Ikeme is drastically improved from what we had pre-2013 - which was a keeper who was fortunate to be continually handed contracts given the other players we had in that area and his own record. He used to get beaten from range constantly, had a propensity for horror show errors (most of his loan clubs hate him for this reason) and got injured all the time.
Since then he has become a solid Championship keeper, a major improvement but he is vastly overrated by Wolves fans. He still goes through iffy spells and lets in questionable goals, there was the spell in November where while you wouldn't put many goals down to him (one each at Ipswich and Derby were poor goalkeeping added to awful defending) he wasn't saving anything either - quite literally, during that period a massive proportion of shots on target against us went in. His command of the box is decent but nothing spectacular, he only really looks quality in that respect compared to Hennessey, we all know that was the one major area of weakness in the latter's game. Once again he picked up an injury at the back end of last season - after the broken foot - and it still affected him in pre-season this year, whether it's down to fitness/sharpness or not I don't know but that goal at Blackburn is not great keeping.
He hasn't done a huge amount wrong but like any area, if we can improve we should, I was very impressed with Martinez in the games I saw him play for Arsenal, Ken is clearly also a fan and he started excellently yesterday. I like James Henry and think he's been an exceptional signing for the money he cost but at the same time I wouldn't go turning down a clear upgrade on the right of midfield if one became available out of some sense of "fairness" or blind loyalty.
