Southend sign keeper James Montgomery on loan

[shrimpled]

I agree, I don't feel bad for Seaden at all. His time may come, but frankly the idea that we would go into a game with one GK in the squad when we are fighting relegation from League 2 is absolutely crackers.

I would far rather have a fella who has played 150 games + of adult football (and as has been pointed out is regarded as one of the best outside the FL) than Harry Seaden between the sticks tonight. Harry may well go on to be a very good goalkeeper, he already is a good goalkeeper I'm sure, but now is the not the right time for us to be finding out whether he is ready yet. Maybe if we were 12th, but we're not.

This chap may well have a stinker tonight. That wouldn't change the fact that MM and the club have done exactly the right thing in getting someone else in.

Good luck tonight James Montgomery, welcome to the circus.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Feel sorry for Harry but as you say, that's the way the ruling is. Will we now have played 4 'keepers in 4 games? Oxley, Seadon, Bass, Montgomery?

It will be 4 keepers in 3 games!

 

[Andyhsufc]

The question is not is Seaden good enough, its if the second goalkeeper is. MM has made the right call.

 

[thenobster]

Long way to travel to get injured

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Welcome aboard the good ship Shrimper young man

There may be stormy waters ahead (they're usually is) . !!

 

[in the know]

I wonder if James is related to goalkeeper Jim Montgomery who was a Sunderland legend just up the road in the North East.

The cup final 'double save'

 

[Kris]

It's not a big deal really. We've had emergency loan keepers before: Sturrock brought in someone (can't remember whom; Walton?) because he didn't think Bentley was ready yet, and likewise Powell brought in freelance keeper David Stockdale because he didn't think Bishop was ready. And there was Gunnarson last season. Nothing new.

 

[RobM]

It will be 4 keepers in 3 games!

Another club record (bizarre though it is)?

 

[Exiled Shrimper]

Another club record (bizarre though it is)?

The same thing happened towards the end of last season. Oxley started against Coventry City, was injured and replaced by Callum Taylor on 86 minutes. Harry Seaden started (and finished) the next match against Gillingham, but we then brought in Patrick Gunnarsson on an emergency goalkeeper loan for the third match that week, against Burton.

 

[damien]

Cant wait for him to save 8 penalties and earn a lifetime contract

 

[rlb999]

Don’t fully understand this signing to be honest. Surely he goes On the bench and seaden starts?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Don’t fully understand this signing to be honest. Surely he goes On the bench and seaden starts?

Under FL rules emergency keepers have to start.

So our choice was play for the next month and a half with no keeper on the bench or sign a keeper and play him ahead of Seaden.

 

[rlb999]

Under FL rules emergency keepers have to start.

So our choice was play for the next month and a half with no keeper on the bench or sign a keeper and play him ahead of Seaden.

if that’s the rule, it makes sense. otherwise a kick in the teeth for Seaden

 

[Stan33]

Don’t fully understand this signing to be honest. Surely he goes On the bench and seaden starts?

Please check the rules

 

[rlb999]

Please check the rules

See above

 

[Sufc.2008]

Thought he played well and looked very confident tonight. A decent signing on the face of it. It’s a shame for Seaden but the rules forced us to bring someone in really.

 

[fbm]

It will be 4 keepers in 3 games!

4 keepers in 4 consecutive halves of football even

 

[southendkid]

Obviously he wasn't tested much today but a good start for him, if he keeps it up and Oxley ends up leaving in the Summer could he be a potential replacement?

 

[MisterStubbs]

He is 6ft 2 according to Wikipedia but he looks incredibly short! Didn’t have hardly anything to do but looked assured when coming for crosses.

 

[londonblue]

Can't help but feel that the emergency loan rules about the loan having to start aren't particularly well thought out. Given the choice I suspect we'd start Seaden but since we don't really want to risk not having a goalkeeper on the bench we've been forced into starting a non-league keeper rather than a youth players because that's the rules, the rule as it's written discourages clubs from giving their young keeper a shot of the first choice is injured because it would mean they couldn't name a sub keeper.

Actually, whether I like it or not, I think they're well thought out. You can't define a loan as an emergency and then put the player in question on the bench. That simply can't be seen as an emergency.

Don't forget emergency loans are only for a week. If we extend the loan into, say, a normal loan until the end of the season then him and Seadon (and Oxley when he's fit) can fight it out.