What is it with AFCB always choosing the cheap option for one of the most important positions on the field? Goalkeepers are specialists and we have seen in the four years that AFCB have been in the Premier League that keepers can save a club a lot of points, while they can also be very costly. While AFCB are being linked with former England number ones, have they forgotten their own philosophy of playing from the back, if they do put in a bid for Joe Hart?
Artur Boruc needs competition and if Howe won't allow the young keepers of Ramsdale and Travers to share the position, then an experienced keeper will have to come in. But AFCB paid £10m on Begovic who did not improve things and if they go for Hart they could be looking at around half that amount having seen Burnley buy him from Man City for £3.5m in 2018 - it's the cheap option. Jack Butland is still reckoned to be AFCB's number one target, but his valuation of £20m by Stoke City is looking rather rich. Both Hart and Butland would also want big salaries - what are AFCB doing? The only positive I could see in a move for Joe Hart is that he is English, and that he has played in high-pressure games. The problem is, he hasn't don't well when the pressure is on, especially in big international games, even if his Premier League record has been better.
It makes me feel there must be a shortage of available keepers if AFCB are looking at Joe Hart. It's not a signing to say AFCB, we're on the way up. He's not a big name anymore. It is more a thought of we know they'll be some keeper blunders if Hart is made AFCB's number one for next season. If AFCB have been good or lucky with some of their transfers of outfield players in recent seasons, their goalkeeping choices have been poor and it doesn't look like they are improving in this area. More thought is required about the goalkeeping position and buying yesterday's heroes is a weak link that is going to cost AFCB far more than the transfer fee - it will cost points on the pitch. Please, Eddie - no!
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| Joe Hart didn't rejuvenate his career at West Ham or Burnley yet AFCB seem willing to take a chance on him. |
Man City certainly didn't feel that Hart could play with his feet well enough and yet AFCB seem more concerned to have a shot stopper than a keeper than can feel comfortable on the ball at the back. I fear it could be a big mistake. Even Burnley have pushed Joe Hart down the pecking order and the former England keeper. Burnley's embarrassment of riches in the keeper position is in sharp contract to the lack in top quality keepers at AFCB. But if AFCB sign Joe Hart as their number one, don't be surprised if its a season in the relegation zone.
Artur Boruc needs competition and if Howe won't allow the young keepers of Ramsdale and Travers to share the position, then an experienced keeper will have to come in. But AFCB paid £10m on Begovic who did not improve things and if they go for Hart they could be looking at around half that amount having seen Burnley buy him from Man City for £3.5m in 2018 - it's the cheap option. Jack Butland is still reckoned to be AFCB's number one target, but his valuation of £20m by Stoke City is looking rather rich. Both Hart and Butland would also want big salaries - what are AFCB doing? The only positive I could see in a move for Joe Hart is that he is English, and that he has played in high-pressure games. The problem is, he hasn't don't well when the pressure is on, especially in big international games, even if his Premier League record has been better.
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