The BBC Gossip column says that the Daily Mirror is reporting that we are after Hennesey at Wolves. Not seem any of the Championship so can't comment on how good or bad he is but he has looked ok when I have seen Wales play
But I haven't seen him show a lack of confidence. He seems to come for pretty much everything. Unconfident keepers tend to get stuck in 2 minds and end up staying on their line or coming too late. Gomes seems to fly out for everything as if he's Superman. The guy seems ultra confident in his ability if you ask me. As i said before, I think the real issue is how Gomes's handling of balls crossed into the box effects the defence. If they don't feel confident in their keeper it will cause confusion. I'm sitting on the fence on this one and think we'll just have to wait and see, but I'm sure we'll find out in the coming weeks and expect to see oppositon teams target our near post.
He was part of a renaissance at Arsenal and we were kicking ourselves stupid for letting my hero go to our arch rivals. We did lose out on his prime years but I'd suggest that was because of the superior defence that they had compared to ours.
just to repeat - GOMES IS INJURED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and hi BC - was PJ our greatest keeper?- IMHO, without doubt our best for the past 50 years
The fact you didn't really see much of Pat at his greatest for us circa 71-76 explains a lot why you may have thought we sold him before his prime - trust me on this we didn't (IMHO again ) - as I say his prime continued at AFC but he never made the astounding impact there he did at spurs - hence his double player of the year awards with us
besides saving two penalties at Anfield in one game
he made wonder save after wonder save time and again
two of many stand outs were v Bailey of Wolves and Beattie of Ipswich (they were on TV - there wasn't so much TV coverage then as is well known)
the Beattie one - sheer miracle territory
- as for greatest ever- some/many older people may rate Ted Ditchburn even higher
from memory in my Venables 'all time Spurs XI' videocassette
he had Ditchburn in just ahead of PJ - he also had Burgess in mid too from the 50/51 team
maybe Alf Ramsey at full back too - not sure on that one - he would certainly be a contender
and of course Bill Brown from the double team is another contender- but there my memory is young and hazy - I saw him play but not enough to be confident on judging him
just to repeat - GOMES IS INJURED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and hi BC - was PJ our greatest keeper?- IMHO, without doubt our best for the past 50 years
The fact you didn't really see much of Pat at his greatest for us circa 71-76 explains a lot why you may have thought we sold him before his prime - trust me on this we didn't (IMHO again ) - as I say his prime continued at AFC but he never made the astounding impact there he did at spurs - hence his double player of the year awards with us
besides saving two penalties at Anfield in one game
he made wonder save after wonder save time and again
two of many stand outs were v Bailey of Wolves and Beattie of Ipswich (they were on TV - there wasn't so much TV coverage then as is well known)
the Beattie one - sheer miracle territory
- as for greatest ever- some/many older people may rate Ted Ditchburn even higher
from memory in my Venables 'all time Spurs XI' videocassette
he had Ditchburn in just ahead of PJ - he also had Burgess in mid too from the 50/51 team
maybe Alf Ramsey at full back too - not sure on that one - he would certainly be a contender
and of course Bill Brown from the double team is another contender- but there my memory is young and hazy - I saw him play but not enough to be confident on judging him
Go back a few more years than you DC. Jennings was a fantastic keeper. I remember his debut for Spurs (Sheffield United?). In the early minutes he came out for a cross around the penalty spot and caught it one-handed.
If I had to pick the best Spurs keeper I've seen then I would put Bill Brown in front of Jennings and Ted Ditchburn. They were all wonderful keepers.
Keeping was easier then; the balls did not swerve so much in the air.
I do not rate Gomes. Yes, he's an improvement on Robbo but he makes too many mistakes.
fair comments Phil - obviously Bill Brown's credentials are there to see - so pointless me arguing as I only saw BB a few times as a youngster
I wonder what people like Bill Nick who spanned the two keepers' eras in their prime thought
as I say Venables who watched and (presumably)played against both of them and played in the same team with PJ rated PJ above BB but behind TD -
to me it's more or less impossible that BB was better than PJ - cos I rate Pat so highly - but as I say accept your POV entirely
Go back a few more years than you DC. Jennings was a fantastic keeper. I remember his debut for Spurs (Sheffield United?). In the early minutes he came out for a cross around the penalty spot and caught it one-handed.
If I had to pick the best Spurs keeper I've seen then I would put Bill Brown in front of Jennings and Ted Ditchburn. They were all wonderful keepers.
Keeping was easier then; the balls did not swerve so much in the air.
I do not rate Gomes. Yes, he's an improvement on Robbo but he makes too many mistakes.
Tottenham could make a shock move for Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given after Harry Redknapp declared his admiration for the Irishman.
Reports suggest Redknapp could move for a new goalkeeper when the transfer window reopens in January after failing to be convinced by Heurelho Gomes.
Given's future at St James' Park has been the subject of speculation for some time with the Republic of Ireland international establishing himself as one of the best keepers in the Premier League.
It has been suggested Given is weighing up his future on Tyneside due to the current turmoil at the club and that the Magpies could consider cashing in on the long-serving custodian.
Redknapp is a big admirer of the former Blackburn and Celtic keeper and admits he would be interested in signing him if he became available.
"Shay Given is a great goalkeeper who I admire. Any manager would have to be interested in him if he became available," Redknapp is quoted as saying in the Daily Mail.
The fact the quotes come from the Daily Mail are a bit dubious. Also what player doesn't 'Arry say nice things about?? Given is a quality keeper but none of the big boys have ever come after him other than slight interest from Woolwich a couple of years ago.