Suggestion for keeper roles

[sunburywhite]

As this is the one topic that seems to be at the front of peoples minds.

Assuming we start with the same 2 keepers, I would play Schwarzer in the Europa and give Stockdale a run in the league. If Stockdale is not good enough you still have Schwarzer as a very credible back up.
If he does do well then job done

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Personally, I would just keep Stockdale for the cups and Schwarzer for the league.

[epsomraver]

Personally, I would just keep Stockdale for the cups and Schwarzer for the league.
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That makes much more sense to me.more match time for Stockdale to prove himself along with others who adorn the bench.

[MontenegroWhite]

I would give Stockdale a chance to show his ability!

[epsomraver]

That's exactly what the Europa will give him.

[Burt]

As per one of my earlier posts today - Schwarz has got another good season left in him so we should be bringing Stockdale along by giving him first dibs in the Europa League and Carling Cup...

[sunburywhite]

Schwarzers distribution is about as good as DHL on acid. He puts the team under pressure with poor kicking out, we have to win the ball back after he has had it

[MJG]

One plus point about replacing MS is that you bring the average age of the team down a year at least if the replacement is mid 20's.

[finnster01]

David Stockdale is apparently very pleased with the appointment of Martin Jol

He says Jol has promised to bring an extra fully stocked fridge to the cafeteria

[HatterDon]

Stockwell #1
Schwarzer enough pitch time to keep him ready if need be: In other words: early Europa rounds, all League Cup rounds, and early FA Cup rounds.

I'm tired of Mark holding the ball for 5-10 seconds and kicking directly to an opponent -- sometimes to one in our half. Stockdale's distribution is hugely superior. With his distance and accuracy, we might even turn defense into attack.

[lamby]

Schwarzers distribution is about as good as DHL on acid. He puts the team under pressure with poor kicking out, we have to win the ball back after he has had it

Yeh, but was amazing how much better it was when Zamora was back in the team and he had somebody to kick to. There is only so much you can do when you have the size and power of AJ to kick to.

[MJG]

last season I had a look at some of the chalkboards that the guardian website do and MS's kicking is almost the same distance every time, while DS's is quite eratic distance wise.  What that says I don't know but from what I saw last year MS is not going to get any better but the question is can David do a better job?

Also I think Mark has that age old fulham keeper problem "its my ball and i'm going to wait till everyone has left the box, got into position and then i'll kick it out".