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Joe Hart set to join Tottenham on a free transfer

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Former England No1 Joe Hart is closing in on a move to Tottenham after running down his Burnley contract last season.
Jose Mourinho is keen to sign a homegrown reserve goalkeeper following Michel Vorm's departure at the end of the season, and is now set to snap up Hart on a free transfer.

Source: Evening Standard
 
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He’s a spectacularly mediocre keeper these days. I’d stick with Gazzaniga as back up. As long as the wages are low enough I’m fine with him as #3
 
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Thenewcat said:
He’s a spectacularly mediocre keeper these days. I’d stick with Gazzaniga as back up. As long as the wages are low enough I’m fine with him as #3
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There’s a trend with the top teams in England ATM having a homegrown 3rd Keeper in their mid to late thirties. Carson At man city, Lonergan at Liverpool, lee grant at Man U, and green was at Chelsea too I remember

Harts better than all of them!!
 
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It goes some way to addressing the home grown problem. The alternative would have probably been a cheap foreign keeper which would not have helped the issue.
 
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mawspurs said:
mawspurs said:
Former England No1 Joe Hart is closing in on a move to Tottenham after running down his Burnley contract last season.
Jose Mourinho is keen to sign a homegrown reserve goalkeeper following Michel Vorm's departure at the end of the season, and is now set to snap up Hart on a free transfer.

Source: Evening Standard
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One day I would like to make serious efforts to discover why goalkeepers seem to go into decline, earlier than one might expect from outfield players. Is it historical? Did Jennings, for example? Robinson, De Gea, a number of England goalkeepers such as Hart, seem to flatter to deceive. Expectations, hype, the modern game?
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One day I would like to make serious efforts to discover why goalkeepers seem to go into decline, earlier than one might expect from outfield players. Is it historical? Did Jennings, for example? Robinson, De Gea, a number of England goalkeepers such as Hart, seem to flatter to deceive. Expectations, hype, the modern game?
 
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yid-down-under said:
There’s a trend with the top teams in England ATM having a homegrown 3rd Keeper in their mid to late thirties. Carson At man city, Lonergan at Liverpool, lee grant at Man U, and green was at Chelsea too I remember

Harts better than all of them!!
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I get it - you put Hart on the bench if you’re short of home grown players. But I’d still pick Gazzaniga over Hart if Hugo was injured
 
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How come none of the ITK folks knew anything about this? Can’t have been a closely guarded secret that a medical was happening, and surely this move has taken a week or more to put together?
 
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greaves said:
One day I would like to make serious efforts to discover why goalkeepers seem to go into decline, earlier than one might expect from outfield players. Is it historical? Did Jennings, for example? Robinson, De Gea, a number of England goalkeepers such as Hart, seem to flatter to deceive. Expectations, hype, the modern game?
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I've always assumed that because GK errors often directly lead to conceding a goal those errors receive more attention than errors anywhere else on the pitch, even relative to strikers missing "open goals"- especially in the case of big matches and international football. Following an obvious howler, media and fan attention intensifies on every error that GK makes and little mistakes that media and fans might have looked past before are highlighted. As the scrutiny intensifies the GK find themselves making errors as a direct result of the increased pressure they are under or resort to playing it ultra safe (coming out for less balls, less commanding in the box) in an attempt to mitigate those errors. From there it's long way back to their previous position of confidence and authority.

I think the same probably happens all over the pitch really but it is just more obvious in the case of GK's because of the reason mentioned above, and also partly because they occupy a unique position on the pitch and are rarely dropped/rotated.
 
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maybe on this occasion what money we have is best used elsewhere on the team.
In all honesty it might not be that bad a signing for a year or two.
 
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He could be a masterstroke of a signing especially if Mourinho can get into his head.

....but I have always found him far too highly strung to be a top level goalkeeper. All the top goalkeepers that I can think of give off a sense of calmness and being in control. Sometimes they will berate a defence but if you do you really have to be at the top of your game (ala Peter Schmeichal).

He shows the passion of an outfield player and jumps around like a madman when he needs to have more focus and be more relaxed.
 
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Not fussed.
Coming to Spurs as a second or third keeper is presumably for the money.
He could be first choice in a lower division but they couldn't afford him.
Quite happy with Gazza and a young keeper preferably one of our own.
 
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