I think VG wants to finish his career with Villarreal, dont know if that is too early for him

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I think you are right Butland has been played a few times recently when VG was fit. This could be for a great number of reasons but one could be Viera is working out if he can be Number 1 next season.

Pope is a complete non starter Burnley want £40 million we will not spend that. Sam Johnstone is a very good bet but he will not come to be number 2. So he is coming to replace VG or has a firm understanding he will be number 1 very soon. There is a question I suppose what will Butland do ? I don't think he will be happy but he may feel he can hold the No 1 jersey

Yes i agree with you there Eddie , we do need an upgrade on both keepers . Butland is good but very clamity James like and Vincente is very short for a keeper and an excellent shot stopper but doesnt command the box very well and is hessitant about coming for crosses . Althought i have been impressed with the ammount of clean sheets they have kept ! But i would put that down to fantastic defending .At the same time we had a man mountian in Hennessey and he wasnt very good either . When you see some of the keepers in the league they are the differance between winning and losing a match . ( excuse the spelling and grammer please , me were never grate at it not)

Can't think of one at the moment. I wonder how many PL teams have a keeper who came from their own academy.

We sold our last U23 keeper to Portsmouth last summer. The current lad (Whitworth) is only 18 but looks promising. Of course, it could be 4 or 5 years before we see how good he's likely to become. Keepers do tend to develop later than outfield players and, of course, have a greater longevity in the game.

For me i fell Butland is better at crosses and not as good shot stopper , Guita doesnt come off his line for any crosses hence so many goals form wide areas that puts pressure on your center backs to get it right , butland did come out more and punched better , it is a hard call , but if johnston comes 1 will have to go Buts is younger so he has 3 to 4 seasons left , hard call

Footballs a dog eat dog world, if the club feel that Johnstone is an up grade on what we have then as much as I like him and he’s done nothing wrong VG might have to settle for the bench.. sadly that’s football life !