Alkhen
Well-Known Member
Seeing as nothing is happening I thought I'd fix football.
I was thinking the other day it's stupid that the top teams hoard the elite goalkeepers, so many decent keepers sit on the bench not getting a sniff whilst the championship teams have to make do with whatever is left.
Pie in the sky but my idea was there should be a special loan system specifically for GKs.
Bit convoluted but bear with me!
So a Champ team could loan a Prem reserve keeper but the deal has a clause that they have to send the GK back if his parent teams main keeper gets injured.
..But built into the deal is a agreement the Prem team has to then send in the opposite direction their 3rd choice keeper so the Champ team isn't left short.
So basically the lower team pay a fee/wage package to secure the use of 2nd choice keeper at a prem team but the deal also includes a backup of their 3rd choice if the loan has to be cut short.
It would need rule changes so that the keeper can be recalled/switched out of the window and obviously it would be tricky to get 2 players to agree.
Would be hard to pull off but win win for all surely? Reserve keeper gets game time to develop, Standard of goalkeeping in the championship goes up and all parties are covered in an emergency.
Only risk would be the prem team having to use the 3rd choice for one game if their 1st choice gets injured in game. But surely that is a price worth paying to keep your backup fully up to game pace and sharp.
I was thinking the other day it's stupid that the top teams hoard the elite goalkeepers, so many decent keepers sit on the bench not getting a sniff whilst the championship teams have to make do with whatever is left.
Pie in the sky but my idea was there should be a special loan system specifically for GKs.
Bit convoluted but bear with me!
So a Champ team could loan a Prem reserve keeper but the deal has a clause that they have to send the GK back if his parent teams main keeper gets injured.
..But built into the deal is a agreement the Prem team has to then send in the opposite direction their 3rd choice keeper so the Champ team isn't left short.
So basically the lower team pay a fee/wage package to secure the use of 2nd choice keeper at a prem team but the deal also includes a backup of their 3rd choice if the loan has to be cut short.
It would need rule changes so that the keeper can be recalled/switched out of the window and obviously it would be tricky to get 2 players to agree.
Would be hard to pull off but win win for all surely? Reserve keeper gets game time to develop, Standard of goalkeeping in the championship goes up and all parties are covered in an emergency.
Only risk would be the prem team having to use the 3rd choice for one game if their 1st choice gets injured in game. But surely that is a price worth paying to keep your backup fully up to game pace and sharp.