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Andy Lonergan

Andy Lonergan

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With Dec coming to the end of his contract this summer, and having seen his family are setting up life in Norfolk, I can’t see him being here or anywhere near the North West next season.

It’s obvious that Iversen will not be with us next season but I’m a huge advocate of us going down the Goalkeeper loan route for young hungry upcoming keepers to come for a season or two.

Would you go and bring Lonners in as number 2, obviously a Preston lad, have heard he’s said he’d like to finish his career with us, ticks the homegrown box and would allow whoever we have as number one next season to learn off a seasoned pro, seems an ideal move for me.
 
BAJPNE said:
With Dec coming to the end of his contract this summer, and having seen his family are setting up life in Norfolk, I can’t see him being here or anywhere near the North West next season.

It’s obvious that Iversen will not be with us next season but I’m a huge advocate of us going down the Goalkeeper loan route for young hungry upcoming keepers to come for a season or two.

Would you go and bring Lonners in as number 2, obviously a Preston lad, have heard he’s said he’d like to finish his career with us, ticks the homegrown box and would allow whoever we have as number one next season to learn off a seasoned pro, seems an ideal move for me.
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Realistically I'd only want him as a third choice, and having a third choice goalkeeper take up a squad space doesn't seem the best use of resources when we could have Oliver Lombard fill that role next year.
 
Lonners could be a / the specialised Goalie Coach AND at the same time be the #2 or #3. He must have thought about wanting to stay in the game on a Tuition-Level, and why can't that be overlapped with him still retaining his Player Registration?
 
No way. This ain't a retirement resort. If your good enough to play then sure.

I'd rather give Hudson a shot than lonners. If he ain't good enough then its time to go, he's been here long enough and he's he's local lad.

As for Rudd, he's a decent keeper and he may go, and we could still loan Iversen again you never know.

No need to panic.
 
BAJPNE said:
With Dec coming to the end of his contract this summer, and having seen his family are setting up life in Norfolk, I can’t see him being here or anywhere near the North West next season.

It’s obvious that Iversen will not be with us next season but I’m a huge advocate of us going down the Goalkeeper loan route for young hungry upcoming keepers to come for a season or two.

Would you go and bring Lonners in as number 2, obviously a Preston lad, have heard he’s said he’d like to finish his career with us, ticks the homegrown box and would allow whoever we have as number one next season to learn off a seasoned pro, seems an ideal move for me.
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He's a long way past his best and so I wouldn't personally want him as a #2 and as Hunter pointed out above it makes much more sense for our #3 to be a youth keeper who isn't taking a squad spot and can develop around the first team.
noelpne said:
Lonners could be a / the specialised Goalie Coach AND at the same time be the #2 or #3. He must have thought about wanting to stay in the game on a Tuition-Level, and why can't that be overlapped with him still retaining his Player Registration?
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We already have a well respected GK coach in Polly, I wouldn't be swapping him for a rookie coach in the form of Lonners (who might not want to coach anyway).
 
He'd make a good Coach here , however there's no room. Politt was a very good Keepee, one would assume he's a decent coach as well
 
Don’t think Rudd is out of contract this summer? Plus I’m pretty sure the homegrown rule has been scrapped with the 25 man squad.
 
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