Harry Tyrer set for season-long loan at Chesterfield

A lot of us here will be following his progress, good luck to him.

File under “Championship at best” with the rest of the dross we seem to produce…

And successive loans suggest he's not really progressing.

Kev #4, true with field players but not necessarily goalkeepers. They tend to develop slower and later, although there are always phenoms like Meslier.

Quote from his manager at Chester:

“Harry Tyrer is going to have an unbelievable future and an unbelievable career. He is a talented goalkeeper, not in the context of the conference north but full stop.

“For us to have got him was huge, and I said that at the time. His contribution has been enormous this season, you can see his talent in every single aspect of his goalkeeping. The lad is going to play at a real level.

“He is a really good physical frame, he can take the pressure off us when, at this level of football, there are a lot of diagonal balls, long throws and set pieces.

“He is really good with his feet, makes good decisions and he also has a match-winning save in him. He has the ability to produce one where you say, ‘how have you saved that?’

“I look at the journey Harry has been on since he signed for us. I know he wants to mark that with a promotion but he will play at whatever level he wants to. That’s partly because of his obvious ability but also his commitment and personality.”

Just one man's opinion, but that's quite a review.

Big Nev was getting experience at Winsford and Bury at 21 or 22 before signing for Everton, so these two loans with game time will be good for the lad's development. People will take notice if he has a great season and he helps Chesterfield get promoted to the Football League.

Let's hope you're right!

I think this is a great move that suits all parties. Chesterfield have an experienced coach in Paul Cook, regularly play in front of 7000+ fans and have a really strong squad. Aaron Ramsdale had a spell on loan there earlier in his career, so I think it’s a positive step up for Harry.

You’d imagine that means we’ve got some kind of senior deputy lined up for Pickford, unless Virginia has got the gig.

1) Harry should be on low enough a salary that Chesterfield can pay in full during the loan, any penny saved is a good penny nowadays

2) Goalkeepers have a different trajectory compared to outfielders. A 21 year old Goalie, IMHO, is more like a 18 year old outfielder. So, Harry is still in an infancy stage of his career. Is it too slow a development path to have him playing Non-League Football 2 seasons in a row? NO! Football League Teams mostly prefer veterans in goal and would not committ starting a youngster like Harry for 20+ games, let alone doubling that number (see Joao Viriginia's miserable time at Reading). Playing Non-League Football is also a good developmental challenge for him to develop into someone who can command a defence who are all older than him, we can all see how a young Pickford benefited by that.

3) For a professional in infancy stage, more serious game time against real Pros, the better. Assuming Thelwell and Vaughan have done their due diligence that Chesterfield is willing to start Harry week in and week out, this is a much better environment for Harry to grow and evolve than in the U21. A long travel to the Northeast and then playing in front of a hostile crowd against Gateshead is much, much beneficial than playing in the safely confine that is an empty stadium at Southport against other U21s.

Not to mention training with and playing against real-life Pros who fight for their next contracts every game. That would help getting Harry mature as a person too because that is as close to the real world as it is!

This means the #1 position is Tyrer's to lose. First friendly is next Tuesday.

Wishing Harry the same luck he had last season and he piles up huge minutes and the experience that goes with it.

Looks like a nice stadium he'll be playing in, too.

Their #1 left as soon as the season ended. So, the position was open.

Anticipate Harry getting the playing time. Can't see any other reason the Club loaned him there.

For once, I think we may have a plan for this player. If all goes well, he could be ready to challenge or replace Jordan in 2025-26. Assuming we can avoid the fire sale or replace with mediocre in the interim of course.

Good luck kid.

He'll get all the minutes he wants and has an excellent chance of lifting a trophy at the end of the season, something that our players could definitely use some experience of.