Poyet hails classy Kuszczak (From The Argus)

We got a super Pole in our goal!!

Cloughie always said Peter Shilton was worth 10 points per season on his own, I think we have the same experience with TK. The way the West Stand stood up to applaud his save vs Burnley must have given him tremendous satisfaction. Of course most of the North Stand were already on their feet.

Yorkieseagull wrote:
Cloughie always said Peter Shilton was worth 10 points per season on his own, I think we have the same experience with TK. The way the West Stand stood up to applaud his save vs Burnley must have given him tremendous satisfaction. Of course most of the North Stand were already on their feet.

The east upper where on their feet also and for the replay on the big screen
UTA

How long is his contract with the Albion?

jockithenoo wrote:

Yorkieseagull wrote: Cloughie always said Peter Shilton was worth 10 points per season on his own, I think we have the same experience with TK. The way the West Stand stood up to applaud his save vs Burnley must have given him tremendous satisfaction. Of course most of the North Stand were already on their feet.

The east upper where on their feet also and for the replay on the big screen UTA

The west stand were mostly sat down where I was, although I think in fairness they would have broken a hip. I was firmly on foot though.

For me TK is the signing of the season followed by Orlandi and then Lopez. I would have put Bruno at number two but his recent return to full fitness seems to be filled with a lack of defensive confidence. Attacking wise hes still there abouts though.

Seagulls Over Surrey (SOS) wrote:
How long is his contract with the Albion?

Initial contract was reported as two years. I don't know if there is a one years extension option for the club or not. I certainly hope so or if there isn't I trust Poyet and Co will offer an extension soon assuming they haven't already done so.

nice to see tk playing so well and uplifting the defence which I thought had let us down in previous seasons. bha have had some good goalkeepers in the past and two who's names spring to mind are jack ball and harry baldwin.only the golden oldies will remember them back in the days of the old 3rd. div south. In those days we were at the goldstone ground and crowds of between 25,000 and 33,000 were quite common.
I remember jack ball coached myself amongst others when I was in the brighton boys squad around about 1947/48. Dream on !!!!!!!!!
bha's no. 1 fan in south africa

ballantrrae wrote:

Seagulls Over Surrey (SOS) wrote:
How long is his contract with the Albion?

Initial contract was reported as two years. I don't know if there is a one years extension option for the club or not. I certainly hope so or if there isn't I trust Poyet and Co will offer an extension soon assuming they haven't already done so.

The signing of him , plus bridge, and now upson has been unbelievable, in my honest opinion, Gus this year has gone for class rather than form. And now all the jigsaw is now assembled its a massive step up from last season.
I would expect one of the other keepers to be released this summer, with the new kid as keeper 3.

markymark03 wrote:

jockithenoo wrote:

Yorkieseagull wrote: Cloughie always said Peter Shilton was worth 10 points per season on his own, I think we have the same experience with TK. The way the West Stand stood up to applaud his save vs Burnley must have given him tremendous satisfaction. Of course most of the North Stand were already on their feet.

The east upper where on their feet also and for the replay on the big screen UTA

The west stand were mostly sat down where I was, although I think in fairness they would have broken a hip. I was firmly on foot though.

For me TK is the signing of the season followed by Orlandi and then Lopez. I would have put Bruno at number two but his recent return to full fitness seems to be filled with a lack of defensive confidence. Attacking wise hes still there abouts though.

Marky Mark wrote 'For me TK is the signing of the season followed by Orlandi and then Lopez. I would have put Bruno at number two but... blah blah'

And where would you have put the signing of Wayne Brige...? You must be part of the judging committee who continuously overlook him for MOTM award. Nevertheless I agree TK is the signing of the season.

Ooops, sorry folks, the 'quote' should have been cancelled in order to avoid unnecessary repitition... never mind, one more won't make too much difference!

JM, I have noticed when I have added a quote, but then clicked on remove quote, it never removes it.

The only way round this is to go to the headline section and then go back into the thread and start again.

