Richard Lee signs from Watford

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Richard Lee signs from Watford

looks to be one of the goalkeepers joining (see newsbot)
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

blunstone said:
anyone seen him play?
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unfortunately yes (unfortunately as it pains me to say I have watched Watford). Good keeper, very agile, unlucky with an injury that offered Loach a chance, who grabbed it with both hands.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Les Beeavinu said:
http://www.richardleegk.com/
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I think it's crashed under the weight of GPGers!

However an interested news article was posted recently:

This page gets updated every Sunday evening right throughout the year - so please check back each week.


Author: Richard Lee
Created:10/04/2008

By Richard Lee on 20/05/2010 A Change in Direction
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The "read more...." link is quite slow though!
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Richard Lee signs from Watford

lets hope we sign Stewart Herring as well.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Banana said:
I think it's crashed under the weight of GPGers!

However an interested news article was posted recently:



The "read more...." link is quite slow though!
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Reading that article it seems he's decided to stop updating the site.

I've had a lot of fun keeping RichardLeeGK.com live for the past couple of years but with everything else I have going on in my life right now I'm not able to give it the attention it deserves so have turned this site into an information-only site.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

..........................is Dickie any good????..................
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Mad Bee said:
Reading that article it seems he's decided to stop updating the site.

I've had a lot of fun keeping RichardLeeGK.com live for the past couple of years but with everything else I have going on in my life right now I'm not able to give it the attention it deserves so have turned this site into an information-only site.
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Maybe because a new manager has new rules :)
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Watford season ticket holder at work says he is very good and will be disappointed to see him leave.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

jharvey85 said:
He was on Dragon's Den a few years ago!! Had an idea for a cap/hat shop or something silly. Got funding though I seem to remember...

Yep, here it is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/.../richard_lee_dragons_den_010906_feature.shtml

I take it he's coming to be the reserve goalkeeper?
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Why would he be reserve keeper when he says he wants to be playing football? I would think AS may be looking at getting two keepers who will fight for the No 1 jersey over the course of the season
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

I doubt he will be expecting to warm the bench! Hopefuly we can have 2 keepers fighting for the number 1 position
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

A good guy off the pitch ("sort a manager would want in a dressing room") who has stuck around with us for a few years in and out of the side without a fuss you get from some footballers today (naturally understand they want to be playing!)

Lee's main problem is that he is pretty small for a modern day goalkeeper (6 ft 0 ins) so can be prone to errors under pressure (as is Scott Loach..)

Good shot stopper and comminucates well.

Best of luck for the season...looks like your a club on the up!

(Might well replace us next season in the Championship..!)
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

I don't think that Andy Scott is the type of manager that guarantees first team football to anyone.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Super_horns said:
A good guy off the pitch ("sort a manager would want in a dressing room") who has stuck around with us for a few years in and out of the side without a fuss you get from some footballers today (naturally understand they want to be playing!)

Lee's main problem is that he is pretty small for a modern day goalkeeper (6 ft 0 ins) so can be prone to errors under pressure (as is Scott Loach..)

Good shot stopper and comminucates well.

Best of luck for the season...looks like your a club on the up!

(Might well replace us next season in the Championship..!)
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I do bloody hope so
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

My watford supprting mate says "he's a decent keeper and a good shotstopper, but he's short and can get muscled out on crosses, his kicking is poor, it is improving but it rarely has decent range or accuracy. As long as you have a man mountain or two in defence that can deal with most crosses he should be ok"
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Very decent shot stopper who is a little bit shaky on crosses given him size and build.

A lot more Lewis Price in stature than Chesney.

Watford fans rate him and he did well for them.

Deserves a chance to make the job his own but I would also like to see a bigger more dominant keeper come in too to challenge him should Lee sign for us.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Super_horns said:
A good guy off the pitch ("sort a manager would want in a dressing room") who has stuck around with us for a few years in and out of the side without a fuss you get from some footballers today (naturally understand they want to be playing!)

Lee's main problem is that he is pretty small for a modern day goalkeeper (6 ft 0 ins) so can be prone to errors under pressure (as is Scott Loach..)

Good shot stopper and comminucates well.

Best of luck for the season...looks like your a club on the up!

(Might well replace us next season in the Championship..!)
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That sounds like a description of Ben Hamer !
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

I'm pleased with this signing, if it happens.

Look's as if he's had a fairly similar career as Lewis Price though. Championship keeper, once quite highly regarded, who has been second choice for most of his career.

Hopefully Richard will be fine..
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Dazza said:
My watford supprting mate says "he's a decent keeper and a good shotstopper, but he's short and can get muscled out on crosses, his kicking is poor, it is improving but it rarely has decent range or accuracy. As long as you have a man mountain or two in defence that can deal with most crosses he should be ok"
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He talks about his kicking on his site.

http://www.richardleegk.com/Default.aspx?tabid=708

My kicking had always been okay but by no means my biggest strength. I went out and bought 10 Nike balls (I bought Nike as we were now in the Premiership and those were the balls I was hoping I’d be using!) and I spent almost every day of my summer outside practising up and down my parents’ garden.

I actually really enjoyed this; I’d plug my iPod in, set up a camcorder and concentrate on my technique. I saw things in my technique that could do with some work and I changed my whole style. Funnily enough I based my style of kicking on Ben Foster’s! A three-step run up followed by an explosion of power.

I now consider my kicking to be one of the better parts of my game but people still label me with the same tag ‘good shot-stopper but poor kicker’. Oh well I guess I can only keep improving and hopefully that’ll one day change!

Looks like he's never going to be able to shake it off!
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

HertfordBee said:
You couldn't throw in Will Hoskins as part of the deal too, could you?!!

:D
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He has been released.

Probably do well for you also.

Might need to take a reduction in his 7.5k wages "earnt" with us!
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Fair play to him, he see's his weakness and has worked on it, maybee because Watford fans have given him that label he can't shake it but with a new club and fans he might be judged more fairly? Think it's a good signing for us though, and wish him well if he does sign.
My mate also said that he needs a good run as number 1 and thinks he will show that he is a good keeper
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Mad Bee said:
I spent almost every day of my summer outside practising up and down my parents’ garden.
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Parents must have a big garden....
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

Super_horns said:
A good guy off the pitch ("sort a manager would want in a dressing room") who has stuck around with us for a few years in and out of the side without a fuss you get from some footballers today (naturally understand they want to be playing!)

Lee's main problem is that he is pretty small for a modern day goalkeeper (6 ft 0 ins) so can be prone to errors under pressure (as is Scott Loach..)

Good shot stopper and comminucates well.

Best of luck for the season...looks like your a club on the up!

(Might well replace us next season in the Championship..!)
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Thanks for the info
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

He sounds like a similar sort of keeper to Lewis Price.
 

Richard Lee signs from Watford

From a mate of mine who writes for the Watford Vital Website:

Re - Lee - I will be sad to see him go. Really nice bloke and a quality shot stopper...

Brilliant talker, not the biggest, distribution needs a bit of work but will win points. I remember his double penalty stop up at Southampton which was unbelieveable. I know Rich quite well in truth and is a well educated bloke who lives and breathes the game - he will know everything there is to know about the opposing strikers and will sit and watch videos of games endlessly so he can read what they are going to do.

Yes he makes mistakes but find me a keeper who doesn't!
 
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