitch
He was thinking too much were to place it, a split second mor could have been a really dangerous situation. He is a good keep an obviously talented but I thought he could have realised the ball a lot sooner than he did there. Just a small observation.
I hope he's not sold, he's going to be England #1 sooner or later
Should be our 2nd choice this season.
dunno how he can match DDG's reflexes but his much more all round goalkeeper than deGea was at this age. He can be a bit like Neuer sweeping around, he's got big stature too and is not afraid of to go for crosses, good thrower of the ball and decent with his feet.. His biggest asset is positioning and reading of the game I'd say that alone makes me feel he will be a great goalie.
Hope he gets a proper chance if DDG goes, certainly doing his best to impress our manager.. I also think if DDG stays for one last season and then go for free, we should keep him around and ease him into first team at some lesser games as DeGea will be gone anyway so game time for the future players..
Hope he gets a proper chance if DDG goes, certainly doing his best to impress our manager.. I also think if DDG stays for one last season and then go for free, we should keep him around and ease him into first team at some lesser games as DeGea will be gone anyway so game time for the future players..
He kinda reminds me of Nigel Martyn
I like him. Minimally, he looks capable of becoming our future no.2 keeper, hopefully more.
He will be van Gaals English van der Sar
I'll genuinely be thrilled if we put our faith in Johnstone if DDG ends up leaving this Summer. Romero as back up.
Agreed.
Would be nice to bring another English lad through
Ideal scenario: keep DDG this season (looks increasingly likely) and make Johnstone our #2 keeper. Then when De Gea pisses off next summer, promote Johnstone to the #1 spot.
Ok, the ideal scenario is to win the Champions League this season and just keep De Gea.
Ok, the ideal scenario is to win the Champions League this season and just keep De Gea.
I would love if retain De Gea this year, have Johnstone develop further during the year and then make him our no. 1 next season. Nothing like a home grown GK going on to become a club great. Of course he will have to go on loan this year and prove himself first.
I wouldn't be surprised if we Lindegaard go and keep Johnstone on as the #2. The next 2 weeks will decide that, Van Gaal clearly gives a lot of importance to training performances from players as well and this'll be Johnstone's best chance to get a foot in the first team door
He was very good. A little shaky understandably but good shot stopping decent coming off the line and reactions too. Could do nothing for the goal.
I hope he goes on loan abroad to a club with Europa or UCL. Instead of wasting a year in PNE in league one. If he is to be our #1 then he needs more experience than league one
I hope he goes on loan abroad to a club with Europa or UCL. Instead of wasting a year in PNE in league one. If he is to be our #1 then he needs more experience than league one
Championship but I agree with your point.Wish we had a quality partnership club like Chelsea has with Vitesse.
Johnstone has very good potential. The more I seen him, the more I convinced that he will better off if we loan him out to a good club if DDG stick around this season. All of his current weaknesses can be easily taken care with more playing experiences.
The only concern i got is whether Johnstone will got the same weak mentality as Ben Foster. But I suppose that can only be found out after we played him regularly in our first team.
The only concern i got is whether Johnstone will got the same weak mentality as Ben Foster. But I suppose that can only be found out after we played him regularly in our first team.
How tall is he?
According to Wikipedia, 1.91m (or 6ft 3in)
I agree with the point as well but Vitesse are hardly a good example. They haven't got European football in over 10 years and are unlikely to get it this season either. The Eredivisie isn't exactly a great league either, although the defence there is so shite that he'd be tested quite a bit.
Ideal scenario: keep DDG this season (looks increasingly likely) and make Johnstone our #2 keeper. Then when De Gea pisses off next summer, promote Johnstone to the #1 spot.
Ok, the ideal scenario is to win the Champions League this season and just keep De Gea.
I'm good with either scenario. The Romero signing has me thinking that he will go back to PNE on loan and I think a season in the Championship would be better than a season on our bench. To my eye Johnstone looks better than any of the youth GKs we have let go recently and many of those players have carved out decent careers.
Another decent outing for him, I really hope we consider giving him more games this season instead of Romero and Lingaard.
I hope we send him out on loan though.Cortouis didn't make it by playing second fiddle to Cech.It's unlikely for him to make it as a number 1 but we should try to maximize his chance.
Not sure what games others have been watching but he's looked like a young Gk that won't amount to much to me. (Edit - to clarify I meant for us - He may well have a decent career at a championship or low-mid table prem team or career backup at a better team). Tentative coming out, not confident on the ball. Young keepers like him are a dime a dozen among top flight clubs and if he played for liverpool there wouldn't be a soul suggesting he will be england's #1 sooner or later. I'm sure he'll have a fine career by most standards but first choice for a top club, let alone england? Nah.
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This. Looks like DDG, Romero and Anders are going to be our keepers this season. With two of them leaving next summer, Johnstone will be in with a better shout after a season of competitive football.
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