'He's as good as Joe Hart'

Baggies defender Liam Ridgewell has hailed Ben Foster as just as good as England first choice goalkeeper Joe Hart and believes his side need to tie up a permanent deal for the player.

 Foster, the shot-stopper who has spent a good part of his career travelling around clubs has enjoyed a decent season under Roy Hodgson  at West Brom and Ridgewell is keen for the side to snap up Foster from former club Birmingham City.

"I think the whole team would like to keep Ben Foster. If we want to take this club forward, we've got to keep the likes of Ben Foster and he is a great player for us.” Ridgewell told reporters.

"I sense Ben would like to stay here. I know him well and he is settled here and hopefully the club can keep him and Albion can sort it out.

"He is a Birmingham player but it is a different team to when he played there. I'm sure Ben would like to stay here and keep playing here because he is doing really well."

"England have got two great keepers in Joe Hart and Ben. I've played with them both at Birmingham and there is not much between them and they are both great keepers.

"Fozzy stopped with England for his reasons - he wanted to prolong his career after his injuries. If he keep playing like he is, hopefully he will keep going.

"He just wanted to concentrate on his club career and he has been fantastic."

"The biggest factors are not losing your head and staying together as a team and just trying to graft out as many results as you can.

"You look at all the teams and everywhere is a difficult place to go and you think, 'where are the results going to come from?'

"But the main thing is to keep the team together and fight as much as you can.

"If you keep doing that, and still go down, you've got to give a nod to the other teams."

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[CiTyBlUe]

Delusion of the highest degree, if Foster was as good as Joe Hart he would still be number one at Manchester United.

FACT

Foster is not good enough and there are far better English goalkeepers than Foster.