A golden period in time for young Kiwi goalkeepers making moves abroad.
You only have to look at Joe Gauci's move to Aston Villa to know that a certain Alex Paulsen is also waiting in the wings for a likely move abroad at some point too.
I know it's only a friendly, but Sims possibly moves in to that #2 keeper for his new club. Nice jump that from the 3rd tier. Still young, so has plenty of time on his side. #1 Krasniqi has over 300 career first team appearances throughout his career to date, just as a reference.
A game against Kees Sims’ new top-flight Swedish club, GAIS - Sims got half an hour or so off the bench!
Two pre season Svenska Cupen games, 2 keepers tried in goal but neither have been Sims. He's sat on the bench for both. Perhaps he'll get a turn next. Allsvenskan starts end of March.
Managed his first team debut overnight as he came on at H/T (2-0) against Örgryte (Where he trialled with not long before signing for GAIS) in their final Svenska Cupen group match.
Match finished 3-0 to GAIS, but this concludes their cup campaign as they finish 3rd out of 4 sides in Group 2. Still, a nice milestone for Sims to make his debut, and to keep his clean sheet intact too.
GAIS lost 0-4. Not a good sign. Brommapojkarna were 3rd last in the 2023 season
Brommapojkarna with 3 Danes previously at 2nd tier club Fredericia, including 2 signed this window. Exactly the move Eli Just was looking to make. Danish 2nd tier to Swedish top tier.
GAIS lost 0-4. Not a good sign. Brommapojkarna were 3rd last in the 2023 season
Brommapojkarna with 3 Danes previously at 2nd tier club Fredericia, including 2 signed this window. Exactly the move Eli Just was looking to make. Danish 2nd tier to Swedish top tier.
Not a good return all round for the club. Whipped on the field, but they also had a member of the crowd collapse in the stands prior to kickoff. Unfortunately this person died in hospital later on in the evening. Very sad - RIP.
From Flying Kiwis. Not a faultless debut. All part of the learnings for a young GK.
Soon afterwards we saw the best of Kees Sims as he expertly tipped a booming header over the bar on the stretch. However, from the resulting corner kick he rushed out to punch and couldn’t get through the traffic. Claimed a foul but that wasn’t forthcoming. Jakob Rask nodded in for the 80th minute equaliser.
But the keeper up the other end made a much worse mistake as he and a defender got mixed up going for a loose ball which fell for Cooper-Love to slip into an empty net. 83rd minute winner. GAIS with the 2-1 victory on Kees Sims’ debut. A couple of things to work on but he played his part in a very good win against a team that was third prior to this fixture. There’s now a short turnaround for their next match so we’ll see if Krasniqi is recovered or not by then.
