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Since you're both around, Nozza and Blurred, and you've both rated him as more valuable than Jaaskelainen...

Sunderland will smash the British transfer fee for a goalkeeper on Wednesday by paying Hearts £9m for Craig Gordon.

A bargain?

I wouldn't say it was a bargain, no, but I stand by my reasoning to say that he's more valuable in terms of an asset than Jaaskelainen. Wouldn't have him down at that price, mind.

Who was the previous British record for a goalkeeper, anyway? Surely they mean the highest price paid for a British goalkeeper, as Cech was more than that, wasn't he?

[boltonboris]

Since you're both around, Nozza and Blurred, and you've both rated him as more valuable than Jaaskelainen...

Sunderland will smash the British transfer fee for a goalkeeper on Wednesday by paying Hearts £9m for Craig Gordon.

A bargain?

I wouldn't say it was a bargain, no, but I stand by my reasoning to say that he's more valuable in terms of an asset than Jaaskelainen. Wouldn't have him down at that price, mind.

Who was the previous British record for a goalkeeper, anyway? Surely they mean the highest price paid for a British goalkeeper, as Cech was more than that, wasn't he?

I believe Chelsea paid somewhere in the region of 7.7m for Cech

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I believe Chelsea paid somewhere in the region of 7.7m for Cech

Strange, thought it was more than that...

[boltonboris]

I believe Chelsea paid somewhere in the region of 7.7m for Cech

Strange, thought it was more than that...

Wiki doesnt!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_%C4%8Cech

[Nozza]

Since you're both around, Nozza and Blurred, and you've both rated him as more valuable than Jaaskelainen...

Sunderland will smash the British transfer fee for a goalkeeper on Wednesday by paying Hearts £9m for Craig Gordon.

A bargain?

Absolutely.

Get the lad in.

[Nozza]

Good signing

Debateable, especially at the price.

England International

Because he was 'playing' for United. Expect that to finish now he's gone to Sunderland.

versatile

Doesn't have a position that he's any good enough in to call his own.

I disagree with all points. I think he is a cracking signing, the most exciting SAFC has made in a long time. (Nozza doesn't count. He chose us, we didn't choose him)

[James B]

I think he is a cracking signing, the most exciting SAFC has made in a long time.

tore andre flo was a while ago i guess

[Nozza]

I think he is a cracking signing, the most exciting SAFC has made in a long time.

tore andre flo was a while ago i guess

I was more excited with Marcus Stewart.

Didn't he score a boat load against you in one season (possibly the play off year?)

[James B]

I think he is a cracking signing, the most exciting SAFC has made in a long time.

tore andre flo was a while ago i guess

I was more excited with Marcus Stewart.

Didn't he score a boat load against you in one season (possibly the play off year?)

stewart? yeah he scored a double at the reebok in a 2-2 draw with ipswich in the playoff first leg before the infamous second leg where he also had a good game linking up well with barry knight

[trotter]

WHO THE HELL MENTIONED BARRY KNIGHT

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Absolutely.

Get the lad in.

I fail to see how at £9m he can be called 'a bargain', even by the most blinkered of supporters. A good player? Yes. A bargain? No. That's like me saying Torres was a snip at £20.2m...

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Absolutely.

Get the lad in.

I fail to see how at £9m he can be called 'a bargain', even by the most blinkered of supporters. A good player? Yes. A bargain? No. That's like me saying Torres was a snip at £20.2m...

aHA!!! Dissent amongst the pro-Gordoners!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

thought the politics chat was in the commie thread?

ohhhh, you mean craig gordon? I thought you meant that fat scottish git

[americantrotter]

Where's your fookin Barry Knight now Ipshit?

[Nozza]

Absolutely.

Get the lad in.

I fail to see how at £9m he can be called 'a bargain', even by the most blinkered of supporters. A good player? Yes. A bargain? No. That's like me saying Torres was a snip at £20.2m...

Differing opinion, I guess.

Having a solid, confident, decent keeper could be the difference between us staying up and going down. No disrespect to Darren Ward, but Craig Gordon would give us (players, team, fans) the confidence to know we have a solid back line. If Gordon comes, then we will have Scotlands best keeper (and argueably one of the best in the British Isles), some solid defenders (and Nozza) at the back.

If £9 Million for a keeper keeps us up, then it will be a bargain.

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Differing opinion, I guess.

Having a solid, confident, decent keeper could be the difference between us staying up and going down. No disrespect to Darren Ward, but Craig Gordon would give us (players, team, fans) the confidence to know we have a solid back line. If Gordon comes, then we will have Scotlands best keeper (and argueably one of the best in the British Isles), some solid defenders (and Nozza) at the back.

If £9 Million for a keeper keeps us up, then it will be a bargain.

I can see the argument, but it's somewhat conditional. At the moment I'd say that it'd be difficult to call him a bargain, in much the same way that you couldn't have called Shevchenko a bargain at £30m last summer. You've paid a premium (possibly over the top) for what you want - if he goes on to do as you said then he may well turn out to be worth the money, but I still think there's a difference between being 'value for money' (as he would be if he kept you up) and a 'bargain'. If you'd got him for £3m then I'd say you'd got yourself a bargain already.

[Batman]

No doubt Gordon is the best British keeper, just not a patch on Habsi or Jusko