28 May 2018 06:52:58
Do the ED's know of any interest past or present in Jasper Cillessen? He's not in the fantasy league realms of Oblak and Allison and should be a realistic price, he would be an automatic No1 over what we have and would form a natural top of the spine with VVD.

{Ed001's Note - no.}

1.) 28 May 2018
28 May 2018 07:01:14
Jasper Cillessen is terrible on crosses and error prone. There’s a reason that he’s a number two.

2.) 28 May 2018
28 May 2018 07:32:15
Is this not the problem with every keeper. They are open to the worst criticism and very rare they get any credit (other than a winning shoot out) . There will be examples of every keeper making some kind of errors.

The guy is No2 at one of the best clubs in Europe, he’s the No1 for Holland and is only 29 so has plenty of years left in him. He wouldn’t cost the earth, has a good understanding with the center back that is in front of him and based on his performances for Holland and Ajax is better than what we have.

We will not be getting Oblak or Allison and there are far more positives to signing Cillisen than the likes of Butland or Navas.

3.) 28 May 2018
28 May 2018 08:10:35
I’ve seen him play for Barcelona and he does not look like a keeper that fills me with confidence. Whenever the ball goes into the Barcelona box and he’s playing you can see the defenders don’t look confident, he’s not confident with catching the ball, lacks the physique to challenge for the ball and often stays on his line waiting. The Netherlands don’t have any strength in depth in their keepers, so being number one is hardly a sign of absolute quality at this moment in time. Cillessen is every bit as poor as Navas in my opinion. To me he lacks any distinct quality and is no way in improvement on any one already at the club bar Bogdan.

4.) 28 May 2018
28 May 2018 12:23:46
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{Ed002's Note - This is not the place to add long lists of random players - try the Banter page which already have a thread please.}

5.) 28 May 2018
28 May 2018 16:15:04
It seems like there is going to be a lot of disappointed people then.