Yankee_Jack
Key Player
Both are now free agents leaving Spurs today. Vorm is now 36. Vertonghen is 33.
I think it's fair to say, having seen Mulder in action again, that we tolerated Woody's baptism into senior football and Woody got the better end of the deal. Nordfeldt and Mulder both had their weaknesses, but both were on balance better keepers than the kid in many respects: experience, size, athleticism, ball at feet (composure and ability), presence in the box, technical ability as a shot stopper. The last point being a tougher argument but I think the senior keepers carried the day there too. No doubt, somebody will produce numbers that will support or undercut the proposition.
Wherever we start next season we need to add experience and ability back into the keeper position. I don't want to see Woody back, preferring to give our own talent - Benda - a chance to win his spurs, or backup Mulder or somebody else. Which brings me to Vorm ... could he hold a #1 slot with us. For the right price, he would certainly be a more than competent and capable backup.
Now Vertonghen ... we kept Monk around despite the fact that he was way over his head in the Prem ... who can forget that Rogers preferred a 19 year old called Caulker, and Laudrup's disgust with the 5-0 drubbing at Anfield the week before the League Cup final that led him to play Ki at center half in the final. Could Vertonghen deliver any value ... he has 118 senior caps for Belgium ... as a senior player / mentor alongside the likes of Rodon and Cabango ... or as a coach. I'm presuming that we start next season with none of the loan players we currently have.
I've been mulling Andy Pandy's stumbling into 3+2 format on the back of injuries and suspensions. Does this gloss over the 9/10ths of a season of dross and ineptitude? Could Rangel return as a coach sooner than later. In a similar vein, could Vertonghen or somebody like him or Rangel, do a better job. In the event that we are promoted, would we trust Andy Pandy to manage at that level.
I think it's fair to say, having seen Mulder in action again, that we tolerated Woody's baptism into senior football and Woody got the better end of the deal. Nordfeldt and Mulder both had their weaknesses, but both were on balance better keepers than the kid in many respects: experience, size, athleticism, ball at feet (composure and ability), presence in the box, technical ability as a shot stopper. The last point being a tougher argument but I think the senior keepers carried the day there too. No doubt, somebody will produce numbers that will support or undercut the proposition.
Wherever we start next season we need to add experience and ability back into the keeper position. I don't want to see Woody back, preferring to give our own talent - Benda - a chance to win his spurs, or backup Mulder or somebody else. Which brings me to Vorm ... could he hold a #1 slot with us. For the right price, he would certainly be a more than competent and capable backup.
Now Vertonghen ... we kept Monk around despite the fact that he was way over his head in the Prem ... who can forget that Rogers preferred a 19 year old called Caulker, and Laudrup's disgust with the 5-0 drubbing at Anfield the week before the League Cup final that led him to play Ki at center half in the final. Could Vertonghen deliver any value ... he has 118 senior caps for Belgium ... as a senior player / mentor alongside the likes of Rodon and Cabango ... or as a coach. I'm presuming that we start next season with none of the loan players we currently have.
I've been mulling Andy Pandy's stumbling into 3+2 format on the back of injuries and suspensions. Does this gloss over the 9/10ths of a season of dross and ineptitude? Could Rangel return as a coach sooner than later. In a similar vein, could Vertonghen or somebody like him or Rangel, do a better job. In the event that we are promoted, would we trust Andy Pandy to manage at that level.
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