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Woodman to the kop!

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I think it’s sad when a talented professional footballer does this. I know footballers have huge belief in their own ability, but he knows he’ll be extremely lucky to get a game for them. Probably not even in the league cup.
 
Be fair. He's 28, he knows he's got another five or six years tops, so he's feathering his nest while he has what was probably an unexpected opportunity. Who wouldn't?
 
Class act. Well deserved. Why not get a bumper contract and I'm sure he'll get some loan deals to keep playing
 
If I were the father of a young, talented 15-year-old goalkeeper, I wouldn't be letting him join Liverpool, that's for sure.
 
They've already got two keepers better than most other clubs' first choice, so it is practically retirement other than being in goal for the warm-ups. I don't love seeing it, there must have been plenty of Championship and European teams that would have had him as their first-choice, but I do partly agree with what Pego says. He'll be earning good money and probably still have another good contract in his future when Liverpool sign another keeper to warm the bench.
 
Niigata Jack said:
I would have never let Kelleher leave, he's a cracking keeper.
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They kind of had to, having signed a younger and better keeper to replace him. He's played 20+ games each of the last two seasons and presumably wouldn't have been happy to play 0 games in the upcoming season.
 
Can’t blame him taking the cash. Retirement fund.

Tough for players to earn a crust once they hang up their boots and without this opportunity to earn decent £ then he would probably struggle to earn a decent wage after his playing days.
 
Neath_Jack said:
I think it’s sad when a talented professional footballer does this. I know footballers have huge belief in their own ability, but he knows he’ll be extremely lucky to get a game for them. Probably not even in the league cup.
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This has almost certainly come down to numbers (earnings) on a spreadsheet. I’m with you; he’s sacrificed game time over cash in the bank. It’s easy for us to say that this his the wrong choice, but maybe we don’t know his lifestyle. Possibly a difficult choice for someone of his age.
 
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