We Probably Need A Goalkeeper …
Let’s not kid ourselves, although Barkas will get a chance to prove himself, we’re probably going to need a new keeper.
That’s a given considering that Barkas was barely in the line-up this season, which gave him no chance to prove himself to the fans. Lennon’s decision to write him off was an expensive disaster.
Kennedy’s decision not to play him until these last two games – and only then because of injury – just compounds the folly of it.
This is a flat-out disgrace because Barkas cost us a lot of money.
The present management team has failed to get anything out of him at all, which is scandalous when you consider that we signed this guy as a full international and have basically just thrown him away.
From the start it was clear that throwing him under the bus was a huge mistake, and a potentially expensive one.
Forget what you’ve paid for this guy; you now have to start thinking, straight away, about who you want as the permanent replacement for him, which is more money down the drain, more money we ought not to have to spend.
I have no idea what a good keeper will cost, but I know what not having one costs.
The results of that are plain to see.
It’s a position where a good decision is vital, and we are going to have to make a big one on it, and we’ll have to do that right away.