cambridgeshire canary 6,513 Posted September 6, 2021 'I just don't see it/them being successful again' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 922 Posted September 6, 2021 Tim Howard looks like one of those faces with magnet/iron filing toys.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,513 Posted September 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, cornish sam said: Tim Howard looks like one of those faces with magnet/iron filing toys.... Pretty sure he still holds the record for most saves by a goalkeper in one international match. Not sure that says much about the USA teams defence at the time mind.. Looking back now he does come across as one of those underrated players you don't tend to think about but was much better than people gave him credit for. I mean he started for Everton over 300 times and I do remember him playing like a top keeper, and a very vocal and aggresive one at that. On the pitch always came across like the kind of guy you would not want to anger.. The perfect kind of personality for a goalkeeper really Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,681 Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) Think they were fairly fair comments, interesting that an American TV station appear to have done more research on us than the likes of Sky and TalkSport. Edited September 6, 2021 by Ken Hairy 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lazza 22 Posted September 6, 2021 The assessments seem quite fair but the comments in the spend are a bit off. “…have received $54m for Buendia…”. Not quite. They might get all of that eventually, but that includes a number of add-one which aren’t guaranteed, and no club pays it all in a lump up-front. I don5 know how much they have been paid, but it’s probably less than half of that so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yelloow Since 72 53 Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lazza said: The assessments seem quite fair but the comments in the spend are a bit off. “…have received $54m for Buendia…”. Not quite. They might get all of that eventually, but that includes a number of add-one which aren’t guaranteed, and no club pays it all in a lump up-front. I don5 know how much they have been paid, but it’s probably less than half of that so far. The word was that Villa paid the £33m up front to get the deal done early. That converts to around $46m at current conversion rates, so $8m less than Howard's $54m. That was enough to underwrite the first installment payments of the rest of our transactions with the PL payments yet to come. Edited September 6, 2021 by Yelloow Since 72 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beefy is a legend 224 Posted September 6, 2021 32 minutes ago, Yelloow Since 72 said: The word was that Villa paid the £33m up front to get the deal done early. That converts to around $46m at current conversion rates, so $8m less than Howard's $54m. That was enough to underwrite the first installment payments of the rest of our transactions with the PL payments yet to come. I've read the same. It was one of the reasons why the deal may have been done so quickly and that Villa became the preferred club to sell to. It was crucial to allow us to get the funds in early in the window to do all of our business without having to worry too much about when instalments of PL cash would come. It would also have encouraged us to do the deal at a slightly lower price than if matters had dragged on later into the window. A bird in the hand is worth two in the cabbage patch etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 2,580 Posted September 6, 2021 3 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Pretty sure he still holds the record for most saves by a goalkeper in one international match. Not sure that says much about the USA teams defence at the time mind.. Looking back now he does come across as one of those underrated players you don't tend to think about but was much better than people gave him credit for. I mean he started for Everton over 300 times and I do remember him playing like a top keeper, and a very vocal and aggresive one at that. On the pitch always came across like the kind of guy you would not want to anger.. The perfect kind of personality for a goalkeeper really He also has Tourette's I believe. I always rated Tim Howard, top keeper, just went about his work quietly without fanfare. As you say, likely underrated by many. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites