Ben Wilson has been unveiled as Coventry City’s latest summer capture, meaning they’ve bagged two keepers this week alone.
Lee Burge is set to leave the club and adding to the arrival of Marko Marosi earlier this week, Wilson becomes the third signing of the summer.
He’s recently been allowed to leave relegated Bradford City having struggled for game time as the Bantams went down, and lists Cardiff City, AFC Wimbledon, Rochdale, Oldham and Harrogate amongst his former clubs.
He began life at Sunderland and despite having a long list of former employers, he’s made fewer than 30 professionals outings during his career.
Reaction to the move has mainly been positive from the Sky Blues’ supporters, but there’s been plenty of adverse reaction from fans of clubs he’s previously represented. It seems when it comes to making friends and influencing people, Ben Wilson hasn’t got a great track record.
Below are some of the more acerbic and cutting responses from supporters of Oldham, Cardiff and Wimbledon to name but a few.
@TomccfcJones96 how is Ben Wilson still a professional goalkeeper?🙈😂
— Jamie Heath (@jamieheath_) May 23, 2019
No wonder he’s smiling. The worst keeper I’ve ever seen at Boundary Park. Every shot on target goes in. Even the off target ones he still managed to divert in. Massive reason we went down into league 2 – commiserations, an absolute whopper of a keeper 👎
— Peter Mawson (@latics_lad) May 23, 2019
He has a point tho, you have just signed a goalkeeper who was sub/reserve gk for a bradford club who conceded on average over 2 goals a game and got relegated 🙈 good luck to him either way
— rob crabtree 🇬🇧 (@robbantams) May 23, 2019
Wow – he must have a bloody good agent!! Good luck 😂😂
— Steve (@xMr_Mac) May 23, 2019
Commiserations from a #bcafc fan. Awful keeper #oafc fans will tell you the same
— Mike Jones (@DatCorgiMun) May 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/DaleDicko/status/1131506885243359232
He’s awful. All the best.
— Nick Prowse (@nickprowse1) May 23, 2019
Terrible player and a terrible person too. Good luck 😂
— spike (@spikeus) May 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/langwithboy/status/1131497626946420736
Hope he shows you more respect than he did us pic.twitter.com/JkJ1d8SJhc
— Jim Hampshire (@jimhampshire) May 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/langwithboy/status/1131501836677058561
