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Danny Ward

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ealingfox

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2 hours ago, Gerard said:

 

On the Danny Ward transfer thread I had a mini meltdown about signing him but too many thought he was a potential unpolished diamond.

 

£12.5m for Liverpool's arguably 4th choice GK, one full season at Huddersfield on loan in the Championship when he let in more goals than his XG and the Huddersfield fans didn't want to sign him. They had already took Hamer on a free and were worried how bad Hamer might because we let Hamer go and signed Ward.

 

Ward apparently was excellent in the play offs which may have sold him to our fans much like Musa's two goals in the World Cup sold him. It was all to see about what Ward was if only some people scratched the surface. I've little doubt there were high fives galore in the Liverpool boardroom when they accepted our first offer for Ward.

 

 

 

I insist on believing that we'd actually intended to pay £1.25m for him, but someone put the decimal in the wrong place during the email exchanges and we just followed through with it out of embarrassment. Danny Ward for £12.5m is just peak Rudkin banter.

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Paninistickers

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It's mystifying. Even bog normal mug punters like me could see instantly he looked unlike a professional athlete. 

 

His CV, as has been said, was poor. One unremarkable season on loan and years sat on his arse as third choice at Liverpool.

 

I didn't object to his signing at the time as we were flush and there was no way he was ever going to play. Absurdly expensive but as I say, we were flush. 

 

I had a bad bad bad feeling at Forest in the cup. That was the first time I'd ever seen the clown play for us. 

 

Then he was unable to train last summer. Whereas his deputy was fit and trained.

 

Then he gets picked and we lose just about every single game. 

 

His xG stats are woeful 

 

Then his deputy has a league cup game and plays well. 

 

Then he continues to get selected. 

 

His xG stats are woeful

 

Then, as second choose behind Forest's third choice, he puts in a shocker for Wales in the WC.

 

Then he continues to get selected. His xG stats are woeful.

 

All these  heavy heavy indicators that he was hugely contributing to our lack of points, lack of confidence....  the damage was irreparable and has cost us hundreds of millions of quid..

 

Then he gets selected for Wales and is part of one of their most humiliating defeats, conceding 4 with an xG of 1.3 ffs

 

It's - I repeat - an absolutely extraordinary story. Scarcely believable. 

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43 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Just seeing his name is a stark reminder of the horror season, he needs to be banished 

Maybe we could take him Wetherspoon and keep getting him pitchers until he's worse for wear, then put him on a fishing trawler heading for Eastern Europe. I realise this is quite drastic, but we need to start using some initiative in this new era in my opinion. 

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1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

It's mystifying. Even bog normal mug punters like me could see instantly he looked unlike a professional athlete. 

 

His CV, as has been said, was poor. One unremarkable season on loan and years sat on his arse as third choice at Liverpool.

 

I didn't object to his signing at the time as we were flush and there was no way he was ever going to play. Absurdly expensive but as I say, we were flush. 

 

I had a bad bad bad feeling at Forest in the cup. That was the first time I'd ever seen the clown play for us. 

 

Then he was unable to train last summer. Whereas his deputy was fit and trained.

 

Then he gets picked and we lose just about every single game. 

 

His xG stats are woeful 

 

Then his deputy has a league cup game and plays well. 

 

Then he continues to get selected. 

 

His xG stats are woeful

 

Then, as second choose behind Forest's third choice, he puts in a shocker for Wales in the WC.

 

Then he continues to get selected. His xG stats are woeful.

 

All these  heavy heavy indicators that he was hugely contributing to our lack of points, lack of confidence....  the damage was irreparable and has cost us hundreds of millions of quid..

 

Then he gets selected for Wales and is part of one of their most humiliating defeats, conceding 4 with an xG of 1.3 ffs

 

It's - I repeat - an absolutely extraordinary story. Scarcely believable. 

And, quite literally, one single simple change last season (Iversen for Ward at the start of the season) and we’d have stayed up. It’s almost funny. 

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13 minutes ago, TJQuik said:

I just watched the highlights of the wales match... holy smokes. What sort of twats would actually put that useless scarecrow in goal?

:brendan:

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I'd genuinely back myself to save more shots than him, and I only ever played to semi pro level and that was over 7 years ago.

 

I'd concede more, because I was a nightmare with crosses even then.

 

But I'd save more shots. The guy has no idea how to position himself and has the reactions of a cow.

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23 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

And, quite literally, one single simple change last season (Iversen for Ward at the start of the season) and we’d have stayed up. It’s almost funny. 

It is kinda funny, in a masochistic way. It was that simple to stay up. Even more macabre is that everyone knew it. 

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28 minutes ago, TJQuik said:

When does his contract end? There's no way we're scamming anyone into buying him.

From a performance point of view, we'd be better off paying him off in full and annulling his registration. 

 

Then, if Iversen, Smithie and that Polish sounding named lad (Stolaycyk?) are all injured, we could simply add an eleventh outfield player and forego the keeper entirely. We'd be better off. I stress,.if he don't save any shots, what's the fcking point. Just play Wilf or Vestergaard as some kinda deep sweeper

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20 minutes ago, TJQuik said:

I just watched the highlights of the wales match... holy smokes. What sort of twats would actually put that useless scarecrow in goal?

I thought the same, are the current Welsh keepers seriously that bad

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Btw, whilst I'm on a roll, if you're reading Danny, it ain't personal. 

 

But for the good of the club, I need to orchestrate a campaign to pay you off and drive you out. You'll get your money son, you'll be looked after. But you aren't fit to goalkeep at professional level. Sorry pal. It's just business.

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9 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

How ? Blame the idiots that bought him, gave him a contract & for Rodgers who persisted with him. How on earth can you blame Ward ? 

How can I blame Ward for being a terrible player? He’s fvcking crap. Possibly the worst goalkeeper we’ve ever had. Proper fraudster.

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