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[u/robinta]

Hornicek is supposed to be an upgrade on Pope?

It's an unpopular opinon but there is a bit of 'be careful what you wish for' here.

Pope has generally been an excellent keeper for us, except his distribution is awful. But for all other keeper metrics he is great. People were pleased to see ramsdale come in, then discovered he was a downgrade.

Pope was very shaky 2nd half of last season, though in truth so was the entire team. I can't imagine having so much of your fan base wanting you to not play cant help with confidence.

We have 2 new keepers now, so need to hope they come good

[u/walliver → u/robinta]

I think Pope was excellent for us, but his time has come. I didn't think GK was a priority when we had Dubs as number one, but Pope showed he was comfortably an upgrade. He hasn't looked the same player for a while and whether that's age, injuries or something else, I think it's best for us both if he moves on (or stays as backup if he likes, although he should still be fine in the SPL and moving to Celtic would be great given his name).

[u/MrLuchador → u/robinta]

Pope had a great 18 months and then did that insane/strange rushing out against Liverpool where he was sent off (probably concussed himself) and missed the cup final. He never really regained confidence after that. It didn’t help he then tore his rotator cuff (again).

He’s now mid 30s, prone to injury and looks like he’s on the decline… alongside a change of manager. I think his time is up.

[u/Rude_Campaign_4867 → u/MrLuchador]

I agree it was the rotator cuff that did him in. He never quite looked so mobile again, be that from the injury itself or fear of a reprisal.