Casillas is a no go,patricio could come as we have good links with sporting,buffon is too old and would cost us,akinfeev will get a chance to impress against us next week, and neuer would cost about 10million, all I def know is that vds cant go on forever,foster blew his chance and kitkat will never be 1st choice.

Size matters, go for the biggest, Neuer

We need to stop all this petty speculation and throw all our support behind the keepers we have

Get Edwin to stay on for next season and let him spend more time training Ben, as IMO Ben is still our future No 1, then help to bring through Ron Robert Zieller(who was excellent in the U20 world cup).

Ben has made some glaring mistakes, for that there is no denial, however mistakes are going to happen and would they have been so hyped up by the red top media if he were playing for anyone else? Is there a vendetta to ruin his confidence and therefore get at both SAF & Utd by the press? Lets support our own and move on

In Foster I trust!!!

In an ideal world, Casillas, but given the chance of that happening Akinfeev please.

'Akinfeev' all the way... or maybe Manuel Neuer... I still think Kuszczak is a very good Goalkeeper and deserve to be given at least 5 starts to prove himself.

theo goalkeeper of CSKA is right for us.....Foster is jettering to be nr 1, van der sar is becoming old even if is our best goalkeeper...it 's necessary for big squad big goalkeeper

neal 07, south stand lower 14/10/2009 at 11:16 :

top comments !!...... hey that's strange, you go to matches ! ;)

btw, wouldn't have any of them and why ?...ftr, 'cos none of them come with an '2 yr' error free guarantee !!!

.....work it out !!

Buffon too old? He is merely 31, not at all old for a goalkeeper. Tall, strong, experienced, skilled - he would be my pick, if any is required.

Buffon would clearly be the best instant fix, language excepted, but no way will he be gettable.
Foster; all goalies make mistakes born of a concentration lapse or a misjudgement, but since Foster got the door opened to him for United and England it has been the panic attacks which have been so spectacularly evident. Would you set out this campaign with Ferdinand and Foster and expect clean sheets? Thought not and without Ronnie we shall need them!

neal 07, good comments - I don't believe that SAF has lost faith in Foster and I certainly haven't.

Personally i would go for a Premier League goalkeeper who has experience of the League.My pick who we could realistically get would be Jussi jaskelienen from Bolton.Hes still only 32, a brilliant, proven all round goalkeeper and very experienced.If we went for one outside PL then i would go for Julio Cesar of Inter Milan.When Van Der Sar retires we need a proven, quality, experienced allround goalkeeper who is the finished article or very near to it, not goalkeepers who are still learning there trade, have great potential and therefor will make alot more mistakes than an experienced one so costing us points and games.Although if we do sign another young keeper (Neuer, Akinfeev) or stick with Foster then Van Der Sar MUST stay for another season to pass on his experience to them.

Akinfeev sounds great. We should be prepered to spend big money, keepers really matter. Kuszczak is a fine number two. As for Ben Foster - you are the weakest link, goodbye!

No youngsters, or 'potentials' we need a top class, experienced, 'battle hardened ' keeper'

Casillas and Buffon fit the bill; the former is not available;the latter might be. Spend whatever it takes on him.

Jaskelainen is a decent keeper for sure. But its all about how they handle the pressure. I actually think (and I know I will get ridiculed for this) that James is an outstanding keeper. I just think that in the higher profile matches that he may suffer. All keepers make mistakes - its how they handle the mistakes the next match or even in the same match when the spotlight is on them that mark the very best out.

We need to stop all this petty speculation and throw all our support behind the keepers we have
neal 07, south stand lower
14/10/2009 at 11:16

I think that most fans have given their support to the present keepers but the GKs have made too many mistakes that look very basic,sorry neal but once a keeper as lost confidence & starts to make basic mistakes it is very difficult to recover form.This is compounded at MU were they will always be under the microscope,I thought that Tim howard recieved a rough deal with us but there we go.Sorry to say but the days of great English keepers look to be over,no way does BF look in the class that MU or England require.(hope I am wrong)

Stick with Ben Foster we all make mistakes at work and we move on if he learns from them he will be stronger for it.

