What's new

Gabriel Slonina

Remodez said:
Hang on. He was playing in MLS and in the first division of Belguim, we have spent 10m on him and the best offer he got was to play in league one which is a lower standard that was he is used to? 
 

I know for keepers just playing is more important but would have thought he could have got a team in the championship. 
Click to expand...
That is what is going to happen to Mike Penders next season also. Expect a lot of players to be loaned out to random teams this season.

 
That's the issue with GK on loan, every team could only play one, and why would they risk it on a kid ( unless he's already a proven GK), when they already have at least an older and trusted GK in their team? League one may not be that bad if he's starting every week, whether that makes him into a 20M GK a year later is beyond anyone's guess

 
ducavis said:
That is what is going to happen to Mike Penders next season also. Expect a lot of players to be loaned out to random teams this season.
Click to expand...
This is the problem I was highlighting earlier with us stockpiling this many youth players. 

Some of them are going to have to be sent out on loan to a level below them as we only have a limited amount of foreign loans we can use. 

 
Remodez said:
This is the problem I was highlighting earlier with us stockpiling this many youth players. 

Some of them are going to have to be sent out on loan to a level below them as we only have a limited amount of foreign loans we can use. 
Click to expand...
Exactly. And a bad loan can actually adversely affect their careers and reduce possible resale value. Great example being Santos who was highly regarded a year ago and now looks unlikely to make it here. Hopefully he can bounce back with a successful loan. But with all our injuries last season he might have developed much better if he had been able to stay with the first team.

 
Having a quick read on the Barnsley forum after their 7-0 capitulation at Old Trafford last night.

Slonina seems to be having a tough time and at fault for a few goals recently. Even saw a comment "belongs in a University team". And another comment  "He's the worst GK we've had in a long time."  Hmmm ... seems even League One is too much for him at this point ... 😞 

 
We all know performance ratings mean f**k all. You have to judge players with the eye. If they are seeing him as sh*t, he's probably sh*t.

 
Mental he’s still here. Waste of a season.
Click to expand...
This Chelsea move is probably the worst thing to have happened to his career. Highly rated when we bought him at 18yrs, loaned him out to one of the worst teams in the Belgian league. Got relegated; came back and we sent him out on loan to a League 1 team. He is now 21 and just hanging out around Cobham with no clear career path, which is crazy when you consider we paid £7m for an MLS teenager.

 
This Chelsea move is probably the worst thing to have happened to his career. Highly rated when we bought him at 18yrs, loaned him out to one of the worst teams in the Belgian league. Got relegated; came back and we sent him out on loan to a League 1 team. He is now 21 and just hanging out around Cobham with no clear career path, which is crazy when you consider we paid £7m for an MLS teenager.
Click to expand...
This lad was touted as the best young American keeper a few seasons back. Just wandering about in Cobham now.

 
Maybe he goes to Strasbourg when Mike Penders returns. We probably need him as 3rd choice now that Bettinelli has gone, injuries to Sanchez or Jorg and hes needed on the bench.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top