Kasper Schmeichel

comment by Man in the Long Black Coat (U2592)
posted 8 minutes ago
There's are reason why Ward only played a few Premiership games in about 10 years.
As for Kasper and despite what he may say to the media he was done with this team, you could see it in his body language for a least the second half of last season, all the encouragement he would normally handout had turned into little head shakes and shoulder shrugs. Nice offered him a good way out not in England so wouldn't have to play against us, European football, and a nice place to live, why not. i guess he didn't realise they were also carp.
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Good observations MITLBC. Excuse the abbreviation please. You’re right about his body language and the general lack of leadership that was so evident previously.
I’d also like to live in Nice and its environs as well!
😂

I'd say Ward is better than he is showing given what I saw at Liverpool. I could say that about a lot of City players atm though really.

comment by Robbing Hoody (U6374)
posted 31 minutes ago
I'd say Ward is better than he is showing given what I saw at Liverpool. I could say that about a lot of City players atm though really.
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No he isn’t. I’d seen enough when we lost to Forest last season to know he is League one standard at best. How he’s number one at Leicester is an absolute disgrace

Just for clarification...what was actually wrong with one of the most consistent keepers in the Prem...?

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Just for clarification...what was actually wrong with one of the most consistent keepers in the Prem...?
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Apart from being Danish, nothing

Think kasper just wanted a change and a different way of life, could not blame him after all years of service he gave us.
He was very good for our club, and our club was very good for him, think what he achieved.
Ward does worry me, and i think the best example i can give is that he reminds me of Chris Weale.
He doesnt have the presence of Kasper and therefore does not give us the confidence.
Think we were a liitle spoilt with Schmeichel, he kept us in the cup final and helped give us a day we will not forget.

The Schmeichel sale made no sense on so many different levels:

- A club legend and captain who loved the club and was a strong voice, sold very quickly and under the radar
- A transfer of around £1m which is absolute peanuts
- Sold to a medium-sized club with only Europa Conference football - a far cry from the quality of clubs he had been linked to previously
- No indication of a replacement being lined up
- No up and coming young goalkeeper in the ranks to replace (although Rodgers clearly thinks Ward is an able replacement, which is... problematic...)

When you take all this into account, I can only see it being because of a collapse in his relationship with Rodgers. There were rumours that he was upset with Rodgers last season when he dropped him for the Watford, as this stopped him getting to 150 consecutive matches.

Schmeichel was a huge presence in the club and was widely respected, and he had a strong relationship with Top. Given his rumoured interventions in the sackings of Ranieri and Puel, did Rodgers fear that he could do the same. Though given the way Rodgers is acting now, he is practically begging to be sacked, so probably another unwise decision...

BTW I had no idea that 99 Problems was formerly Blackstarr. Good to have you back. I don't post on here much so not sure who is left, though it seems as if some of the older stalwarts have also left. I only post when things are going badly - might have to change my username to 'The Grim Reaper'

The only way him leaving made sense was that he was on over £100k a week which they wanted off the books and they thought they could get away with his replacements already at the club. Unfortunately the replacement is cack.

It's clear he wanted to leave, not a lot we could have done about it, we were hardly going to block the move considering his service for us over the years.

It's just scandalous we haven't replaced him.

The only part of Kasper leaving that started alarm bells ringing for me was his comment about fearing Top and his family not being the owners. Seems like a Freudian slip to me.