I think unfortunatley for Ben Mistakes are always highlighted more at man united than any other club, I think intime he will be a good keeper the fans need to be patient after all the goalkeeper is only as good as his defence......

For its a 3 way battle and its just a case of working out whether we want experiance or a long term number one.

If its a keeper with experiance playing at the highest level for me its Diego Lopez of Villareal,
or we go for one of the top top young keepers in Akinfeev or Neuer either would be excellent.

As for Foster he will go on to become a good premier league keeper like Tim Howard did but united need more than that we need a world class keeper and Foster isnt quite that in my opion.

As mentioned in an earlier mail - sorry this lad doesn't cut it for me. There's been too many scarry moments for my liking so far this season and I know opposition sides are playing to this weakness - Sunderland springs to mind.
Get Neuer in the January window - we need a presence between the sticks.

Neuer is good as is Akinfeev , Buffon will come or will Casillas,
another good one is Rene Adler from Germany !
i agree Foster does not give the team or the supporters any confidence its a pity , but thats how i feel and i dont feel any safer with Kitkat either , we need another first class keeper !

I recall seeing footage of Schmikes in the dressing room some years back in which after he'd been mickeyed by Brucey, standing in in a mock temper and shouting out 'I AM NOT A GERMAN!!' which I think stands out as a self-fulfilling prophesy and that we'll see Neuer or that other German laddy in goal some time soon...

it has to be Buffon, been the best goalkeeper around in a long time!

has anyone watched that get your mascot back thing at the bottom of the page?
Need to get fred back!

Drago 34 your comments are great but seem remarkably similar to this comment left on the 12th of August

He sound's like a good keeper with plenty of potential & a fair bit of experience already- even at the relatively young age(for a keeper) of 23, though I must admit I don't know much about him. If we are looking for young up & coming keepers though? Why not get Russia & CSKA's Igor Akinfeev, who has the potential to be world class, about 6 season's as CSKA's number 1 keeper & who already has international & Champs league experience, at only 23. But we do already have Foster(incase anyone's forgot?) with lot's of potential & room to grow, ideally Ferguson should send him out on loan to get his season of Prem league experience- preferably at a likely relegation candidate(City maybe..?), then he can come back next year mile's better for it.

Realistically to keep challenging for regular honours I feel United need a keeper who's the finished article or at least 99% already there- preferably one of either Inter Milan's J.Cesar, Fiorentina's Frey, or closer to home you've got Bolton's Jaaskelainen (good keeper's who stand out in poor teams are usually better, as they are challenged more often with the average quality of the defender's infront of them, even when VD'Sar kept ALL those clean sheet's he only had half a dozen save's to make in all of the game's- neither of which were too strenuos for him) It's highly unlikely but Ferguson could even try for Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon? Though he would obviously be rather expensive to buy. Ideally United want one who's round about 30- the alleged peak years for a keeper- who has lot's of top level experience, preferably Champs league or international at the least to command & cope with the rigours, expectations & demand's of United.

I would go for experience over youth as don't think United can afford to have a young keeper as first choice who's still learning his trade an liable to make regular mistakes whilst getting the experience needed to keep goal in the many big games that come whilst playing for United.

But surely Ferguson also know's this? Time will tell
James Philips
12/08/2009 at 15:19

I'm also a big fan of Diego Lopez...Villareal are a mess and I think they would be willing to sell. As for Foster, I think the jury is still out - I will support him when picked, but at the same time, his "growing pains" will cost us points and ultimately, titles. I'm all for sticking by a player, but not at the expense of the team's success. Best case scenario, Foster's career mirrors Tim Howard's...which is fine, but not good enough for United.

The problem with Foster is that he is not only young in a position that demands experience, but is inexperienced even for his age given that he was a late starter and has had so much time out with injuries. The guy mostly plays black eyed with fear, like a rabbit in the headlights and it is cruel to torture him so. Consider, playing between the sticks for United is all about being idle for much of the match before executing perfectly on the few occasions called upon, so, work out the percentage of incompetent moments to the few times he has been in action; not good!