The south stand were stranding and applauding too!?

jonsyl wrote:
nice to see tk playing so well and uplifting the defence which I thought had let us down in previous seasons. bha have had some good goalkeepers in the past and two who's names spring to mind are jack ball and harry baldwin.only the golden oldies will remember them back in the days of the old 3rd. div south. In those days we were at the goldstone ground and crowds of between 25,000 and 33,000 were quite common. I remember jack ball coached myself amongst others when I was in the brighton boys squad around about 1947/48. Dream on !!!!!!!!! bha's no. 1 fan in south africa

Loved to see you reminiscences, jonsyl. You pre-date me by a few years. By the time I became a fan, the man between the sticks was Eric Gill. What a fine keeper! He also had a really impressive consecutive games streak, but don't recall the actual number.

Fond memories for all!

Grendel wrote:
The south stand were stranding and applauding too!?

Thats the trouble with the South Stand - too much stranding!

Ref player of season . Very difficult to pick so far between Tk ,bridge,dave,brono,(
early season) liam,adam, all good but there may yet be(hoping!) some season defining moments yet to come that may influence the winner of this award. Am going to keep my options open yet (V has a few big games yet to get in the frame)
Moments of the season so far go to -that save last week and my champagne moment Adam bulldozing that Hull defence out the way all pre planned. Others suggestions ?

Have we had a better keeper?

For me TK the most inspired, followed closely by the classy Bridge, then Orlandi and Lopez, Bruno started in sensational style on his way to cult status, but has faded badly over the last few weeks. I think he will get back to his best, but I would play Calde at the moment, he is steady and intelligent. His first priority is defending, and perhaps his lack of real pace is made up by his intelligent positioning.

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No..

Hi Jonsyl I agree re Eric Gill. In those days it was green polo neck jumpers and yellow string gloves for goalies. Going from memory Eric made 247 consecutive appearances and I cannot imagine that this has been beaten.

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No, and it is probably the most important position on the pitch.

It's good to know that when we are under pressure the opposition will probably either miss the goal or TK will save it.

Unlike last year, I can soak up the pressure and just cross my fingers rather than biting them dom to my knuckles.

I grew up watching Brian Powney between the sticks. Long time servant, very reliable, I'd vote him second to TK. Moseley was a pretty good keeper too, as was Grummitt. We've had our fair share of good keepers over the years, but our Pole in the Goal is a class above.

Hovite wrote:

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No, and it is probably the most important position on the pitch.

It's good to know that when we are under pressure the opposition will probably either miss the goal or TK will save it.

Unlike last year, I can soak up the pressure and just cross my fingers rather than biting them dom to my knuckles.

Brian Powney was the first keeper i saw in 1969. The best before TK were Grummitt and Corrigan both at the end of their careers of course so difficult to compare. Corrigan was a great keeper. Before he joined us i remember playing Man City and we beat them 4-1 i believe but for Big Joe it would have been 8 or 9.TK is class and agree that he has saved us at least 10 points this season.

Always loved Brian Powney, SF Seagull, but that was in our lower division days. Would put Moseley and Joe Corrigan ahead of him, even though Corrigan was past his sell-by date when he joined us.

If the Pole in Goal stays with us long enough, he could surpass them all.

Lawro was God wrote:

Hovite wrote:

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No, and it is probably the most important position on the pitch.

It's good to know that when we are under pressure the opposition will probably either miss the goal or TK will save it.

Unlike last year, I can soak up the pressure and just cross my fingers rather than biting them dom to my knuckles.

Brian Powney was the first keeper i saw in 1969. The best before TK were Grummitt and Corrigan both at the end of their careers of course so difficult to compare. Corrigan was a great keeper. Before he joined us i remember playing Man City and we beat them 4-1 i believe but for Big Joe it would have been 8 or 9.TK is class and agree that he has saved us at least 10 points this season.

Ok, in my living memory TK has been the best. I don't think Corrigan at the end of his career counts.

I started watching the Albion when Eric Stelte and Graham Moseley were here, followed by Perry Digweed.

Michel Kuipers is up there for me though, and if he was 10 years younger he would fit in with the current squad.

I mean Steele

I caught the final season of Eric Gill, followed by Dave Hollins and Charlie Baker. All excellent keepers. Geoff Sidebottom was a stand out keeper for me, until a nasty injury curtailed his brief Albion career. Grummitt excellent of course. However, I think TK is looking something very special.

SanFranciscoSeagull wrote:
I grew up watching Brian Powney between the sticks. Long time servant, very reliable, I'd vote him second to TK. Moseley was a pretty good keeper too, as was Grummitt. We've had our fair share of good keepers over the years, but our Pole in the Goal is a class above.

