Former Hammers midfielder George Parris is hoping Adrian to come back better and stronger after being replaced by Darren Randolph.Parris believes Randolph was given an opportunity to stake a claim to be our permanent number one because of his performances for the Republic of Ireland.
He insists it’s hard to choose between the two ‘keepers – despite Adrian’s mistakes this season – and feels it’s positive for the club to be in a position of having two very good goalkeepers.
However,with rumours flying around that the manager has lost faith in both stoppers and is looking at the likes of Joe Hart and Asmir Begovic, the former midfielder is keeping faith in the current Hammers duo.
Writing in his Blowing Bubbles Monthly column he added: “Adrian has really been punished this season for the mistakes he has made. There were a few he made last season that he got away with but not this year.
“These mistakes have cost us not only goals but also points, and it does play on your mind as a defender. You start to do things differently but there’s very little between the two of them.”
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Hope he is right if both goalkeepers address their weaknesses and improve it should be good for the team although Hart would clearly be a significant upgrade on both of them. George is right that Adrian hasn’t got away with his mistakes but that can be put down to the fact that the team hasn’t defended as a unit, last year we got more bodies behind the ball, the team defended as a team this year at most two midfielders have supported the defence so we have left ourselves a lot more open and have been exploited.