To Brighton for an undisclosed fee. Thanks and good luck
He has also joined Hove Albion as well.
Quote from: fulhamben on July 16, 2018, 07:02:09 PM
To Brighton for an undisclosed fee. Thanks and good luck
:plus one: hope he gets games there and does well......except two particular occasions of course
Was never going to make it here after losing his place two seasons in a row. All the best for the future.
Butts all the best and good luck.
Gone as second choice so he will still struggle to get playing time.
It had to happen. It didn't work out for him here. He was a better keeper before he joined us and deserves more games at another club. He simply wasn't suitable for our style of play.
Thanks and good luck!
Quote from: fulhamben on July 16, 2018, 07:02:09 PM
To Brighton for an undisclosed fee. Thanks and good luck
Never as bad as some kept saying with good shot stopping ability but his distribution (so important in our style of play) was never up to standard whereas Betts' distribution got better. Can't see Button being first choice at Brighton though so not convinced that it's a good move for him.
Does this mean that we have a keeper lined up already?
Good luck to him but hopefully we have another keeper coming and maybe even have a Brighton player back with us.
Quote from: Barrett487 on July 16, 2018, 07:34:00 PM
Does this mean that we have a keeper lined up already?
Tony Macedo. :yay:
Button following in the footsteps of Stockdale. Hope Button is as successful as Stockdale.
Quote from: The Swan on July 16, 2018, 07:46:07 PM
Button following in the footsteps of Stockdale. Hope Button is as successful as Stockdale.
Thought that as well.. the last two keepers to have left us now hAve both gone on to play for Brighton.. interesting that he's moved to them in the premiership and we're in the premiership. I assume we wouldn't let him go without being confident of bringing someone else in.
Quote from: General on July 16, 2018, 08:21:31 PM
Quote from: The Swan on July 16, 2018, 07:46:07 PM
Button following in the footsteps of Stockdale. Hope Button is as successful as Stockdale.
Thought that as well.. the last two keepers to have left us now hAve both gone on to play for Brighton.. interesting that he's moved to them in the premiership and we're in the premiership. I assume we wouldn't let him go without being confident of bringing someone else in.
lonergan went to Leeds 😂 after we sold stockdale didn't he?
Fee 4 million as per many sources including Brighton & HA. Decent deal for us
Quote from: The Swan on July 16, 2018, 07:46:07 PM
Button following in the footsteps of Stockdale. Hope Button is as successful as Stockdale.
Hope not, he's currently unwanted and available for pennies from Birmingham
Best of luck
Fulham have made a £1.3m for Espanyol goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez, allegedly
Not considered good enough for Fulham and sold to a PL rival. He may have gone as a no.2 (no pun intended) but it does seem a bit bizarre but maybe we are bringing in a 'keeper as no.1 ahead of Betts.
Quote from: cookieg on July 16, 2018, 10:13:13 PM
Not considered good enough for Fulham and sold to a PL rival. He may have gone as a no.2 (no pun intended) but it does seem a bit bizarre but maybe we are bringing in a 'keeper as no.1 ahead of Betts.
It was clear by the end of this season that Button wouldn't be competition for Betts. Rather have a second that can actually push for the first spot.
Quote from: Tabby on July 16, 2018, 10:16:02 PM
Quote from: cookieg on July 16, 2018, 10:13:13 PM
Not considered good enough for Fulham and sold to a PL rival. He may have gone as a no.2 (no pun intended) but it does seem a bit bizarre but maybe we are bringing in a 'keeper as no.1 ahead of Betts.
It was clear by the end of this season that Button wouldn't be competition for Betts. Rather have a second that can actually push for the first spot.
That said though he's now competing against two other keepers and one other who was seemingly also signed this summer. Doesn't seem to make sense from their perspective.
Well makes perfect sense from ours 4m for button !
He will never get past Matt Ryan as no. 1 keeper for Brighton. Sideways move but good luck to him.
Quote from: cookieg on July 16, 2018, 10:13:13 PM
Not considered good enough for Fulham and sold to a PL rival. He may have gone as a no.2 (no pun intended) but it does seem a bit bizarre but maybe we are bringing in a 'keeper as no.1 ahead of Betts.
Been hoping we would bring in superb international keeper for decent money as Wolves have done.
Quote from: Spirit of 2000 on July 16, 2018, 09:27:28 PM
Fee 4 million as per many sources including Brighton & HA. Decent deal for us
Great business if we did get £4m
Quote from: Fernhurst on July 17, 2018, 03:09:06 AM
Quote from: cookieg on July 16, 2018, 10:13:13 PM
Not considered good enough for Fulham and sold to a PL rival. He may have gone as a no.2 (no pun intended) but it does seem a bit bizarre but maybe we are bringing in a 'keeper as no.1 ahead of Betts.
Been hoping we would bring in superb international keeper for decent money as Wolves have done.
Absolutely
Thanks David and good luck for the future
I wish him well not a bad keeper but could do better with another team that expects a keeper to punt it up field
Quote from: Barrett487 on July 16, 2018, 07:34:00 PM
Does this mean that we have a keeper lined up already?
I would hope there is someone lined up otherwise an injury to Betts in the next three weeks and we will be under a severe handicap against Palace.
Good luck to Button - thanks for everything. A decent keeper at Championship level and although Betts rightly earned the no.1 shirt, I felt Button got a disproportionate amount of stick / disrespect from a loud minority. All the very best for him in his career.
As for price, Evening Standard are quoting we only received £300k for him! I find that as hard to believe as Brighton paying £4m for a no.2/3 keeper... The problem with all these undisclosed fees is that papers make up any old figure. How can there be such a difference?! Same as with Seri (quoted anywhere between £17m and £40m at various points).
Couldnt disagree more with some of the positive sentiment. Of course Im not bitter and wish him well but for me he was the worst keeper ive seen play for Fulham. I was born in the early nineties so have only seen the 'good times' but I did see Kiraly play too.
Well done to the club for getting a fee I would have driven him!
Quote from: ffcthereligion on July 17, 2018, 12:08:36 PM
Couldnt disagree more with some of the positive sentiment. Of course Im not bitter and wish him well but for me he was the worst keeper ive seen play for Fulham. I was born in the early nineties so have only seen the 'good times' but I did see Kiraly play too.
Well done to the club for getting a fee I would have driven him!
I certainly prefer Marcus to Button but I don't see how anyone could possibly rate him lower than Kiraly. I would confidently say he was better than Lonergan as well.
