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In a few months time Paul Jewell will be looking over his squad and assessing who he needs to sell and who he needs to sign. Furthermore Jewell has gone on to state that he wants to bring in a new permanent number one and on the face of it this seems to be a reasonable decision. Not having a permanent goalkeeper throughout this season has not helped stabilise the Ipswich defence, which is shaky enough already. However when you look throughout the team and think about where money needs to be invested, the priority should not be in goal.
The first aspect that we need to weigh up is how important a good goalkeeper can be for a side gunning for promotion. Without a doubt every team needs a consistent goalkeeper who is organised and has the confidence to boss the defence around. In terms of actual ability it is highly debatable as to whether you need the best goalkeeper in the league though. Looking at the goalkeepers from the current top 6 teams there is Kelvin Davis, Adam Federici, Rob Green, Matthew Gilks, Boaz Myhill and David Marshall. Although none of those mentioned are bad goalkeepers they aren’t anything different in terms of their ability from what Leicester have with Kasper Schmeichel, what Derby have with Frank Fielding or what Peterborough have in Joe Lewis etc.
The important factor to remember is although you need a good goalkeeper you don’t need anything special. There is no point in spending a vast amount of time and money hunting for a goalkeeper especially when other areas in the team are in need of a major overhaul.
The second aspect that should be weighed up is the quality of Arran Lee-Barrett. It is hard to find anyone who would rate Lee-Barrett as a top goalkeeper even by Championship standards, but it is also clear that he can perform well at this level. He has never been given much praise or a guaranteed role but for the last 3 seasons he has been the man who shows up when we have no one else. Additionally, he never takes any playing time he can get for granted and he never complains about being cut from the team on multiple occasions. Although he receives very little praise he is never receiving much criticism, but to cut a long story short he is just an average goalkeeper.
If you put a decent defence in front of Arran Lee-Barrett he would make all the saves you expect him to and give you a good season. If say Southampton or Reading were using him this season I am sure they would still be in the same positions they are now. Perhaps Lee-Barrett won’t win points on his own through spectacular saves but he will always put a good shift in. Come August and the first game of next season, I for one would not be concerned if I saw the name Lee-Barrett in between the sticks for Ipswich Town.
So does Jewell really need to sign a new number one? I have heard recent rumours that Ipswich are interested in signing Scott Loach and whether this particular rumour is true or not, my main concern is that Ipswich will spend big on a goalkeeper who isn’t any better than what they already have. The key factor now is what kind of goalkeeper Jewell has his eyes on. If a really decent goalkeeper becomes available at a good price then I would love to see Ipswich go for him but Jewell should not make it a priority.
No matter who you sign in goal they will not be able to have the same influence as a good centre back or central midfielder so I would much rather see those positions filled before thinking about a goalkeeper.
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