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by **ruudthered** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:57 pm

Kirkland would welcome West Brom move

13:11 9/9/2005

Chris Kirkland would welcome a permanent transfer to West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

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The 24-year-old goalkeeper is currently impressing the Baggies during a loan move from Liverpool, and he admits he would be interested in sealing a permanent switch to the Hawthorns.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm a West Brom player now," Kirkland said. "It might be out of my hands because I don't know what Liverpool are thinking.

“I'll have to wait and see what they want at the end of the season. But if the opportunity (to stay permanently) came up then I would have no hesitation."

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the blokes got potential i think you would be mad to let him go permanently.

by **mikopool** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:02 pm

With Carson, Reina, Dudek, Kirkland is wasted talent, he is good, but I doubt with what I have seen of him, that he will be able to outclass the top 3

by **redsforever** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:11 pm

Good player but too injury prone!

by **rat eater** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:55 pm

west brom eh?

going up in the world!!!

by **The_Rock** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:06 pm

kirkland is the hyppia of goalkeepers..... ie (no pace).

He has all the physical attributes needed...but his reflexes are quite slow.

by **JBG** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:04 pm

Kirkland has missed the bus at Liverpool. Carson looks a great prospect, and its hard to see Kirkland getting the nod ahead of Carson or Reina.

by **venpk09** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:38 am

im not sure, kirkland seems to be unlucky so far with injuries

but feels he will do the job for liverpool. esp after his loan at WBA. it do him good.

by **ry_math** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:44 am

i feel sorry 4 the lad but i would sell him, hes not going to get number 1 away from reina and we have scott carson for cover

by **JC_81** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:58 pm

Great performance from Kirkland against Arsenal yesterday. One save in particular was absolute top drawer stuff.

Glad to see him getting an injury-free run, even if it's not for us. He's a good keeper on his day but I don't think he'll be back playing for us next season to be honest.

For a start he is far too injury prone, keeper is the one position where you can't accept this, consistency is needed in that position. Secondly I don't think he ever coped well with the pressure of playing for a big club. That's why he made mistakes. At a smaller team like west brom they are underdogs every week, so there's not as much pressure on Kirkland and with them always under attack there's plenty of opportunities for Kirkland to prove what a good shot-stopper he is.

A few more good performances by kirkland for west brom and we'll get a decent transfer fee for him at the end of the season

by **Espionage** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:25 am

How much do you think that he is worth?

by **JC_81** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:28 pm

Espionage wrote:How much do you think that he is worth?

At the moment about 2 million.

If he has an injury-free season and plays well for West Brom then he's worth at least 3 million I reckon, although not sure of his contract situation, that could affect his value if he's going into his last year next season. Whatever happens we'll recoup nowhere near the 7 million we spent on him.

by **wrighty (not mark!)** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:31 pm

When was the last time we actually made a profit on anyone john craig? Either Iv'e got a memory like a goldfish or we really have turned useless or unlucky in trying to sell players for more than what we bought them for.

by **AwiLas** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:39 pm

Kirkland is like a baby frog that is learning to jump.. Not composed at all.. :;):

by **wrighty (not mark!)** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:42 pm

AwiLas wrote:Kirkland is like a baby frog that is learning to jump.. Not composed at all..

okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. I think that has got to be quote of the day :alien:

by **A.B.** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:19 pm

When was the last time we actually made a profit on anyone john craig?

Milan Baros. Bought him for 3 million, sold him for 7.

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