Moseley and powney were the ones I grew up with, osullivan on wing with towner on the other, bridge is best left back ever I can remember, watching him not challenge , yet seeing a player out of the dead ball line..
I remember watching ward score 4 and Mellor three one night.. Standing in the west st, only thing was guttering dripped on me... That night those two hit another level together.
Give me play off final against palace. That would be a day !!,

Hovite wrote:

Lawro was God wrote:

Hovite wrote:

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No, and it is probably the most important position on the pitch.

It's good to know that when we are under pressure the opposition will probably either miss the goal or TK will save it.

Unlike last year, I can soak up the pressure and just cross my fingers rather than biting them dom to my knuckles.

Brian Powney was the first keeper i saw in 1969. The best before TK were Grummitt and Corrigan both at the end of their careers of course so difficult to compare. Corrigan was a great keeper. Before he joined us i remember playing Man City and we beat them 4-1 i believe but for Big Joe it would have been 8 or 9.TK is class and agree that he has saved us at least 10 points this season.

Ok, in my living memory TK has been the best. I don't think Corrigan at the end of his career counts.

I started watching the Albion when Eric Stelte and Graham Moseley were here, followed by Perry Digweed.

Michel Kuipers is up there for me though, and if he was 10 years younger he would fit in with the current squad.

So you didn't see Joe! I saw Moseley Digweed Steele et al and they weren't in the same league mate!

Anyone know what's occuring with Brez?

Brian Powney,was the keeper when i saw my first Albion game,i dont remember a lot to be honest,i do remember seeing a host of very good No1s in the years to follow.

Peter Grummitt,and then cheeky Eric Steele,who,when at the North Stand used to do his Charlie Chaplin across the goal line ,and as i recall the occasional hand walk!.(is that his son that was at Barnsley).

Then of course came Graham Moseley,under my all time favourite manager Alan Mullery,i know Graham had been with us before Alan.!

Perry Digweed of course ,what a fantastic and loyal servant ,and perhaps a keeper that would be the first of many big name keepers to join our great club,Joe Corrigan!!!

Tomasz in my Brighton opinion is probably the best keeper in all 4 divisions bar,Joe hart(1) Reina,Cech,and maybe Szczesny. I do know the guy is a genious and he will stay with us. UTA

mark by the sea wrote:

SanFranciscoSeagull wrote:
I grew up watching Brian Powney between the sticks. Long time servant, very reliable, I'd vote him second to TK. Moseley was a pretty good keeper too, as was Grummitt. We've had our fair share of good keepers over the years, but our Pole in the Goal is a class above.

Moseley and powney were the ones I grew up with, osullivan on wing with towner on the other, bridge is best left back ever I can remember, watching him not challenge , yet seeing a player out of the dead ball line..
I remember watching ward score 4 and Mellor three one night.. Standing in the west st, only thing was guttering dripped on me... That night those two hit another level together.
Give me play off final against palace. That would be a day !!,

West Stand! Had you down for a proper fan Mark! North Stand was the only place to be!
Sully andTiger vs Buckley and Vicente? Give me Wardy and Spider every time ! UTA

If i stutter and splutter,thats because its hard to eat humble pie and wash your mouth with soap at the same time....I would genuinely not forget the 11 fantastic years that Michel gave us,i in my defence was trying to think,not of the obvious,..I think i`ll stop talking now,...holes..deep holes...UTA

I am puzzled as to how people can put Calde ahead of Bruno even on his current form? I would say that defensively Calde was well below Bruno. He was often caught out at the far post and as others have said lacked pace. The one area where he beats Bruno is his knack of popping up in goalscoring positions. For me it would be Bruno every time.

Lawro was God wrote:

Hovite wrote:

Lawro was God wrote:

Hovite wrote:

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No, and it is probably the most important position on the pitch.

It's good to know that when we are under pressure the opposition will probably either miss the goal or TK will save it.

Unlike last year, I can soak up the pressure and just cross my fingers rather than biting them dom to my knuckles.

Brian Powney was the first keeper i saw in 1969. The best before TK were Grummitt and Corrigan both at the end of their careers of course so difficult to compare. Corrigan was a great keeper. Before he joined us i remember playing Man City and we beat them 4-1 i believe but for Big Joe it would have been 8 or 9.TK is class and agree that he has saved us at least 10 points this season.

