arrythewurzel":3ixs8l5y said:
I think the McCormick deal brings in a mentor for Cooper who isn't a rival, doesn't threaten Cooper's position or his confidence, but ultimately has experience and can jump in to keep a clean sheet if required. So it isn't all that strange really.
I kind of agree with you regarding Palmer. He was a class act, a model young professional and the kind of player I wish we were hoovering up ordinarily.
However we can't keep wondering how Exeter City keep making fortunes from their academy if we don't develop our own when they are staring us in the face. If Exeter had Cooper he would have been starting two years ago, and had 80 appearances by now. Alex Palmer is most likely better than Cooper in the here and now, but in 5 years time Cooper might be in the Premier League having made the club a hefty transfer fee. 12 months ago, Cooper might have been slightly too young to cope with the burden of being rock solid and delivering a promotion, but now he is 20 years old, has the belief and support of the coaching staff and needs to be backed.
Against that backdrop it makes no sense to develop WBA's keeper for them for another 12 months when we have a prospect of our own crying out for game time and experience.
