[baggie82]

I am certainly not aware of an 11m bid but maybe I am wrong?

There hasn’t been an £11m bid.

[timdon]

There hasn’t been an £11m bid.

We certainly would have accepted it if there had been.

[TheJacko2000]

Trying to find the source, I saw it a few days ago.

[TheJacko2000]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sam-johnstone-west-brom-transfer-21191953

Apologies for sending you there... adblocker needed. Shambles of a site.

[SmethDan]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sam-johnstone-west-brom-transfer-21191953

Apologies for sending you there... adblocker needed. Shambles of a site.

Abandon all hope ye who enter.........

[hillsm]

I have been told today by someone who spoke with SJ's agent yesterday that he will be staying with us this season. Whether he signs a new deal or runs his contract down I don't know, my conversation never got that far.

[Standaman]

There seems to be diminishing options for Johnstone so the default seems to be that he will be with us this coming season.

[TheJacko2000]

There seems to be diminishing options for Johnstone so the default seems to be that he will be with us this coming season.

Dismal outcome for the club...

[beechyboy90]

Dismal outcome for the club...

Agreed we needed to sell and get the 10m or so and get a cm and cf if not 2.

[Hull Baggie]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sam-johnstone-west-brom-transfer-21191953

Apologies for sending you there... adblocker needed. Shambles of a site.

 it says there was "apparently" an £11M bid, nothing concrete...and the source of the story seems to be the ever reliable Football Insider.

[WBA.R.K]

An Athletic article suggests that we have been talking to Sam about the possibility of signing a new contract but nothing will happen until the close of the window.

[Fritzl Palace]

An Athletic article suggests that we have been talking to Sam about the possibility of signing a new contract but nothing will happen until the close of the window.

Jacko just lost his mind 

[DaveWBA]

Good to see him getting his head down.

We'd still be better off cashing in and getting a midfielder and a striker in. We have two more than adequate goalkeepers for this division already.

[baggie82]

Jacko just lost his mind 

I agree with Jacko, looking forward to seeing Button start the season rather than Mr Flapper and hoping someone somewhere shows an interest in SJ in this window.

[SmethDan]

Genuinely haven't seen enough of either Button or Palmer to say we have sufficient cover at GK. But I watched some of the goals Sam conceded during the promotion season the other day. Save yourselves the bother people..... trust me, the experience was just as unpleasant as it was at the time.

[Atomic]

Genuinely haven't seen enough of either Button or Palmer to say we have sufficient cover at GK. But I watched some of the goals Sam conceded during the promotion season the other day. Save yourselves the bother people..... trust me, the experience was just as unpleasant as it was at the time.

Yes and despite the fact that he did have a decent season last season he really isnt that good, nowhere near as good as some people say he is.

Watch the game at Leeds at the back end of last season, the errors have not gone from his game.

Any reasonable offer I'd gratefully accept.

[SmethDan]

.....Watch the game at Leeds at the back end of last season, the errors have not gone from his game.......

None of the goals were Sam's fault, those nasty Leeds supporters put him off his game  .

[gazberg]

Athletic article says SJ in talks over new contract with a get out clause that kicks in if we don't get promoted. Sensible.

[seteefeet]

Terrible news this, if the bid was £11m we should have snapped their hand off, my feeling is it probably wasn't. Even at £6m though, with one year left, the money would have been more useful than him.
Worst case scenario is him getting a new contract and being glued to our line for another 3 years or so. 

[NJS]

He's a great shot stopper and maybe a decent coach could teach him when to command his area as part of an organised defence.  Surely somebody picked as reserve for England is better than Button or are all the Johnstone detractors on here better judges of goalkeeping - of course they are.

[gazberg]

The worst decision throughout all the SJ and MP business was the decision not to accept the slightly lower, revised offer from Crystal Palace for Ferguson when they discovered his knee injury. The people in charge were not wise enough to be playing hardball. Saying that if we had took the money it would have gone into last years budget and we all know how well that went.

[WorcsWBA]

Worst case scenario is him getting a new contract and being glued to our line for another 3 years or so. 

My preference would be for him to be sold too, but my hunch is that Valerien will be less tolerant of Johnstone's general failings than his predecessors here. On that basis, either he'd have to improve aspects of his game or someone else would be tried to see if they could do better.

[seteefeet]

He's a great shot stopper and maybe a decent coach could teach him when to command his area as part of an organised defence.  Surely somebody picked as reserve for England is better than Button or are all the Johnstone detractors on here better judges of goalkeeping - of course they are.

We watch him week in week out, Southgate and his scouts do not, so, yes, we probably are.

[alex1]

There are worse keepers than Johnstone at this level and there are better. The point is, the club is in a financial situation where it could use the funds generated from a sale better in other positions. We have adequate back up keepers at the club, who may be slightly worse than SJ, but only slightly.

[BaggiePhil]

We watch him week in week out, Southgate and his scouts do not, so, yes, we probably are.

Next time a goal keeping post comes up at the Baggies I think you should apply. Or even at George's park as you know more than the England set up.