Ok, in my living memory TK has been the best. I don't think Corrigan at the end of his career counts.

I started watching the Albion when Eric Stelte and Graham Moseley were here, followed by Perry Digweed.

Michel Kuipers is up there for me though, and if he was 10 years younger he would fit in with the current squad.

So you didn't see Joe! I saw Moseley Digweed Steele et al and they weren't in the same league mate!

Yep I know that Joe was a top keeper in his day, but we were in the last couple of years of his career, and wasn't here that long.

TBH, when he was playing for us, I wasn't really around to fairly judge him.

Lawro was God wrote:

mark by the sea wrote:

SanFranciscoSeagull wrote:
I grew up watching Brian Powney between the sticks. Long time servant, very reliable, I'd vote him second to TK. Moseley was a pretty good keeper too, as was Grummitt. We've had our fair share of good keepers over the years, but our Pole in the Goal is a class above.

Moseley and powney were the ones I grew up with, osullivan on wing with towner on the other, bridge is best left back ever I can remember, watching him not challenge , yet seeing a player out of the dead ball line..
I remember watching ward score 4 and Mellor three one night.. Standing in the west st, only thing was guttering dripped on me... That night those two hit another level together.
Give me play off final against palace. That would be a day !!,

West Stand! Had you down for a proper fan Mark! North Stand was the only place to be!
Sully andTiger vs Buckley and Vicente? Give me Wardy and Spider every time ! UTA

With my brother and my uncle that night...
North stand memories, saints fans in butcher coats! Spurs at home when Gerry Armstrong wound up the west stand extension when spurs fans caused trouble..
Biggest memory was norwich at home in quarter final..
Best player lawrenson.
Most skilfull, frank worthington. Guy would pull the ball down in 6 " of mud flick it to another brighton player, and while looking like he just got out of bed!

What about Eric? (Potts) - 2 goals as sub in 3 mins v Sunderland when we were 1 - 0 down at the Goldstone in '79 (or maybe '78?) - he doesn't seem to get much of a mention!!

I remember Digweed receiving a firm kick in the nuts whilst making a save at the feet of a player. He was down for about five minutes, then got up and carried on until blood started trickling down his leg. He went off to hospital where I believe he had to have a transfusion to replace the blood lost.

Kuipers was a fantastic servant to Brighton, and our best player in the mid 2000's. Not in TK's class though.

After Diggers there was of course Mr Mark Beeney. A quality keeper who could've made it very big but career sadly cut short through injury. He now runs a cab firm somewhere in Yorkshire I believe!

Actually have just checked Wiki and Beeney is apparently involved in coaching at chelski. I'm sure he did run a cab firm for a while! Or was it just a dream....albeit a flippin strange one!! :-D

FloridaGull wrote:

jonsyl wrote: nice to see tk playing so well and uplifting the defence which I thought had let us down in previous seasons. bha have had some good goalkeepers in the past and two who's names spring to mind are jack ball and harry baldwin.only the golden oldies will remember them back in the days of the old 3rd. div south. In those days we were at the goldstone ground and crowds of between 25,000 and 33,000 were quite common. I remember jack ball coached myself amongst others when I was in the brighton boys squad around about 1947/48. Dream on !!!!!!!!! bha's no. 1 fan in south africa

Loved to see you reminiscences, jonsyl. You pre-date me by a few years. By the time I became a fan, the man between the sticks was Eric Gill. What a fine keeper! He also had a really impressive consecutive games streak, but don't recall the actual number. Fond memories for all!

Eric Gill made the most number of consecutive appearances for the Albion - 247 - the sequence ending on 21-2-1953. I saw him play from 1955 to 1958 - a very reliable and popular keeper.

If you remember Eric Gill, you probably remember John Shepherd who joined us from Millwall in the close season just after we had won our first ever promotion from the old Third Division South in 1958. Only one team got promoted out of 24 in those days.

