Chris Kirkland
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Durham Fox
El Dude Brother.
His Dad is most definitely a Liverpool fan.
drummindefender
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He played nearly every game for Wigan last year, and was dropped due to poor form, not for being injury prone. He is not good enough for England
Redditch Fox
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I don't know whether he would do any good for us - but I do know that he's never been good enough to be considered a worthy contender to be the England No1. And I know that anyone who tells the Mercury that effectively his family wasted their money in buying tickets for our games when it turned out he wasn't going to play isn't exactly the sharpest knife in the draw. And I also know that anyone who claims that they couldn't move but a few days ago due to a re-occuring back injury , isn't exactly going to inspire confidence on a cold match day.
Regretably Weale is accident prone and so we really do need a new keeper - and try to get back to the days when Leicester largely built their strength on having a class keeper.
Regretably Weale is accident prone and so we really do need a new keeper - and try to get back to the days when Leicester largely built their strength on having a class keeper.
Steven
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I agree with this but we have to remember that Kirkland is only a loanski so if it goes tits up we can get rid. :icon_wink
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Durham Fox
El Dude Brother.
An injury free Kirkland would be an England first choice for me. No doubt his recent form has been affected by his back. He's clearly all but finished as a pro but don't doubt his talent.
David Gwilliam
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More than a class keeper. When I started watching Leicester they had replaced the best goalkeeper in the world by a young man who clearly was going to become the best goalkeeper in the world. This was a 19 year old who commanded his area bossed top class defender (Sjoberg and Cross) With all due repect to Banks (who I never saw at Leicester), Schmeichel and Seaman Peter Shilton was the best goalkeeper I have ever seen.
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Redditch Fox
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True - but I think that Kirkland is a blind alley as far as finding a replacement for Weale is concerned. Still Sven will know that better than anyone.
Redditch Fox
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Sadly, I can recall seeing both Banks and Shilton at Leicester - and even more sadly previous keepers right back to the likes of Johnny Anderson and even Tommy Godwin.
I really couldn't differentiate between Banks and Shilton. If I picked a best Leicester team, I'd put in Shilton only on the basis that he was Leicester born.
SJN-Fox
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Gone back to Wigan for more treatment. (Hopefully he'll stay there this time).
http://www.teamtalk.com/leicester-city/6623340/Crocked-Kirkland-back-at-Wigan
http://www.teamtalk.com/leicester-city/6623340/Crocked-Kirkland-back-at-Wigan
Cate Fox
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his loan period must be up fairly soon?
SJN-Fox
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I think the Hull match would have been the final one.
Harbro-Fox
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Good job, the guy is useless. Weale should be no doubt number one.
beaumontfox
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Well that was a successful stint!
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