I appreciate what you’re saying 1987 but I would expect the finished product for £18m, wouldn’t you?
I’m not sure his confidence would benefit by being told he was being taken out of the spotlight for some additional one to one, intensive goalkeeper training either?
Personally I don’t think he’ll be here for the long term, irrespective of his age, but you’re entitled to your opinion and I suppose we’ll have to wait and see?
Weve definitely not got 18 million pounds worth of keeper between the sticks currently. But i think he will be, and he is bang at the start of his career for a goalkeeper really, he could improve any amount. But like you say, time will tell.
As a side point we have got to stop holding the transfer fees of our players around their neck. Nowt good can come from it.
As for dropping him - You just have to watch his body language right now to see he doesnt have any confidence. Im not even saying intense coaching, im saying get him out of the pressure cooker, let him keep being coached come back fresh next season or even later this. He needs a break before some real clangers happen and mood totally turns on him, which looks primed to happen.
In the meantime we can get the Verrips question out of our system, one way or another.