John Shepherd's daughter has just published a biography of John's life in a book called "In and Out of the Lion's Den". It's a very good read with lots of stories and photographs of his time with the Albion. 330 pages in all. it is available from Amazon for £9. Well worth the money. I was round his house this afternoon and he was good enough to give me a free signed copy.
John jointly holds the record (since 1905) of most goals on his league debut. he scored 4 goals for Millwall away to Leyton Orient in 1952. The most ever goals scored on his debut was a Chelsea player who scored 5 goals in 1905. John is also Millwall's all-time top scorer in the FA Cup a record which still stands. He was Brighton's leading goalscorer with 17 goals from 36 appearances in our first ever season in Div 2 (now known as the Championship). Those were the good old days of all-out attacking football - and very few bookings or sendings-off, no crowd trouble or segregation, and a great spirit and cameraderie amongst spectators and players alike. It was less professional, but much more fun in those days, and players were loyal to their clubs and gave their all for the love of the game even though their wages were pitifully small.

Grendel wrote:
The south stand were stranding and applauding too!?

Unable to get a ticket, I stood up at home listening to the radio as the save was made.

tonytowner1 wrote:
What about Eric? (Potts) - 2 goals as sub in 3 mins v Sunderland when we were 1 - 0 down at the Goldstone in '79 (or maybe '78?) - he doesn't seem to get much of a mention!!

Yes Tony. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Those two goals were scored in the south goal. Potts had flaming red ginger hair if I recall correctly. I can't quite remember if that was the season we missed out to Spurs pipping us to promotion with a late equalizer at Saints or the following season when we were eventually promoted to the old Division 1. I can see Alan Mullery now in the west stand at the end of the game when we just missed out saying ''We will go up next year, I promise you''. And what a great chairman we had in Mike Bambert. On a par with Tony Bloom or just behind. My seat was in the back row of the south stand and my 6 year old son would sit on the girder behind my seat. You couldn't get a seat for love nor money in those days so the bloke on the gate would let the kids in under the turnstile. Remember that, a book of paper tickets?

tonytowner1 wrote:
What about Eric? (Potts) - 2 goals as sub in 3 mins v Sunderland when we were 1 - 0 down at the Goldstone in '79 (or maybe '78?) - he doesn't seem to get much of a mention!!

Yeah, I remember that one. Both goals came in extra time.Thought we were gonna lose that one.

Yeah, I remember that one. Both goals came in extra time.Thought we were gonna lose that one.

saraman wrote:

tonytowner1 wrote:
What about Eric? (Potts) - 2 goals as sub in 3 mins v Sunderland when we were 1 - 0 down at the Goldstone in '79 (or maybe '78?) - he doesn't seem to get much of a mention!!

Yes Tony. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Those two goals were scored in the south goal. Potts had flaming red ginger hair if I recall correctly. I can't quite remember if that was the season we missed out to Spurs pipping us to promotion with a late equalizer at Saints or the following season when we were eventually promoted to the old Division 1. I can see Alan Mullery now in the west stand at the end of the game when we just missed out saying ''We will go up next year, I promise you''. And what a great chairman we had in Mike Bambert. On a par with Tony Bloom or just behind. My seat was in the back row of the south stand and my 6 year old son would sit on the girder behind my seat. You couldn't get a seat for love nor money in those days so the bloke on the gate would let the kids in under the turnstile. Remember that, a book of paper tickets?

Was that the year we finished level on points with Spurs but they were promoted on GD? They beat Bristol Rivers 10-0 earlier in the season and their GD was 10 better than us. We finished 3rd on same points as Spurs and Blackburn were 4th 11 points behind us. When we played Bristol Rivers after their thrashing by Spurs, I remember everyone singing 10-0 10-0 10-0 10-0, on the way to the Goldstone to the tune of Amazing Grace. They scored first and we scraped a 1-1 draw yet we thrashed Spurs 3-1!

The player of the season has got to be between Wayne Bridge or TK so far.
Please don't bang on about Bridcutt as he is not in the same class. For instance, how many international games has he played?

Great posts. Thank you everyone I really enjoyed reading them. I didn’t realise what a bunch of oldies we are on here. My first real memory of the Albion is when Brian Clough arrived he decided to go on a walk about on the east terrace so I ran across the pitch from the north stand and patted him on the back of his sheepskin coat to welcome him. I have just worked out I was 15 at the time, so the first keeper I saw must have been Powney but now my memory is at full stretch.

championshipgull wrote:
Great posts. Thank you everyone I really enjoyed reading them. I didn’t realise what a bunch of oldies we are on here. My first real memory of the Albion is when Brian Clough arrived he decided to go on a walk about on the east terrace so I ran across the pitch from the north stand and patted him on the back of his sheepskin coat to welcome him. I have just worked out I was 15 at the time, so the first keeper I saw must have been Powney but now my memory is at full stretch.

