I'd love Oblak, but at no point have we been connected, and alas, I suspect he'll end up at Utd with De Gea heading to Madrid.
Ming didn't look great statistically across the board the way Pope does. Do you think he was ever number 1 in the stats on high claims in the box? No doubt he was reasonably decent on saves, because he used to be a good shot stopper (I don't think he has that gift anymore). Similarly, whilst we didn't record sweeper keeper stats when we signed Ming I would bet my last quid that he wasn't towards the top of that table statistically. Pope stands out amongst the rest because he's very good.