Joe Walsh

[townendgill]

Not on the bench tonight because he's on his way out of the club. Two championship teams have had bids accepted according to Paul Raynor. Wonder what the fee is?

 

[HerrLjunga]

Good luck to him, shame we never saw more of his undoubted talent before he moved on, but we can't afford to turn down good money down for a sub keeper in the current climate regardless of his potential.

Hope the move goes well for him and he goes on to bigger things (plus another sell-on clause for us no doubt).

 

[Burning_Blue_Soul]

Can we get Lumley back again?

 

[markinkent]

We will never know the fee but good business for a sub keeper.

 

[RotherhitheGill]

Getting Lumley back - No chance, he's far too good for League 1

 

[HerrLjunga]

We'll certainly need a keeper in even if it's just a loan, can't go through the rest of the season without a backup.

 

[shotshy]

Lumley is an option but wouldn’t come to warm the bench which would mean dropping our number one.

 

[Lark]

One of the teams is QPR according to some Twitter posts from fans of theirs

 

[Captainreblue]

Good bit of business if we can get some money in for a non regular starter. Shame we haven't got to see anything of his potential but guess thats partly down to Bonhams form.

Always sad to see a local lad move on but hope Walsh moves onto bigger and better things, both for him personally and the club for any potential sell on money we might get.

Good luck Joe.

 

[jimbogills]

That's cracking work if true. My main memory of him was picking up a back pass after he had just come on.

Get in a kid on peanuts now and job's a good'un.

 

[Therealwaldo]

It’s been reported as QPR with a deal worth ‘up to’ £0.5m. Given that Lumley is still at QPR is a loan deal for him likely ?

 

[madrid_gill]

It’s been reported as QPR with a deal worth ‘up to’ £0.5m. Given that Lumley is still at QPR is a loan deal for him likely ?

Trouble with that is that you'd imagine he wouldn't be happy to be on the bench. And while he may possibly be better than Bonham, as Bonham is our player, and a very decent one for our level, I don't think it'd be wise to drop him to the bench for the rest of the season to make way for Lumley.

Really for now I think we need a decent backup option for when Bonham's unavailable, not a keeper to replace him.

 

[madrid_gill]

Just seen this on the subject of Lumley. Seems he may be available, but he's on loan at Doncaster and they want to keep him.

https://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/qpr-and-rovers-in-talks-over-lumley-move

 

[Billy Goatham]

Getting Lumley back - No chance, he's far too good for League 1

I’d rather have Jennifer Saunders

 

[jimbogills]

It’s been reported as QPR with a deal worth ‘up to’ £0.5m. Given that Lumley is still at QPR is a loan deal for him likely ?

This sort of thing really annoys me. If they were signing him from Peterboro or Sunderland, he would be going for at least 2 million.

 

[Trashbat]

I’d rather have Jennifer Saunders

How can you say that? Joe was absolutely fabulous during his emergency loan spell with us.

 

[OneSirKeefy]

Best of luck to Joe. Obviously talented.

Probably find he’ll be loaned out to L2 club.

 

[chris who]

Getting Lumley back - No chance, he's far too good for League 1

Never say never.There are only about a hundred regular keepers in the league allowing for a few teams who chop and change.So getting a quality keeper is always more likely than any other position.In my view. A very vocal keeper could do the defence a lot of good.Don't get me wrong Bonham is OK and will be unlucky if we do bring in quality between the posts.

 

[ramager]

Maybe we'll get first dibs on loaning Joe back as part of the deal

 

[chris who]

Maybe we'll get first dibs on loaning Joe back as part of the deal

A loan to sit on the bench I can't see it the lad needs games we can't offer that .A league two or national league team will so that is a more likely loan move if he goes anywhere after a transfer.