Ah yes, Brian Clough. First game in charge was a 0-0 with York as I recall. In those days, before tv saturation we'd tune into sports report at 5pm (Home Service) and I remember Brightons game and result against York was mentioned even before the mighty First Division teams. Also recall a 2-8 home loss against Bristol Rovers and when asked about the defeat, Clough's response was to say that we'd been the first side to score two against Rovers that season. How's that for positivity?

dave from bexill wrote:

championshipgull wrote:
Great posts. Thank you everyone I really enjoyed reading them. I didn’t realise what a bunch of oldies we are on here. My first real memory of the Albion is when Brian Clough arrived he decided to go on a walk about on the east terrace so I ran across the pitch from the north stand and patted him on the back of his sheepskin coat to welcome him. I have just worked out I was 15 at the time, so the first keeper I saw must have been Powney but now my memory is at full stretch.

Ah yes, Brian Clough. First game in charge was a 0-0 with York as I recall. In those days, before tv saturation we'd tune into sports report at 5pm (Home Service) and I remember Brightons game and result against York was mentioned even before the mighty First Division teams. Also recall a 2-8 home loss against Bristol Rovers and when asked about the defeat, Clough's response was to say that we'd been the first side to score two against Rovers that season. How's that for positivity?

Brilliant. Funnily enough I was just watching that Bristol game highlights on Youtube with Powney in goal.trying to jog my memory.

http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=qEo8tpoEb
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Good spot champ; Powney was a few years before me, but clearly not in our GK top 10.

All your comments have refreshed my memory and I remember most of the names you all mention particularly eric gill. I have missed quite a lot because I left england in 1976. Does anyone remember the manager don welsh ??
I remember being one of a 100 or so young lads who swept the snow off the pitch one saturday morning so the game could be played that afternoon. My spot was behind the goal in the north stand as was my father's before me.

mark by the sea wrote:

SanFranciscoSeagull wrote:
I grew up watching Brian Powney between the sticks. Long time servant, very reliable, I'd vote him second to TK. Moseley was a pretty good keeper too, as was Grummitt. We've had our fair share of good keepers over the years, but our Pole in the Goal is a class above.

Moseley and powney were the ones I grew up with, osullivan on wing with towner on the other, bridge is best left back ever I can remember, watching him not challenge , yet seeing a player out of the dead ball line..
I remember watching ward score 4 and Mellor three one night.. Standing in the west st, only thing was guttering dripped on me... That night those two hit another level together.
Give me play off final against palace. That would be a day !!,

Mark, you left out probably the best keeper imo up until the start of this season, Peter Grummitt i thought he was superb. Thing is I think he was between the posts on that brilliant evening you mentioned. "Spider" was some player was'nt he?

Vince

I shall certainly get the biography of John Shepherd. I recall him as a burly, bustling inside forward, possibly alongside Tommy Dixon (acquired from Reading)
Shepherd was an excellent player who I think, when he retired, was at Southwick Leisure Centre, possibly the manager?

Hovite wrote:

Lawro was God wrote:

Hovite wrote:

allbarnunn wrote:
Have we had a better keeper?

No, and it is probably the most important position on the pitch.

It's good to know that when we are under pressure the opposition will probably either miss the goal or TK will save it.

Unlike last year, I can soak up the pressure and just cross my fingers rather than biting them dom to my knuckles.

Brian Powney was the first keeper i saw in 1969. The best before TK were Grummitt and Corrigan both at the end of their careers of course so difficult to compare. Corrigan was a great keeper. Before he joined us i remember playing Man City and we beat them 4-1 i believe but for Big Joe it would have been 8 or 9.TK is class and agree that he has saved us at least 10 points this season.

Ok, in my living memory TK has been the best. I don't think Corrigan at the end of his career counts.

I started watching the Albion when Eric Stelte and Graham Moseley were here, followed by Perry Digweed.

Michel Kuipers is up there for me though, and if he was 10 years younger he would fit in with the current squad.

Sorry you could not be more wrong.Kuipers could never kick a ball.Thats why know other clubs wanted him.He went to Crawley and was soon just a sub.Pure rubbish most people feel,and he was soon shown the door because of his large wages.TK is in a league of his own.The best since Eric Stelle & Moseley.